Trent Lehman

Trent Lehman
Trent Lehman, circa 1970
Born	Trenton Lawson Lehman February 23, 1961 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	January 18, 1982 (aged 20) Pacoima, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Suicide by hanging
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1969–1973

Trenton Lawson "Trent" Lehman (February 23, 1961 – January 18, 1982) was a former American child actor best known for his role as Butch Everett on Nanny and the Professor. He also played a young Christine Jorgensen in The Christine Jorgensen Story, and appeared in episodes of Gunsmoke and Emergency!.

On January 18, 1982, Lehman died after he hanged himself on a chain link fence outside of Vena Avenue Elementary School in Pacoima, California.^[1] He had attended the school before being withdrawn to become an actor.^[2] Lehman's death, along with those of two other former child actors, Rusty Hamer and Tim Hovey, inspired Paul Petersen to found A Minor Consideration, an advocacy group for child stars.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Gunsmoke	Chester	1 episode
1970	The Christine Jorgensen Story	George at 7
1970–1971	Nanny and the Professor	Butch Everett	54 episodes
1972	Emergency!	Andy	1 episode
1972–1973	The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie	Butch Everett (Voice)	2 episodes

References

1. Brioux, Bill (2007). "Ward, I'm Worried About the Beaver: TV Rumors Involving Child Stars". Truth and Rumors: The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-275-99247-7.
2. Sandack, Rick (May 12, 1993). "Former Child Stars Get A Helping Hand". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
3. Kubey, Robert William (2004). Creating Television: Conversations With the People Behind 50 Years Of American TV. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 387. ISBN 0-8058-1077-3.

External links

• Trent Lehman at the Internet Movie Database
• Trent Lehman at Find a Grave
• Former Child Star Central