Wally Albright

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wally Albright (September 3, 1925 – August 7, 1999) was an American former child actor. Albright was born Walton Algernon Albright, Jr. in Burbank, California. 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. Wally would be one of several characters including Scotty Beckett and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas to debut in 1934 in the Our Gang episode Hi Neighbor. Wally quickly became one of the bigger Our Gang stars. But much to the dismay of Hal Roach and director Gus Meins, Wally voluntarily left the gang and returned to a normal childhood life. However, Albright 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.

Most Known For

Super-Sleuth

as Child movie fan

Choo-Choo!

as Wally (orphan)

Mr. Skitch

as Little Ira

Laura

as Newsboy (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath

as Boy Who Bragged of Eating Chicken (uncredited)

Waterfront Lady

as Mickey O'Flaherty

The Wild One

as Cyclist (uncredited)

Captains Courageous

as Boy (uncredited)

Thirteen Women

as Bobby Stanhope

Johnny Apollo

as Office Boy

It Happened in Hollywood

as Boy

Ann Vickers

as Mischa Feldermans (uncredited)

Little Miss Nobody

as Orphan

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

as Child

The Conquerors

as Roger Standish, Jr.

The Single Standard

as Arden's son

Salvation Nell

as Jimmy

King of the Sierras

as Sonny Blake

Zoo in Budapest

as Paul Vandor

Mexicali Rose

as Tommy Romero