Fred Rollins

born: 23 February 1917 Portland, Colorado, United States of America

died: 21 October 2004 [last residence] Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 87)

American child actor. His sisters were Dolly Rollins and Jeanette Rollins. His parents were Dessie Margaret (née Karns, 1898-1964) and Charles Rollin Smith (1897-1986), the latter a club and café musician and actor; they married in 1916. In adulthood, Fred worked as a bank teller and a retail auto salesman. In 1950, he married Martha Anne Urbanovich; she filed for divorce in July 1953, and it was granted in October 1954.

Real name: Frederick Charles Smith Height: 5'10" (age 23, Oct. 1940)

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1930 Shivering Shakespeare Tough kid MISCELLANEOUS (click any image to enlarge) Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2T-48G (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZY-CHM (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CT-3QX (1940 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFS-6PB6 (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGX-DDNF (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGX-7MH5 (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K824-93K (1950 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JG61-Z4H (Social Security Death Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K47-9MS2 (Social Security Numident File) https://archive.org/details/whos-who-1931-02/whos-who-1931-02_images/whos-who-1931-02_020.jpeg (Who's Who Children's Casting Directory, Feb-Mar 1931) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386292297/ (Los Angeles Times, 28 Jul 1953) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/386177954/ (Los Angeles Times, 06 Oct 1954) "Kelts' Geographical Directory: Los Angeles, September, 1927, Vol. 2" -- EAST 65th - 154 - Smith Rollin - TH 6938 [same phone no. in casting directory] 1929 L.A. City Dir.: Smith Chas R (Dessie) musician h154 E 65th Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research; identification in Shivering Shakespeare) This page was last updated on: 17 September 2026