Jack Hanlon obit

Jack Hanlon, actor in Our Gang films, dies in NV

Jack Hanlon, who had roles in the 1926 silent classic "The General" and in two 1927 "Our Gang" comedies, died Thursday in Las Vegas at the age of 96.

His niece, Wendy Putnam Park of Las Vegas, says the precocious, freckle-faced Hanlon was a natural as a child actor from 1926 to 1933.

After a small role with Buster Keaton in "The General," he played mischievous kids in two of Hal Roach's "Our Gang/Little Rascals" films: "The Glorious Fourth" and "Olympic Games."

After graduating from high school, he played minor league baseball and served as an Army Air Corps paratrooper during World War II.

Hanlon also played an orphan in the 1929 drama "The Shakedown," and got an on-screen kiss from Greta Garbo in the 1930 film "Romance."

After leaving Hollywood, Hanlon became a furniture mover and moved to Las Vegas in 1994.

Burial will be in Santa Monica, Calif.

Actor

 1933 King of the Arena

Young Boy (uncredited)

 1931 The Easiest Way

Andy Murdock (uncredited)

 1930/I Big Money

Office Boy

 1930 Hide-Out

Jerry (as Jackie Hanlon)

 1930 Parade of the West

Billy Rand (as Jackie Hanlon)

 1929 Copy (Short)

Jimmy

 1929 The Wagon Master

Billie Hollister

 1929 King of the Campus (Short)

 1929 The Shakedown

Clem

 1927 Olympic Games (Short)

First Boy Beaten Up

 1927 The Glorious Fourth (Short)

Boy Who Gives a Quarter

 1926 The General

Bit Part (uncredited)