Carl Switzer skyrocketed to fame as freckle-faced Alfalfa in the "Our Gang" series – but it wouldn’t be a wonderful life for the actor. At age 31, the former child star was killed in a fight ...
On this day, Jan. 21, in 1959, Carl Dean Switzer, the actor who played Alfalfa in the “Our Gang” series, was killed during a fight over $50 and a hunting dog. The show, featuring Alfalfa, Spanky, ...
The slick-haired, freckle-faced star of The Little Rascals TV series struggled to find acting work as an adult. At 19 he moved to the Central Valley to become a professional bear hunter. “He was more ...
One of the first questions New York author Adrienne Troise encountered in Illinois when telling people about her book was, “You’re writing a whole book just about hay?” But the “Alfalfa” that Troise ...
Carl Switzer’s spontaneous discovery by a Hollywood producer reads like entertainment folklore. His exit, however, sounds more like a cautionary tale. Poor Switzer went from being one of the most ...
A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, Volume 6 features the talents of George "Spanky" McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Darla Hood, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Tommy "Butch" Bond ...
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