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Tommy Rettig

Tommy Rettig (born Thomas Noel Rettig on December 10, 1941 in Queens, New York - February 15, 1996, in Marina del Rey, California) was a popular American child actor of especially the 1950s, best known for his performance as Bartholomew Collins in Roy Rowland's screen musical adaption of Dr.Seuss' (born "Theodor Seuss Geisel") famous children book The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953), starring Hans Conried as eccentrically weird piano teacher Dr. Terwilliker and Peter Lind Hayes as the boy's befriended plumber August Zabladowski. In 1954 he co-starred as Robert Mitchum's screen son in the WesternclassicRiver of No Return opposite Marilyn Monroe, and an already established child star, he was eventually chosen to play the Midwestern farm boy Jeff Miller in the first Lassie television series, running from 1954-1957.

After his time with Lassie he temporarily retired from acting in order to lead a normal teenager's life and eventually married in 1959. Especially due to his shortness in height (5'4") his adult acting career never panned out. In the mid-1960s h

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Tommy Rettig

American child actor (1941–1996)

Tommy Rettig
Former child actor Tommy Rettig in syndicated anthology Western TV series Death Valley Days in 1962
Born	Thomas Noel Rettig (1941-12-10)December 10, 1941 Queens, New York, U.S.A.
Died	February 15, 1996(1996-02-15) (aged 54) Marina del Rey, California, U.S.A.
Occupation(s)	Actor, software engineer, author
Years active	1946–1994
Spouse	Darlene Portwood (m. 1959⁠–⁠1977)

Thomas Noel Rettig (December 10, 1941 – February 15, 1996) was an American child actor, computer software engineer, and author. He portrayed the character "Jeff Miller" in the first three seasons of CBS's Lassie television series, from 1954 to 1957, later seen in syndicated re-runs with the title Jeff's Collie. He also played the young orphan adopted by British star David Niven in an episode of the TV anthology series Four Star Playhouse (Season 1, episode 13), entitled "No Identity. He also co-starred with another former child

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Tommy Rettig (1941 - 1996) تومي ريتيج

An American actor, born in Queens, New York, on December 19, 1941. Tommy Rettig began his career at the age of five. By the time he was nine, he was already working in cinema,...Read more theater, on radio, and television. He played a notable role in the theater with Mary Martin in the show Annie Get Your Gun for two years, followed by several others, which qualified him for more successful roles on stage, but his mother preferred his work in cinema, and he was 12 years old, he was chosen from among 500 children to play the role of Jeff Miller in the TV series Lassie 1954, which he continued to play for four years, interspersed with several films, most notably the film River of No Return (1954). His other notable works include The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953), The Strip (1951), So Big (1953), and Studio One in Hollywood (1949-1958). He died of a heart attack on February 15, 1996, in Marina, California.