1. Donald Haines was an American child actor who had recurring appearances in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1930 to 1933.
12 Facts About Donald Haines
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Donald Haines's tenure began during the early talkies up through the "Miss Crabtree episodes," and then the early Spanky episodes.
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Donald Haines would leave with Jackie Cooper for feature films at Paramount only to return a few months later.
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Donald Haines was 11 years old when he joined the gang in 1930.
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Donald Haines was intended to originally be a full-time character playing the tough guy and was cast as such in The First Seven Years, opposite Jackie Cooper.
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Donald Haines would resume his role as a recurring character with occasional dialogue for the next two seasons.
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Donald Haines left the Our Gang series at the age of 15 after appearing in the 1933 short Fish Hooky.
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Donald Haines left the Our Gang series in 1933 but continued working as an actor at Hal Roach Studios on many shorts and features until 1940.
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Donald Haines enlisted as an aviation cadet in the United States Army Air Forces on December 10,1941, to serve in World War II.
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On February 20,1943, first lieutenant Donald Haines was flying a Bell P-39 Airacobra on a strafing mission against Erwin Rommel's forces during the Battle of Kasserine Pass in Tunisia.
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Donald Haines failed to return from the mission, and was listed as killed in action.
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Donald Haines is buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.