Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer was born on August 7, 1927 in Paris, Illinois, USA as Carl Dean Switzer. He was an actor, known for The Defiant Ones (1958), Our Gang Follies of 1938(1937) and I Love You Again ...
Carl Switzer was a child star best known for playing Alfalfa in the Little Rascals’ Our Gang series in the 1930s.
Author James Tehrani joins Rick Kogan to talk about his book ‘Alfalfa: The Rascal You Knew, the Character You Never Knew’. James discusses the life of Carl Switzer, who played Alfalfa, and whether it ...
Carl Switzer skyrocketed to fame as freckle-faced Alfalfa in the "Our Gang" series – but it wouldn’t be a wonderful life for the actor. At age 31, the former child star was killed in a fight ...