Carl Switzer

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 114

Gender Male

Birthday 1927-08-07

Day of Death 1959-01-21 (31 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Carl Dean Switzer
Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Alfalfa
Alfalfa Switser
'Alfalfa' Switzer
Alfalfa Switzer
Alfy Switzer
Our Gang

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Carl Switzer

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.

Known For

Acting

2012

as Alfalfa

2001		The Our Gang Story as Alfalfa (archive footage)
2001		Our Gang - Comedy Festival as Alfalfa

1984

as (archive footage)

1982

as Self (archive footage)

1981

as Alfalfa

1958

as Angus

1957

as Speed

1956

as Savage (uncredited)

1955

as Shifty Robertson

1954		Track of the Cat as Joe Sam
1954		This Is My Love as Customer
1954		The High and the Mighty as Ensign Keim

1953		Flight Nurse as Soldier with Wounded Arm
1953		Island in the Sky as Sonny Hopper

1952		The WAC From Walla Walla as Pvt. Cronkheit (uncredited)
1952		I Dream of Jeanie as Freddie (as Carl Dean Switzer)
1952		Pat and Mike as Bus Boy

1951		Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 episode)
1951		Two Dollar Bettor as Chuck Nordlinger
1951		Cause for Alarm! as Guy with Tex

1950		Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Mailer
1950		Redwood Forest Trail as Alfie
1950		House by the River as Walter Herbert, office boy

1949		Alias the Champ as Newsboy (uncredited)
1949		A Letter to Three Wives as Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)

1948		Big Town Scandal as Frankie Snead
1948		State of the Union as Bellboy
1948		On Our Merry Way as Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz

1947		Driftwood as Messenger boy
1947		The Gas House Kids in Hollywood as Alfalfa
1947		Gas House Kids Go West as Alfalfa

1946		It's a Wonderful Life as Freddie Othello (uncredited)
1946		Courage of Lassie as First Youth
1946		Gas House Kids as Sammy Levine

1945		Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly as Mac
1945		Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2 as Cadet Sylvester McDribble
1945		She Wouldn't Say Yes as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1945		Man Alive as Ignatius Lafferty (uncredited)
1945		Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs as Cadet Sylvester McDribble

1944		Together Again as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1944		The Great Mike as Speck
1944		Going My Way as Herman Langerhanke (uncredited)
1944		Rosie the Riveter as Buzz Prouty

1943		Dixie as Boy in Street (uncredited)
1943		Shantytown as Bindy
1943		The Human Comedy as Auggie (uncredited)

1942		Johnny Doughboy as Alfalfa
1942		Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Billy Wiggs
1942		The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Telegram Delivery Boy
1942		There's One Born Every Minute as Junior Twine
1942		Henry and Dizzy as Billy Weeks
1942		My Favorite Blonde as Frederick (uncredited)

1941

as Bump Hudson

1940		Kiddie Kure as Alfalfa
1940		Goin' Fishin' as Alfalfa
1940		Barnyard Follies as Alfalfa
1940		Waldo's Last Stand as Alfalfa
1940		Good Bad Boys as Alfalfa
1940		I Love You Again as Leonard Harkspur Jr.
1940		Bubbling Troubles as Alfalfa
1940		The New Pupil as Alfalfa
1940		All About Hash as Alfalfa
1940		The Big Premiere as Alfalfa
1940		Alfalfa's Double as Alfalfa / Cornelius 'Corny'

1939		Time Out for Lessons as Alfalfa
1939		Dad for a Day
1939		Captain Spanky's Show Boat as Alfalfa (uncredited)
1939		Dog Daze as Alfalfa
1939		Cousin Wilbur as Alfalfa
1939		Clown Princes as Alfalfa
1939		Duel Personalities as Alfalfa (uncredited)
1939		The Ice Follies of 1939 as Small Boy (Uncredited)
1939		Tiny Troubles as Alfalfa Switzer
1939		Alfalfa's Aunt as Alfalfa

1938		Practical Jokers as Alfalfa
1938		Football Romeo as Alfalfa
1938		Men in Fright as Alfalfa
1938		Aladdin's Lantern as Alfalfa
1938		Party Fever as Alfalfa
1938		The Little Ranger as Alfalfa
1938		Hide and Shriek as Alfalfa, alias X-10
1938		The Awful Tooth as Alfalfa
1938		Feed 'em and Weep as Alfalfa
1938		Came the Brawn as Alfalfa
1938		Three Men in a Tub as Alfalfa
1938		Bear Facts as Alfalfa
1938		Canned Fishing as Alfalfa
1938		Scandal Street as Bennie Nordskudder

1937		Our Gang Follies of 1938 as Alfalfa
1937		Framing Youth as Alfalfa
1937		Fishy Tales as Alfalfa
1937		Wild and Woolly as Zero
1937		Hearts Are Thumps as Alfalfa
1937		Reunion in Rhythm as Alfalfa

1936		Spooky Hooky as Alfalfa
1936		General Spanky as Alfalfa
1936		Easy to Take as Alfred Bottle
1936		Pay As You Exit as Alfalfa
1936		Kelly the Second as Boy with Stomach Ache (uncredited)
1936		Bored of Education as Alfalfa
1936		Arbor Day as Alfalfa
1936		Second Childhood as Alfalfa
1936		The Lucky Corner as Alfalfa
1936		Divot Diggers as Alfalfa
1936		The Pinch Singer as Alfalfa

1935		Life Hesitates at 40 as Boy at Soda Fountain
1935		Little Papa as Alfalfa
1935		Sprucin' Up as Alfalfa
1935		Teacher's Beau as Alfalfa
1935		Southern Exposure as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1935		Beginner's Luck as Arizona Nightengale

1934

as Alfalfa

1933

as 'Irish Eyes' Singer

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