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David Leland Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1932-01-06

Birthplace:
Alassio, Liguria, Italy

Credits:
5 Total Roles

David Leland

Acting

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Biography

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.

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
1980 Bull Week TV Ferguson
1965 BBC Play of the Month TV Nemov
1945 Hangover Square MOVIE Boy (Uncredited)
1944 Nothing But Trouble MOVIE King Christopher
1944 The Hour Before the Dawn MOVIE Tommy Hetherton

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