Godfrey Craig

born: 20 January 1915 Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada

died: 26 May 1941 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (complications from skiing accident, age 26)

Canadian-born child actor who died young. On 26 January 1941, Craig "went over [an] embankment while skiing" in Green Valley [Lake], San Bernardino, California. Four months later (to the day), he succumbed to "sub-acute peritonitis" due to "trauma of abdomen." Obituaries mentioned his work in the movies, including being a former "Our Gang" cast member.

Real name: Godfrey Burn Craig Height: 5'7"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1927 Yale vs. Harvard Boy on opposing team 1929 Boxing Gloves Boy Acknowledgements & sources: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK3T-GKFX (1924 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK31-7DND (1924 pass. index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZR-ML9 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JJ-8GP (1935 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ZD-F6S (1940 Census) https://www.fold3.com/document/629616702/ (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGR8-HLGD (death certificate) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP31-4XV (CA Death Index) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22757744 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/683811954/ (Hollywood Citizen-News, 26 May 1941) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380827630/ (Los Angeles Times, 28 May 1941) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/38960140/ (The Times [San Mateo, CA], 28 May 1941) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/150111277/ (Oakland Tribune, 28 May 1941) Matthew Lydick, Drina Mohacsi (identification in Boxing Gloves) Jesse Brisson (information) This page was last updated on: 13 May 2021