Full Name Martin Spellman Role Child actor Name Martin Spellman | Years active 1938-1957 Occupation Child actor | |
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Movies Boys Town, Streets of New York, Son of the Navy, Let Us Live, Santa Fe Stampede Similar People William Nigh, Norman Taurog, John Brahm, George Sherman | ||
Martin Spellman (born October 8, 1925 in Des Moines, Iowa), was an American child actor active in films during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Career
He made his screen debut in Test Pilot where he had an uncredited role. After that, he played Skinny in the 1938 film Boys Town, starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. In 1939, he co-starred in Streets of New York with Jackie Cooper. His film career ended in 1941. He then enlisted in United States Army Air Corp during World War II.
Filmography
Actor
1957
Dragnet (TV Series)
- The Big Button (1957)
1941
Confessions of Boston Blackie as
Jimmy Parrish (uncredited)
1941
The Big Boss as
Frank Dugan - as a Boy (uncredited)
1941
Meet the Chump as
Champ
1940
Hold That Woman! as
Mike Mulvaney
1940
Son of the Navy as
Tommy
1939
Fangs of the Wild as
Buddy
1939
Beau Geste as
Digby Geste (as a child)
1939
Law of the Wolf as
Johnny
1939
Streets of New York as
William McKinley 'Gimpy' Smith
1939
Let Us Live as
Jimmy Dugan
1938
I Am a Criminal as
Bobby
1938
Santa Fe Stampede as
Billy Carson
1938
Sharpshooters as
Prince Michael Martin (as Martin Joseph Spellman Jr.)
1938
Gang Bullets as
Young Boy (uncredited)
1938
Boys Town as
Skinny
1938
Test Pilot as
Kid (uncredited)
Archive Footage
2020
TCM Remembers 2020 (TV Special) as
Self / actor
References
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