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name: "Douglas Croft"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/douglas-croft"
roles: []
born: "12 August 1926"
died: "24 October 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T00:54:31.186632+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Douglas Croft

Actor. Born 12 August 1926 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Died 24 October 1963.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 August 1926, Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Died:** 24 October 1963
- **Also known as:** Douglas Malcom Wheatcroft
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Family 1, Music 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Croft, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546396, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188465/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30277

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kings Row* (1942), Fi1m 70, as Young Drake — [page](https://film.one/film/kings-row.md)
- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), Fi1m 71, as Lou Gehrig as a Boy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942), Fi1m 78, as George M. Cohan, as a boy of 13 — [page](https://film.one/film/yankee-doodle-dandy.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Three Stooges Follies* (1974), as Robin / Dick Grayson (archive footage)
- *Killer McCoy* (1947), as Danny Burns, Newsboy
- *River Gang* (1945), as Slug
- *Batman* (1943), as Dick Grayson
- *Presenting Lily Mars* (1943), as Davey
- *Harrigan's Kid* (1943), as Skip
- *George Washington Slept Here* (1942), as Raymond
- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), as Lou Gehrig as a Boy — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *Flight Lieutenant* (1942), as Danny Doyle - as a boy
- *Yankee Doodle Dandy* (1942), as George M. Cohan, as a boy of 13 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/yankee-doodle-dandy.md)
- *Not a Ladies' Man* (1942), as Bill Bruce
- *Kings Row* (1942), as Young Drake — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/kings-row.md)
- *Remember the Day* (1941), as Dewey Roberts as a boy

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