
Billy Laughlin
Actor · 1932 – 1948 · San Gabriel, California, USA
Billy Laughlin (born William Robert Laughlin) was an American child actor. He is best known for playing the character Froggy in the Our Gang short films from 1940 to 1944. Laughlin was killed at age 16 in a traffic accident.
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Movie6.6ComedyFamilyMickey and Froggy are candidates running to be president of the Gang's club. When the vote continues to end in a tie, the club winds up split. Buckwheat then reminds everyone of the lessons learned from Abraham Lincoln when America was once divided.
Election Daze
1943 · 5 votes
Movie7.0WarComedyA young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1944 · 4 votes
Movie6.6ComedyWhile the Our Gang kids are enjoying the local swimming hole, a rival group ties all their clothes in knots. Our Gang challenges the meanies, and the two sides have a military-style battle using fruits and vegetables for ammunition.
Fightin' Fools
1941 · 5 votes
Movie7.7ComedyOn 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, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941 · 3 votes
Movie7.3FamilyComedyThe gang prevails upon old-time minstrel impresario Walter Wills to help them stage a fund-raising musical show.
Melodies Old and New
1942 · 3 votes
Movie6.6ComedyFamilyWhile 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 appalled to find the ward populated by many other children injured in automobile accidents. The Our Gang kids resolve to do something about the problem, and thus the "1-2-3-Go Safety Society" is born.
1-2-3-Go!
1941 · 5 votes
Movie6.3ComedyFamilyThe Our Gang kids worry that Darla's new stepmother will be an evil stepmother like of fairy tale fame.
Wedding Worries
1941 · 6 votes
Movie7.0ComedyFamilyThe gang offers to help their pal Waldo attract customers to his lemonade stand. Redecorating their clubhouse as a lavish nightclub, the kids stage an elaborate floor show, with Darla Hood as the star vocalist.
Waldo's Last Stand
1940 · 4 votes
Movie7.5ComedyThe 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.
Going to Press
1942 · 2 votes
Movie6.5ComedyThe 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 among themselves.
Mighty Lak a Goat
1942 · 2 votes
Movie5.8ComedyFamilySpanky 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 them. Slicker Walburn convinces them they will need "invisible rays" to bring it to life which he just happens to have to sell to them. As they rush off to get their money, Slicker gets Boxcar Smith to wear the robot's outer body so when he "brings" the robot to life, it will be Boxcar bringing it to life. The gang unsuspectedly gets their robot to mow the lawn at Froggy's house, but with a signal from Slicker, Boxcar runs amok and mows down everything in his path. Froggy gets to explain what happened to his parents who bust up the fraud and get the miscreants to work with the gang to clean up the mess.
Robot Wrecks
1941 · 6 votes
- Movie6.8Comedy
The Gang tries to solve a murder mystery contest in a department store window. However they soon get caught up in a real caper when they stumble upon two crooks robbing the store. Mickey, Froggy and Buckwheat are all kidnapped so it's up to Janet to convince the cops of what's going on.
Little Miss Pinkerton
1943 · 4 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
While playing baseball near the home of wealthy hypochondriac, Mr. Morton, the gang inadvertently breaks one of his windows. This mishap coincides with a plan hatched by Morton's wife to get her husband's mind off his imaginary illnesses by adopting some children.
Kiddie Kure
1940 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyFamilyMickey'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 Chinese friend and learn that kids are kids, no matter where they are from.
Baby Blues
1941 · 2 votes
Movie6.5ComedyAfter 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't know is that the monkey is real, and hilarity will ensue.
Don't Lie
1942 · 4 votes
Movie6.3ComedyFamilySince 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 party for him.
Surprised Parties
1942 · 4 votes
Movie6.5ComedyFamilyWhen Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.
Tale of a Dog
1944 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyThe kids are frustrated about the hardships they must face because of the war. So, the Our Gang kids put on a show to help them learn from Benjamin Franklin about being responsible citizens.
Benjamin Franklin, Jr.
1943 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyFamilyFroggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.
Dancing Romeo
1944 · 2 votes
Movie7.3ComedyThe gang puts on a show to raise money for the Red Cross.
Ye Olde Minstrels
1941 · 3 votes
Movie6.3ComedyWhen Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor. They audition comedy skits at the dentist's office, and Shakespeare at the mortuary. Their efforts to snag a sponsor are without success until . . .
Radio Bugs
1944 · 4 votes
- Movie6.3Comedy
Spanky and Alfalfa both try to impress the new girl at school, much to Darla's dismay.
The New Pupil
1940 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyOur Gang's dog, Rover, gets to audition for a movie studio.
Rover's Big Chance
1942 · 2 votes