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Child Actors (see Biography, Fiction, Cinema)

• Bibliography; see Category:Children--Biblio (film subject)

• Expertise : Actors -- Singers -- Child Actors -- Child Singers -- Film Composers -- Film Directors -- Scriptwriters

• Genres : Feature Films -- Short Films -- TV Films -- TV mini-series -- Animated Feature Films -- Animated Short Films -- Documentaries Film-operas -- Film-plays -- Video Recordings

Overview

Child Actors & Second Temple Judaism

Second Temple Judaism has given to child actors two big roles--Child Jesus and Amahl.

Among the many child actors who have played the role of Child Jesus in films on the Life of Jesus, are Percy Dyer, Renato Visca, Harold Quintin Driscoll, Erik Ode, Richard Palmer, Lorenzo Monet, David Bravo, Matteo Bellina, Gianmarco Giovi, Brando Pacitto, and Adam Greaves-Neal.

The best role for trebles (in films or on the stage) is that of Amahl in the Menotti opera. Among the most notable interpreters are Chet Allen, James Sammarco, Bill McIver, Kirk Jordan and Kurt Yaghjian.

Apart for these two roles, not many opportunities have been offered to child actors. Some notable exceptions are Mickey Moore and Muriel McCormac featured by Cecil B. DeMille in 1927 as Child Mark and a Blind Girl respectively, Paola Tedesco featured as Salome by Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1964, and Juliette Caton featured as the Devil by Martin Scorsese in 1988.

Most Famous Child Actors

Born in the 1880s

-- 1881 -- Benoit Duval (FRA)

Born in the 1890s

-- 1891 -- Tom Williamson (GBR)

-- 1896 -- Gladys Hulette (USA) -- Jack Pickford (USA)

-- 1898 -- # Percy Dyer (GBR) -- Flora Foster (USA)

Born in the 1900s

-- 1900 -- Gladys Egan (USA) -- Edna Foster (USA)

-- 1901 -- Reginald Sheffield (GBR)

-- 1902 -- Marie Eline (USA)

-- 1903 -- Eduardo Notari (ITA) -- Ermanno Roveri (ITA) -- Lewis Sargent (USA)

-- 1904 -- Eugenia Clinchard (USA) -- Clara Horton (USA) -- Ernestine Jones (USA) -- Luigi Petrungaro (ITA) -- Violet Radcliffe (USA)

-- 1905 -- Maria Bay (ITA) -- Edouard Trebaol (USA) -- Renato Visca (ITA)

-- 1906 -- Harold Quintin Driscoll (USA) -- Thomas Bellamy (USA) -- Tula Belle (USA) -- Eraldo Giunchi (ITA) -- Robin Macdougall (USA)

-- 1907 -- Wesley Barry (USA) -- Gordon Griffith (USA) -- Buddy Messinger (USA)

-- 1908 -- Caterina Catena (ITA) -- Thelma Salter (USA) -- Georgie Stone (USA)

Born in the 1910s

-- 1910 -- # Erik Ode (DEU) -- Joe Butterworth (IRL)

-- 1911 -- Ettore Casarotti (ITA) -- Spec O'Donnell (USA) -- Marie Osborne (USA)

-- 1912 -- Jean Forest (FRA) -- Ernst Morrison (USA)

-- 1913 -- Robert Gordon (USA)

-- 1914 -- Jackie Coogan (USA) -- # Michael D. Moore (USA) -- Newton Hall (USA) -- Marcella Sabbatini (ITA)

-- 1915 -- Junior Durkin (USA) -- Florence Morrison (USA)

-- 1916 -- Eugene Jackson (USA)

-- 1917 -- Frankie Darro (USA) -- Philippe De Lacy (FRA) -- Mimmo Palermi (ITA)

-- 1918 -- # Muriel McCormac (USA)

-- 1919 -- Mickey McBan (USA) -- Dorothy Morrison (USA)

Born in the 1920s

-- 1920 -- Mitzi Green (USA) -- Robert Lynen (FRA) -- Jean Mercanton (FRA) -- Mickey Rooney (USA)

-- 1921 -- Jackie Searl (USA) -- Frankie Thomas (USA)

-- 1922 -- Franco Brambilla (ITA) -- Jackie Cooper (USA) -- Judy Garland (USA)

-- 1924 -- Freddie Bartholomew (GBR) -- Sabu (IND)

-- 1925 -- Matthew Beard (USA) -- Sammy Davis Jr. (USA) -- Rex Downing (USA) -- Thomas Kelly (USA) -- Pino Locchi (ITA) -- Dickie Moore (USA) -- Donald O'Connor (USA) -- Martin Spellman (USA)

-- 1926 -- Miranda Bonansea (ITA) -- Terry Kilburn (USA) -- Elio Sannangelo (ITA)

-- 1927 -- Bobby Breen (CAN) -- Philip Hurlic (USA)

-- 1928 -- Roddy McDowall (GBR) -- Shirley Temple (USA) -- Sarita Wooton (CUB)

-- 1929 -- Paolo Ferrari (ITA) -- Billy Lee (USA)

Born in the 1930s

-- 1930 -- Cesare Barbetti (ITA) -- Tommy Cook (USA) -- Skip Homeier (USA)

-- 1931 -- Franco Interlenghi (ITA) -- Johnny Sheffield (USA)

