He was found dead on May 10 th 1968 and a note and pills were found nearby. In 1962, he even tried suicide after going on a heavy drinking spree.īeckett checked into a nursing home on after receiving a vicious beating – the circumstances around this are cloudy. He had several run-ins with the law for drunk-driving, drug possession and passing fraudulent checks. Following his acting career, he tried his hand at real estate but things never really worked and that’s when the problems started. His career scored a big break in 1954 when he was cast as the comic sidekick ‘Winky” of the popular TV show Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. Switzer began his career as a child actor in the mid-1930s appearing in the Our Gang short subjects series as. He was best known for his role as Alfalfa in the short subjects series Our Gang. Television syndication package of the classic 1929-1938 shorts from the 'Our Gang Comedies' movie series. He also attended the University of Southern California but dropped out because it was too difficult to juggle an acting career and classes. Harold Switzer (brother) Carl Dean Switzer (Aug January 21, 1959) was an American singer, child actor, dog breeder and guide. The Little Rascals: With Wally Albright, Sherwood Bailey, Bobbie 'Cotton' Beard, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard. After he left the show, he got regular child acting gigs and even found consistent work as a young adult. He played the best friend of another show favorite named George “Spanky” McFarland. He appeared in the Little Rascals series from 1934-35. Scotty Beckett was born in Oakland, California in 1929.

Names of the original little rascals