Scott Schwartz (born May 12, 1968) is an American

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best known for his roles as a child actor in '' The Toy'', ''

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'' and '' Kidco''.

Life and career

Schwartz co-starred opposite

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and

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in 1982's '' The Toy'' directed by

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. In 1982, Schwartz filmed '' Kidco'' directed by Ronald F. Maxwell. In 1983, he featured in the Christmas film ''

'' as Flick, who got his tongue stuck to a frozen flagpole. In 1985, Schwartz co-starred with

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Corey Haim Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor. He starred in a number of 1980s films, such as '' Lucas'', '' Silver Bullet'', '' Murphy's Romance'', '' License to Drive'' and '' Dream a Little Dream''. His role alon ...

, and Jeffrey DeMunn in the television film '' A Time to Live''. Schwartz grew up in

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, and attended Eisenhower Junior High School. He attended high school in 1982–1983 and 1985–1986 at

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in Bridgewater, with future professional basketball player

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. He moved on to attend the

Professional Children's School Professional Children's School (PCS) is a not-for-profit, college preparatory school geared toward working and aspiring child actors and dancers in grades six through twelve. The school was founded in New York City in 1914 to provide an academic ed ...

from 1983 to 1985. Since 1987, he has managed a sports and movie memorabilia collectibles store, Sports and Movie Stuff, with his father Dan Schwartz in

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. Schwartz' father was

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's US Army company clerk in Germany from 1958 to 1960. In the 1990s, Schwartz worked in the adult film industry in minor, non-sexual roles, and behind the scenes in numerous administrative roles. Schwartz would eventually star in adult films in sexual roles. After appearing in more than a dozen films in a non-sexual capacity, he quit in 2000. Since 2006, Schwartz has pursued his acting career, and helped create a line of celebrity-based trading cards for Donruss. He has also obtained celebrity autographs for companies such as:

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, and

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. In 2008, Schwartz began writing for the sports card magazine

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, and was featured on the cover of the September 2008 issue of ''Sports Card Monthly'' alongside

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and

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. In the wake of his former castmate

's death in March 2010, Schwartz sold Haim's personal belongings on

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at the behest of the Haim family. Schwartz is also president of A Minor Consideration, a child actors' advocacy organization established in 1990 by actor

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. Schwartz reprised his role as Flick in the ''

'' sequel, '' A Christmas Story Christmas'' for Warner Bros. Pictures and

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Filmography

Television

References

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