Carl Switzer

Personal Info

Birthday

August 7, 1927

Day of Death

1959-01-21

(31 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Carl Dean Switzer

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Alfalfa

Alfalfa Switser

'Alfalfa' Switzer

Alfalfa Switzer

Alfy Switzer

Our Gang

Carl Switzer

Biography

Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer was born on August 7, 1927 in Paris, Illinois, USA as Carl Dean Switzer. He was an actor, known for The Defiant Ones (1958), Our Gang Follies of 1938(1937) and I Love You Again (1940). He was married to Dian Collingwood. He died on January 21, 1959 in Mission Hills, California, USA.

Known For

It's a Wonderful Life

The Ten Commandments

Lux Video Theatre

White Christmas

The Defiant Ones

Going My Way

House by the River

Night 'n' Gales

Filmography

2012
The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D
as Alfalfa
2011
The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular
as Alfalfa (archive footage)
2001
Our Gang - Comedy Festival
as Alfalfa
1994
The Our Gang Story
as Alfalfa (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1982
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
1981
Rascal Dazzle
as Alfalfa (archive footage)
1958
The Defiant Ones
as Angus
1957
Motorcycle Gang
as Speed
1956
Between Heaven and Hell
as Savage
The Ten Commandments
as Slave (uncredited)
1955
Dig That Uranium
as Shifty Robertson
Francis in the Navy
as Timekeeper (uncredited)
1954
Track of the Cat
as Joe Sam
This Is My Love
as Customer
White Christmas
as Bennie Haynes (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty
as Ensign Keim
1953
Flight Nurse
as Soldier with Wounded Arm
Island in the Sky
as Sonny Hopper
1952
The WAC from Walla Walla
as Pvt. Cronkheit (uncredited)
I Dream of Jeanie
as Freddie (as Carl Dean Switzer)
Pat and Mike
as Bus Boy
1951
Here Comes the Groom
as Messenger (uncredited)
Two Dollar Bettor
as Chuck Nordlinger
Cause for Alarm!
as Guy with Tex
1950
Redwood Forest Trail
as Alfie
House by the River
as Walter Herbert, office boy
1949
Alias the Champ
as Newsboy (uncredited)
A Letter to Three Wives
as Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)
1948
Big Town Scandal
as Frankie Snead
State of the Union
as Bellboy
On Our Merry Way
as Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz
1947
Driftwood
as Messenger boy
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
as Alfalfa
Gas House Kids Go West
as Alfalfa
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
as Freddie Othello (uncredited)
Courage of Lassie
as First Youth
Gas House Kids
as Sammy Levine
1945
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
as Mac
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
as Cadet Sylvester McDribble
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Man Alive
as Ignatius Lafferty (uncredited)
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
as Cadet Sylvester McDribble
1944
Together Again
as Elevator Boy (uncredited)
The Great Mike
as Speck
Rosie the Riveter
as Buzz Prouty
Going My Way
as Herman Langerhanke (uncredited)
1943
Dixie
as Boy in Street (uncredited)
Shantytown
as Bindy
The Human Comedy
as Auggie (uncredited)
1942
Johnny Doughboy
as Alfalfa
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Billy Wiggs
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Telegram Delivery Boy
There's One Born Every Minute
as Junior Twine
Henry and Dizzy
as Billy Weeks
My Favorite Blonde
as Frederick (uncredited)
1941
Reg'lar Fellers
as Bump Hudson
1940
Kiddie Kure
as Alfalfa
Goin' Fishin'
as Alfalfa
Barnyard Follies
as Alfalfa
Waldo's Last Stand
as Alfalfa
Good Bad Boys
as Alfalfa
I Love You Again
as Leonard Harkspur Jr.
Bubbling Troubles
as Alfalfa
The New Pupil
as Alfalfa
All About Hash
as Alfalfa
The Big Premiere
as Alfalfa
Alfalfa's Double
as Alfalfa / Cornelius 'Corny'
1939
Time Out for Lessons
as Alfalfa
Dad for a Day
as Alfalfa
Captain Spanky's Show Boat
as Alfalfa
Auto Antics
as Alfalfa
Dog Daze
as Alfalfa
Joy Scouts
as Alfalfa
Cousin Wilbur
as Alfalfa
Clown Princes
as Alfalfa
Duel Personalities
as Alfalfa
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Small Boy (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles
as Alfalfa Switzer
Alfalfa's Aunt
as Alfalfa
1938
Practical Jokers
as Alfalfa
Football Romeo
as Alfalfa
Men in Fright
as Alfalfa
Aladdin's Lantern
as Alfalfa
Party Fever
as Alfalfa
The Little Ranger
as Alfalfa
Hide and Shriek
as Alfalfa
The Awful Tooth
as Alfalfa
Feed 'em and Weep
as Alfalfa
Came the Brawn
as Alfalfa
Three Men in a Tub
as Alfalfa
Bear Facts
as Alfalfa
Canned Fishing
as Alfalfa
Scandal Street
as Bennie Nordskudder
1937
Our Gang Follies of 1938
as Alfalfa
Mail and Female
as Alfalfa / Cousin Amelia
The Pigskin Palooka
as Alfalfa
Framing Youth
as Alfalfa
Fishy Tales
as Alfalfa
Night 'n' Gales
as Alfalfa
Wild and Woolly
as Zero
Roamin' Holiday
as Alfalfa
Three Smart Boys
as Alfalfa
Rushin' Ballet
as Alfalfa
Hearts Are Thumps
as Alfalfa
Glove Taps
as Alfalfa
Reunion in Rhythm
as Alfalfa
1936
Spooky Hooky
as Alfalfa
General Spanky
as Alfalfa
Easy to Take
as Alfred Bottle
Pay As You Exit
as Alfalfa
Two Too Young
as Alfalfa
Kelly the Second
as Boy with Stomach Ache (uncredited)
Bored of Education
as Alfalfa
Arbor Day
as Alfalfa
Second Childhood
as Alfalfa
Too Many Parents
as Kid Singer
The Lucky Corner
as Alfalfa
Divot Diggers
as Alfalfa
The Pinch Singer
as Alfalfa
1935
Our Gang Follies of 1936
as Alfalfa
Life Hesitates at 40
as Boy at Soda Fountain
Little Sinner
as Alfalfa
Little Papa
as Alfalfa
Sprucin' Up
as Alfalfa
Teacher's Beau
as Alfalfa
Southern Exposure
as Messenger Boy (uncredited)
Beginner's Luck
as Tom (Arizona Nightengales)
1934
The Little Rascals: The Pirates of Our Gang
as Alfalfa
1933
Stage Mother
as 'Irish Eyes' Singer (uncredited)