my father was in Our Gang

[cecily]

Hello,
I wanted to know if I could see my father in any of the Our Gang comedies.
His name was Billy Green. I think that his character's name was "Oatmeal". He passed away and I have never seen any of the shorts.
Thanks

[ymymeatemup]

What normally happens is we ask to see a photo of the person as a child. So far, about 6 or 7 people have asked about their parents/grandparents and which episodes they were in, and none of them have been able to produce a childhood photograph of that person. Will you be the exception? Also, are you sure it was Our Gang that your father was talking about, and not the McDougall Alley Kids, which was a rival series? That was the series that had Oatmeal. The name Billy Green doesn't appear in any of the Our Gang cast listings, but these are generally incomplete when it comes to peripheral kids. However, if your father was given a nickname, that would imply that he was a main player, and none of the main kids had that name (or that nickname).

[zootmoney]

The exception being the ultra-famous "Powder Puff," who was given a nickname, but definitely was not a main player.