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Tommy Rettig

Acting · 1941–1996 · Queens, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thomas Noel "Tommy" Rettig (December 10, 1941 – February 15, 1996) was an American child actor and computer software engineer and author. Rettig is best remembered for portraying the character "Jeff Miller" in the first three seasons of CBS's Lassie television series, from 1954–1957, later seen in syndicated re-runs as Jeff's Collie. He also co-starred with another former child actor, Tony Dow, in the mid-1960s television teen soap opera Never Too Young and recorded the song by that title with the group The TR-4. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tommy Rettig, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Filmography

1994The Story of LassieSelf
1991Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarSelf (archive footage)
1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver ScreenSelf
1989The New Lassie
1965Never Too Young
1964Many Happy Returns
1963Mr. NovakFrank
1963The FugitiveJ.J. Eckhardt
1958LawmanDean Bailey
1958Peter Gunn
1957SugarfootSteve Carter
1956The Last WagonBilly
1955At GunpointBilly Wright
1955The CobwebMark
1954LassieJeff Miller
1954The EgyptianThoth
1954The RaidLarry Bishop
1954River of No ReturnMark Calder
1953So BigDirk, age 8
1953The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.Bartholomew Collins
1953The Lady Wants MinkRitchie Connors
1952OmnibusRobert
1952The Ford Television TheatreRobin Glenn
1952Four Star PlayhouseTommy
1952PaulaDavid Larson
1952Gobs and GalsBertram
1952Chevron Theatre
1951Week-End with FatherDavid "Shorty" Bowen
1951ElopementDaniel Reagan
1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsJohn Kelly
1951The StripArtie Ardrey
1950For Heaven's SakeJoe Blake
1950Two Weeks with LoveRicky Robinson
1950The JackpotTommy Lawrence
1950Lux Video TheatreJody
1950Panic in the StreetsTommy Reed (uncredited)
1948Studio OneMichael Banks

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