Spanky — Our Gang Follies of 1938 Character Profile

About Spanky

The cellar show organizer who confronts Alfalfa's ambitions. In the dream, he is a wealthy nightclub owner who offers Alfalfa a job and begs him to perform in the finale.

Character Facts

Played by

George McFarland

Appears in

Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (5)

• Spanky — Professional Former Teammate — Alfalfa (Carl Switzer)

  Original band leader and performer who clashes with Alfalfa over artistic direction.

• Spanky — Alliance Co-performer — Darla (Darla Hood)

  Fellow headliner in Spanky's Broadway nightclub dream sequence.

• Spanky — Alliance Co-performer — Buckwheat (Billie Thomas)

  Fellow headliner and musical collaborator in the dream nightclub.

• Spanky — Alliance Co-performer — Porky (Eugene 'Porky' Lee)

  Fellow headliner who readily accepts Spanky's job offer in the dream.

• Spanky — Conflict Dream Rival — Barnaby (Henry Brandon)

  Dream counterparts representing success versus artistic rejection.

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More characters from Our Gang Follies of 1938

• Alfalfa (Carl Switzer)
• Darla (Darla Hood)
• Porky (Eugene 'Porky' Lee)
• Buckwheat (Billie Thomas)
• Girl in the Love Bug Act (as Georgia Jean LaRue) (Georgie Jean LaRue)
• Barnaby (Henry Brandon)
• Loch Lomond Singer (Annie Ross)
• Boy in Love Bug Singing Act (as Philip MacMahon) (Tommy Ryan)
• Blonde Alfalfa Fangirl (uncredited) (Betsy Gay)