Claude Jarman Jr.
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 from the trailer for the film The Yearling (1946). |
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| Born | September 27, 1934 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Claude Jarman Jr. (born September 27, 1934, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an Academy Award-winning American former child film actor.
Jarman was discovered in a nationwide talent search by MGM Studios, and was cast as the lead actor in the film The Yearling (1946). His performance received glowing reviews and he was awarded with an Academy Juvenile Award as a result. MGM found him difficult to cast, and by the time he reached his late teens his career was virtually over. Republic Studios cast him in a couple of B-movies, but discouraged, he moved back to Tennessee.
He returned to acting with a role in the television production Centennial (1978), and was a special guest as a past award winner at both the 1998 and 2003 Academy Awards Ceremonies. He fathered seven children with three wives, including two daughters with current wife Katherine.
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| Year | Film | Role | Other notes | |
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| 1946 | The Yearling | Jody | Winner, Academy Juvenile Award | |
| 1947 | High Barbaree | Alec (age 14) | ||
| 1949 | Intruder in the Dust | Chick Mallison | ||
| Roughshod | Steve Phillips | |||
| The Sun Comes Up | Jerry | |||
| 1950 | Rio Grande | Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke | ||
| The Outriders | Roy Gort | |||
| 1951 | Inside Straight | Rip MacCool (age 16) | ||
| 1952 | Hangman's Knot | Jamie Groves | ||
| 1953 | Fair Wind to Java | Chess | ||
| 1956 | The Great Locomotive Chase | Jacob Parrott | Andrews' Raiders USA: TV title |
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