Monday, March 3, 2025

Mystery actor

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The actor in question is the boy, not the man. I play fair.

Leave your guess(es) in the comments. I’ll check in now and then and drop a hint if one is needed.

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The answer is now in the comments.

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comments: 4

Anonymous said...

Jay North with a dye job?

Michael Leddy said...

Good catch. It’s Jay North minus dye job (his hair was dyed for Dennis the Menace). Here he shares the screen with Steve Cochran in The Big Operator (dir. Charles F. Haas, 1959), part of a cast that included Charles Chaplin Jr., Jackie Coogan, Mickey Rooney, Mel Tormé, and Vampira. Worth seeking out (on YouTube), if only for that cast.

Anonymous said...

that I would have never gotten as I never liked the tv show "Dennis the menace."
kirsten

Michael Leddy said...

I hated Dennis the Menace. I saw Jay North’s name in the credits, but even then it took me a minute to recognize him with his own hair.