David Leland (actor)
David Louis Leland (b. 6 January 1932 - Alassio, Italy, d. 7 November 1948 - Los Angeles, California, USA) was an Italian-born 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 16 after suffering from sepsis.
Filmography
- The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
- Nothing But Trouble (1944)
- Hangover Square (1945)