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==Career==
==Career==
Davis first appeared in the first Our Gang short called, ''[[One Terrible Day]]''. He was known as the little tough boy and was a rival (usually with [[Mickey Daniels|Mickey]] for [[Mary Kornman]]'s affections. In other shorts he was a just a member of the gang instead of a bully. He stopped his career for a while when [[Harold Lloyd]] and his older sister, [[Mildred Davis]], got married, and Lloyd put him into military school. Davis left the series in the 1923 Our Gang short ''[[Sunday Calm]]''. He appeared in a brief cameo in the 1924 short ''[[Fast Company]]''. Davis appeared in many films during his older and later years. He became a successful [[physician]] in the Los Angeles area.<ref name=maltin/> He also made occasional movie and television appearances in bit roles until 1990, his last being a [[bailiff]] in the film ''[[Side Out]]''. He is teh grandfather of American actress Carrie Mitchum and actor Bently Mitchum. Great grandfather to Grace Van Dien.
Davis first appeared in the first Our Gang short called, ''[[One Terrible Day]]''. He was known as the little tough boy and was a rival (usually with [[Mickey Daniels|Mickey]] for [[Mary Kornman]]'s affections. In other shorts he was a just a member of the gang instead of a bully. He stopped his career for a while when [[Harold Lloyd]] and his older sister, [[Mildred Davis]], got married, and Lloyd put him into military school. Davis left the series in the 1923 Our Gang short ''[[Sunday Calm]]''. He appeared in a brief cameo in the 1924 short ''[[Fast Company]]''. Davis appeared in many films during his older and later years. He became a successful [[physician]] in the Los Angeles area.<ref name=maltin/> He also made occasional movie and television appearances in bit roles until 1990, his last being a [[bailiff]] in the film ''[[Side Out]]''. He is the grandfather of American actress Carrie Mitchum and actor Bently Mitchum. Great grandfather to Grace Van Dien.


==Death==
==Death==

Revision as of 14:23, 11 November 2012

Jack Davis
Jack Davis in The Champeen (1923)
Born
John H. Davis

(1914-04-05)April 5, 1914
DiedNovember 3, 1992(1992-11-03) (aged 78)
Other namesJackie Davis
Years active1922-1990

Jackie Davis (John H. Davis) (April 5, 1914 – November 3, 1992) was an American child actor, notable for appearing in Hal Roach's Our Gang series. His sister Mildred Davis also acted; she appeared in Roach comedian Harold Lloyd's films as his leading lady. When Lloyd and Mildred were married in 1923, Lloyd pulled Jack out of Our Gang and enrolled him in military school.[1]

Career

Davis first appeared in the first Our Gang short called, One Terrible Day. He was known as the little tough boy and was a rival (usually with Mickey for Mary Kornman's affections. In other shorts he was a just a member of the gang instead of a bully. He stopped his career for a while when Harold Lloyd and his older sister, Mildred Davis, got married, and Lloyd put him into military school. Davis left the series in the 1923 Our Gang short Sunday Calm. He appeared in a brief cameo in the 1924 short Fast Company. Davis appeared in many films during his older and later years. He became a successful physician in the Los Angeles area.[1] He also made occasional movie and television appearances in bit roles until 1990, his last being a bailiff in the film Side Out. He is the grandfather of American actress Carrie Mitchum and actor Bently Mitchum. Great grandfather to Grace Van Dien.

Death

Davis died in 1992 in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 78.

References

  1. ^ a b Maltin, Leonard and Bann, Richard W. (1977, rev. 1992). The Little Rascals: The Life and Times of Our Gang, p. 269. New York: Crown Publishing/Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-517-58325-9

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