George McFarland

Biography

George McFarland was a child star known for starring as Spanky in Hal Roach's Our Gang series of short-subject comedies and General Spanky (1936). He also appeared in notable films like Kentucky Kernels (1934) with Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) with Sylvia Sidney and Fred MacMurray. After leaving acting as a teenager, McFarland had various careers before becoming a successful sales executive, eventually transitioning to public speaking about his child-acting career. He passed away on June 30, 1993.