The redheaded Whitaker played Jody Davis on Family Affair from 1966 to 1971.
14 Facts About Johnny Whitaker
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Johnny Whitaker originated the role of Scotty Baldwin on General Hospital in 1965, and played the lead in Hallmark's 1969 The Littlest Angel, and portrayed the title character in the 1973 musical version of Tom Sawyer.
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Johnny Whitaker was born in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Van Nuys, the fifth of eight children of Thelma and John O Johnny Whitaker, Sr.
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Johnny Whitaker began his professional acting career at the age of three by appearing in a television commercial for a local used-car dealer.
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Johnny Whitaker went on to appear in advertisements for Mattel Toymakers, for such toys as Larry the Lion and Crackers the Parrot in their Animal Yackers series.
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In 1965, Johnny Whitaker originated the character of the young Scotty Baldwin in the soap opera General Hospital.
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Also, in 1969, Johnny Whitaker was a guest star playing Jack in an episode of Bewitched titled "Samantha and the Beanstalk".
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In 1970, Johnny Whitaker played the part of Willie in a Green Acres episode titled "The Confrontation".
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Johnny Whitaker went on to star in the 1973 Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday morning children's series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters alongside Billy Barty and Scott Kolden, and appeared in feature films, including Disney's Snowball Express, The Biscuit Eater, Napoleon and Samantha, and The Magic Pony.
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Johnny Whitaker later joined a Los Angeles talent agency, Whitaker Entertainment, owned by his sister.
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In 1999, Johnny Whitaker received the Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award at the 20th Youth in Film Awards.
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In 2016, Johnny Whitaker gave a guest-star cameo appearance in Amazon's reboot of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters.
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Johnny Whitaker struggled as an adult with an addiction to drugs and alcohol until his family held an intervention and threatened to cut off contact with him unless he got help.
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Johnny Whitaker agreed and joined a twelve-step program; he later became a certified drug counselor and founder of a nonprofit organization for Spanish-speaking addicts.