Buddy McDonald, (born October 1, 1901, in Coalinga, California) was a child actor. He is perhaps best known as one of the Our Gang kids of the early sound period, and McDonald is prominently featured in the Our Gang shorts Teacher's Pet (1930) and School's Out (1930). He appeared in several of the Our Gang comedies, and also appeared in a scene (later deleted) with Laurel & Hardy in Pardon Us (1931). October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Coalinga is a city located in Fresno County, California. ... A poster for the 1931 Our Gang comedy Love Business featuring depictions of (from left to right): Pete the Pup, Jackie Cooper, and Norman Chubby Chaney. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... For the movie that ended the first generation Degrassi series, see Schools Out (TV Movie) Schools Out was Alice Coopers 1972 effort. ... Laurel and Hardy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were the members of the most famous comedy duo in film history. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

Biography

Early career

Buddy first got "discovered" when his mother wrote a letter, dictated from his father to Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, in which they enclosed a newspaper article of Buddy's local spelling bee win. They received a phone call from the studio that same week. Harold Eugene Roach ( January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer from 1910s to 1980s, born in Elmira, New York. ... Motto: The Heart of Screenland Location of Culver City in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1917-09-07 [2] Government  - City Manager Jerry Fulwood [1] Area  - City  5. ...

The studio gave him a screen test and called Buddy to work on his first picture, "Pups is Pups". From there, he worked on various bit parts with Paramount Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In addition, he sang on "Juvenile review", a weekend radio program on KFWB in Los Angeles. He attended grammar school on the studio lot with fellow Our Gang actors Donald Haines and Mary Ann Jackson. Additionally, he did scenes with Thelma Todd and Zasu Pitts. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... KFWB is a Los Angeles, California AM radio station operating on 980 kHz with 5,000 watts of power from a transmitter site near Lincoln Park in Los Angeles, California. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Donald Haines (born in 1918) was an American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1930 to 1933. ... Mary Ann Jackson (January 14, 1923-December 17, 2003) was an American former child actress who appeared in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1928 to 1931. ... Thelma Todd cigarette card Thelma Todd (July 29, 1905 – December 16, 1935) was a popular American actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s film. ... Zazu Pitts (1894-1963) sporting her famous bob hairstyle ZaSu Pitts (January 3, 1894 (?) – June 7, 1963) was a United States movie actress. ...

Childhood

Growing up in Bell, California, McDonald had a difficult upbringing, his parents were both alcoholics, and after they divorced in 1933, he and his mother went to live with his aunt in Oregon. There he slept in a tent, and picked fruit. Within a year, his family made enough money to move back to their old house in Bell. Bell is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ...

His father told him, while he and his mother were living in Oregon, that the studio had called asking for Buddy to do more work in the pictures. By that time the calls had already stopped, thus ending his childhood "career" in acting.

Life after the movies

During Prohibition, his father owned a cafe on Florence Avenue in Bell and after Prohibition was repealed, he turned it into a bar. The term Prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a law in a certain country by which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. ...

Buddy Became quite famous in the community, as he was the only person living there at the time that was in pictures. As a teenager, he encountered his own problems with alcohol. McDonald was expelled from Bell High School and later attended Jacob August Riis High School in Los Angeles, a reform school for boys. Bell High Eagle Mascot Bell High School is located in the city of Bell, California. ... Jacob Riis Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 - March 26, 1914), a Danish-American muckraker journalist and slum and school reformer, was born in Ribe, Denmark. ...

In later years McDonald joined the United States Marine Corps, where he served in Guadalcanal during World War II. After a run-in with the law upon returning, Buddy later joined Alcoholics Anonymous. After more than 10 years of being sober, he and a friend started what they named the "Dana" School (Drugs, Alcohol, Narcotics, Awareness) in Downey,California. In 1972 they formed the Southern California Alcohol and Drug Program and in 1975 opened their first recovery house, the Cider House. In 1985, they established an additional recovery house for women and their children. The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the United States military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. ... Guadalcanal, position (inset) and main towns Guadalcanal is a 2,510 square mile (6 500 km²) island in the Pacific Ocean and a province of the Solomon Islands. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Logo for AA Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an informal society of more than two million recovered and recovering alcoholics in the United States, Canada, and other countries. ... HI!! Location of Downey in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: Country United States State California County Los Angeles Founded 1800s Incorporated 1956 Government Type Council-Manager government  - City Council David R. Gafin Meredith H. Perkins (mayor) Rick Trejo Anne Marie Bayer Kirk Cartozian Area  - City  12. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Today Buddy McDonald lives in the retirement community of Leisure World, California in Seal Beach. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Southern California Drug and Alcohol Abuse Center. He has three grown children. Leisure World is a gated retirement community located in Seal Beach, California. ... Location of Seal Beach within Orange County, California. ...

References

• "Found! Lost Our Ganger" -by Richard W. Bann, The Official Laurel & Hardy Homepage

External links

• Buddy MacDonald at the Internet Movie Database