Sonny Bupp
Biography
Sonny Bupp was an American child actor, born Moyer MacClaren Bupp in New York City into a family of actors, who worked in more than 60 films. Those included Our Gang Follies of 1936 and Men in Fright, along with Cash and Carry (1937), which he made with the Three Stooges. His best known role was Junior, the young son of Charles Foster Kane, in Citizen Kane (1941), and of that film's credited cast he outlived all the others. He also appeared in Love Is on the Air, The Renegade Trail (1939), Annie Oakley, Kid Millions, Angels With Dirty Faces, The Devil and Daniel Webster and Tennessee Johnson. Later he held an executive position in the auto industry, and he died in 2007.
79years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Henderson
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Moyer MacClaren Bupp (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 4 years1937 to 1941
Every film, newest first
- 1941All That Money Can BuyIMDb rating 7.5
- 1941Citizen KaneIMDb rating 8.2
- 1939On Borrowed TimeIMDb rating 7.7
- 1939Renegade TrailIMDb rating 6.6
- 1937Lost HorizonIMDb rating 7.6
Genres
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Sonny Bupp movies on Netflix
All That Money Can Buyas Martin Van Buren Aldrich
Citizen Kaneas Charles Foster Kane III
On Borrowed Timeas Boy in Tree
Renegade Trailas Joey Joyce
Lost Horizonas Boy Being Carried to Plane
Worked with
Sonny Bupp shares two films with H.B. Warner, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.









Films together
H.B. Warner2 films together, 1937 to 1941
H.B. Warner's page All That Money Can Buy1941IMDb rating 7.5Bupp as Martin Van Buren AldrichWarner as Justice Hawthorne
Lost Horizon1937IMDb rating 7.6Bupp as Boy Being Carried to PlaneWarner as Chang
Orson Welles1 film together, 1941
Orson Welles's page Citizen Kane1941IMDb rating 8.2Bupp as Charles Foster Kane IIIWelles as Charles Foster Kane
Ian Wolfe1 film together, 1939
Ian Wolfe's page On Borrowed Time1939IMDb rating 7.7Bupp as Boy in TreeWolfe as Charles Wentworth
John Qualen1 film together, 1941
John Qualen's page All That Money Can Buy1941IMDb rating 7.5Bupp as Martin Van Buren AldrichQualen as Miser Stevens
Joseph Cotten1 film together, 1941
Joseph Cotten's page Citizen Kane1941IMDb rating 8.2Bupp as Charles Foster Kane IIICotten as Jedediah Leland / Screening Room Reporter
Agnes Moorehead1 film together, 1941
Agnes Moorehead's page Citizen Kane1941IMDb rating 8.2Bupp as Charles Foster Kane IIIMoorehead as Mary Kane
Orson WellesDirector, 1 film, 1941
All films by Orson Welles Citizen Kane1941IMDb rating 8.2Bupp as Charles Foster Kane III
Frank CapraDirector, 1 film, 1937
All films by Frank Capra Lost Horizon1937IMDb rating 7.6Bupp as Boy Being Carried to Plane
William DieterleDirector, 1 film, 1941
All films by William Dieterle All That Money Can Buy1941IMDb rating 7.5Bupp as Martin Van Buren Aldrich
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.
