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Johnny Downs

Actor
Born October 10, 1913Died June 6, 1994 (80 years)
John Morey Downs was an American actor, singer, and dancer. He began his career as a child actor, most notably playing Johnny in the Our Gang short series from 1923 to 1926. He remained active in films, television, and theatre up through the early 1960s.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • March of the Wooden Soldiers
  • The Mad Monster
  • The Kid from Brooklyn
  • All-American Co-Ed

Known For

  • The Mad Monster
  • Algiers
  • Adam Had Four Sons
  • All-American Co-Ed
  • Freckles Comes Home
  • Pigskin Parade
  • Redhead
  • Column South
  • Thundering Fleas
  • Bad Boy
  • Trocadero
  • So Red the Rose
  • The Arizona Raiders

Filmography

1994
The Our Gang Story · as Johnny
1953
1953
The Caddy · as Shipping Clerk
1953
Cruisin' Down the River · as Young Jack
1953
Column South · as Posick
1953
1953
Call Me Madam · as Cameraman
1952
The Unexpected (TV Series) · as Fred
1951
Sky King (TV Series) · as Jeff Bradford
1950
Racket Squad (TV Series)
1950
Hills of Oklahoma · as Square Dance Caller
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn · as Master Of Ceremonies
1945
Rhapsody in Blue · as Dancer
1944
Trocadero · as Johnny Edwards
1944
What a Man! · as Henry Burrows
1943
Harvest Melody · as Tommy Nelson
1943
Campus Rhythm · as 'scoop' Davis
1943
1942
1942
The Mad Monster · as Tom Gregory
1942
Freckles Comes Home · as Freckles Winslow
1942
Gay Nineties · as Johnny
1941
Moonlight in Hawaii · as Pete Fleming
1941
All-American Co-Ed · as Bob Sheppard / Bobbie Dewolfe
1941
Redhead · as Ted Brown
1941
Adam Had Four Sons · as David Stoddard
1941
Honeymoon for Three · as Chester T Farrington Iii
1940
Slightly Tempted · as Jimmy Duncan
1939
A Child Is Born · as Johnny Norton
1939
Laugh It Off · as Stephen 'steve' Hannis
1939
Bad Boy · as John Fraser
1938
Hold That Co-ed · as Dink
1938
Algiers · as Pierrot
1938
Hunted Men · as Frank Martin
1937
Thrill of a Lifetime · as Stanley
1936
College Holiday · as Johnny Jones
1936
Pigskin Parade · as Chip Carson
1936
The Arizona Raiders · as Lonesome Alonzo Q. Mulhall
1935
So Red the Rose · as Yankee Boy
1935
Coronado · as Johnny Marvin
1934
1933
The No Man · as Cast
1928
The Trail of '98 · as Mother's Boy
1928
The Crowd · as John, Age 12 (uncredited)
1927
1926
Thundering Fleas · as Johnny
1925
Should Sailors Marry? · as Verbena's Son

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