Category:Child Actors
Child Actors (see Biography, Fiction, Cinema)
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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
- Mickey Rooney (USA 1920-2014)
- Jackie Cooper (USA 1922-2011)
- Judy Garland (USA 1922-1969)
- Freddie Bartholomew (GBR 1924-1992)
- Sabu (IND 1924-1963)
- Bobby Breen (CAN 1927-2016)
- Roddy McDowall (GBR 1928-1998)
- Shirley Temple (USA 1928-2014)
-- 1920 -- Mitzi Green (USA) -- Robert Lynen (FRA) -- Jean Mercanton (FRA)
-- 1921 -- Jackie Searl (USA) -- Frankie Thomas (USA)
-- 1922 -- Franco Brambilla (ITA)
-- 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) -- 1926 Terry Kilburn (USA) -- 1926 Elio Sannangelo (ITA)
-- 1927 -- Philip Hurlic (USA)
-- 1928 -- Sarita Wooton (CUB)
-- 1929 -- Paolo Ferrari (ITA) Billy Lee (USA)
Born in the 1930s
- Johnny Sheffield (1931-2010)
- Dean Stockwell (1936-2021)
- Bobby Driscoll (1937-1968)
- Ivan Jandl (1937-1987)
- Margaret O'Brien (1937)
- Natalie Wood (1938-1981)
- Enzo Staiola (1939)
- Brandon De Wilde (1942-1972)
- Billy Chapin (1943-2016)
- Patty McCormack (1945)
- Nikolaj Burljaev (1946) RUS
- Hayley Mills (1946) GBR
- George Winslow (1946) USA
- Ron Howard (1954) USA
- Peter Ostrum (1957)
- Kevin Hooks (1958)
- Mark Lester (1958)
- Johnny Whitaker (1959)
- Jodie Foster (1962)
- Andrea Balestri (1963)
- Tatum O'Neal (1963)
- Quinn Cummings (1967)
- Danny de Munk (1970)
- Rick Schroder (1970)
- Justin Henry (1971)
- Christian Bale (1974)
- Fred Savage (1976)
- Salvatore Cascio (1979)
- Macaulay Culkin (1980)
- Elijah Wood (1981)
- Joseph Mazzello (1983)
- Jamie Bell (1986)
- Haley Joel Osment (1988)
- Daniel Radcliffe (1989)
- Giorgio Cantarini (1992)
- Freddie Highmore (1992)
- Dakota Fanning (1994)
- Tom Holland (1994)
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Subcategories
This category has the following 200 subcategories, out of 271 total.
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- 1881 Duval, Benoit (actor) FRA
- 1891 Williamson, Tom (actor) GBR
- 1896 Hulette, Gladys (actress) USA
- 1896 Pickford, Jack (actor) USA
- 1898 * Dyer, Percy (actor) GBR
- 1898 Foster, Flora (actress) USA
- 1900 Foster, Edna (actress) USA
- 1901 Sheffield, Reginald (actor) GBR
- 1902 Eline, Marie (actress) USA
- 1903 Notari, Eduardo (actor) ITA
- 1903 Roveri, Ermanno (actor) ITA
- 1903 Sargent, Lewis (actor) USA
- 1904 Clinchard, Eugenia (actress) USA
- 1904 Horton, Clara (actress) USA
- 1904 Jones, Ernestine (actress) USA
- 1904 Petrungaro, Luigi (actor) ITA
- 1904 Radcliffe, Violet (actress) USA
- 1905 Bay, Maria (actress) ITA
- 1905 Trebaol, Edouard (actor) USA
- 1905 * Visca, Renato (actor) ITA
- 1906 * Driscoll, Harold Quintin (actor) USA
- 1906 Bellamy, Thomas (actor) USA
- 1906 Belle, Tula (actress) USA
- 1906 Giunchi, Eraldo (actor) ITA
- 1906 Macdougall, Robin (actor) USA
