Jon Whiteley
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Jon Whiteley (born February 19, 1945 in Monymusk, Scotland) was a briefly successful Academy Award-winning child actor in films.
Whiteley appeared in five films during his brief career, and it was for the second of these, The Little Kidnappers (1953) that he, along with co-star Vincent Winter, was awarded an Academy Juvenile Award for this film. He only appeared in three films after this, including The Spanish Gardener (1956), before his acting career ended.
Whiteley is now a respected art historian at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England.
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Hunted | Robbie | aka The Stranger in Between (USA) |
| 1953 | The Little Kidnappers (USA title) | Harry | Academy Juvenile Award |
| 1955 | Moonfleet | John Mohune | |
| 1956 | The Spanish Gardener | Nicholas Brande | |
| 1957 | The Weapon | Erik Jenner | |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Davey | Episode - The Christmas Goose |
