Benny Bartlett (August 16, 1924 â€" December 26, 1999) was an American
child actor, musician, and later a member of the longest running
feature-film series The Bowery Boys.Benny Bartlett was a child prodigy
on the piano at eight years of age. His first stage role was when he
was ten days old. At age four he was playing the trumpet, directing
and singing with his own dance orchestra. He played over radio. He
appeared in an RKO musical, Millions in the Air (1935), playing the
piano. The next year he appeared in a short for Paramount, performing
a composition he had written at the age of nine. The studio signed him
to a contract soon afterwards. Bartlett began appearing with many of
Paramount's biggest stars, and became such a hot property that he was
often loaned out to other studios.By the early 1940s, with the onset
of puberty, he had reached the awkward age where child actors couldn't
play juveniles anymore.Bartlett joined the military during World War
II. After his enlistment was over he resumed his acting career, and
was cast as a member of the gang in The Bowery Boys comedies.
child actor, musician, and later a member of the longest running
feature-film series The Bowery Boys.Benny Bartlett was a child prodigy
on the piano at eight years of age. His first stage role was when he
was ten days old. At age four he was playing the trumpet, directing
and singing with his own dance orchestra. He played over radio. He
appeared in an RKO musical, Millions in the Air (1935), playing the
piano. The next year he appeared in a short for Paramount, performing
a composition he had written at the age of nine. The studio signed him
to a contract soon afterwards. Bartlett began appearing with many of
Paramount's biggest stars, and became such a hot property that he was
often loaned out to other studios.By the early 1940s, with the onset
of puberty, he had reached the awkward age where child actors couldn't
play juveniles anymore.Bartlett joined the military during World War
II. After his enlistment was over he resumed his acting career, and
was cast as a member of the gang in The Bowery Boys comedies.
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