Jackie Davis was another one of the original members of the silent Our Gang. Appearing in nineteen of the movies as the first tough kid of the Rascals, Jack’s older sister Mildred eventually would marry silent screen legend Harold Lloyd. Lloyd thought that it would better for Jack to get a good education and sent him off to military school. The education paid off and Jack Davis, known as John H. Davis, M.D. at the time that he made an appearance at the Our Gang reunion in 1980, became quite a success.
Truthfully, I have no recollection of meeting Jack Davis, but unquestionably I did…as he signed my little blue autograph book (above) during the Little Rascals meet-and-greet at Hollywood ’80. Years later, my pal Bob would get me a signed photo of Jack (below) – and later present me with another signed photo in which he wrote a long inscription congratulating me on my graduation not long before he passed away in 1992. This was part of my ‘graduation autograph collection gift’ from Bob – as I will later refer to it when I show it off on this website.
Our Gang celebrities of 1980 will continue…
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