Thomas Ross Bond, who played Butch the bully in the “Our Gang” and “The Little Rascals” serials of the 1930s, has died. He was 79.
Bond died Saturday of complications from heart disease at Northridge Hospital in Los Angeles, said his manager, Frank Marks.
Bond played a member of the Gang named Tommy. After his first year he was dropped from the cast but returned later in the role of Butch, the archenemy of Alfalfa.
Bond appeared in dozens of “Our Gang” and “Little Rascals” features before outgrowing the role.
In the 1940s, Bond played Jimmy Olsen in two Superman movies and appeared as Joey Pepper in several installments of the “Five Little Peppers” serial.
John Brabourne produced ‘A Passage to India’
Lord John Brabourne, a producer whose films included “A Passage to India” and “Murder on the Orient Express,” has died in London, his family said. He was 80. The cause of death Thursday was not announced.
Brabourne produced many films based on Agatha Christie’s books, including “Death on the Nile,” “The Mirror Crack’d” and “Evil Under the Sun.”
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