User:Oliver Renye

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Friday, May 31, 2024

I am German and born in 1965. I presently live in Southwest of Germany, in a little parish, close to the border to Alsace, France.

Although English is not my native language I understand it good enough to read and write in this language. Nevertheless, I work with comprehensive online dictionaries such as http://dict.leo.org/. However, my principle weakness always was (and still is) especially the English punctuation. Thus, in this respect, I would never object to be corrected, wherever appropriately necessary.

I am creator and admin of http://bobbydriscoll.com/, a Tribute website for deceased onetime child star Bobby Driscoll (1937-1968). I am also the major author of Driscoll’s Wikipedia article, as well as the articles on Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce (both "The Night Of The Hunter", 1955), which both I extended from standard stubs up to the current (November 2008) versions.

Since the start of my researches for Bobby Driscoll in late 2006, I developed a specific interest in child actors/actresses’ and their difficult relations/understandings to their stardom and their post-screen (adult) lives in retrospect to their "once-have-been-someone".

I am not professionally involved in or associated with the film-, or theatre business nor in journalism in any way. Yet, I aquired myself good skills in screenplay and essay/article writing.

Articles, which I already contributed (imported from Wikipedia):

Articles, on which I'm working:

On the long term, partially based on my articles on Bobby Driscoll, Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce and/or of which I have got good biographical material (printed biographies and/or comprehensive interviews), my further plans are articles on:

The following lists are not final.

Actors:

(aa=adult actor, fca=former child actor)

  • Robert Newton (Oliver Twist, 1948; Treasure Island, 1950) - aa - deceased
  • Burl Ives (acting baladeer) - aa - deceased
  • Rusty Hamer (Make Room For Daddy, 1953-65) - fca - deceased
  • Butch Patrick (The Munsters, 1964) - fca - still alive
  • Barret Oliver (The Neverending Story (Bastian), 1984; D.A.R.Y.L., 1985;) - fca - still alive
  • Johnny Crawford (The Rifleman, 1958-63) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (Little Rascals, 1922-26) - fca - deceased
  • Mickey Daniels (Our Gang, 1935-40) - fca - deceased
  • Tommy Rettig (The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T., 1953; River Of No Return, 1954; Lassie, 1954-57) - fca - deceased
  • Charles Herbert (Houseboat, 1958; The Fly, 1958) - fca - still alive
  • Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone, 1990) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Ricky Schroder (The Champ, 1979; Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1980; Silver Spoons, 1982-87) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Dean Stockwell (Kim, 1953; Quantum Leap, 1989-93) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Russ Tamblyn (Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, 1954; West Side Story, 1961; The Haunting, 1963) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Mickey Rooney (various) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Jackie Coogan (The Kid, 1921; Addams Family, 1964-66) - fca/aa - deceased
  • Paul Petersen (Houseboat, 1958; The Donna Reed Show, 1959-66) - fca - still alive
  • Jack Wild (Oliver, 1968) - fca - deceased
  • Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch, 1969-74) - fca - still alive
  • Matthew Garber (Mary Poppins, 1964) - fca - deceased
  • Martin Stephens (The Innocents, 1961) - fca - still alive
  • Eddie Hodges (A Hole In The Head, 1959; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), 1960) - fca - still alive
  • Roddy McDowell (various) - fca/aa - deceased
  • Danny Bonaduce (The Patridge Family, 1970-74) - fca - still alive
  • Jay North (Dennis, The Menace, 1959-63)
  • Christian Bale (various) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Corey Haim (Silver Bullet, 1985; The Lost Boys, 1987) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Corey Feldman (The Bad New Bears, 1979; The Goonies, 1985; Stand By Me, 1986; The Lost Boys, 1987) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Wil Wheaton (Stand By Me, 1986; Star Trek, The Next Generation, 1987-94) - fca/aa - still alive
  • Jonathan Brandis (The Neverending Story 2, The Next Chapter, 1990; Sea Quest DSV, 1993-96) - fca/aa - deceased
  • River Phoenix (Stand By Me, 1986) - fca/aa - deceased

Actresses:

(aa=adult actor, fca=former child actor)

(most of the former child actors had typical "post-fame" problems, partially resulting in heavy addictions or even in premature deaths.)

If somebody wonders why the majority of washed-up child actors tend to be male, let’s simply say it with Tommy Rettig, (in an AUGUST 1981 Interview of HIGH TIMES): It really pissed me off - producers had this general impression that whatever talent and gifts you had learned how to use as a kid, as soon as you were twenty-one it dried up. That was for boys. Girls were a different story. They can go from cute to gorgeous.

Directors/Producers:

Artists:

Movies:

  • Song Of The South, 1946
  • and all of Bobby Driscoll's major movies, he performed/appeared in

TV-series:

Special subjects/topics:

Any contribution of verifiable knowledge or biographical material is welcome and appriciated!

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