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Carl Switzer

1927 - 1959

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Carl Dean Switzer (August 7, 1927 – January 21, 1959) was an American child actor, comic singer, dog breeder, and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies. Switzer (rhyming with "Schweitzer", as referenced in the 1939 film Alfalfa's Aunt) began his career as a child actor in 1934. He appeared in the Our Gang shorts as Alfalfa, one of the series' most popular and best-remembered characters. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Switzer is the 2,047th most popular actor (up from 4,243rd in 2019), the 3,653rd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,244th in 2019) and the 998th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Carl Switzer ranks 2,047 out of 13,578. Before him are Aleksey Batalov, Carla Gravina, Amy Irving, Frank Wolff, Kenneth Tsang, and Joe Don Baker. After him are Aamir Khan, Earl Cameron, Geraldine Farrar, Venantino Venantini, James Tien, and Charlie Ruggles.

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Among people born in 1927, Carl Switzer ranks 156. Before him are Halton Arp, Theodor Wagner, Christian Marquand, Andy Williams, Emmanuel III Delly, and Varkey Vithayathil. After him are Gerry Mulligan, Neil Simon, Mikhail Ulyanov, Martha Chase, Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Marcel Ophüls. Among people deceased in 1959, Carl Switzer ranks 75. Before him are Benjamin Péret, Kathryn Adams, Werner Krauss, Adolf Ziegler, Maxie Long, and Curt Sachs. After him are Ernst Fast, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, Luigi Sturzo, Erhard Schmidt, Kenneth Anderson, and Johannes Kleiman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Switzer ranks 3,653 out of 20,380. Before him are Amy Irving (1953), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Jimmie Angel (1899), Mangas Coloradas (1792), Frank Wolff (1928), and Joe Don Baker (1936). After him are Priscilla Chan (1985), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Dean Rusk (1909), Katharine Graham (1917), Archie Shepp (1937), and Winfield Scott (1786).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Carl Switzer ranks 998. Before him are Geoffrey Lewis (1935), Nichelle Nichols (1932), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Amy Irving (1953), Frank Wolff (1928), and Joe Don Baker (1936). After him are Geraldine Farrar (1882), Charlie Ruggles (1886), Mary-Louise Parker (1964), Harris Yulin (1937), Lauren Graham (1967), and Frank Welker (1946).

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