Wally Albright (born Walton Algernon Albright Jr.; September 3, 1925
â€" August 7, 1999) was an American child actor. He was best known for
his role in the Our Gang film series.The son of Wally and Lois
Albright, he was born in Burbank, California. He was seen in a film
with Gloria Swanson in 1928. He appeared in a number of films during
his career, and is notable for appearing in six Our Gang short
subjects throughout the early 1930s. Though his tenure with the gang
was brief, his role was usually that of the gang leader alongside
Matthew "Stymie" Beard.Albright played so many roles as a baby that he
was quite well known by the time he was three. He appeared in small
parts of various films made by Hal Roach Studios. At the end of 1933,
when Gus Meins took over directing, Our Gang needed a few new
characters. Several older Our Gangers left the series in the summer of
1933, including Dorothy DeBorba and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins. Albright
would be one of several characters, including Scotty Beckett and
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, to debut in 1934 in the Our Gang episode Hi
Neighbor. He quickly became one of the bigger Our Gang stars. But much
to the dismay of Hal Roach and director Gus Meins, Albright
voluntarily left the gang and returned to a normal childhood life.
However, he did play a small role in John Ford's version of John
Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, appearing as an older child in the
migrant camp. He watches as Ma Joad cooks a stew for her family and
tells her, "Me and my brother, we et good." Another child later tells
Ma he was lying. "I peeked through their window last night and they
was eatin' fried dough, just like everybody else." He graduated high
school and college as he entered adult life.In adult life, Albright
became a champion water sportsman and eventually operated a successful
trucking firm. He died in Sacramento, California, on August 7, 1999.
â€" August 7, 1999) was an American child actor. He was best known for
his role in the Our Gang film series.The son of Wally and Lois
Albright, he was born in Burbank, California. He was seen in a film
with Gloria Swanson in 1928. He appeared in a number of films during
his career, and is notable for appearing in six Our Gang short
subjects throughout the early 1930s. Though his tenure with the gang
was brief, his role was usually that of the gang leader alongside
Matthew "Stymie" Beard.Albright played so many roles as a baby that he
was quite well known by the time he was three. He appeared in small
parts of various films made by Hal Roach Studios. At the end of 1933,
when Gus Meins took over directing, Our Gang needed a few new
characters. Several older Our Gangers left the series in the summer of
1933, including Dorothy DeBorba and Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins. Albright
would be one of several characters, including Scotty Beckett and
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, to debut in 1934 in the Our Gang episode Hi
Neighbor. He quickly became one of the bigger Our Gang stars. But much
to the dismay of Hal Roach and director Gus Meins, Albright
voluntarily left the gang and returned to a normal childhood life.
However, he did play a small role in John Ford's version of John
Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, appearing as an older child in the
migrant camp. He watches as Ma Joad cooks a stew for her family and
tells her, "Me and my brother, we et good." Another child later tells
Ma he was lying. "I peeked through their window last night and they
was eatin' fried dough, just like everybody else." He graduated high
school and college as he entered adult life.In adult life, Albright
became a champion water sportsman and eventually operated a successful
trucking firm. He died in Sacramento, California, on August 7, 1999.
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