David John Stollery, III (born January 18, 1941 in Los Angeles,
California) is a former American child actor and, as an adult, an
industrial designer. He appeared in numerous Disney movies and
television programs in the 1950s. He is best known for his teenage
role as the loner Marty in the Spin and Marty television serials on
the Mickey Mouse Club TV series in the mid-1950s.At the age of seven,
he was named Child Actor of the Year for his role in the Broadway
production On Borrowed Time. He then appeared in several films,
including A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1949 and
Where Danger Lives in 1950. In the early 1950s, Stollery appeared in
various television programs, including I Love Lucy, Dragnet, My Friend
Irma, The Red Skelton Show, and The Ray Milland Show.It was on the
latter program, in the role of The Prodigy, that Walt Disney took
notice of his acting and had the 14-year-old sign a Disney Studio
contract to play the lead character of Marty Markham in the Spin and
Marty serials televised on The Mickey Mouse Club between 1955 and
1957.In 2000, Stollery and Tim Considine, his co-star in the Spin and
Marty serials, made cameo appearances in The New Adventures of Spin
and Marty: Suspect Behavior, a made-for-TV movie. A DVD version of the
Adventures of Spin & Marty was released in December 2005 as part of
the fifth wave of the Walt Disney Treasures series. On the 50th
anniversary of the serial's premiere, Stollery and Considine (who are
eighteen days apart in age) were interviewed by Leonard Maltin as a
DVD bonus feature about their experiences filming the series.
California) is a former American child actor and, as an adult, an
industrial designer. He appeared in numerous Disney movies and
television programs in the 1950s. He is best known for his teenage
role as the loner Marty in the Spin and Marty television serials on
the Mickey Mouse Club TV series in the mid-1950s.At the age of seven,
he was named Child Actor of the Year for his role in the Broadway
production On Borrowed Time. He then appeared in several films,
including A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in 1949 and
Where Danger Lives in 1950. In the early 1950s, Stollery appeared in
various television programs, including I Love Lucy, Dragnet, My Friend
Irma, The Red Skelton Show, and The Ray Milland Show.It was on the
latter program, in the role of The Prodigy, that Walt Disney took
notice of his acting and had the 14-year-old sign a Disney Studio
contract to play the lead character of Marty Markham in the Spin and
Marty serials televised on The Mickey Mouse Club between 1955 and
1957.In 2000, Stollery and Tim Considine, his co-star in the Spin and
Marty serials, made cameo appearances in The New Adventures of Spin
and Marty: Suspect Behavior, a made-for-TV movie. A DVD version of the
Adventures of Spin & Marty was released in December 2005 as part of
the fifth wave of the Walt Disney Treasures series. On the 50th
anniversary of the serial's premiere, Stollery and Considine (who are
eighteen days apart in age) were interviewed by Leonard Maltin as a
DVD bonus feature about their experiences filming the series.
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