Person Details

Birthday: 1927-08-07 01:14:56

Death: 1959-01-21 01:14:56

Aliases: Carl Dean Switzer , Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer , Alfalfa , Alfalfa Switser , 'Alfalfa' Switzer , Alfalfa Switzer , Alfy Switzer , Our Gang

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Paris, Illinois, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 31

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Lux Video Theatre
Average
6

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Mailer
It's a Wonderful Life
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8

It's a Wonderful Life

(1946) Freddie Othello (uncredited)
The Defiant Ones
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7

The Defiant Ones

(1958) Angus
The High and the Mighty
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6

The High and the Mighty

(1954) Ensign Keim
Island in the Sky
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6

Island in the Sky

(1953) Sonny Hopper
A Letter to Three Wives
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7

A Letter to Three Wives

(1949) Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)
Track of the Cat
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6

Track of the Cat

(1954) Joe Sam
House by the River
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7

House by the River

(1950) Walter Herbert, office boy

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2012 Alfalfa
2011 Alfalfa
2001 Alfalfa (archive footage)
Alfalfa
1984 (archive footage)
1982 Self (archive footage)
1981 Alfalfa
1958 Angus
1957 Speed
1956 Savage (uncredited)
1955 Shifty Robertson
1954 Joe Sam
Customer
Bennie Haynes (uncredited)
Ensign Keim
1953 Soldier with Wounded Arm
Sonny Hopper
1952 Pvt. Cronkheit (uncredited)
Freddie (as Carl Dean Switzer)
Bus Boy
1951 N/A
Chuck Nordlinger
Guy with Tex
1950 Mailer
Alfie
Walter Herbert, office boy
1949 Newsboy (uncredited)
Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)
1948 Frankie Snead
Bellboy
Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz
1947 Messenger boy
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
1946 Freddie Othello (uncredited)
First Youth
Sammy Levine
1945 Mac
Cadet Sylvester McDribble
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Ignatius Lafferty (uncredited)
Cadet Sylvester McDribble
1944 Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Speck
Herman Langerhanke (uncredited)
Buzz Prouty
1943 Boy in Street (uncredited)
Bindy
Auggie (uncredited)
1942 Alfalfa
Billy Wiggs
Telegram Delivery Boy
Junior Twine
Billy Weeks
Frederick (uncredited)
1941 Bump Hudson
1940 Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Leonard Harkspur Jr.
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa / Cornelius 'Corny'
1939 Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa (uncredited)
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa (uncredited)
Small Boy (Uncredited)
Alfalfa Switzer
Alfalfa
1938 Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa, alias X-10
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Bennie Nordskudder
1937 Alfalfa
Alfalfa / Cousin Amelia (as Our Gang)
Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Zero
Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Alfalfa (as Our Gang)
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
1936 Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfred Bottle
Alfalfa
Boy with Stomach Ache (uncredited)
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
1935 Boy at Soda Fountain
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Alfalfa
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Arizona Nightengale
1934 Alfalfa
1933 'Irish Eyes' Singer
Year Character Movie/Tv

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