Billy 'Froggy' Laughlin(1932-1948)
- Actor
His mother enrolled him in a dramatic class to overcome his
self-consciousness. His gravel voice was exploited by an MGM talent
scout. After his test and positive public reaction he was signed to a
term contract to Our Gang. His favorite sport was bicycling. After Our
Gang was over, Froggy was riding double on a motorized scooter with a friend delivering
newspapers on a old three-lane highway in La Puente. Froggy was the passenger, his friend 'John Wilbrand' was driving and did a sudden U-turn into the front of a truck that hit and ended up killing Froggy who died around 6 hours later in the hospital. Froggy's friend John Wilbrand who was driving only suffered minor injuries.
His older brother Tom said that he was just a normal type of kid in
high school, doing well, when this accident occurred. After the gang, he
did try out in some feature films, but he told his mother he wasn't
interested in continuing with that. So his career in movies came to an
end.
