| Bobby Buntrock | |
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Buntrock in Hazel, c. 1961 |
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| Born | August 4, 1952 Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Died | April 7, 1974 (aged 21) Keystone, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1959—1967 |
Bobby Buntrock (August 4, 1952 – April 7, 1974)[1] was an American child actor. Buntrock is best known for playing the character of Harold Baxter ("Sport") on the 1960s sitcom Hazel.
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Born in Denver, Colorado, Buntrock made his first onscreen appearance in an episode of Wagon Train. He was in the first Rock'em Sock'em Robots toy commercial in 1964 for Louis Marx and Company aka Marx Toy Company. He appeared on Hazel, starring Shirley Booth, throughout the five-year run of the series, first on NBC with Don DeFore and Whitney Blake in the role of his parents, George and Dorothy Baxter. In the last season on CBS, he lived with his Uncle Steve Baxter and Aunt Barbara, played by Ray Fulmer, and Lynn Borden, respectively, after DeFore and Blake left the series.
In addition to his role on Hazel, he also had roles on Burke's Law, and Mister Ed. He made his last onscreen appearance in 1967 on The Virginian.
Bobby Buntrock died in April 1974 at the age of 21 in an automobile accident. The accident occurred at nearly the exact spot where his mother had died in an automobile accident a year earlier.[2]
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| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1959 | Wagon Train | Bo | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Mister Ed | Small Boy | 1 episode |
| 1961–1966 | Hazel | Harold Baxter | 41 episodes |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Scout Hendricks | 1 episode |
| 1963–1967 | The Virginian | Andrew Tim Bates Tim Messinger |
3 episodes |