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Thomas Noel Rettig (December 10, 1941 – February 15, 1996) was an American child actor, computer software engineer, and author. He portrayed the character "Jeff Miller" in the first three seasons of CBS 's Lassie television series, from 1954 to 1957, later seen in syndicated re-runs with the title Jeff's Collie.
Feb 17, 1996 · February 16, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. EST. LOS ANGELES -- Tommy Rettig, 54, the first boy who tagged after Lassie during the famous collie's 20 years on the CBS television network, was found dead Feb....
Actor: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.. Tommy Rettig was a successful child actor in 1954 when he was chosen out of a field of 500 to play Jeff Miller in the TV series Lassie (1954), which premiered on September 12, 1954, making him the first boy who tagged after Lassie during the famous collie's 20 years on the CBS television network.
Feb 19, 1996 · Tommy Rettig, the first boy to play Lassie's master on television, was found dead in his home in Marina del Rey on Thursday. He was 54. The cause of death was not known, the Los Angeles County...
Mini Bio. Tommy Rettig was a successful child actor in 1954 when he was chosen out of a field of 500 to play Jeff Miller in the TV series Lassie (1954), which premiered on September 12, 1954, making him the first boy who tagged after Lassie during the famous collie's 20 years on the CBS television network. He was with the show for four years ...
Feb 20, 1996 · 20th Century Fox Cinema Film Producers Narcotics. Tommy Rettig was a fresh-faced, cheerful and clean-cut kid who found solace in drugs when adulthood destroyed his celebrity status.
Tommy, or Thomas Noel Rettig, was an American child star, best remembered for his role as the honest and upright farm boy ‘Jeff Miller’ in the series ‘Lassie.’ He was also a well-known computer software engineer and an author. Born in New York, he entered the acting profession at 6, with a role in the play ‘Annie Get Your Gun.’