- 1907 Barry, Wesley (actor) USA
- 1907 Griffith, Gordon (actor) USA
- 1907 Messinger, Buddy (actor) USA
- 1908 Catena, Caterina (actress) ITA
- 1908 Salter, Thelma (actress) USA
- 1909 Stone, Georgie (actor) USA
- 1910 * Ode, Erik (actor) DEU
- 1910 Butterworth, Joe (actor) IRL
- 1911 Casarotti, Ettore (actor) ITA
- 1911 O'Donnell, Spec (actor) USA
- 1911 Osborne, Marie (actress) USA
- 1912 Forest, Jean (actor) FRA
- 1912 Morrison, Ernst (actor) USA
- 1913 Gordon, Robert (actor, director) USA
- 1914 * Moore, Michael D. (actor) USA
- 1914 Coogan, Jackie (actor) USA
- 1914 Hall, Newton (actor) USA
- 1914 Sabbatini, Marcella (actress) ITA
- 1915 Durkin, Junior (actor) USA
- 1915 Morrison, Florence (actress) USA
- 1916 Jackson, Eugene (actor) USA
- 1917 Darro, Frankie (actor) USA
- 1917 DeLacy, Philippe (actor) FRA/USA
- 1917 Palermi, Mimmo (actor) ITA
- 1918 * McCormac, Muriel (actor) USA
- 1919 McBan, Mickey (actor) USA
- 1919 Morrison, Dorothy (actress) USA
- 1920 Green, Mitzi (actress) USA
- 1920 Lynen, Robert (actor) FRA
- 1920 Mercanton, Jean (actor) FRA
- 1920 Rooney, Mickey (actor) USA
- 1921 Searl, Jackie (actor) USA
- 1921 Thomas, Frankie (actor) USA
- 1922 Brambilla, Franco (actor) ITA
- 1922 Cooper, Jackie (actor) USA
- 1922 Garland, Judy (actor, singer) USA
- 1924 Bartholomew, Freddie (actor) GBR/USA
- 1924 Sabu (actor) IND
- 1925 Beard, Matthew (actor) USA
- 1925 Davis, Sammy (actor, singer) USA
- 1925 Downing, Rex (actor) USA
- 1925 Kelly, Thomas (actor) USA
- 1925 Locchi, Pino (actor) ITA
- 1925 Moore, Dickie (actor) USA
- 1925 O'Connor, Donald (actor) USA
- 1925 Spellman, Martin (actor) USA
- 1926 Bonansea, Miranda (actress) ITA
- 1926 Kilburn, Terry (actor) USA
- 1926 Sannangelo, Elio (actor) ITA
- 1927 Breen, Bobby (actor, singer) CAN/USA
- 1927 Hurlic, Philip (actor) USA
- 1928 McDowall, Roddy (actor) GBR
- 1928 Temple, Shirley (actor, dancer, singer) USA
- 1928 Wooton, Sarita (actor) CUB
- 1929 Ferrari, Paolo (actor) ITA
- 1929 Lee, Billy (actor) USA
- 1930 Barbetti, Cesare (actor) ITA
- 1930 Cook, Tommy (actor) USA
- 1930 Homeier, Skip (actor) USA
- 1931 Interlenghi, Franco (actor) ITA
- 1931 Sheffield, Johnny (actor) USA
- 1932 Garner, Peggy Ann (actress) USA
- 1932 Hickman, Cordell (actor) USA
- 1932 Wager, Tony (actor) GBR
- 1933 Anderson, Bobbie (actor) USA
- 1933 Donaldson, Ted (actor) USA
- 1933 Smordoni, Rinaldo (actor) ITA
- 1934 Annicchiarico, Vito (actor) ITA
- 1934 Jarman, Claude (actor) USA
- 1934 Leurini, Gino (actor) ITA
- 1935 Boudreaux, Joseph (actor) USA
- 1935 Charlesworth, John (actor) GBR
- 1935 Leedy, Glenn (actor) USA
- 1935 Pascoli, Mariu (actress) ITA
- 1936 Chapin, Michael (actor) USA
- 1936 Delle Piane, Carlo (actor) ITA
- 1936 Gray, Gary (actor) USA
- 1936 Infuhr, Teddy (actor) USA
- 1936 Ivo, Tommy (actor) USA
- 1936 Moeschke, Edmund (actor) DEU
