Carl Switzer
Date of birth: 1927-08-07
Place of birth: Paris, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Carl Dean Switzer, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Alfalfa, Alfalfa Switser, 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Alfalfa Switzer, Alfy Switzer, Our Gang
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Alias the Champ
1949-10-15
Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George is arrested for murder. Out to cl
Courage of Lassie
1946-11-08
Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopte
The Our Gang Story
1994-01-01
Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed s
Our Gang - Comedy Festival
2001-05-15
Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than twenty
Southern Exposure
1935-04-05
Connie Chase receives a letter from Chaseville in Chase County, Kentucky, informing her that her law
Mail and Female
1937-11-12
The Gang's male members, headed by Spanky, decided to create the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" in react
Night 'n' Gales
1937-07-24
Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy
Roamin' Holiday
1937-06-11
The gang runs away from home, but meet up with a kindly old couple.
The Pigskin Palooka
1937-10-23
While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about how he
Three Smart Boys
1937-05-13
When they overhear Miss Witherspoon, the school superintendent, say that nothing short of an epidemi
Rushin' Ballet
1937-04-24
While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.
Dig That Uranium
1955-12-25
The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much worthl
Came the Brawn
1938-04-15
Alfalfa enters a rigged wrestling match against the Masked Marvel, unaware that neighborhood bully B
Hide and Shriek
1938-06-18
Detective Alfalfa and his assistants Buckwheat and Porky try to solve a missing-candy case but find
Three Men in a Tub
1938-03-26
Alfalfa and the gang build their own "speedboat" powered by ducks, and challenge Waldo to a race for
Feed 'em and Weep
1938-05-06
It's Mr. Hood's birthday and he's looking forward to a quiet celebration with his family. But Darla'
Canned Fishing
1938-02-12
Spanky and Alfalfa plot to play hooky so they can go fishing, by pretending that Alfalfa is sick and
Bear Facts
1938-03-05
In an effort to impress Darla, Alfalfa tells her that he's a famous bear trainer. Little does he kno
The Awful Tooth
1938-05-26
When one of the Our Gang kids finds money under his pillow after losing a tooth, all the kids decide
Little Papa
1935-09-21
The gang wants Spanky to come out and play football, but he has to make sure his baby sister is asle
Driftwood
1947-09-15
An orphan helps a doctor fight an epidemic in a small western town, in one of Allan Dwan’s closely o
Motorcycle Gang
1957-10-22
A troublemaker returns to town only to find his old tearaway pals have joined a supervised motorcycl
Our Gang Follies of 1938
1937-12-18
Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thum
Big Town Scandal
1948-05-27
A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers out
General Spanky
1936-12-11
Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he b
Two Dollar Bettor
1951-09-09
An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a dow
Track of the Cat
1954-11-19
A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family
This Is My Love
1954-10-27
A single woman tries to keep her sister from another man by framing her for her husband's murder.
The Defiant Ones
1958-08-14
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
House by the River
1950-03-25
Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Lo
The Great Mike
1944-11-15
Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck and his best friend Jimmy, tog
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942-10-01
In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of chi
Arbor Day
1936-05-02
Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.
Teacher's Beau
1935-04-27
The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from getting married.
Redwood Forest Trail
1950-09-18
Forest Ranger and singing cowboy, Rex Allen, attempts to save a camp for underprivileged boys with t
The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular
2011-09-20
The only thing more outrageous than The Little Rascals' antics are their wild imaginations! See what
Joy Scouts
1939-06-24
The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from partici
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952-10-10
An unsophisticated country girl accidentally joins the army.
White Christmas
1954-10-14
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show busi
Party Fever
1938-08-27
Alfalfa, Butch and Waldo compete for Mayor For A Day. Whoever becomes Mayor gets to take Darla to th
Dog Daze
1939-07-01
The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward
Dixie
1943-06-23
A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up
Flight Nurse
1953-11-15
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on
Tiny Troubles
1939-02-18
Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal
Alfalfa's Double
1940-01-20
Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.
Second Childhood
1936-04-11
A lonely, rich, hypochondriac is celebrating her 65th birthday in the same manner in which she obser
Henry and Dizzy
1942-06-05
After accidentally sinking a borrowed motorboat, teenager Henry Aldrich scrambles to raise the repla
Going My Way
1944-01-01
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the R
The Big Premiere
1940-03-09
It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the fe
Waldo's Last Stand
1940-10-05
The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their
Dad for a Day
1939-10-20
The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.
Captain Spanky's Show Boat
1939-09-08
An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use wh
Barnyard Follies
1940-10-05
A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by
Framing Youth
1937-09-11
Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he wi
Kelly the Second
1936-08-21
A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.
Fishy Tales
1937-08-28
Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.
There's One Born Every Minute
1942-06-26
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-br
Rosie the Riveter
1944-04-08
In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male work
Man Alive
1945-11-16
A reportedly dead man haunts his wife and her boyfriend.
Sprucin' Up
1935-06-01
A new truant officer moves into the neighborhood, and everybody wants to get friendly with his daugh
Shantytown
1943-04-20
Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"
Gas House Kids
1946-10-08
The Gas House Kids tackle a gang of criminals in the hope of winning the reward and helping a return
Gas House Kids Go West
1947-06-12
The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing Corporat
The Gas House Kids in Hollywood
1947-08-23
The Gas House Kids, the very poor man's Bowery Boys, head for Hollywood.
