David Leland

David Leland

1932-01-06 – 1948-11-07 (age 16) Alassio, Liguria, Italy
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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

Hangover Square
Hangover Square

1945

as Boy (Uncredited)

The Hour Before the Dawn
The Hour Before the Dawn

1944

as Tommy Hetherton

Nothing But Trouble
Nothing But Trouble

1944

as King Christopher