Ted Donaldson
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| Born |
August 20, 1933 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1944–1953 |
Ted Donaldson (born August 20, 1933, in New York City, New York) is an American former child actor.
Early years
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Donaldson was the son of singer-composer Will Donaldson and organist Muriel Pollock.[1]
Career
Donaldson began his acting career in December 1937 when he appeared in an NBC radio show. In 1941, he played Tiny Tim in a week-long serialized version of Dickens' A Christmas Carol that was presented on Wheatena Playhouse.[2] He also played Bud, the son of Robert Young's character, in the radio version of Father Knows Best (1949–1954).[3]
As an eight-year-old, Ted portrayed Harlan in the Broadway stage production of Life With Father. In 1943, he played alongside Gregory Peck in the play Sons and Soldiers.
The performance led to a starring role as Arthur "Pinky" Thompson in his first movie: Once Upon a Time in 1944, opposite Cary Grant and Janet Blair. Columbia put him under contract after the film was finished. In 1945, Ted Donaldson was cast in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which marked the directorial debut of Elia Kazan.[4] Donaldson also starred as Danny Mitchell in the 1940s Rusty film series about a German shepherd dog. At age nineteen, he had his last credited role as Jerry Fortness in Phone Call from a Stranger (1952).
Filmography
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References
- ↑ DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-2834-2. P. 79.
- ↑ "Holiday Serial" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 15, 1941. p. 28. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
- ↑ Script (December 20, 1948). "Father Knows Best Pilot Episode (script)". Generic Radio Workshop. Retrieved August 11, 2009. "Members of our cast are Robert Young as Jim Henderson, June Whitley as Margaret Henderson, Rhoda Williams as Betty, Ted Donaldson as Bud, Norma Jean Nielson as Kathy. ... Ted Donaldson may be seen in Warner Brothers Decision of Christopher Blake."
- ↑ "Ted Donaldson". Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
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