Cast & creator
Carl Switzer
Best known for It's a Wonderful Life, Lux Video Theatre, The Ten Commandments
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.
Also known as: Carl Dean Switzer, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Alfalfa, Alfalfa Switser, 'Alfalfa' Switzer
135
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1929–2022 · acting roles
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Filmography (138)
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It's a Wonderful Life
Freddie Othello (uncredited)
1946Lux Video Theatre
Mailer
1950
The Ten Commandments
Slave (uncredited)
1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
White Christmas
Bennie Haynes (uncredited)
1954
The Defiant Ones
Angus
1958
The High and the Mighty
Ensign Keim
1954
The Little Rascals
Alfalfa
1929
A Letter to Three Wives
Leo, Second Messenger (uncredited)
1949
State of the Union
Bellboy
1948
I Love You Again
Leonard Harkspur Jr.
1940
House by the River
Walter Herbert, office boy
1950
On Our Merry Way
Leopold 'Zoot' Wirtz
1948
Here Comes the Groom
Messenger (uncredited)
1951
Island in the Sky
Sonny Hopper
1953
Courage of Lassie
First Youth
1946
Going My Way
Herman Langerhanke (uncredited)
1944
Pat and Mike
Bus Boy
1952
Track of the Cat
Joe Sam
1954
Driftwood
Messenger boy
1947
Between Heaven and Hell
Savage
1956
Cause for Alarm!
Guy with Tex
1951
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
The Human Comedy
Auggie (uncredited)
1943
Francis in the Navy
Timekeeper (uncredited)
1955
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Telegram Delivery Boy
1942
Dixie
Boy in Street (uncredited)
1943
Sprucin' Up
Alfalfa
1935
There's One Born Every Minute
Junior Twine
1942
The Our Gang Story
Alfalfa (archive footage)
1994
This Is My Love
Customer
1954
My Favorite Blonde
Frederick (uncredited)
1942
Shantytown
Bindy
1943
I Dream of Jeanie
Freddie (as Carl Dean Switzer)
1952
The Ice Follies of 1939
Small Boy (uncredited)
1939
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1945
Joy Scouts
Alfalfa
1939
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Billy Wiggs
1942
Captain Spanky's Show Boat
Alfalfa
1939
Gas House Kids Go West
Alfalfa
1947
Our Gang Follies of 1938
Alfalfa
1937
Together Again
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
1944
Alias the Champ
Newsboy (uncredited)
1949Life Hesitates at 40
Boy at Soda Fountain
1935
The WAC from Walla Walla
Pvt. Cronkheit (uncredited)
1952
Feed 'em and Weep
Alfalfa
1938
Wild and Woolly
Zero
1937
Our Gang Follies of 1936
Alfalfa
1935
Waldo's Last Stand
Alfalfa
1940
Two Dollar Bettor
Chuck Nordlinger
1951
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
Alfalfa
1947
Dad for a Day
Alfalfa
1939Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
Mac
1945
Henry and Dizzy
Billy Weeks
1942
Motorcycle Gang
Speed
1957
Stage Mother
'Irish Eyes' Singer (uncredited)
1933Time Out for Lessons
Alfalfa
1939
Reg'lar Fellers
Bump Hudson
1941
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2003
Southern Exposure
Messenger Boy (uncredited)
1935
The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D
Alfalfa
2012
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022Kiddie Kure
Alfalfa
1940
Pay As You Exit
Alfalfa
1936
Our Gang - Comedy Festival
Alfalfa
2001
Man Alive
Ignatius Lafferty (uncredited)
1945
Redwood Forest Trail
Alfie
1950
Easy to Take
Alfred Bottle
1936
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
Dig That Uranium
Shifty Robertson
1955
Classic Comedy Teams
Alfalfa (segment "Our Gang") (archive footage)
1986
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6
2022
Three Men in a Tub
Alfalfa
1938
Teacher's Beau
Alfalfa
1935
General Spanky
Alfalfa
1936
The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular
Alfalfa (archive footage)
2011Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
Cadet Sylvester McDribble
1945
Rushin' Ballet
Alfalfa
1937
Scandal Street
Bennie Nordskudder
1938
Rosie the Riveter
Buzz Prouty
1944
Big Town Scandal
Frankie Snead
1948
Johnny Doughboy
Alfalfa
1942Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
Cadet Sylvester McDribble
1945The Little Ranger
Alfalfa
1938
Flight Nurse
Soldier with Wounded Arm
1953
Tiny Troubles
Alfalfa Switzer
1939
Goin' Fishin'
Alfalfa
1940
Alfalfa's Aunt
Alfalfa
1939
Two Too Young
Alfalfa
1936Practical Jokers
Alfalfa
1938
Rascal Dazzle
Alfalfa (archive footage)
1981Too Many Parents
Kid Singer
1936
Divot Diggers
Alfalfa
1936
All About Hash
Alfalfa
1940
Alfalfa's Double
Alfalfa / Cornelius 'Corny'
1940
Night 'n' Gales
Alfalfa
1937
Gas House Kids
Sammy Levine
1946Duel Personalities
Alfalfa
1939
The Great Mike
Speck
1944
Second Childhood
Alfalfa
1936
Arbor Day
Alfalfa
1936
Hide and Shriek
Alfalfa
1938
Kelly the Second
Boy with Stomach Ache (uncredited)
1936
The Pinch Singer
Alfalfa
1936
The Little Rascals: The Pirates of Our Gang
Alfalfa
1934
Clown Princes
Alfalfa
1939
Bear Facts
Alfalfa
1938
Came the Brawn
Alfalfa
1938
The Big Premiere
Alfalfa
1940
Bored of Education
Alfalfa
1936
Hearts Are Thumps
Alfalfa
1937
The Pigskin Palooka
Alfalfa
1937
Glove Taps
Alfalfa
1937Bubbling Troubles
Alfalfa
1940
Three Smart Boys
Alfalfa
1937
Mail and Female
Alfalfa / Cousin Amelia
1937
Beginner's Luck
Tom
1935
Reunion in Rhythm
Alfalfa
1937
Barnyard Follies
Alfalfa
1940
Dog Daze
Alfalfa
1939Aladdin's Lantern
Alfalfa
1938
The Lucky Corner
Alfalfa
1936
Good Bad Boys
Alfalfa
1940
Spooky Hooky
Alfalfa
1936
The Awful Tooth
Alfalfa
1938
Party Fever
Alfalfa
1938
Fishy Tales
Alfalfa
1937
Canned Fishing
Alfalfa
1938Men in Fright
Alfalfa
1938Auto Antics
Alfalfa
1939The New Pupil
Alfalfa
1940
Framing Youth
Alfalfa
1937Football Romeo
Alfalfa
1938
Little Sinner
Alfalfa
1935
Cousin Wilbur
Alfalfa
1939
Roamin' Holiday
Alfalfa
1937
Little Papa
Alfalfa
1935