George McFarland

George McFarland

1928-10-02 Dallas, Texas, USA 125 Credits

Biography

George 'Spanky' McFarland was born on October 2, 1928 in Dallas, Texas, USA as George Robert Phillips McFarland. He was an actor, known for General Spanky (1936), Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937) and Beginner's Luck (1935). He was married to Doris. He died of a heart attack on June 30, 1993 in Grapevine, Texas.

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The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 6

2022

Acting

A must-have for any true Our Gang fan, Volume 6 features the talents of George "Spanky" McFarland, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, ...

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5

2022

Acting

The Little Rascals - The ClassicFlix Restorations, Volume 5 contains the next 12 Our Gang sound shorts produced by the Hal Roach Studios: Anniversary ...

The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D

The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D

2012

as Spanky

10.0
Acting
The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular

The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular

2011

as Spanky (archive footage)

Acting

The only thing more outrageous than The Little Rascals' antics are their wild imaginations! See what happens when the Gang is left alone to guess at w...

Our Gang - Comedy Festival

Our Gang - Comedy Festival

2001

as Spanky

Acting

Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than twenty years of classic Our Gang comedies to tickle your...

The Our Gang Story

The Our Gang Story

1994

as Spanky (archive footage)

Acting

Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 epi...

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the careers of child stars of the '40s in Hollywood, featuring movie clips with Shirley Temple, Margaret O'Brien, and numerous oth...

The Aurora Encounter

The Aurora Encounter

1986

as Governor

4.3
Acting

In 1897, residents of a small Texas town are visited by a benevolent extraterrestrial being whose presence divides the community.

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually get...

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...

Hollywood’s Children

Hollywood’s Children

1982

as Self

Acting

A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).

Rascal Dazzle

Rascal Dazzle

1981

as Spanky (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

The Most Memorable Adventures from the "Our Gang Comedies" aka "The Little Rascals", Narrated By Jerry Lewis, Music by Nelson Riddle.

The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

1944

as Boy Scout (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

Cowboy and the Senorita

Cowboy and the Senorita

1944

as Kid Tripping Teddy (uncredited)

3.7
Acting

Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father and Craig Allen is about to buy it. Roy suspects the mine may be valuable and usin...

Seeing Hands

Seeing Hands

1943

as Fatty, Boy Leading Initiation (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig ...

I Escaped from the Gestapo

I Escaped from the Gestapo

1943

as Newsboy

5.5
Acting

A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the...

Johnny Doughboy

Johnny Doughboy

1942

as Spanky McFarland

5.4
Acting

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group o...

Unexpected Riches

1942

as Spanky

6.7
Acting

Weighing themselves on a penny machine, the Our Gang kids receive a fortune card predicting that they will receive "unexpected riches." Acting upon th...

Mighty Lak a Goat

Mighty Lak a Goat

1942

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

The Our Gang gets splashed by mud from a passing car and so using some cleaning fluid to get rid of the mud; they unknowingly created a bad odour amon...

Rover's Big Chance

Rover's Big Chance

1942

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Our Gang's dog, Rover, gets to audition for a movie studio.

Doin' Their Bit

Doin' Their Bit

1942

as Spanky

Acting

Our Gang puts on a show for the troops.

Surprised Parties

Surprised Parties

1942

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Since Froggy was born on Leap Year Day, he's upset that he only gets a birthday party once every four years. So, the gang decide to have a surprise p...

Don't Lie

Don't Lie

1942

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

After Buckwheat tells the gang he's seen a big monkey, Spanky, Froggy and Mickey decide to teach him once and for all not to lie. What the gang doesn'...

Going to Press

Going to Press

1942

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

The Our Gang kids are running their own newspaper and are determined to get the big scoop by learning the identity of the leader of a gang of bullies.

Melodies Old and New

Melodies Old and New

1942

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

The gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show.

Wedding Worries

Wedding Worries

1941

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

The Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Come Back, Miss Pipps

1941

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stu...

Helping Hands

1941

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Inspired by his soldier brother, Spanky decides to organize a military unit among his friends, collecting odds and ends for the war effort.

Robot Wrecks

Robot Wrecks

1941

as Spanky

6.3
Acting

Spanky and the gang discover a demonstration of a "human-like" robot named Volto and are inspired to create a robot themselves to do their chores for ...

