Biography
Douglas Croft (born Douglas Malcolm Wheatcroft) was an American actor. He was born on 12 August 1926 in Seattle, Washington, and died on 24 October 1963 in Los Angeles, California.
Croft began his career in 1941 and appeared in several films during the 1940s, often playing younger versions of main characters. His roles included George M. Cohan as a boy of 13 in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), Lou Gehrig as a boy in The Pride of the Yankees (1942), Drake McHugh as a boy in Kings Row (1942), and Dick Grayson / Robin in the 1943 serial Batman. He was the first actor to portray Robin in live action. His final film role was in Killer McCoy (1947). He had also served in the US Army during the Second World War.
