Occupation Film actor Spouse Myra Tucker (m. ?–2012) Role Former Child Actor | Name Jerry Tucker Years active 1931-1942 TV shows Our Gang | |
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Full Name Jerome H. Schatz Born November 1, 1925 (age 98) ( 1925-11-01 ) Chicago, Illinois Movies Hi'‑Neighbor!, Captain January, Mama's Little Pirate, Beginner's Luck, Shrimps for a Day Similar People Gus Meins, Jean Darling, Hal Roach, Art Lloyd, Jackie Condon | ||
JERRY TUCKER TRIBUTE
Jerry Tucker (November 1, 1925 – November 23, 2016) was an American child actor, most notable for having played the "rich kid" in the Our Gang short subjects series semi-regularly from 1931 to 1938.
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- JERRY TUCKER TRIBUTE
- Blue Angels Solo Pilot Jerry Tucker 1973 1974 1979
- Life and career
- Radio
- References
Blue Angels Solo Pilot: Jerry Tucker (1973 - 1974, 1979)
Life and career
Tucker was born Jerome Harold Schatz in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Ruth (Keno) and Leonard Schatz. His German Jewish surname was changed to "Tucker" for his acting career. Tucker first appeared in the 1931 Our Gang short Shiver My Timbers. He appeared in many Our Gang episodes and left the series after the 1938 Our Gang short Three Men in a Tub.
In addition to his Our Gang appearances, Tucker appeared in the Marie Dressler film Prosperity, again as a spoiled rich kid. He also appeared as one of Mother Peep's children in the 1934 Laurel & Hardy feature film March of the Wooden Soldiers. He also appeared with Shirley Temple in Captain January in 1936, playing the "know-it-all" boy who forgets his answers on the test. On radio, Tucker played "the juvenile lead" on Jones and I, which was broadcast on CBS in the early 1940s and Roy Barry on the soap opera Hilltop House.
Tucker went on to serve in the United States Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He served aboard the USS Sigsbee. During the war he sustained an injury that caused him to limp, when his ship was hit by a Japanese Kamikaze. Afterwards he married Myra and had a long successful career as an electrical engineer with RCA before retiring. His wife died in August 2012. Tucker died on November 23, 2016, of natural causes at Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook, New York. He was 91.
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