- 1936 Stockwell, Dean (actor) USA
- 1937 Cerusico, Enzo (actor) ITA
- 1937 De Ambrosis, Luciano (actor) ITA
- 1937 Driscoll, Bobby (actor) USA
- 1937 Jandl, Ivan (actor) CZE
- 1937 Jenkins, Jackie (actor) USA
- 1937 Martufi, Guido (actor) ITA
- 1937 O'Brien, Margaret (actor) USA
- 1937 Tatum, Clifford (actor) USA
- 1938 Gray, Billy (actor) USA
- 1938 Wood, Natalie (actress) USA
- 1939 * Allen, Chet (actor, singer) USA
- 1939 Davies, John Howard (actor) GBR
- 1939 Dearman, Glyn (actor) GBR
- 1939 Henrey, Bobby (actor) GBR
- 1939 Hunt, Jimmy (actor) USA
- 1939 Staiola, Enzo (actor) ITA
- 1940 Poujouly, Georges (actor) FRA
- 1941 Carlton, Tommy (actor) USA
- 1941 Gebert, Gordon (actor) USA
- 1941 Hemmings, David (actor, singer, director) GBR
- 1941 Hepburn, Philip (actor) USA
- 1941 Kirk, Tommy (actor) USA
- 1941 Rettig, Tommy (actor) USA
- 1942 Bilancione, Pierino (actor) ITA
- 1942 De Wilde, Brandon (actor) USA
- 1942 Thompson, Rex (actor) USA
- 1942 VanderVelde, Dick (actor) NLD
- 1943 * Palmer, Richard (actor) GBR
- 1943 Chapin, Billy (actor) USA
- 1944 Leaud, Jean-Pierre (actor) FRA
- 1944 Maggio, Angelo (actor) ITA
- 1944 Ray, Michel (actor) GBR
- 1945 Andrusco, Richie (actor) USA
- 1945 Chapin, Lauren (actress) USA
- 1945 Hovey, Tim (actor) USA
- 1945 McCormack, Patty (actress) USA
- 1945 Petersen, Paul (actor) USA
- 1945 Whiteley, Jon (actor) GBR
- 1945 Wootton, Stephen (actor) USA
- 1946 Burlyaev, Nikolay (actor) RUS
- 1946 Crawford, Johnny (actor) USA
- 1946 Fossey, Brigitte (actress) FRA
- 1946 Lyon, Sue (actress) USA
- 1946 Mills, Hayley (actor) GBR
- 1946 Olsen, Christopher (actor) USA
- 1946 Winslow, George (actor) USA
- 1946 Zarfati, Giancarlo (actor) ITA
- 1947 Halpin, Luke (actor) USA
- 1947 Hodges, Eddie (actor) USA
- 1947 Ladd, David (actor) USA
- 1947 Scully, Sean (actor) AUS
- 1947 Winter, Vincent (actor) GBR
- 1948 Alford, Phillip (actor) USA
- 1948 Gibson, Mimi (actor) USA
- 1948 Herbert, Charles (actor) USA
- 1948 Nevola, Edoardo (actor) ITA
- 1949 Corcoran, Kevin (actor) USA
- 1949 Gilmore, Denis (actor) GBR
- 1949 Pistolini, Sandro (actor) ITA
- 1949 Stephens, Martin (actor) GBR
- 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 Howard, Ron (actor, director) 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
- 1957 Ostrum, Peter (actor) USA
- 1958 Hooks, Kevin (actor) USA
- 1958 Lester, Mark (actor) GBR
- 1958 Spell, George (actor) USA
- 1959 Blair, Linda (actor) USA
- 1959 Whitaker, Johnny (actor) USA
- 1961 Brugiolo, Walter (actor, singer) ITA
- 1962 Copage, Marc (actor) USA
- 1962 Foster, Jodie (actor) USA
- 1962 Lutter, Alfred (actor) USA
- 1963 Balestri, Andrea (actor) ITA
- 1963 O'Neal, Tatum (actor) USA
Pages in category "Child Actors"
The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
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- Percy Dyer (M / Britain, 1898-...), actor
