Tommy Rettig
American child actor (1941-1996) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 54
Thomas Noel Rettig was an American child actor, computer software engineer, and author. He portrayed 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.
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The Story of LassieFilm1991
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant StarFilm1989
The New LassieSeries
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver ScreenFilm, 19891965Never Too YoungSeries1964
Many Happy ReturnsSeries1963
Mr. NovakSeries, Frank1958
LawmanSeries, Dean Bailey1956
The Last WagonFilm, Billy1955
At GunpointFilm, Billy Wright
The CobwebFilm, 1955Mark1954
LassieSeries, Jeff Miller
River of No ReturnFilm, 1954Mark Calder1953
So BigFilm, Dirk, age 8
The Lady Wants MinkFilm, 1953Ritchie Connors1952Chevron TheatreSeries
Gobs and GalsFilm, 1952Bertram1951
Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries, John Kelly
ElopementFilm, 1951Daniel Reagan
The StripFilm, 1951Artie Ardrey1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Jody
For Heaven's SakeFilm, 1950Joe Blake
Panic in the StreetsFilm, 1950Tommy Reed (uncredited)1948
Studio OneSeries, Michael Banks1941Born10 December 1941People around Tommy
Roy Rowland Directed The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Richard Widmark Also in Panic in the Streets and The Last Wagon
Douglas Sirk Directed Weekend With Father (1952)
Gigi Perreau Also in For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Edmund Cobb Also in River of No Return and The Egyptian
Elia Kazan Directed Panic in the Streets (1950)
Patricia Neal Also in Weekend With Father (1952)
Michael Curtiz Directed The Egyptian (1954)
John Houseman Produced The Cobweb (1955)
Van Heflin Also in Weekend With Father and The Raid
Jean Negulesco Directed River of No Return (1954)
George Seaton Directed For Heaven's Sake (1950)- Rudolph Maté Directed Paula (1952)
Walter Lang Directed The Jackpot (1950)
Virginia Field Also in Weekend With Father (1952)- Lionel Newman Wrote The Last Wagon and The Jackpot
Joe Pasternak Produced The Strip (1951)
Hugo Fregonese Directed The Raid (1954)
Jan Clayton Also in Lassie and Never Too Young
Carl Benton Reid Also in The Egyptian and The Last Wagon
Jack Cummings Produced Two Weeks with Love (1950)
Sol C. Siegel Produced Panic in the Streets (1950)- László Kardos Directed The Strip (1951)
Douglas Spencer Also in River of No Return and The Raid
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Panic in the Streets 1950
River of No Return 1954
The Last Wagon 1956
The Egyptian 1954
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. 1953
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He also played the young orphan adopted by British star David Niven in an episode of the TV anthology series Four Star Playhouse entitled "No Identity." He then co-starred with another former child actor, Tony Dow, in the mid-1960s television teen soap opera Never Too Young and recorded the song by that title with singing group The TR-4.
