Leonard Kibrick (September 6, 1924 – January 4, 1993) was an American

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Career

Kibrick was most notable for appearing in the ''

Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, who also pr ...

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series from 1934 to 1936, usually portraying the villain. Kibrick first appeared in the 1934 Our Gang short '' For Pete's Sake''. He appeared in many more Our Gang shorts for the next two years. His final Our Gang short was the 1936 '' The Lucky Corner.'' His role as the bully in the series was taken over by

Tommy Bond Thomas Ross Bond (September 16, 1926 – September 24, 2005) was an American actor, director, producer and writer. He was best known for his work as a child actor for two nonconsecutive periods in ''Our Gang'' (''Little Rascals'') comedies (fir ...

(as "Butch") in 1937, and Leonard's younger brother Sidney Kibrick portrayed Butch's sidekick, "The Woim".

Death

A native of

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, Kibrick died of

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on January 4, 1993.

Filmography

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* * * American male child actors Male actors from Minneapolis Deaths from cancer in California 1924 births 1993 deaths 20th-century American male actors Hal Roach Studios actors {{US-film-actor-1920s-stub