Tommy Bond, 79, Bully in 1930’s ‘Our Gang’ Movies, Dies
NY Times
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 (AP) - Tommy Bond, who played Butch the bully in the “Our Gang” and “The Little Rascals” serials of the 1930’s, died on Saturday at a hospital in the San Fernando Valley. He was 79.
The cause was complications from heart disease, said his manager, Frank Marks.
Mr. Bond first played a member of the Gang named Tommy. After his first year he was dropped from the cast but returned later in the role of Butch, the archenemy of Alfalfa.
Mr. Bond appeared in numerous “Our Gang” and “Little Rascals” features before outgrowing the role. The show was notable for the natural way it treated its subjects, a group of poor children, and was one of the first to cast boys and girls, blacks and whites, as equals.
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