Born: 1924
Lesser known "Our Gang" actor Donnie "Beezer" Smith was born Donald R. Smith on this day in Kern County, California. Donnie got into acting due to being the younger brother of "gangster" Jay R. Smith who was almost ten years his senior. "Beezer's" first film with the gang came in 1928 the in one of the last silent Rascals films: Fair and Muddy when he was just 4 years old. In total Smith was in a total of four Little Rascal films, one of them--Boxing Gloves--with full sound. His last Our Gang film was the partial silent Cat, Dog & Co. in 1929.
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