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Thomas Ross Bond (September 16, 1926 – September 24, 2005) was an American actor. A native of Dallas, Texas, Bond was best known for his work as a child actor in the Our Gang (Little Rascals) comedies, and also for being the first actor to portray the role of "Superman's pal" Jimmy Olsen on screen.

Bond got his start at the age of five when a talent scout for Hal Roach studios approached the lad as he was leaving a Dallas cinema with his mother. The scout asked him if he would like to act in films because he "had a great face" and set up an appointment with Hal Roach in Los Angeles. Hal Roach was gathering new talent for his popular Our Gang comedies. Bond's grandmother Jane Quin Sauter volunteered to drive the boy to L.A. by motor car. The year was 1931, in the depth of the Great Depression. It proved to be a grueling journey, punctuated by flash floods and encounters with tarantulas, on mostly dirt roads from Dallas to L.A.

Tommy was notable for appearing in Roach's Our Gangshort...

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• Tommy Bond Died
  Sep 23, 2005

  Tommy Bond died

• Superman
  1947

  The Superman serial was a 1948 15-part black-and-white movie serial starring Kirk Alyn as Superman and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. It is notable as the first appearance of Superman on film and for the longevity of its distribution. The serial was produced by Columbia Pictures, directed by Tommy Carr (who later directed many early episodes of the Superman television show) and Spencer Gordon Bennet, produced by Sam Katzman and shot in and around Los Angeles, California. The series was originally screened at movie matinées and after the first three scene-setting episodes, every episode ends in a cliffhanger. The Superman-in-flight scenes are animations, in part due to the small production budget. In 2006 the Superman serial was still available for purchase on videotape, and was officially released on DVD by Warner Home Video, along with its sequel, on November 28, 2006. Superman is sent to Earth by his parents just as the planet Krypton blows up and is later raised as Clark Kent by a farm...,
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• Tommy Bond's Birthday
  Sep 15, 1926

  Tommy Bond was born in Dallas, Texas, Dallas County