- Renato Visca (M / Italy, 1905-...), actor
- Harold Quintin Driscoll (M / United Staes, 1906-1984), actor
- Erik Ode (M / Germany, 1910-1983), actor
- Michael D. Moore (M / United States, 1914-2013), actor
- Muriel McCormac (F / United States, 1918-2000), actress
- Chet Allen (M / United States, 1939-1984), singer, actor
- Richard Palmer (M / Britain, 1943), actor
- Kurt Yaghjian (M / United States, 1951), singer, actor
- Paola Tedesco (F / Italy, 1952), actress
- David Bravo (M / Mexico, 1969), actor
- Lorenzo Monet (M / Italy, 1965), actor
- Juliette Caton (F / United States, 1975), actress
- Matteo Bellina (M / Italy, 1979), actor
- Gianmarco Giovi (M / Italy, 1988), actor
- Brando Pacitto (M / Italy, 1996), actor
Media in category "Child Actors"
The following 62 files are in this category, out of 62 total.
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- 1896 Hulette, Gladys.jpg 126 × 168; 6 KB
- 1902 Eline, Marie.jpg 300 × 400; 60 KB
- 1903 Roveri, Ermanno.jpg 350 × 500; 25 KB
- 1904 Jones, Ernestine (actress) USA.jpg 254 × 198; 7 KB
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- 1907 Barry, Wesley.jpg 200 × 252; 5 KB
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- 1909 Stone (actor).jpg 350 × 500; 117 KB
- 1912 Forest (actor).jpg 276 × 344; 9 KB
- 1912 Morrison (actor).jpg 362 × 433; 24 KB
- 1914 Coogan (actor).jpg 1,894 × 2,781; 353 KB
- 1916 Jackson, Eugene (actor) USA.jpg 440 × 499; 46 KB
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- 1920 Lynen (actor).jpg 350 × 416; 32 KB
- 1922 Cooper (actor).jpg 280 × 350; 14 KB
- 1924 Bartholomew (actor).jpg 440 × 604; 26 KB
- 1924 Sabu (actor).jpg 245 × 323; 18 KB
- 1925 Beard, Matthew (actor) USA.jpg 454 × 584; 100 KB
- 1925 Davis, Sammy (actor, singer) USA.jpg 191 × 264; 6 KB
- 1925 Moore (actor).jpg 350 × 500; 24 KB
- 1927 Breen, Bobby.jpg 435 × 512; 114 KB
- 1927 Hurlic, Philip (actor) USA.jpg 500 × 750; 21 KB
- 1928 McDowall (actor).jpg 433 × 600; 41 KB
- 1928 Temple (actress).jpg 440 × 616; 47 KB
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- 1958 Spell, George (actor) USA.jpg 206 × 245; 5 KB
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- 1961 Brugiolo, Walter.jpg 447 × 600; 43 KB
- 1961 Carter, Ralph (actor) USA.jpg 155 × 207; 10 KB
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- 1963 Balestri, Andrea.jpg 350 × 501; 64 KB
- 1963 O'Neal (actress).jpg 638 × 821; 81 KB
- 1965 Bridges, Todd (actor) USA.jpg 198 × 255; 5 KB
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- 1970 Munk, Danny de (child).jpg 288 × 350; 14 KB
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- 1984 Chester, Vanessa Lee (actress) USA.jpg 178 × 283; 5 KB
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- 2003 Wallis, Quvenzhane (actor) USA.jpg 193 × 261; 11 KB
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