Mickey McBan (February 27, 1919 – October 30, 1979) was an American child

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. He was born in

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, Washington to British theatrical parents. McBan began his acting career at the age of four in ''

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'' and specialized in portraying the everyday youngster in many films. In ''The Moving Picture Boy,'' John Holmstrom describes him as "mid-way between Jackie Cooper and John Howard Davies: mousier than the one, spunkier than the other, with an amused, reassuring expression." McBan never made the transition to portraying adults and his screen career was already over by 1929. What_Every_Girl_Should_Know_lobby_card

Partial filmography

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'' (1923) *'' Daytime Wives'' (1923) *'' Not a Drum Was Heard'' (1924) *'' The Dawn of a Tomorrow'' (1924) *'' Untamed Youth'' (1924) *''

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'' (1924) *''

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'' (1924) *'' The Splendid Road'' (1925) *'' The Splendid Crime'' (1926) * ''

Somebody's Mother ''Somebody's Mother'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Mary Carr, Rex Lease, and Kathryn McGuire.Munden p. 742 Synopsis Mary sells matches on the streets of New York, but unknown to everyone she encount ...

'' (1926) *''

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'' (1926) *'' Moonland'' (1926) *'' The Return of Peter Grimm'' (1926) *''

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'' (1927) *'' What Every Girl Should Know'' (1927) *'' Sorrell and Son'' (1927) *''

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'' (1929)

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* 1919 births 1979 deaths American male child actors American male film actors American male silent film actors Place of birth missing Place of death missing 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1910s-stub