Baby LeRoy

Who was Baby LeRoy?

Baby LeRoy was a child actor who appeared in films in the 1930s. When he was sixteen months old, he became the youngest person ever put under term contract by a major studio.

Born Ronald Le Roy Overacker in Los Angeles, California, Baby LeRoy's career began when he was less than a year old, co-starring with Maurice Chevalier in A Bedtime Story, and ended with a cameo role as himself in Cinema Circus. He is best known for his appearances in three W. C. Fields films: Tillie and Gus, The Old Fashioned Way and It's a Gift.