Johnny Whitaker
Biography
Johnny Whitaker is an American actor known for a run of film and television performances he gave as a child, starting with a local television commercial at age three. He played the young Scotty Baldwin on General Hospital beginning in 1965, and after Brian Keith recommended him, he was Jody Davis on Family Affair from 1966 to 1971. He also guest starred on Bonanza and Bewitched and starred in The Littlest Angel for Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1969. His features included Snowball Express (1972), Napoleon and Samantha (1972) and the lead in the musical Tom Sawyer (1973). Later came the Saturday morning series Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, and in 1999 he received the Young Artist Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award.
66years old
Turns 67 on December 13in 62 days
- Born Van Nuys
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 44 years1972 to 2016
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First role
Whitaker started his professional acting career when he was three years old. He did this by being in a television commercial for a used-car dealer in his area.
A first
Whitaker was the first to play young Scotty Baldwin on the soap opera General Hospital, taking the part in 1965.
A change of course
Whitaker said during a Tom Snyder interview on The Late Late Show that he had been a computer consultant at CBS.
Johnny Whitaker movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
David DeCoteau directed three of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by David DeCoteau
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.