-- 1932 -- Peggy Ann Garner (USA) -- Cordell Hickman (USA) -- Tony Wager (GBR)

-- 1933 -- Bobbie Anderson (USA) -- Ted Donaldson (USA) -- Rinaldo Smordoni (ITA)

-- 1934 -- Vito Annicchiarico (ITA) -- Claude Jarman (USA) -- Gino Leurini (ITA)

-- 1935 -- Joseph Boudreaux (USA) -- John Charlesworth (GBR) -- Glenn Leedy (USA) -- Mariu Pascoli (ITA)

-- 1936 -- Michael Chapin (USA) -- Carlo Delle Piane (ITA)) -- Gary Gray (USA) -- Teddy Infuhr (USA) -- Tommy Ivo (USA) -- Edmund Moeschke (DEU) -- Dean Stockwell (USA)

-- 1937 -- Enzo Cerusico (ITA) -- Luciano De Ambrosis (ITA) -- Bobby Driscoll (USA) -- Ivan Jandl (CZE) -- Jackie Jenkins (USA) -- Guido Martufi (ITA) -- Margaret O'Brien (USA) -- Clifford Tatum (USA)

-- 1938 -- Billy Gray (USA) -- Natalie Wood (USA)

-- 1939 -- Chet Allen (USA) -- John Howard Davies (GBR) -- Glyn Dearman (GBR) -- Bobby Henrey (GBR) -- Jimmy Hunt (USA) -- Enzo Staiola (ITA)

Born in the 1940s

-- 1940 -- Georges Poujouly (FRA)

-- 1941 -- Tommy Carlton (USA) -- Gordn Gebert (USA) -- David Hemmings (GBR) -- Philip Hepburn (USA) -- Tommy Kirk (USA) -- Tommy Rettig (USA)

-- 1942 -- Pierino Bilancione (ITA) -- Brandon De Wilde (USA) -- Rex Thompson (USA) -- Dick VanderVelde (NLD)

-- 1943 -- Richard Palmer (GBR) -- Billy Chapin (USA)

-- 1944 -- Jean-Pierre Leaud (FRA) -- Angelo Maggio (ITA) -- Michel Ray (GBR)

-- 1945 -- Richie Andrusco (USA) -- Lauren Chapin (USA) -- Tim Hovey (actor) USA) -- Patty McCormack (USA) -- Paul Petersen (USA) -- Jon Whiteley (GBR) -- Stephen Wootton (USA)

-- 1946 -- Nikolaj Burljaev (RUS) -- Johnny Crawford (USA) -- Brigitte Fossey (FRA) -- Sue Lyon (USA) -- Hayley Mills (GBR) -- Christopher Olsen (USA) -- George Winslow (USA) -- Giancarlo Zarfati (ITA)

-- 1947 -- Luke Halpin (USA) -- Eddie Hodges (USA) -- David Ladd (USA) -- Sean Scully (AUS) -- Vincent Winter (GBR)

-- 1948 -- 1948 Alford, Phillip (USA) -- Mimi Gibson (USA) -- Charles Herbert (USA) -- Edoardo Nevola (ITA)

-- 1949 -- Kevin Corcoran (USA) -- Denis Gilmore (GBR) -- Sandro Pistolini (ITA) -- Martin Stephens (GBR)

Born in the 1950s

-- 1950 Angeletti, Carlo (actor) ITA 1950 Franklin, Pamela (actor) GBR 1950 Lamorisse, Pascal (actor) FRA

-- 1951 Johnson, Kyle (actor) USA 1951 * Yaghjian, Kurt (actor, singer) USA

-- 1952 * Tedesco, Paola (actor) ITA 1952 Badham, Mary (actor) USA 1952 Chevalier, Roberto (actor) ITA 1952 Perry, Steven (actor) USA

-- 1953 Bradley, David (actor) GBR

-- 1954 -- Ron Howard (1954) USA 1954 Mumy, Bill (actor) USA

-- 1955 Colagrande, Stefano (actor) ITA 1955 Dix, William (actor) GBR 1955 Dotrice, Karen (actor) GBR

-- 1956 Garber, Matthew (actor) GBR

-- 1957 East, Jeff (actor) USA

• Peter Ostrum (1957)

-- 1958 Hooks, Kevin (actor) USA

• Kevin Hooks (1958)
• Mark Lester (1958)

1958 Spell, George (actor) USA

-- 1959 Blair, Linda (actor) USA

• Johnny Whitaker (1959)

Born in the 1960s

• Jodie Foster (1962)
• Andrea Balestri (1963)
• Tatum O'Neal (1963)
• Quinn Cummings (1967)

Born in the 1970s

• Danny de Munk (1970)
• Rick Schroder (1970)
• Justin Henry (1971)
• Christian Bale (1974)
• Fred Savage (1976)
• Salvatore Cascio (1979)

Born in the 1980s

• Macaulay Culkin (1980)
• Elijah Wood (1981)
• Joseph Mazzello (1983)
• Jamie Bell (1986)
• Haley Joel Osment (1988)
• Daniel Radcliffe (1989)

Born in the 1990s

• Giorgio Cantarini (1992)
• Freddie Highmore (1992)
• Dakota Fanning (1994)
• Tom Holland (1994)

External links

• The Sky Kid: Young Talent in Music and the Arts