Who Was Carl Switzer?

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   PhoenixVposted 11 years ago

   Who Was Carl Switzer?
   
   What is a biography of Carl Switzer?
   
   

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   montecristoposted 11 years ago

   Alfafa, He was one of the Little rascals. Had a rough life and died young. He had, also, starred with the Gas house kids with Billy Halop (Dead End kids). A wonderful talent and sad ending for this kid.

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   JThomp42posted 11 years ago

   Was Alfalfa in the "Our Gang" comedies.
   
   Shot to death by an acquaintance in Mission Hills, California, during an argument over $50 that Switzer felt the acquaintance owed him. The acquaintance pleaded self-defense, and the judge ruled the death "justifiable homicide."
   
   Buried at Hollywood Memorial Park (now Hollywood Forever), 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California.
   
   Many sources have stated that the image of a dog displayed on his tombstone refers to the hound from the Little Rascals series. This is not, in fact, correct; rather, the image references work as a professional breeder.
   
   Although one of the most popular members of "Our Gang," Switzer's later life became an almost textbook example of the former child star whose life takes a turn for the worse. Numerous brushes with the law, a broken marriage, and grade-Z film work (when he could get it) all led up to his sudden, violent death in January 1959 at the age of only 31. A similar fate befell his brother, actor Harold Switzer, who, nine years later, killed his girlfriend and (a few hours after that) himself.

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