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William McClellan "Billy" Chapin was an American child actor, known for a considerable number of screen and TV performances from 1943 to 1959 and best remembered for both his roles as the "diaper manager" Christie Cooper in the 1953 family feature The Kid from Left Field and little John Harper in Charles Laughton's 1955 film noir movie The Night of the Hunter.
Birth Name
William McClellan Chapin
Born
Tuesday, 28 December 1943
Died
Friday, 02 December 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Frontier Justice | Billy Morrison | 1958 |
| The Californians | Joey | 1957 |
| The Adventures of McGraw | Tommy Cassady | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Pete Fletcher | 1957 |
| Panic! | Tommy Williams | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Billy Morrison | 1956 |
| Tension at Table Rock | Jody Burrows | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Charles Faulk, Jr. | 1956 |
| Fury | Vic Rockwell / Louis Baxter Jr. / Lewis Baxter | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Jerry / Tommy Langley | 1955 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Frontier Justice | Billy Morrison | 1958 |
| The Californians | Joey | 1957 |
| The Adventures of McGraw | Tommy Cassady | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Pete Fletcher | 1957 |
| Panic! | Tommy Williams | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Billy Morrison | 1956 |
| Tension at Table Rock | Jody Burrows | 1956 |
| Telephone Time | Charles Faulk, Jr. | 1956 |
| Fury | Vic Rockwell / Louis Baxter Jr. / Lewis Baxter | 1955 |
| Crossroads | Jerry / Tommy Langley | 1955 |
| My Friend Flicka | Billy Rawlins | 1955 |
| Ford Star Jubilee | Tad Lincoln | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Tommy Scott | 1955 |
| The Night of the Hunter | John Harper | 1955 |
| Violent Saturday | Steve Martin | 1955 |
| A Man Called Peter | Peter John Marshall | 1955 |
| Stage 7 | Todd Jennings | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Tommy Bryan | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Christopher Kent | 1955 |
| There's No Business Like Show Business | Steve - Age 10 | 1954 |
| Climax! | Billy | 1954 |
| Naked Alibi | Petey | 1954 |
| Tobor the Great | Brian 'Gadge' Roberts / Brian Roberts | 1954 |
| Waterfront | Teddy / Teddy Herrick | 1954 |
| Topper | Tiny Tim / neighborhood boy / Timmy Welch | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Robbie Thorne | 1953 |
| The Kid from Left Field | Christie Cooper / Christy Cooper | 1953 |
| Affair with a Stranger | Timmy | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Jeff Wheeler | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Billy Curran | 1952 |
| Dragnet | Joseph Heffernan / Richard Kessler | 1951 |
| Celanese Theatre | Pud | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Jeremy / Gaston / Buddy | 1950 |
| The Cockeyed Miracle | Boy | 1946 |
| Casanova Brown | The Brown's Baby Girl | 1944 |
