JPHe auditioned at age threeBillie "Buckwheat" Thomas is best known for his character role in Our Gang short films. He appears with Donna Reed in the film Mokey (1942).
JPFrom screen to airwavesLux Radio Theatre broadcast an adaption of "It's a Wonderful LIfe" with Donna Reed and James Stewart reprising their classic film roles.
JPFrom doctor to attorneyCarl Betz, best known for playing Donna Reed's husband in The Donna Reed Show, later went on to play an attorney in Judd For the Defense.
JPIt was a stretchDonna Reed plays the headmistress of a girl's school where a string of murders occurs in "Deadly Lessons" (1983). She wasn't impressed.