Who was your favorite child actor/actors? I liked Jody on Family Affair and Timmy on Lassie. Who

[debm55]

were your favorite/ favorite? I also liked Oppie,

[calguy]

1. It's no contest

It's has to be Beaver Cleaver.

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3. I liked young Beaver. As he got older he wasn't so cute and funny.

[lastlib]

2. Billy Mumy, "Lost In Space."

I sort of identified with him as the kid with the galactic IQ......

[debm55]

4. I hated Dr. Smith. Liked Billy Mumy. What was his name on the show???

[rsdsharp]

9. Will Robinson.

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18. Duh, I remember the Robot saying "Danger, danger, Will Robinson" Thanks,

[Mister Ed]

5. Although she was no longer a child when she filmed "The Wizard of Oz"...

I think Judy Garland may have turned in the greatest performance by a minor in movie history.

[Lunabell]

6. I had a big time crush on Jodie Foster.

And Nancy McKeon, well, actually just on her character Jo on Facts of Life. As a young femme lesbian, I didn't have many butch women to crush on. Just Ralph on Green Acres, lol. Yeah, not her.

[Aristus]

7. Jodi Foster. I watched all of her films for Disney when I was a kid.

Naturally, I didn't watch "Taxi Driver" until I was an adult.

But I liked the intelligence, strength, and character she brought to each of her roles. She has only gotten better as an adult.

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. Had a big crush on Tim Considine

who played Spin on the ancient Spin and Marty series when I was just a kid. Thought he gorgeous. Always been a sucker for good looks! lol

[Aristus]

29. He also played the soldier Patton slapped in "Patton".

Based on two actual soldiers who had been suffering from dysentery and PTSD.

I’m a straight guy, so I never thought someone like Tim Considine would be considered attractive. He looked ordinary to me.

That works for me, though. I’m an ordinary looking guy who married a goddess. So it’s all good.

[Midnight Writer]

10. I was in love with Annette.

[Glorfindel]

11. Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow as the Cleaver brothers

on "Leave it to Beaver."

[rsdsharp]

12. I choose Johnny Crawford. Rifleboy to Chuck Connors Rifleman.

[Polly Hennessey]

14. My pick also. Cute and calm.

[Mister Ed]

13. One very likable performance by a young child was Lisa Loring as Wednesday Addams.

And then, if you set the Wayback Machine to 1921, there's Jackie Coogan's performance in the titel role of Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid".



Interesting that Coogan would (much) later play the part of Uncle Fester in "The Addams Family" TV series. I've read that he drew upon his own experience as a child actor to mentor Lisa Loring, taking steps to ensure that her earnings from her role as Wednesday were preserved for her to collect later as an adult.

[Siwsan]

15. Haley Mills

'The Parent Trap' and 'The Trouble with Angels' were my all time favorite films when I was young.

[Upthevibe]

26. Siwsan.............

Yes....Haley Mills was one of my crushes.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

39. I wish I had a dollar for every time I've watched "The Trouble With Angels"!

Love "The Parent Trap," too.

[Miguelito Loveless]

16. My first crush was Pamelyn Ferdin

She appeared on Space Academy, Curiosity Shoppe, Star Trek, The Odd Couple, The Beguiled (with Clint Eastwood) voiced Lucy van Pelt and Fern (Charlotte's Web).

[Jrose]

17. First: Shirley Temple...

Also...
Patty Duke in 'The Miracle Worker'
Ron Howard in the early days.
.....Oh, and the boy who plays 'Young Sheldon'!

[Mr.Bill]

19. Angela Cartwright.

She's about the same age as me and I always had a crush on her.

For a male actor, Ron Howard. He looks enough like me to be a member of my family. I suppose he has been the most successful child actor in his adult life. He seems to be a very decent person, too.

[Solly Mack]

20. Already mentioned, but Jodie Foster was my favorite.

Loved her in The Courtship of Eddie's Father. Loved her ever since.

[Silent Type]

21. Penny on Sky King.

[thatcrowwoman]

22. Tony Dow as Wally Cleaver

and Haley Mills in Whistle Down the Wind and The Moonspinners.
🕊thatcrowwoman

[TlalocW]

23. Bunch of old fogies on here

Alyssa Milano on "Who's the Boss." But that was more of a crush.

[EYESORE 9001]

25. I had a crush on her too

but I couldn’t indulge fantasizing about her until she came of age.

[TlalocW]

28. She's one year older than I am

So, not really a problem. In fact, a near impossibility not to at that age.

[IcyPeas]

24. Anyone watch "Shameless"? I always thought the young actors on that show were great.

Not household names like a lot of the mentions here from when we all watched the same TV channels... Shameless was on Showtime.

Ethan Cutkosky played Carl Gallagher and Emma Kenney played Debbie Gallagher. They were both about 10 when the series started. The storyline was about a dysfunctional family. Mostly drama (although its called comedy/drama.) Some heavy situations came up in the show. I always thought all of the young actors in this show played their parts incredibly well.

[AnnaLee]

27. Tatum O'Neil, for one. ntp

[bedazzled]

30. Kurt Russell.... jungle boy on Gilligan's island

From then to this day

That's a looooooong crush

I liked Billy mumy too...

[ironflange]

31. I had a bad crush on Jan Brady

[malthaussen]

32. Angela Cartwright.

Well, she was 13 when she started in "Lost in Space," and though I was a few years younger, I had the hots for her anyway. Before I even knew what "hots" were. So, she was a child actress, but I liked her for un-childlike reasons.

The obscure one-season TV show "Hank," which ran in 1965-66, had an actress named Katie Sweet who played Hank's kid sister, and I absolutely adored her, but she never worked after 1967, and I only remember her name through the glory of the Internet.

-- Mal

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33. angela was in the Danny Thomas show and the movie The Sound of Music.

[malthaussen]

35. Yeah, Angela got around. She also did music.

One of her album covers has a very grown-up picture of her which would rival most pinups.

Her sister Veronica is also an actress, who has a much deeper resume (and three Primetime Emmy nominations).

-- Mal

[Auggie]

34. Matthew Beard (Stymie, Our Gang)

Norman Chaney (Chubby), Jackie Cooper

[Different Drummer]

36. Bill Mumy, from "Lost in Space" was hands down, my favorite.

I also like Clint Howard from "Gentle Ben" and Brandon Cruz from "The Courtship of Eddie's Father."

[Mosby]

37. Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson

Nt

[50 Shades Of Blue]

38. Hayley Mills was the only one I could stand, LOL!

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

40. Even as a child, I found child actors

Super-annoying, most of the time.

I always preferred the adults.

I guess if I had to pick one...

Boy: Whoever played Peter Brady. I thought he was cute and his character seemed to be a normal kid, without being annoying or bratty about it.

Girl: Whoever played Marcia Brady. I wanted to be Marcia, so badly, LOL. Behind her sweet and feminine facade, she was tough as steel and knew how to get what she wanted. She wasn't afraid of competing with boys, either. She didn't get many of those moments in the show, but when she did, she made the most of them.