Buckwheat — Men in Fright Character Profile

About Buckwheat

A member of the visiting gang who participates in the search for the missing Alfalfa and joins the other boys in consuming the dangerous combination of ice cream and picnic food, leading to his hospital admission.

Character Facts

Played by

Billie Thomas

Appears in

Men in Fright (1938)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Buckwheat — Alliance Teammate — Spanky (George McFarland)

  Buckwheat and Spanky coordinate efforts to locate their friend and share the group's fate.

• Buckwheat — Alliance Teammate — Alfalfa (Carl Switzer)

  Both boys partake in the forbidden meal and suffer identical stomachaches.

• Buckwheat — Social Patient — Darla (Darla Hood)

  Buckwheat visits Darla and later joins the group's hospitalization.

• Buckwheat — Alliance Teammate — Porky (Eugene 'Porky' Lee)

  Porky and Buckwheat share the group's reckless behavior and medical punishment.

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More characters from Men in Fright

• Darla (Darla Hood)
• Porky (Eugene 'Porky' Lee)
• Spanky (George McFarland)
• Alfalfa (Carl Switzer)
• Junior (Gary Jasgur)
• Nurse at Front Desk (uncredited) (Margaret Bert)
• Maternity Ward Nurse (uncredited) (Nell Craig)
• Sonny's Mother (uncredited) (Barbara Bedford)
• Sonny the Kid in Hospital (uncredited) (Sonny Bupp)
• Percy (Leonard 'Percy' Landy)
• Elevator Operator (Ray Turner)
• Hospital Orderly (Jack Rice)