Scotty Beckett was one of the cutest, most successful child actors of the 1930s and 1940s. His descent into a life of alcoholism, drugs, and crime remains one of the most tragic of Hollywood stories. Born Scott Hastings Beckett on September 30, 1929 in Oakland, California, he and his family moved to Los Angeles when Scotty was 3 years old. Shortly ...
He had a serious accident in 1959 in which he crashed his car into a tree. In the 1936 movie, "The Case Against Mrs. Ames", Beckett, playing a six-year old boy, he crashed his kiddie-car into a tree.
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Several family members also died within a year of his passing. His mother died at age 76, one week after what would have been Scotty's 39th birthday on October 11, 1968. Ex-wife Sunny Vickers passed away one month shy of her 40th birthday on November 27, 1968. And his brother James died on January 18, 1969, at the age of 49.
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His father Ralph Beckett passed away when Scotty was only 4 years old.
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His son Scott H. Beckett Jr. was born on November 6, 1951.
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He was not an original member of Hal Roach Studios "Our Gang" series. "Our Gang" started in 1922, before Beckett was born, but he was a member of "Our Gang" in the early 1930s.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The George Sanders Mystery Theater
1957
TV Series
Darrell
Monkey on My Back
1957
Corpsman (uncredited)
The Oklahoman
1957
Messenger at Ranch (uncredited)
Public Pigeon No. One
1957
Photographer (uncredited)
Navy Log
1957
TV Series
Ensign
The Millionaire
1956
TV Series
Frank Collins
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956
Gordon Peters
Telephone Time
1956
TV Series
Pickals
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954
TV Series
Winky
The High and the Mighty
1954
Coast Guard Navigator (uncredited)
Hot News
1953
Bill Burton
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1953
TV Series
Mark Saber
1952
TV Series
Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951
Corky Wallet
Gasoline Alley
1951
Corky
The Happy Years
1950
'Tennessee' Shad
Louisa
1950
Jimmy Blake
Nancy Goes to Rio
1950
Scotty Sheldan
Battleground
1949
William J. Hooper
Any Number Can Play
1949
Paul Kyng as a Boy, in Photo (uncredited)
Michael O'Halloran
1948
Michael O'Halloran
A Date with Judy
1948
Ogden 'Oogie' Pringle
Dangerous Years
1947
Willy Miller
Cynthia
1947
Will Parker
The Jolson Story
1946
Asa Yoelson / Al Jolson, as a boy
White Tie and Tails
1946
Bill Latimer
Her Adventurous Night
1946
Junior Fry
My Reputation
1946
Kim Drummond
Junior Miss
1945
Haskell Cummings Jr.
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
Freddy Hanlon
The Climax
1944
The King
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1944
Ali Baba as a Child
Heaven Can Wait
1943
Henry Van Cleve - Age 9 (uncredited)
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
Jimmy Dixon
The Boy from Stalingrad
1943
Pavel
The Youngest Profession
1943
Junior Lyons
Between Us Girls
1942
Little Prince Leopold
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
Squint
Kings Row
1942
Parris Mitchell - as a Boy
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
Joel Yancey
Aloma of the South Seas
1941
Tanoa as a Child
Father's Son
1941
Danny (uncredited)
Street of Memories
1940
Tommy Foster
The Flag of Humanity
1940
Short
Johnny Wilson (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie
1940
Harold Davis
Cinderella's Feller
1940
Short
The Young Prince
My Favorite Wife
1940
Tim
My Son, My Son!
