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Was Robert Blake a.k.a. Mickey Gubitosi- "Spanky" in Our Gang ?
I have found articles that say he was billed as mickey,but other articles say Mickey was Mickey Daniels-the red head/freckled kid. Another article says that Robert Blake became the lead actor in "Our Gang" but doesn't specify him as Spanky.
Robert Blake (actor)He was Porky!
Early years
He was born Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi in Nutley, New Jersey, the son of Giacomo Gubitosi (January 14, 1906–August 15, 1956) and Elizabeth Cafone (born December 28, 1910). His brother was James Gubitosi (October 26, 1930–January 30, 1995) and his sister Giovanna Gubitosi.
His father was born in Italy, arriving in the United States in 1907, and his mother was an Italian-American born in New Jersey. They married in 1929. In 1930, James worked as a die setter for a can manufacturer. Eventually, James and Elizabeth began a song-and-dance act. In 1936, the three children began performing, billed as "The Three Little Hillbillies." They moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1938, where the children began working as movie extras.
Film career
As a child actor
Mickey Gubitosi's acting career began when he appeared as Toto in the MGM movie Bridal Suite (1939) starring Annabella and Robert Young. Gubitosi then began appearing in MGM's Our Gang short subjects under his real name, replacing Eugene "Porky" Lee. He appeared in forty of the shorts between 1939 and 1944 and eventually becoming the series' final lead character. James and Jovanni Gubitosi also made appearances in the series as extras.
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