1-2-3-Go!

1-2-3-Go!

1941

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appal...

Ye Olde Minstrels

Ye Olde Minstrels

1941

6.0
Acting

The gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.

Fightin' Fools

1941

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Spanky and the Our Gang kids go to battle over pranks with a rival gang.

Baby Blues

Baby Blues

1941

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Mickey's mom is about to give birth, but he gets worried when he reads that every fourth child born is Chinese. Spanky and the gang then visit a Chin...

Kiddie Kure

1940

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides wit...

Goin' Fishin'

Goin' Fishin'

1940

6.0
Acting

The gang is going fishing and wants to get an early start, but they end up causing all sorts of problems for the passengers of a city bus.

Waldo's Last Stand

Waldo's Last Stand

1940

as Spanky

6.7
Acting

The gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an...

Good Bad Boys

Good Bad Boys

1940

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

Alfalfa and the gang decide to turn to a life of crime, but Spanky tries to trick them with a fake burglary.

Bubbling Troubles

1940

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

To impress Darla, Alfalfa drinks a concoction of Butch's "dynamite" brew.

The New Pupil

1940

6.0
Acting

Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.

All About Hash

All About Hash

1940

as Spanky

5.0
Acting

Mickey's parents are constantly quarreling because his mother serves hash every Monday night. The kids decide to put on a radio skit to try to get the...

The Big Premiere

The Big Premiere

1940

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

It is a premiere night at the Fox Carthay Circle theater, and the Our Gang show up to observe the festivities. But after the Gang causes a disruption,...

Alfalfa's Double

Alfalfa's Double

1940

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Our Gang member Alfalfa comes face to face with his wealthy lookalike Cornelius.

Time Out for Lessons

1939

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

Alfalfa imagines himself being the star football player on a college team. After a big pep rally he ends up letting the team down when his poor grade...

Dad for a Day

Dad for a Day

1939

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

Captain Spanky's Show Boat

1939

as Spanky

6.3
Acting

An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Da...

Auto Antics

1939

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

The "Our Gang" kids enter the Kidmobile Race Classic and must rescue their dog from the pound.

Dog Daze

Dog Daze

1939

as Spanky

5.2
Acting

The Gang owes 37 cents to Butch, so they try to raise money by rounding up stray dogs for the reward, but nearly get busted for dognapping.

Joy Scouts

Joy Scouts

1939

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

The Boys Scouts give a demonstration of their camping skills, but Our Gang are excluded from participating because they are not yet old enough. Undete...

Cousin Wilbur

Cousin Wilbur

1939

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Alfalfa introduces his prissy, snooty cousin Wilbur to the gang. He instantly gets on everyone's bad side. Especially Alfalfa.

Clown Princes

Clown Princes

1939

as Spanky

5.0
Acting

The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.

Duel Personalities

1939

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

While under a hypnotic spell, Alfalfa thinks he's one of the Three Musketeers and challenges Butch to a duel.

Tiny Troubles

Tiny Troubles

1939

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Alfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget criminal.

Alfalfa's Aunt

1939

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Alfalfa's weird aunt Penelope pays a visit. She's working on a murder mystery novel, but Alfalfa thinks she's trying to murder him. It's up to the S...

Practical Jokers

1938

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Butch has been playing practical jokes on the gang, but now they get their turn.

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938

as Pee Wee

4.8
Acting

Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner ...

Football Romeo

1938

as Spanky

6.3
Acting

Darla pretends to like Butch, hoping to motivate Alfalfa into a better performance in the football game against Butch's team.

Men in Fright

1938

as Spanky

5.5
Acting

The kids go to the hospital to visit Darla, who's recovering from a tonsillectomy. Chaos soon ensues.

Aladdin's Lantern

1938

as Spanky

5.7
Acting

Spanky and Alfalfa want to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.

Came the Brawn

Came the Brawn

1938

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

Alfalfa enters a rigged wrestling match against the Masked Marvel, unaware that neighborhood bully Butch has secretly donned the disguise of his oppon...

Three Men in a Tub

Three Men in a Tub

1938

as Spanky

5.2
Acting

Alfalfa and the gang build their own "speedboat" powered by ducks, and challenge Waldo to a race for the hand of Darla.

