Teddy Infuhr (born Theodore Edward Infuhr on
November 9,
1936 – died
May 12,
2007), was an American
child actor.
Biography
Missouri-born child actor Teddy Infuhr, youngest of four, moved with his family to
Los Angeles when he was three and was initially prodded into acting by his mother. A young student at the Rainbow Studios, he was spotted by a talent agent and booked the very first film he went out on with The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) at the age of 5. Throughout the rest of the 1940s he would find steady roles as mean-spirited tykes, trouble-makers or bullying types, never settling down to one specific studio.
A good portion of his work was noticeable yet he also appeared unbilled much of the time. Unable to move into the major child star leagues, he was cast in some of the biggest pictures
Hollywood had to offer including
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
Spellbound and
The Best Years of Our Lives. One of his more oddball roles included the role of
Gale Sondergaard's fly-swallowing nephew in
The Spider Woman.