Mickey Daniels

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Mickey Daniels
Born	October 11, 1914 Rock Springs, Wyoming
Died	August 20, 1970 San Diego, California

Richard "Mickey" Daniels, Jr. (October 11, 1914 - August 20, 1970) was a juvenile actor, the son of actor Richard Daniels and nephew of actress Bebe Daniels. Signed by Hal Roach in 1927, he was along with fat Joe Cobb, scruffy Jackie Condon, pretty Mary Kornman and smiling "Sunshine" Sammy Morrison, a regular on the popular Our Gang comedies.

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The red-haired, gap-toothed, freckled whipper-snapper Daniels, was one of the lead characters throughout his run of the series. He was usually paired with Jack Davis in the earlier shorts, and often rivals with Jack for Mary's attentions.

After Our Gang, Daniels continued playing bit parts in feature films and comedy shorts through 1946, often cast as newsboys. He continued public appearances with co-star Mary Kornman for some time and appeared in the Roach series The Boy Friends with her. He eventually quit the movie industry to become a construction worker. Although appearing in several highly publicized Our Gang reunions, Daniels died in complete obscurity of cirrhosis of the liver in a transient hotel in San Diego, California. Records of his death did not surface until being researched twenty-one years after his body was found.

Daniels is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.