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5
2022-04-05
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 contains the next 12 Our Gang sound shor
The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6
2022-06-14
A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, Volume 6 features the talents of George "Spanky" McFarland, B
Beginner's Luck
1935-02-23
Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.
Clown Princes
1939-04-14
The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and
On Our Merry Way
1948-02-03
Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where h
The High and the Mighty
1954-07-03
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit as
The Human Comedy
1943-03-02
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family
Together Again
1944-12-23
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for y
Between Heaven and Hell
1956-10-11
Sam Gifford remembers : In prewar years he was an arrogant southern cotton plantation owner, married
Island in the Sky
1953-09-05
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrad
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945-11-29
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her prac
A Letter to Three Wives
1949-01-20
A letter is addressed to three wives from their "best friend" Addie Ross, announcing that she is run
It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people
Reg'lar Fellers
1941-09-05
Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the "Reg'lar Fellers", and one girl-feller, tinker with bui
Football Romeo
1938-11-12
Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football g
Aladdin's Lantern
1938-09-17
Spanky and Alfalfa want to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but
My Favorite Blonde
1942-04-02
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an
Good Bad Boys
1940-09-07
Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake b
Cousin Wilbur
1939-04-29
Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad
All About Hash
1940-03-30
Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The ki
The Little Ranger
1938-08-06
Alfalfa imagines himself as a western movie hero battling with Butch for Darla's heart.
Practical Jokers
1938-12-17
Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, but now they get their turn.
Spooky Hooky
1936-12-24
The gang puts a phony absent note on their teacher's desk so they can go to the circus, then have to
Time Out for Lessons
1939-12-02
Alfalfa imagines himself being the star football player on a college team. After a big pep rally he
Men in Fright
1938-10-15
The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues
Bored of Education
1936-08-20
Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in
I Love You Again
1940-08-09
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and love
Goin' Fishin'
1940-10-26
The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of prob
Bubbling Troubles
1940-05-25
To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.
The New Pupil
1940-04-27
Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.
Alfalfa's Aunt
1939-01-07
Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa th
Johnny Doughboy
1942-12-31
As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, loo
The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D
2012-10-30
Scandal Street
1938-02-11
Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jun
State of the Union
1948-04-30
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both
Kiddie Kure
1940-11-23
While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently br
Divot Diggers
1936-02-08
When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.
Hearts Are Thumps
1937-04-03
The gang promises to keep away from girls on St. Valentine's Day, but Alfalfa can't resist Darla.
The Lucky Corner
1936-03-14
The gang help Scotty and his grandfather after an obnoxious lunch counter owner forces them to move
The Pinch Singer
1936-01-03
Alfalfa and our gang try to win fifty dollars on a radio contest.
Pay As You Exit
1936-10-23
The "Our Gang" kids stage a production of "Romeo and Juliet," but the show is threatened when leadin
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942-08-07
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the
Easy to Take
1936-11-06
To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who h
Cause for Alarm!
1951-03-30
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outline
Duel Personalities
1939-03-11
While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch t
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
1945-12-12
This documentary short film is intended to instruct U.S. Navy pilot trainees in the proper preparati
Primary Flight Training: Keep It Flying, Part 2
1945-12-12
In this documentary short film for the U.S. Navy, proper spin and stall techniques for pilot trainee
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
1945-01-01
In this government documentary short film, a U.S. Navy flight instructor demonstrates to a young pil
Reunion in Rhythm
1937-01-08
The gang puts on a musical show at a reunion for some of the former Gang kids.
Pat and Mike
1952-06-13
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939-03-10
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a
Rascal Dazzle
1981-01-01
The Most Memorable Adventures from the "Our Gang Comedies" aka "The Little Rascals", Narrated By Jer
Wild and Woolly
1937-07-19
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Se
Hollywood’s Children
1982-02-24
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell
The Little Rascals: The Pirates of Our Gang
1934-09-28
See the Gang get a lesson on piracy and playing hooky in Shiver My Timbers, watch Spanky take on Gol
Life Hesitates at 40
1935-11-18
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.
I Dream of Jeanie
1952-06-15
The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.
Little Sinner
1935-10-25
Rather than go to church, Spanky decides to go fishing - with disastrous results.
Our Gang Follies of 1936
1935-11-29
The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except they're missing an act.
Two Too Young
1936-09-25
Spanky and Alfalfa try to get Porky's and Buckwheat's fireworks.
Glove Taps
1937-02-20
Butch challenges Alfalfa to a fight.
Auto Antics
1939-07-22
The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.
Francis in the Navy
1955-08-24
In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message f
The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of
Stage Mother
1933-09-29
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls eve
Here Comes the Groom
1951-09-20
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orpha
Too Many Parents
1936-03-19
Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother par
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988-09-19
Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Murders of Hollywood
2003-01-01
Sensational and shocking stories from Hollywood are not always fiction. Beyond anything a screenwrit
Classic Comedy Teams
1986-01-01
Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and televis