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Carl Switzer

Acting

Born August 7, 1927 · Paris, Illinois, USA

Died January 21, 1959

Also known as Carl Dean Switzer · Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer · Alfalfa

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.

Filmography31 titles

Hollywood’s Children

1982as Self (archive footage)

The Great Mike

1944as Speck

It's a Wonderful Life

1946as Freddie Othello (uncredited)

The Ten Commandments

1956as Slave (uncredited)

White Christmas

1954as Bennie Haynes (uncredited)

A Letter to Three Wives

1949as Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)

I Love You Again

1940as Leonard Harkspur Jr.

The Defiant Ones

1958as Angus

House by the River

1950as Walter Herbert, office boy

Driftwood

1947as Messenger boy

State of the Union

1948as Bellboy

Going My Way

1944as Herman Langerhanke (uncredited)

Lux Video Theatre

as Mailer

Pat and Mike

1952as Bus Boy

My Favorite Blonde

1942as Frederick (uncredited)

Island in the Sky

1953as Sonny Hopper

The Human Comedy

1943as Auggie (uncredited)

Between Heaven and Hell

1956as Savage

The High and the Mighty

1954as Ensign Keim

Track of the Cat

1954as Joe Sam

Cause for Alarm!

1951as Guy with Tex

Courage of Lassie

1946as First Youth

Motorcycle Gang

1957as Speed

On Our Merry Way

1948as Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939as Small Boy (uncredited)

Barnyard Follies

1940as Alfalfa

Here Comes the Groom

1951as Messenger (uncredited)

Big Town Scandal

1948as Frankie Snead

Rosie the Riveter

1944as Buzz Prouty

Reg'lar Fellers

1941as Bump Hudson

I Dream of Jeanie

1952as Freddie (as Carl Dean Switzer)