Jackie Condon

Jackie Condon

Birthday: 1918-03-25

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography: From Wikipedia John Michael "Jackie" Condon (March 25, 1918 – October 13, 1977) was an American child actor who was a regular in the Our Gang short series from 1922 until 1929, during the Pathé silent era. Condon was born in March 1918 in Los Angeles, California. In 1919, he began his acting career by appearing in the film Jinx. By 1922, he appeared in many silent films and later starred in the Our Gang comedies as "Jackie". When he joined the gang in 1921, he was the little tag-along toddler of the gang who was usually put off by the older children but anxious to be part of the action that the older members take place in. As he grew older, his character developed into the all-American member of cast. He left the series in 1928. Condon was part of the first original gang that was well known to audiences that watched "Our Gang". He appeared in all of the sixty-six Pathé silent comedies and twelve of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer silent comedies before leaving the series. By the time of his departure, Condon had appeared in seventy-eight of the shorts over a seven year term. After he left Our Gang, Condon went back to public school and graduated in 1936. He tried to return to acting during the 1950s, without much success. He later worked at Rockwell International with fellow Our Gang alumni and co-star Joe Cobb. In 1977, Condon died at age 59 from cancer. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered.

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Jinx
Jinx

The circus comes to town, and the town's orphans are treated to a day at the circus. The circus trou...

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Your Own Back Yard
Your Own Back Yard

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The Our Gang Story
The Our Gang Story

Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed s...

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Our Gang - Comedy Festival
Our Gang - Comedy Festival

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Young Sherlocks
Young Sherlocks

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Saturday Morning
Saturday Morning

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A Quiet Street
A Quiet Street

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The Cobbler
The Cobbler

A cobbler receives his back pension and invites the gang to celebrate with a picnic, but his car sta...

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The Big Show
The Big Show

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A Pleasant Journey
A Pleasant Journey

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Boys to Board
Boys to Board

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Back Stage
Back Stage

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Lodge Night
Lodge Night

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Stage Fright
Stage Fright

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Derby Day
Derby Day

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Sunday Calm
Sunday Calm

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Tire Trouble
Tire Trouble

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Seein' Things
Seein' Things

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Commencement Day
Commencement Day

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Cradle Robbers
Cradle Robbers

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Fast Company
Fast Company

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The Mysterious Mystery!
The Mysterious Mystery!

Mickey Daniels doing an impersonation of Sherlock Holmes and Joe Cobb being Watson as the two try to...

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The Big Town
The Big Town

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Circus Fever
Circus Fever

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The Love Bug
The Love Bug

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Official Officers
Official Officers

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Mary, Queen of Tots
Mary, Queen of Tots

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Better Movies
Better Movies

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One Wild Ride
One Wild Ride

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Baby Clothes
Baby Clothes

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Uncle Tom's Uncle
Uncle Tom's Uncle

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Italian Love
Italian Love

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Shivering Spooks
Shivering Spooks

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War Feathers
War Feathers

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The Smile Wins
The Smile Wins

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Yale vs. Harvard
Yale vs. Harvard

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The Old Wallop
The Old Wallop

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Heebee Jeebees
Heebee Jeebees

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Edison, Marconi & Co.
Edison, Marconi & Co.

With Jay Edison as the inventor and Wheezer his assistant, the gang contrived an automobile of unusu...

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Barnum & Ringling, Inc.
Barnum & Ringling, Inc.

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Fair and Muddy
Fair and Muddy

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Crazy House
Crazy House

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Growing Pains
Growing Pains

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Playin' Hookey
Playin' Hookey

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Dr. Jack
Dr. Jack

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Seeing the World
Seeing the World

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Baby Brother
Baby Brother

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The Glorious Fourth
The Glorious Fourth

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Election Day
Election Day

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Dogs of War!
Dogs of War!

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Tired Business Men
Tired Business Men

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Rainy Days
Rainy Days

Jay and Wheezer are left alone on a rainy afternoon when Mom goes out to run errands. But when their...

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Olympic Games
Olympic Games

While the world watches the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the Rascals gather at the flats for their ow...

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Jubilo, Jr.
Jubilo, Jr.

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Boys Will Be Joys
Boys Will Be Joys

Adults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a la...

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Monkey Business
Monkey Business

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Love My Dog
Love My Dog

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One Terrible Day
One Terrible Day

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Fire Fighters
Fire Fighters

The gang forms a fire department; they end up thwarting a bootlegger, but not before their pet anima...

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Thundering Fleas
Thundering Fleas

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which g...

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45 Minutes from Hollywood
45 Minutes from Hollywood

A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in p...

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Telling Whoppers
Telling Whoppers

Farina and Joe fib to the gang that they've beaten up the neighborhood bully. Later, they hear he's ...

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Chicken Feed
Chicken Feed

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Ten Years Old
Ten Years Old

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Our Gang
Our Gang

An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established ...

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The Champeen
The Champeen

Mickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals....

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Dog Days
Dog Days

The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her...

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July Days
July Days

The gang is trying just about anything to pass the time during their summer vacation. As usual, Mick...

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Big Business
Big Business

In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt,...

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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the...

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The Fourth Alarm
The Fourth Alarm

The rascals once again, now as a plumbers....

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The Sun Down Limited
The Sun Down Limited

The gang creates their own railroad after being chased from a local railyard, and competes with Toug...

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Spook Spoofing
Spook Spoofing

As a joke, several members of the gang convince Farina, who is "brave but superstitious", that he's ...

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Shootin' Injuns
Shootin' Injuns

Many of the "Our Gang" kids are in their secret clubhouse - so secret that some wannabe members have...

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Bring Home the Turkey
Bring Home the Turkey

Habitually mistreated at the deceptively named Happyland Home Orphanage, the Our Gang kids find a lo...

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A Convict’s Happy Bride
A Convict’s Happy Bride

Alice and Phil's happy home is disrupted when their furniture is being repossessed by a huge bullyin...

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It's a Bear
It's a Bear

The kids pretend to be hunting a variety of animals when they're invited to a farm where they try to...

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Girl Shy
Girl Shy

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, T...

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Good Cheer
Good Cheer

On Christmas Eve, the Gang copes with hardships, helps capture a gang of thieves, and learns that Sa...

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The Buccaneers
The Buccaneers

This Our Gang short has the group playing pirates and building a ship to sail in. Once the ship hits...

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Dog Heaven
Dog Heaven

Poor Pete the Pup. He wants to hang himself because his master, Joe, has given up playing with him a...

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