Baby LeRoy | |
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 LeRoy at the signing of his contract, 1933 | |
| Born | Ronald Le Roy Overacker May 12, 1932 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 28, 2001 (aged 69) Van Nuys, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Child actor |
| Years active | 1933–1935 |
Ronald Le Roy Overacker (May 12, 1932 – July 28, 2001), better known by his stage name Baby LeRoy, was an American child actor who appeared in films in the 1930s. When he was 16 months old, he became the youngest person ever put under term contract by a major studio.[1]
Born in Los Angeles, California, Baby LeRoy's career began when he was less than one year old, co-starring with Maurice Chevalier in A Bedtime Story, and ended with a cameo role as himself in Cinema Circus (1937). He is best known for his appearances in three W. C. Fields films: Tillie and Gus (1933), The Old Fashioned Way (1934) and It's a Gift (1934).
- ^ Curtis, James, W.C. Fields: A Biography, Alfred A. Knopf Publishing, 2003, p. 272