Travis William Tedford (born August 19, 1988) is an American former

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during the 1990s, he is best known for portraying ''

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'' kid Spanky McFarland in the 1994

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'' and for being the first

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"advertising-spokeskid" beginning in 1994 at age 6.Welch's Resources
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Biography

Tedford was born in

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, to Timmy Bill Tedford and Paula Kay Dixon. Tedford graduated from Athens High School in 2006 and from

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in 2008 with an

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in Liberal Arts.

Filmography

Awards

*1995:

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for ''The Little Rascals''Sixteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards
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* 1988 births Male actors from Texas American male child actors American male film actors Living people People from Rockwall, Texas 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1980s-stub