Bear Facts

Bear Facts

1938

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

In an effort to impress Darla, Alfalfa tells her that he's a famous bear trainer. Little does he know that Darla's father owns a circus - and a bear c...

Canned Fishing

Canned Fishing

1938

as Spanky

6.3
Acting

Spanky and Alfalfa plot to play hooky so they can go fishing, by pretending that Alfalfa is sick and Spanky should stay with him while the parents are...

Our Gang Follies of 1938

Our Gang Follies of 1938

1937

as Spanky

6.2
Acting

Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thumb of an evil producer sends him back to his roots.

Mail and Female

Mail and Female

1937

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

The Gang's male members, headed by Spanky, decided to create the "He-Man Woman Haters Club" in reaction to not being invited to one of the girl's part...

The Pigskin Palooka

The Pigskin Palooka

1937

as Spanky

6.3
Acting

While Alfalfa was away at military school, his letters to his friends back home bragged about how he was a star football player. Now that he's back ho...

Framing Youth

Framing Youth

1937

as Spanky

7.2
Acting

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win.

Fishy Tales

Fishy Tales

1937

as Spanky

7.2
Acting

Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.

Night 'n' Gales

Night 'n' Gales

1937

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

Because of a storm, the Gang has to stay overnight at Darla's house, and they drive her father crazy.

Roamin' Holiday

Roamin' Holiday

1937

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

The gang runs away from home, but meet up with a kindly old couple.

Three Smart Boys

Three Smart Boys

1937

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

When they overhear Miss Witherspoon, the school superintendent, say that nothing short of an epidemic will allow the school to be closed for a week, t...

Rushin' Ballet

Rushin' Ballet

1937

as Spanky

6.6
Acting

While trying to track down Butch, Spanky and Alfalfa get caught up in a dance recital.

Hearts Are Thumps

Hearts Are Thumps

1937

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

The gang promises to keep away from girls on St. Valentine's Day, but Alfalfa can't resist Darla.

Glove Taps

Glove Taps

1937

as Spanky

6.7
Acting

Butch challenges Alfalfa to a fight.

Reunion in Rhythm

Reunion in Rhythm

1937

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

The gang puts on a musical show at a reunion for some of the former Gang kids.

Spooky Hooky

Spooky Hooky

1936

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

The gang puts a phony absent note on their teacher's desk so they can go to the circus, then have to get it back when they find out that the class was...

General Spanky

General Spanky

1936

as Spanky Leonard

5.4
Acting

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wron...

Pay As You Exit

Pay As You Exit

1936

as Spanky

7.3
Acting

The "Our Gang" kids stage a production of "Romeo and Juliet," but the show is threatened when leading lady Darla walks out on star Alfalfa.

Two Too Young

Two Too Young

1936

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

Spanky and Alfalfa try to get Porky's and Buckwheat's fireworks.

Bored of Education

Bored of Education

1936

as Spanky

6.6
Acting

Spanky and Alfalfa fake a toothache to get out of school. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in...

Arbor Day

Arbor Day

1936

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Truant officers mistake 2 midgets for members of the gang.

Second Childhood

Second Childhood

1936

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

A lonely, rich, hypochondriac is celebrating her 65th birthday in the same manner in which she observes the other 364 days of the year by complaining,...

The Lucky Corner

The Lucky Corner

1936

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

The gang help Scotty and his grandfather after an obnoxious lunch counter owner forces them to move their lemonade stand.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936

as Buddie Tolliver

6.4
Acting

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

Divot Diggers

Divot Diggers

1936

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

When the caddies at the local golf course go on strike, the gang steps in to earn some money.

The Pinch Singer

The Pinch Singer

1936

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Alfalfa and our gang try to win fifty dollars on a radio contest.

Our Gang Follies of 1936

Our Gang Follies of 1936

1935

as Spanky

5.8
Acting

The gang puts on a show, everything goes well, except they're missing an act.

Little Sinner

Little Sinner

1935

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

Rather than go to church, Spanky decides to go fishing - with disastrous results.

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

1935

as Young Stubby

6.0
Acting

A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.

Little Papa

Little Papa

1935

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

The gang wants Spanky to come out and play football, but he has to make sure his baby sister is asleep first.

Here Comes the Band

Here Comes the Band

1935

as Spanky Lowry

5.0
Acting

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher. He brings his girlfrie...

