Kendall McComas (October 29, 1916 - October 15, 1981) was an American
child actor.Born in Holton, Kansas, McComas first appeared in the
Mickey McGuire short subjects series as a member of Mickey McGuire's
gang and stayed throughout the series run in the silent era. He also
played the role of Stinky Davis in some of the series' earliest sound
shorts. In 1931, he joined the Our Gang series, first appearing in the
1932 Our Gang short Readin' and Writin'. McComas stayed with Our Gang
for a full year and left the series after appearing in the 1932 Our
Gang short Birthday Blues.Even though he was well into his teens
during his Our Gang tenure, McComas was very short for his age and
thus capably portrayed his grade-school-age character Breezy aka
Brisbane. Breezy's mother refers to him as "Brisbane" in the films
Readin' and Writin' and Spanky, the only shorts in which that name
appears; the kids refer to him as "Breezy," presumably as a nickname
for Brisbane. However, the Leonard Maltin/Richard Bann book The Little
Rascals: The Life & Times of Our Gang lists his character as "Breezy
Brisbane," a name which does not appear in dialogue in any of the
shorts in which McComas appears.After growing up, he left show
business and became an electrical engineer at the U.S. Naval Weapons
Center in China Lake, California and then an institutional mortgage
backed bond salesman under the name John Mandy.
child actor.Born in Holton, Kansas, McComas first appeared in the
Mickey McGuire short subjects series as a member of Mickey McGuire's
gang and stayed throughout the series run in the silent era. He also
played the role of Stinky Davis in some of the series' earliest sound
shorts. In 1931, he joined the Our Gang series, first appearing in the
1932 Our Gang short Readin' and Writin'. McComas stayed with Our Gang
for a full year and left the series after appearing in the 1932 Our
Gang short Birthday Blues.Even though he was well into his teens
during his Our Gang tenure, McComas was very short for his age and
thus capably portrayed his grade-school-age character Breezy aka
Brisbane. Breezy's mother refers to him as "Brisbane" in the films
Readin' and Writin' and Spanky, the only shorts in which that name
appears; the kids refer to him as "Breezy," presumably as a nickname
for Brisbane. However, the Leonard Maltin/Richard Bann book The Little
Rascals: The Life & Times of Our Gang lists his character as "Breezy
Brisbane," a name which does not appear in dialogue in any of the
shorts in which McComas appears.After growing up, he left show
business and became an electrical engineer at the U.S. Naval Weapons
Center in China Lake, California and then an institutional mortgage
backed bond salesman under the name John Mandy.
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