Jackie "Butch" Jenkins
Jack (ie) Dudley " Butch" Jenkins ( born August 29, 1937 in Los Angeles, † August 14, 2001 in Asheville, North Carolina) was an American child star of Metro -Goldwyn- Mayer in the 1940s.
Biography
" Butch" Jenkins was known for his stuttering and made his debut in 1943 in the movie And the Band Played On, directed by Clarence Brown on the side of Mickey Rooney and Donna Reed. 1944 was followed by Little Girl, Big Heart, another film directed by Clarence Brown. Once again, he starred opposite Mickey Rooney, while Elizabeth Taylor took over the lead female role.
Other films were Spring of Life ( 1945) by Roy Rowland with Edward G. Robinson and Margaret O'Brien, Little Master Jim ( 1946) by Fred Zinnemann with Spring Byington, and Henry O'Neill, My Brother Talks to Horses (1947 ) of Fred Zinnemann with Spring Byington, and Edward Arnold, Summer Holiday (1948 ) Rouben Mamoulian with by Gloria DeHaven and Mickey Rooney and The Bride Goes Wild (1948 ) by Norman Taurog with June Allyson and Van Johnson.
He has also stood for the film Big City ( 1948) by Norman Taurog on the side of Edward Arnold and Margaret O'Brien in front of the camera. With Summer Holiday, The Bride Goes Wild and Big City thus appeared three films in just under a month in the cinema.