Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer

American actor

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1927

Place of Birth: Paris, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 21-Jan-1959

Profession: actor, singer, breeder, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer

  • Carl Dean Switzer (August 8, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder and guide.
  • He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the short subjects series Our Gang.
  • Switzer began his career as a child actor in the mid-1930s appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as Alfalfa, one of the series' most popular and best-remembered characters.
  • After leaving the series in 1940, Switzer struggled to find substantial roles owing to typecasting.
  • As an adult, he appeared mainly in bit parts and B-movies.
  • He later became a dog breeder and hunting guide. Switzer married in 1954 and had one son before divorcing in 1957.
  • In January 1959, he was fatally shot by an acquaintance in a dispute over money.
  • Switzer appears in the 1946 film It's A Wonderful Life in the dance scene where he and another man open up the swimming pool cover and Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart fall in.
  • Switzer joins everyone as they all jump into the pool.

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