Occupation Actor Years active 1942 - 1947 | Name Douglas Croft Role Child actor | |
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Full Name Douglas Malcom Wheatcroft Born August 12, 1926 ( 1926-08-12 ) Seattle, Washington, U.S. Died October 24, 1963, Los Angeles, California, United States Resting place Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery Movies Yankee Doodle Dandy, Remember the Day, Killer McCoy, Harrigan's Kid Similar People Lambert Hillyer, Michael Curtiz, Roy Rowland, Charles Reisner, Henry King | ||
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Douglas Croft (born Douglas Malcom Wheatcroft; August 12, 1926 – October 24, 1963) was an American child actor who is best remembered for being the first actor to portray the DC Comics character Robin the Boy Wonder as well as his secret identity Dick Grayson in the 1943 serial Batman, at sixteen years of age.
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Croft was born in Seattle, Washington. He served in the Army during World War II. During his brief career, he was involved in many film roles playing the younger versions of characters or famous people. This includes portrayals of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and Lou Gehrig as a boy in The Pride of the Yankees (1942). Croft died at age thirty-seven in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
Actor
1947
Killer McCoy as
Danny Burns, Newsboy
1945
River Gang as
Slug
1943
Batman as
Robin / Dick Grayson
1943
Presenting Lily Mars as
Davey
1943
Harrigan's Kid as
Skip
1942
George Washington Slept Here as
Raymond
1942
The Pride of the Yankees as
Lou Gehrig as a Boy
1942
Flight Lieutenant as
Danny Doyle - as a boy (uncredited)
1942
Yankee Doodle Dandy as
George M. Cohan - As a Boy of 13
1942
Not a Ladies' Man as
Bill Bruce
1942
Kings Row as
Drake McHugh - as a Boy
1941
Remember the Day as
Dewey Roberts as a boy
Soundtrack
1942
George Washington Slept Here (performer: "You're In The Army Now" - uncredited)
Archive Footage
1989
Batmania from Comics to Screen (Video documentary) as
Self / Dick Grayson / Robin
1974
The Three Stooges Follies as
Dick Grayson / 'Robin'
References
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