Sprucin' Up

Sprucin' Up

1935

as Spanky

6.6
Acting

A new truant officer moves into the neighborhood, and everybody wants to get friendly with his daughter.

Teacher's Beau

Teacher's Beau

1935

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from getting married.

Anniversary Trouble

Anniversary Trouble

1935

as Spanky

6.3
Acting

The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.

Beginner's Luck

Beginner's Luck

1935

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.

Shrimps for a Day

Shrimps for a Day

1934

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.

Washee Ironee

Washee Ironee

1934

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help hi...

Kentucky Kernels

Kentucky Kernels

1934

as Spanky Milford

6.1
Acting

The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and e...

Mama's Little Pirate

Mama's Little Pirate

1934

as Spanky

7.2
Acting

The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.

The Little Rascals: The Pirates of Our Gang

The Little Rascals: The Pirates of Our Gang

1934

as Spanky

Acting

See the Gang get a lesson on piracy and playing hooky in Shiver My Timbers, watch Spanky take on Goliath and his treasure chest in Mama's Little Pirat...

Mike Fright

Mike Fright

1934

as Spanky

5.8
Acting

The gang attends a radio station amateur show.

Honky Donkey

Honky Donkey

1934

as Spanky

7.2
Acting

Rich kid Wally brings the gang back home to play, along with their mule.

Benny, from Panama

1934

as Little Boy in Sailor Suit

6.0
Acting

Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding night is a fiasco. First, their wedding guests follow them, resulting in a police chase, then the gu...

The First Round-Up

The First Round-Up

1934

as Spanky

6.4
Acting

The gang packs up for a camping trip to Cherry Creek two miles from their home, but to them it is the wilderness. After night falls, the hooting owls ...

For Pete's Sake!

For Pete's Sake!

1934

as Spanky

7.7
Acting

The kids try to raise money to buy a doll for Marianne.

Hi'–Neighbor!

Hi'–Neighbor!

1934

as Spanky

7.9
Acting

The gang decides to build their own fire engine.

The Cracked Ice Man

The Cracked Ice Man

1934

as Boy who says, "Just skip it"

Acting

Charley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher.

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

1934

as Johnny Prentiss

5.0
Acting

Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One mo...

Wild Poses

Wild Poses

1933

as Spanky

7.6
Acting

Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.

Day of Reckoning

Day of Reckoning

1933

as Johnny Day

5.0
Acting

In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-r...

Bedtime Worries

Bedtime Worries

1933

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.

Mush and Milk

Mush and Milk

1933

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.

One Track Minds

One Track Minds

1933

as Spanky (uncredited)

Acting

Thelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.

The Kid from Borneo

The Kid from Borneo

1933

as Spanky

6.9
Acting

The gang goes to a circus sideshow to visit Dickie, Dorothy, and Spanky's uncle, mistakenly believing he is "The Wild Man from Borneo."

Forgotten Babies

Forgotten Babies

1933

as Spanky

7.0
Acting

While the rest of the gang goes fishing, Spanky gets stuck babysitting.

Fish Hooky

Fish Hooky

1933

as Spanky

7.8
Acting

A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.

A Lad an' a Lamp

A Lad an' a Lamp

1932

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.

Birthday Blues

Birthday Blues

1932

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.

Free Wheeling

Free Wheeling

1932

as Spanky

7.8
Acting

Stymie takes Dickie for a ride in his runaway car and cures his stiff neck.

Hook and Ladder

Hook and Ladder

1932

as Spanky

7.2
Acting

The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.

The Pooch

The Pooch

1932

as Spanky

6.5
Acting

The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.

Choo-Choo!

Choo-Choo!

1932

as Spanky

6.7
Acting

The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.

The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932

as Newsboy

6.0
Acting

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall aft...

Spanky

Spanky

1932

as Spanky

6.0
Acting

While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."

Free Eats

Free Eats

1932

as Spanky

6.8
Acting

The kids help capture a family of thieves.

The Little Rascals: The Best of Our Gang Collection (In Color)

The Little Rascals: The Best of Our Gang Collection (In Color)

1931

as Spanky

Acting

Spanky, Buckwheat, Porky and all of the Little Rascals at their hilarious best! All films in this fantastic collection have been fully-restored and ar...