Biography
Sherwood Bailey (August 6, 1923 β August 6, 1987) was an American child actor and civil engineer. His parents were nonprofessionals. He is most noted for appearing as Spud, the red-headed, freckle-faced bad boy and enemy of the gang in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1931 to 1932. Spud was characterized as the mama's-boy type who got away with everything and who also liked the girls a lot.
Bailey's most notable appearance was that of the spoiled, bratty stepbrother of Wheezer and Dorothy in 1931's Dogs Is Dogs. In that short, he is nearly convinced by Stymie that ham and eggs can talk and is later pushed down a well by his own dog, Nero. Bailey left the Our Gang series in 1932 at the age of nine.
Bailey quietly left the film industry in 1956. Before retiring from his professional acting career in 1956, Bailey appeared in a few movies, including The Big Stampede (1932) with John Wayne, Too Many Parents (1936), and Young Tom Edison (1940) with Mickey Rooney.
He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, then studied engineering at UCLA but did not graduate. He later earned his state civil engineering license and worked as a civil engineer in Huntington Beach.
Filmography
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Movies 27
Young Tom Edison (1940)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
King of the Underworld (1939)
Quick Money (1937)
Jungle Menace (1937)
Shall We Dance (1937)
Girl Loves Boy (1937)
Quality Street (1937)
The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
Too Many Parents (1936)
Paddy O'Day (1936)
The Loudspeaker (1934)
Beloved (1934)
The Mysterious Rider (1933)
The Big Stampede (1932)
Hook and Ladder (1932)
The Pooch (1932)
Choo-Choo! (1932)
Spanky (1932)
Readin' and Writin' (1932)
Dogs Is Dogs (1931)
Shiver My Timbers (1931)
Big Money (1930)
Getting a Raise (1930)
They Had to See Paris (1929)
The Valiant (1929)
Fat and the Canary (1927)
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GenderMale
Birthday1923-08-06
Deathday1987-08-06 (64 years old)
Birth PlaceLong Beach, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJunior Bailey
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