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| David Leland | |
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| Born | David Louis Leland |
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David Louis Leland (6 January 1932 in Alassio, Italy – 7 November 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an Italian-born American child actor who appeared in several Hollywood films in the 1940s.
His father Louis Leland (1879-1963) was born in Rome to an American father and Italian mother; his mother Helena Leland (1901/02-1989) was born in London.
He moved to the US in the early 1940s and appeared in several films, notably alongside Laurel and Hardy in one of their later efforts, Nothing But Trouble.
He died aged sixteen while suffering from sepsis.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn | Tommy Hetherton | |
| 1944 | Nothing But Trouble | King Christopher / Chris | |
| 1945 | Hangover Square | Boy | Uncredited, (final film role) |
References
External links
- David Leland at IMDb
- Italian people of English descent
- Italian people of American descent
- American male child actors
- Italian male child actors
- 1932 births
- 1948 deaths
- Italian male film actors
- American male film actors
- People from Alassio
- 20th-century American male actors
- 20th-century Italian male actors
- Italian emigrants to the United States
- Male actors from Liguria