Bill Cody, Jr.
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Bill Cody, Jr. (April 18, 1925 - August 11, 1989) was an American motion picture child actor.
Born William Joseph Cody, Jr. in Los Angeles, California where his father Bill Cody was a cowboy star of B-movie westerns. Bill Cody, Jr. was nine years old when he began appearing in films, the first four of which were with his father. Between 1934 and 1942 he performed in sixteen films, notably he had secondary young boy roles in the 1937 film short, Our Gang Follies of 1938, and in 1939's Destry Rides Again starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich as well as The Oregon Trail featuring Johnny Mack Brown.
In 1942, Bill Cody, Jr. joined the United States military, serving in World War II. After the war Cody did not return to film. It is believed his wartime experiences profoundly affected him and he never returned to acting.
Bill Cody, Jr. committed suicide in 1989 and was interred in the Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles.
