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Thomas Noel Rettig was an American child actor, computer software engineer, and author. Rettig is remembered for portraying the character "Jeff Miller" in the first three seasons of CBS's Lassie television series, from 1954 to 1957, later seen in syndicated re-runs with the title Jeff's Collie. And Leave it to Beaver. He also co-starred with another former child actor, Tony Dow, in the mid-1960s television teen soap opera Never Too Young and recorded the song by that title with the group, The TR-4.
Birth Name
Thomas Noel Rettig
Born
Wednesday, 10 December 1941
Died
Thursday, 15 February 1996
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years | Self | 2001 |
| The Story of Lassie | Self | 1994 |
| Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | actor 'River of No Return' / Self (archive footage) | 1991 |
| The New Lassie | Professor Jeff Miller | 1989 |
| Never Too Young | JoJo | 1965 |
| Many Happy Returns | Eddie | 1964 |
| Mr. Novak | Frank | 1963 |
| The Littlest Hobo | Nathan | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | J.J. Eckhardt | 1963 |
| Marilyn | Self (scene from "River of No Return") | 1963 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years | Self | 2001 |
| The Story of Lassie | Self | 1994 |
| Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star | actor 'River of No Return' / Self (archive footage) | 1991 |
| The New Lassie | Professor Jeff Miller | 1989 |
| Never Too Young | JoJo | 1965 |
| Many Happy Returns | Eddie | 1964 |
| Mr. Novak | Frank | 1963 |
| The Littlest Hobo | Nathan | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | J.J. Eckhardt | 1963 |
| Marilyn | Self (scene from "River of No Return") | 1963 |
| The Man from Blackhawk | Pierre | 1959 |
| Lawman | Dean Bailey | 1958 |
| Peter Gunn | Kevin Daniels | 1958 |
| Wagon Train | Billy Gentry | 1957 |
| Sugarfoot | Steve Carter / Jimmy Benbow | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Bobby | 1957 |
| The Last Wagon | Billy | 1956 |
| At Gunpoint | Billy Wright | 1955 |
| The Cobweb | Mark McIver / Mark | 1955 |
| Lassie | Jeff Miller | 1954 |
| The Egyptian | Thoth | 1954 |
| The Raid | Larry Bishop | 1954 |
| River of No Return | Mark Calder | 1954 |
| So Big | Dirk, Age 8 | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Johnny | 1953 |
| The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. | Bartholomew Collins | 1953 |
| Your Play Time | (archive footage) | 1953 |
| The Lady Wants Mink | Ritchie Connors | 1953 |
| Omnibus | Robert (segment "Nothing So Monstrous") | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Fitzjames Lindsey / Larry Hartley / Robin Glenn | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Tommy | 1952 |
| Footlights Theater | Fitzjames Lindsey | 1952 |
| Paula | David Larson | 1952 |
| Gobs and Gals | Bertram | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Joel Robison | 1952 |
| Chevron Theatre | Johnny | 1952 |
| Week-End with Father | David "Shorty" Bowen / David Bowen aka Shorty | 1951 |
| Elopement | Daniel Reagan | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | John Kelly | 1951 |
| The Strip | Artie Ardrey | 1951 |
| For Heaven's Sake | Joe Blake | 1950 |
| Two Weeks with Love | Ricky Robinson | 1950 |
| The Jackpot | Tommy Lawrence | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Jody | 1950 |
| Panic in the Streets | Tommy Reed | 1950 |
| Studio One | Michael Banks / Johnny Weber / Jim Metcalf | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | Huckleberry Finn | 1947 |
