Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 3, 1925
Place of Birth:
Burbank, California, USA
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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.
Year | Movie | Role |
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2001 | Our Gang - Comedy Festival | Wally |
2000 | Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs | (archive footage) |
1953 | The Wild One | Cyclist (uncredited) |
1944 | Laura | Newsboy (uncredited) |
1940 | The Grapes of Wrath | Boy Who Bragged of Eating Chicken (uncredited) |
1940 | Johnny Apollo | Office Boy |
1939 | Boy Trouble | Boy |
1939 | Mexicali Rose | Tommy Romero |
1938 | King of the Sierras | Sonny Blake |
1938 | Sons of the Legion | Harold |
1937 | Old Louisiana | Davey |
1937 | Super-Sleuth | Child movie fan |
1937 | What Price Vengeance | Sandy MacNair |
1937 | Roll Along, Cowboy | Danny Blake |
1937 | The Woman I Love | Georges |
1937 | It Happened in Hollywood | Boy |
1937 | Captains Courageous | Boy (uncredited) |
1937 | Maid of Salem | Jasper (Uncredited) |
1936 | The Cowboy Star | Jimmy Baker |
1936 | Little Miss Nobody | Orphan |
1935 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Child |
1935 | Waterfront Lady | Mickey O'Flaherty |
1934 | As the Earth Turns | John |
1934 | Washee Ironee | Waldo |
1934 | Hi'–Neighbor! | Wally |
1934 | For Pete's Sake! | Wally |
1934 | The First Round-Up | Wally |
1934 | Honky Donkey | Wallace |
1933 | The Wrecker | Young Boy |
1933 | Ann Vickers | Mischa Feldermans (uncredited) |
1933 | Zoo in Budapest | Paul Vandor |
1933 | Mr. Skitch | Little Ira |
1933 | Smoky | Clint's Son |
1932 | The Silver Lining | Bobby O'Brien |
1932 | The Conquerors | Roger Standish, Jr. |
1932 | Thirteen Women | Bobby Stanhope |
1932 | Choo-Choo! | Wally (orphan) |
1932 | End of the Trail | Jimmy 'Sonny' Travers |
1931 | East Lynne | William as a Boy |
1931 | The Prodigal | Peter |
1931 | Salvation Nell | Jimmy |
1931 | Law of the Sea | Cole Andrews (as child) |
1930 | Paper Hanging with Johnny Arthur | |
1929 | The Trespasser | Jack Merrick |
1929 | The Single Standard | Arden's son |
1929 | Going Ga-Ga | Little Boy |
1929 | Wonder of Women | Wulle-Wulle |
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