Child Actors: Their Lives and Challenges Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

former child actor Richard Eyer, who played the boy who runs "afowl" of the goose in William Wyler's 1956 film Friendly Persuasion, is now an elementary school teacher in Bishop, California.

former child actor Roger Mobley served as a Green Beret in the Vietnam War and is now a Christian pastor in Texas.

the child actor Tommy Rettig, who starred as Jeff Miller in the first four seasons of the Lassie television series, became a noted database software author as an adult.

before Korean American Tessa Ludwick became a child actress, she worked as a model, starting when she was only two and a half years old.

British child actor Noah Marullo plays a character with Asperger syndrome on Tracy Beaker Returns, which he feels "helps children understand that everyone is different".

child actor Johnny Washbrook, though educated at two London art academies, spent his later adult years as a banker in Massachusetts.

child actor Laura Ann Kesling, who made her film debut in Adam Sandler's 2008 film Bedtime Stories, is the daughter of LPGA golfer Danielle Ammaccapane.

child actor Robbie Kay made his acting debut in the 2006 film The Illusionist, but was eventually cut from the film.

child actor Asa Butterfield appeared on the cover of Patrick Skene Catling's autobiography Better Than Working.

Child Actors: Their Lives and Challenges

1 A very young ________ might be allowed "under the lights" only a few minutes a day.

2 It is common in television production for the role of a young child to be portrayed by ________ or triplets to reduce each child's time on set.

3 A Minor Consideration - a ________ created by former child actor Paul Peterson, in order to support and educate young performers and their families.

4 Ambassador to ________, then United States Department of State Chief of Protocol under the Nixon Administration, and then in the late 1980s U.S.

5 Child Actor / Addict Mike Hammett - Dennis Carrington (Wheeler) ________ 600+ episodes 1972-1978.

6 ________ became a millionaire while still a child but almost all of his money was used by his parents.

7 The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an ________ who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor.

8 ________, for example, is now a successful large-animal veterinarian after a starring role in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

9 Most notably, ________ became a successful public figure and diplomat, eventually becoming U.S.

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