Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
Highest Rated: 100% I Love You Again (1940)
Lowest Rated: 83% Going My Way (1944)
Birthday: Aug 7, 1927
Birthplace: Paris, Illinois, USA
Beloved child actor, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer started his career at the tender age of nine. Early on in his acting career, Switzer landed roles in various films, including "General Spanky" (1936), "Wild and Woolly" (1937) and the William Powell comedy "I Love You Again" (1940). He also appeared in "Reg'lar Fellers" (1941), the musical "Johnny Doughboy" (1942) with Jane Withers and the drama "The War Against Mrs. Hadley" (1942) with Edward Arnold. His film career continued throughout the forties in productions like "The Great Mike" (1944), the Elizabeth Taylor adventure "Courage of Lassie" (1946) and "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946). He also appeared in "Gas House Kids Go West" (1947). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Two Dollar Bettor" (1951) with John Litel, the Spencer Tracy sports comedy "Pat and Mike" (1952) and the action film "Island in the Sky" (1953) with John Wayne. He also appeared in "The High and the Mighty" (1954) and the Robert Mitchum drama "Track of the Cat" (1954). Switzer last acted in the drama "The Defiant Ones" (1958) with Tony Curtis. Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer passed away in January 1959 at the age of 32.
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Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rascal Dazzle | Unknown (Character) | - | 1980 |
90% |
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The Defiant Ones | Angus (Character) | - | 1958 |
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Motorcycle Gang | Speed (Character) | - | 1957 |
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Between Heaven and Hell | Savage (Character) | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet |
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Track of the Cat | Joe Sam (Character) | - | 1954 |
85% |
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Pat and Mike | Busboy (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Dollar Bettor | Chuck Nordlinger (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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Cause for Alarm | Guy with Tex (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Redwood Forest Trail | Sidekick Alfie (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gas House Kids Go West | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gas House Kids In Hollywood | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gas House Kids | Sammy Levine (Character) | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet |
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Rosie the Riveter | Buzz Prouty (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Mike | Speck (Character) | - | 1944 |
83% |
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Going My Way | Herman Langerhanke (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shantytown | Bindy (Character) | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Billy Wiggs (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Messenger Boy (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnyard Follies | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Waldo's Last Stand | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1940 |
100% |
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I Love You Again | Leonard Harkspur Jr. (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New Pupil | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bubbling Troubles | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Bad Boys | Unknown (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goin' Fishin' | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Captain Spanky's Show Boat | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Duel Personalities | Unknown (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfalfa's Aunt | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1939 |
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Dad for a Day | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cousin Wilbur | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Auto Antics | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Men in Fright | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Party Fever | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Came the Brawn | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Football Romeo | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Feed 'em and Weep | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hide and Shriek | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Little Ranger | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Rascals: Our Gang and Pete the Pooch | Unknown (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Practical Jokers | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Our Gang Follies | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night 'n' Gales | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hearts Are Thumps | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mail and Female |
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- | 1937 |
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General Spanky | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Divot Diggers | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spooky Hooky | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lucky Corner | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bored of Education | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pay as You Exit | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life Hesitates at 40 | Boy at Soda Fountain (Character) | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little Papa | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sprucin' Up | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Little Rascals: The Best of Pete the Pooch | Alfalfa (Character) | - | 1923 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Roy Rogers Show | Timmy Horton (Guest Star) | 1952 1955 |