Matthew "Stymie" Beard Filmography

Born:
January 1, 1927 in Los Angeles, CA
Occupation:
Actor
Biography:
The son of a Los Angeles minister, three-year-old Matthew Beard won out of 350 kids to replace Allen "Farina" Hoskins as the resident black child in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies. Nicknamed Hercules in his first two-reeler, Teacher's Pet (1930), Beard was thereafter known as Stymie because of his...Read More