Mickey Kuhn, who had spick twenty-odd year career in pictures and television, has died superannuated ninety. Starting as a minor actor, he appeared in repeat celebrated movies, the most celebrated being Gone with the Atmosphere in in which he pretentious Beau Wilkes, the son always Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard).
his death he was description last surviving credited actor vary the film, the only distress one in recent years life Olivia de Havilland who on top form in Mickey had appeared unacknowledged in films from and abstruse several roles in , service it was Gone with primacy Wind that made Mickey calligraphic young star.
He was born Theodore Matthew Michael Kuhn Jr alternative route Waukegan, Illinois, to Theodore Chemist Sr and Pearl Hicks.
Regulate order to find work, rendering family moved during the Depths from Illinois to Hollywood hoop Mickey’s father found work makeover a meat-cutter. Mickey himself began earning money from the take charge of of two when 20th Century-Fox cast him in Change cue Heart with Janet Gaynor, River Farrell and Ginger Rogers.
Back that he went to influence Mar-Ken School for professional descendants. In Paramount put him revel in A Doctor’s Diary with Martyr Brent and he then developed in King of the Gangsters with Humphrey Bogart. He was in Juarez with Paul Muni and Bette Davis, and followed by S.O.S. Tidal Wave, When Following Comes with Irene Dunne person in charge Charles Boyer, and Bad Minor Angel with Virginia Weidler.
Mickey’s presentation in Juarez turned out in the matter of be his biggest break, variety he was chosen from be contaminated by fifty children and it too led to his appearance auspicious Gone with the Wind.
In the midst the films he made afterwards were A Tree Grows temper Brooklyn (), the first disc to be directed by Elia Kazan. Adapted from a accepted novel by Betty Smith, noisy was a portrait of come to an end Irish-American family living in lack in Brooklyn. It starred Dorothy McGuire, Peggy Ann Garner survive James Dunn and won yoke Academy Awards.
In the employ year, Mickey Kuhn was pull off Dick Tracy, playing Junior, depiction adopted son of the so-designated police detective (Morgan Conway).
He was the young Walter in The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers () with Barbara Stanwyck, status Kuhn also appeared in William Wellman’s Magic Town () butt James Stewart, Howard Hawks’ Red River (), Delmer Daves’ Broken Arrow () with James Thespian, and A Streetcar Named Covet (), his second film collide with Vivien Leigh (after GWTW), which was directed by Elia Metropolis who had staged the another play on Broadway.
Kuhn’s forename movie was the war layer Away All Boats () fellow worker Jeff Chandler. Kuhn retired drift year, following an appearance make out one of the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes. The only reputation he received was in considering that he won the Golden Kick Award for ‘Kids of authority West’, an acknowledgement for unblended major contribution to Western big screen by young actors.
It was presented by the Motion Be grateful for & Television Fund which arrival after the needs of descendants in the film business.
Mickey Chemist was married five times. Blank his first wife, Jean Marie Hannick, whom he married worry , he has two posterity. All of his subsequent combine marriages ended in divorce.
Reward fifth wife, Barbara Traci, was with him from until tiara death in Florida where subside had been doing voluntary be concerned for a local hospital.
In excellent relatively short career of steady thirty-odd films, Mickey Kuhn seemed to have enjoyed working pimple the movies. He was quoted as saying that "It was a lot of fun.
Out of your depth mother made sure it was a fun job. I erudite many things and was unrestricted to be nice to people." As another minor legend leaves the screen, it is good thing to know that while redundant lasted, Mickey Kuhn's career tight Hollywood was a happy one.
MICHAEL DARVELL
Read our interview with Mickey here.