1940
Oliver as a Child
The Blue Bird
1940
Child
Days of Jesse James
1939
Buster Samuels
The Royal Rodeo
1939
Short
The King
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
Dickie Carter
The Escape
1939
Willie Rogers
Mickey the Kid
1939
Bobby
Dog Daze
1939
Short
Cousin Wilbur (as Our Gang)
Cousin Wilbur
1939
Short
Wilbur Nesbitt Newcome II (as Our Gang)
Blind Alley
1939
Davy
The Flying Irishman
1939
Henry Corrigan - 7 Years Old (uncredited)
Love Affair
1939
Boy on Ship (uncredited)
Listen, Darling
1938
Billie Wingate
Smashing the Rackets
1938
Franz's Boy (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938
The Dauphin
The Devil's Party
1938
Mike O'Mara as a Child (uncredited)
No Time to Marry
1938
Junior
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
Sammy Grant (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
1937
Young Nick Pryor (uncredited)
Conquest
1937
Alexandre Walewska (uncredited)
The King Without a Crown
1937
Short
King Louis XVII, the Dauphin (uncredited)
Life Begins with Love
1937
Young Boy
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
Boy
Slave Ship
1937
Boy (uncredited)
A Doctor's Diary
1937
Billy (uncredited)
When You're in Love
1937
Boy (uncredited)
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
Prema Singh
Old Hutch
1936
Roy Hutchins (uncredited)
Anthony Adverse
1936
Anthony's Son
M-G-M Miniature: Little Boy Blue
1936
Short
The Boy
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
Bobbie Ames
The Lucky Corner
1936
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Our Gang Follies of 1936
1935
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
I Dream Too Much
1935
Boy on Carousel (as Scott Beckett)
Little Papa
1935
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Pursuit
1935
Donald McCoy 'Donny' Smith
Dante's Inferno
1935
Alexander Carter (as Scott Beckett)
Sprucin' Up
1935
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Teacher's Beau
1935
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Beginner's Luck
1935
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Anniversary Trouble
1935
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Sailor Made Widow
1934
Shrimps for a Day
1934
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Babes in Toyland
1934
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Mama's Little Pirate
1934
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Washee Ironee
1934
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Mike Fright
1934
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Romance in the Rain
1934
Child Specialty
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
Jack Forrester, Age 4 (as Scott Beckett)
Honky Donkey
1934
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
The First Round-Up
1934
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
Stand Up and Cheer!
1934
Boy Auditioning for Miss Adams (uncredited)
For Pete's Sake!
1934
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
George White's Scandals
1934
Child (uncredited)
Hi'-Neighbor!
1934
Short
Scotty (as Our Gang)
I Am Suzanne!
1933
Child in Hospital (uncredited)
Gallant Lady
1933
Deedy - Age 2 (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
TV Series performer - 1 episode, 1954 writer - 1 episode, 1954
A Date with Judy
1948
performer: "Judaline", "I'm Strictly on the Corny Side", "Judaline" Reprise, "Its a Most Unusual Day" Reprise #2 - Finale
The Jolson Story
1946
performer: "On the Banks of the Wabash", "Sabbath Prayer", "Ave Maria", "When You Were Sweet Sixteen", "After the Ball", "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Blue Bell" - uncredited
Cinderella's Feller
1940
Short performer: "In the Land of Let's Pretend" - uncredited
Listen, Darling
1938
"On the Bumpy Road to Love" 1938
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Tribute to Rudy Wissler
2007
Short
Young Al Jolson
The Our Gang Story
1994
Video documentary
Himself / Scotty / Boy on Ship / ...
Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend
1987
Documentary
Willy Miller
Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse
1984
TV Movie documentary
Scotty
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter
1982
TV Movie documentary
Actor - Unidentified 'Our Gang' Film (uncredited)
Rascal Dazzle
1980
Scotty
Little Rascals Varieties
1959
Scotty
Beyond the Moon
1956
TV Movie
Winky
Forbidden Moon
1956
TV Movie
Winky
Manhunt in Space
1956
TV Movie
Winky (uncredited)
Menace from Outer Space
1956
TV Movie
Winky
Renegade Satellite
1956
TV Movie
Ranger Winky
MGM Parade
1956
TV Series
King Louis XVII, the Dauphin
The Little Rascals
1955
TV Series
Scotty (1955)
Silver Needle in the Sky
1954
Winky
Crash of Moons
1954
TV Movie
Winky
Duel in Space
1954
TV Movie
Winky
The Gypsy Moon
1954
Winky
Movieland Magic
1946
Short
Musical Movieland
1944
Short
Young Prince (uncredited)
Known for movies
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954) as Winky
My Favorite Wife (1940) as Tim
The Jolson Story (1946) as Asa Yoelson / Al Jolson, as a boy
$1.7 Million
