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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Davey Lee


Best recalled as the young tyke with the Buster Brown hairstyle who crawled onto Al Jolson's lap while the star sang the best-selling song "Sonny Boy" in the early talking film The Singing Fool. Davey Lee (December 29, 1924 -June 17, 2008) was an American child actor. He was born in Hollywood, California, USA. He appeared in six feature films between 1928 and 1930. Following his older brother Frankie Lee into films and earning close to $30,000 per week by 1930 after a handful of films, Davey's mother insisted he "retire" from films at age 6 so he could have a normal childhood. In later years he performed in local theatre.
Source: nj | imdb

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