Carl Switzer

Actor Aug 7 (died age 31) Paris, Illinois, USA 1933–2022 (89 year career)

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Biography

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer was born on August 7, 1927 in Paris, Illinois, USA as Carl Dean Switzer. He was an actor, known for The Defiant Ones (1958), Our Gang Follies of 1938(1937) and I Love You Again (1940). He was married to Dian Collingwood. He died on January 21, 1959 in Mission Hills, California, USA.

Known For

Film

It's a Wonderful Life

Freddie Othello (uncredited)

Film

The Ten Commandments

Slave (uncredited)

Film

White Christmas

Bennie Haynes (uncredited)

Film

The Defiant Ones

Angus

Film

A Letter to Three Wives

Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)

Film

Going My Way

Herman Langerhanke (uncredited)

Film

House by the River

Walter Herbert, office boy

Film

I Love You Again

Leonard Harkspur Jr.

Filmography

Acting (137)

Movies (135)

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6

2022

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5

2022

The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D

2012

as Alfalfa

10.0

The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular

2011

as Alfalfa (archive footage)

Murders of Hollywood

2003

as Self (archive footage)

2.0

Our Gang - Comedy Festival

2001

as Alfalfa

The Our Gang Story

1994

as Alfalfa (archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

Classic Comedy Teams

1986

as Alfalfa (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self (archive footage)

Rascal Dazzle

1981

as Alfalfa (archive footage)

The Defiant Ones

as Angus

Motorcycle Gang

as Speed

The Ten Commandments

as Slave (uncredited)

7.8

Between Heaven and Hell

1956

as Savage

6.1

Francis in the Navy

1955

as Timekeeper (uncredited)

Dig That Uranium

as Shifty Robertson

White Christmas

as Bennie Haynes (uncredited)

7.2

Track of the Cat

1954

as Joe Sam

5.9

The High and the Mighty

as Ensign Keim

This Is My Love

as Customer

Island in the Sky

as Sonny Hopper

Flight Nurse

as Soldier with Wounded Arm

5.5

Pat and Mike

1952

as Bus Boy

6.3

The WAC from Walla Walla

1952

as Pvt. Cronkheit (uncredited)

I Dream of Jeanie

1952

as Freddie (as Carl Dean Switzer)

Cause for Alarm!

as Guy with Tex

Here Comes the Groom

as Messenger (uncredited)

Two Dollar Bettor

as Chuck Nordlinger

House by the River

as Walter Herbert, office boy

6.7

Redwood Forest Trail

1950

as Alfie

A Letter to Three Wives

1949

as Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)

7.2

Alias the Champ

1949

as Newsboy (uncredited)

6.0

On Our Merry Way

1948

as Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz

State of the Union

as Bellboy

Big Town Scandal

as Frankie Snead

Driftwood

as Messenger boy

Gas House Kids Go West

1947

as Alfalfa

6.0

The Gas House Kids in Hollywood

1947

as Alfalfa

6.0

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

as Freddie Othello (uncredited)

Gas House Kids

as Sammy Levine

Courage of Lassie

as First Youth

Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs

1945

as Cadet Sylvester McDribble

Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly

1945

as Mac

Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2

1945

as Cadet Sylvester McDribble

Man Alive

1945

as Ignatius Lafferty (uncredited)

5.1

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

5.9

Going My Way

1944

as Herman Langerhanke (uncredited)

6.7

Together Again

1944

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

5.3

The Great Mike

1944

as Speck

Rosie the Riveter

as Buzz Prouty

Shantytown

as Bindy

Dixie

as Boy in Street (uncredited)

3.0

The Human Comedy

1943

as Auggie (uncredited)

6.2

My Favorite Blonde

1942

as Frederick (uncredited)

Johnny Doughboy

as Alfalfa

Henry and Dizzy

as Billy Weeks

There's One Born Every Minute

1942

as Junior Twine

7.2

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942

as Billy Wiggs

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

1942

as Telegram Delivery Boy

Reg'lar Fellers

as Bump Hudson

Waldo's Last Stand

as Alfalfa

The Big Premiere

as Alfalfa

The New Pupil

as Alfalfa

Barnyard Follies

as Alfalfa

Goin' Fishin'

as Alfalfa

I Love You Again

as Leonard Harkspur Jr.

Kiddie Kure

as Alfalfa

Good Bad Boys

as Alfalfa

All About Hash

as Alfalfa

Alfalfa's Double

as Alfalfa / Cornelius 'Corny'

Bubbling Troubles

as Alfalfa

Time Out for Lessons

as Alfalfa

Auto Antics

as Alfalfa

Cousin Wilbur

as Alfalfa

Joy Scouts

as Alfalfa

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

as Alfalfa

Tiny Troubles

as Alfalfa Switzer

Clown Princes

as Alfalfa

Dog Daze

as Alfalfa

Dad for a Day

as Alfalfa

Duel Personalities

as Alfalfa

Alfalfa's Aunt

as Alfalfa

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939

as Small Boy (uncredited)

The Awful Tooth

as Alfalfa

Three Men in a Tub

as Alfalfa

Practical Jokers

as Alfalfa

The Little Ranger

as Alfalfa

Canned Fishing

as Alfalfa

Aladdin's Lantern

as Alfalfa

Party Fever

as Alfalfa

Bear Facts

as Alfalfa

Hide and Shriek

as Alfalfa

Scandal Street

as Bennie Nordskudder

Came the Brawn

as Alfalfa

Football Romeo

as Alfalfa

Men in Fright

as Alfalfa

Feed 'em and Weep

as Alfalfa

Three Smart Boys

as Alfalfa

Rushin' Ballet

as Alfalfa

Glove Taps

as Alfalfa

Roamin' Holiday

as Alfalfa

Wild and Woolly

as Zero

Fishy Tales

as Alfalfa

The Pigskin Palooka

as Alfalfa

Night 'n' Gales

as Alfalfa

Our Gang Follies of 1938

as Alfalfa

Framing Youth

as Alfalfa

Reunion in Rhythm

as Alfalfa

Mail and Female

as Alfalfa / Cousin Amelia

Hearts Are Thumps

as Alfalfa

Kelly the Second

as Boy with Stomach Ache (uncredited)

Arbor Day

as Alfalfa

Easy to Take

as Alfred Bottle

General Spanky

as Alfalfa

Two Too Young

as Alfalfa

Too Many Parents

as Kid Singer

The Lucky Corner

as Alfalfa

Bored of Education

as Alfalfa

Second Childhood

as Alfalfa

Divot Diggers

as Alfalfa

The Pinch Singer

as Alfalfa

Spooky Hooky

as Alfalfa

Pay As You Exit

as Alfalfa

Little Sinner

as Alfalfa

Life Hesitates at 40

as Boy at Soda Fountain

Sprucin' Up

as Alfalfa

Teacher's Beau

as Alfalfa

Little Papa

as Alfalfa

Beginner's Luck

as Tom (Arizona Nightengales)

7.0

Our Gang Follies of 1936

1935

as Alfalfa

5.8

Southern Exposure

1935

as Messenger Boy (uncredited)

1.0

The Little Rascals: The Pirates of Our Gang

1934

as Alfalfa

Stage Mother

1933

as 'Irish Eyes' Singer (uncredited)

5.0

Television (2)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Lux Video Theatre

as Mailer