Tommy Rettig
Highest Rated: 83% The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Lowest Rated: 57% River of No Return (1954)
Birthday: Dec 10, 1941
Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
American child star of stage, screen, radio, and TV who reached a career peak as Jeff Miller, the first young master of CBS-TV's "Lassie" from 1954-57. Rettig started performing at age six, touring with Mary Martin in "Annie Get Your Gun." He started in films at ten with a small role in Elia Kazan's medical crime drama, "Panic in the Streets" (1950), and went on to amass 20 feature credits over the course of the 1950s in films directed by such luminaries as Douglas Sirk ("Weekend With Father" 1951), Michael Curtiz ("The Egyptian" 1954), Otto Preminger ("River of No Return" 1954), and Vincente Minnelli ("The Cobweb" 1955). The film for which he will probably always be remembered is one of the quirkiest children's films ever made--"The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T." (1953).
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Tommy Rettig
Filmography
Movies
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The Last Wagon | Billy (Character) | - | 1956 |
75% |
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The Cobweb | Mark (Character) | - | 1955 |
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At Gunpoint | Billy Wright (Character) | - | 1955 |
57% |
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River of No Return | Mark Calder (Character) | - | 1954 |
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The Raid | Larry Bishop (Character) | - | 1954 |
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The Egyptian | Thoth (Character) | - | 1954 |
83% |
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. | Bart Collins (Character) | - | 1953 |
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So Big | Dirk Age 8 (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paula | David Larson (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Elopement | Daniel Reagan (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gobs and Gals | Bertram (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weekend With Father |
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The Strip | Artie Ardrey (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Heaven's Sake | Joe Blake (Character) | - | 1950 |
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The Jackpot | Tommy Lawrence (Character) | - | 1950 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Jeff Miller (Character) | 1954-1957 1970-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | J.J. Eckhardt (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sugarfoot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Billy Gentry (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jeff's Collie | Unknown (Character) | 1954-1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1949 |