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May 9, 2022 · Half a century before Haim, another former child star, slugging away in anonymity after his career fizzled, died in violence. Carl Switzer, who portrayed the lovable but dorky Alfalfa in the "Our Gang"/"Little Rascals" shorts, worked various odd jobs and had run-ins with the law as an adult, as History reports.
Carl Dean Switzer (August 8, 1927 [1] – January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder, and guide. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the short subjects series Our Gang .
Nov 13, 2009 · Carl Dean Switzer, the actor who as a child played Alfalfa in the Our Gang comedy film series, dies at age 31 in a fight, allegedly about money, in a Mission Hills, California, home.
- Missy Sullivan
Before 1994's The Little Rascals, Carl Switzer played Alfala in dozens of Our Gang shorts, but the iconic actor died tragically in 1959.
Jul 6, 2022 · Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer of 'The Little Rascals' was murdered in 1959, but a year earlier he was targetted in a shooting.
- Ed Gross
THE TRAGIC 1959 DEATH OF THE LITTLE RASCALS' CARL 'ALFALFA' SWITZER. By AARON HOMER. History - Science. As a child, the Illinois-born Carl Switzer stopped by the Hal Roach Studios while on vacation with his family in Southern California, and he soon was playing the lovable but dorky Alfalfa in the "Our Gang"/"Little Rascals" shorts.
He would later become known as "Alfalfa", a character he played on the Hal Roach produced series of film shorts called Our Gang, known later in syndication as The Little Rascals. He died on January 21, 1959, the victim of a killer's bullet as he and another man argued over a lost hunting dog.
