
Wally Albright
Biography
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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.
Acting (46 movies)

Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000

The Wrecker
1933

Ann Vickers
1933

The Cowboy Star
1936

Old Louisiana
1937

Our Gang - Comedy Festival
2001

The Trespasser
1929

East Lynne
1931

The Single Standard
1929

Zoo in Budapest
1933

The Wild One
1953

The Silver Lining
1932

Super-Sleuth
1937

What Price Vengeance
1937

Roll Along, Cowboy
1937

Mr. Skitch
1933

King of the Sierras
1938

The Conquerors
1932

Little Miss Nobody
1936

Sons of the Legion
1938

The Woman I Love
1937

As the Earth Turns
1934

Thirteen Women
1932

It Happened in Hollywood
1937

Boy Trouble
1939

O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935

The Prodigal
1931

The Grapes of Wrath
1940

Mexicali Rose
1939

Laura
1944

Johnny Apollo
1940

Captains Courageous
1937

Washee Ironee
1934

Smoky
1933

Waterfront Lady
1935

Salvation Nell
1931

Hi'–Neighbor!
1934

For Pete's Sake!
1934

The First Round-Up
1934

Choo-Choo!
1932

Law of the Sea
1931

Maid of Salem
1937

End of the Trail
1932

Honky Donkey
1934

Wonder of Women
1929

The Case of Lena Smith
1929
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