Children Zee Hurlic Role Child actor | Name Philip Hurlic Years active 1932-1942 Siblings Dolores Hurlic | |
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Full Name Philip Raymond Hurlic Born December 20, 1927 ( 1927-12-20 ) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Movies Baby Burlesks, The Pie-Covered Wagon, Penrod and His Twin Brother, The Kid's Last Fight, Father's Son, Golden Hoofs Similar People Charles Lamont, Ray Nazarro, Norman Taurog | ||
Philip Raymond Hurlic (December 20, 1927 - July 7, 2014) was an American child actor.
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Hurlic appeared in a number of films in the 1930s and early 1940s. Hurlic's income from his film work was used to support his East Los Angeles family. Hurlic's earliest roles were as a toddler in the Baby Burlesks series, which starred a pre-fame Shirley Temple. His largest roles in film include Little Jim in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938), Verman Diggs in the Penrod films, and Zeke in Zenobia (1939). He also appeared in a number of Our Gang comedies alongside another child actor from his neighborhood, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas.
He retired from film business in 1942 after 30 films. According to Hurlic's daughter Zee, Hurlic died peacefully on July 7, 2014 surrounded by his family.