Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr. (born September 21, 1932) is an
American former child actor. He was active on-screen in Hollywood
during the Golden Age of Hollywood from age 18 months in 1934. As an
adult actor, he appeared primarily in smaller parts before leaving the
industry in 1956.His most notable role was playing Beau Wilkes in Gone
with the Wind (1939). He also appeared in Juarez (1939), A Tree Grows
in Brooklyn (1945), Red River (1948), and Broken Arrow (1950). He made
his final acting appearance on the TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents
in 1956.Born in Waukegan, Illinois of German descent to Mickey Snr.
and Pearl Hicks, he gained fame as child actor in the 1930s and
appeared opposite Conrad Nagel and Leslie Howard, amongst others. His
first fame came when he won the role auditioned for by 100 other child
actors in playing Beau Wilkes, the son of Leslie Howard and Olivia de
Havilland's characters Ashley Wilkes and Melanie Hamilton in Gone with
the Wind in 1939. He later went on to appear in Juarez (1939) opposite
Bette Davis, as the adoptive son of John Wayne in Red River, Broken
Arrow starring James Stewart and in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a
role in which he was reunited with Vivien Leigh a dozen years after
they first worked together in Gone with the Wind. In A Streetcar Named
Desire, Kuhn played a sailor who directs Leigh's character Blanche to
the correct streetcar which will take her to her sister's neighborhood
at the beginning of the film. He is the only actor to share screen
time with Leigh in each of her Oscar-winning performances.In the Navy
from 1951 until 1955, Kuhn worked as an aircraft electrician.
American former child actor. He was active on-screen in Hollywood
during the Golden Age of Hollywood from age 18 months in 1934. As an
adult actor, he appeared primarily in smaller parts before leaving the
industry in 1956.His most notable role was playing Beau Wilkes in Gone
with the Wind (1939). He also appeared in Juarez (1939), A Tree Grows
in Brooklyn (1945), Red River (1948), and Broken Arrow (1950). He made
his final acting appearance on the TV show Alfred Hitchcock Presents
in 1956.Born in Waukegan, Illinois of German descent to Mickey Snr.
and Pearl Hicks, he gained fame as child actor in the 1930s and
appeared opposite Conrad Nagel and Leslie Howard, amongst others. His
first fame came when he won the role auditioned for by 100 other child
actors in playing Beau Wilkes, the son of Leslie Howard and Olivia de
Havilland's characters Ashley Wilkes and Melanie Hamilton in Gone with
the Wind in 1939. He later went on to appear in Juarez (1939) opposite
Bette Davis, as the adoptive son of John Wayne in Red River, Broken
Arrow starring James Stewart and in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a
role in which he was reunited with Vivien Leigh a dozen years after
they first worked together in Gone with the Wind. In A Streetcar Named
Desire, Kuhn played a sailor who directs Leigh's character Blanche to
the correct streetcar which will take her to her sister's neighborhood
at the beginning of the film. He is the only actor to share screen
time with Leigh in each of her Oscar-winning performances.In the Navy
from 1951 until 1955, Kuhn worked as an aircraft electrician.
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