Acting
George McFarland
Born October 2, 1928 · Dallas, Texas, USA
Died June 30, 1993 · aged 64
George 'Spanky' McFarland was born on October 2, 1928 in Dallas, Texas, USA as George Robert Phillips McFarland. He was an actor, known for General Spanky (1936), Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937) and Beginner's Luck (1935). He was married to Doris. He died of a heart attack on June 30, 1993 in Grapevine, Texas.
Known For
The Woman in the Window · 1944The Woman in the Window
★ 7.41944
MovieCrimeDrama
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine · 1936The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
★ 6.51936
MovieAdventureDrama
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen · 1934Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
★ 6.01934
MovieDrama
Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One morning she awakens to find Michael has been kidnapped. After a day, she calls in the police, who instantly begin an all-out search.
The Famous Ferguson Case · 1932The Famous Ferguson Case
★ 6.61932
MovieCrimeDrama
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall after prominant financier George Ferguson is killed. Two types of New York City journalists descend on Cornwall, one interested in facts, the other in getting sensational "news". Mrs. Ferguson is known to have been friendly with a local banker. The Fergusons quarrel the evening he is killed (by "burglars", his wife tells the police later), and she is arrested, spurred on by the "bad" journalists, who also manage to badger the banker's wife into the hospital. Meanwhile, young Bruce Foster runs the Cornwall Courier, and shows the big city reporters how to dig out real news while they attempt to subvert justice for their own ends.
I Escaped from the Gestapo · 1943I Escaped from the Gestapo
★ 6.01943
MovieMysteryDrama
A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.
O'Shaughnessy's Boy · 1935O'Shaughnessy's Boy
★ 6.21935
MovieDrama
A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.
Going Hollywood: The '30s · 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s
★ 9.01984
MovieDocumentary
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Come Back, Miss Pipps · 1941Come Back, Miss Pipps
★ 7.71941
MovieComedy
On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.
Filmography
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The Woman in the Window · 1944The Woman in the Window
★ 7.41944
MovieCrimeDrama
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
Boy Scout (uncredited)

















