# Cute kid actors who grew up to be not so cute... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313 "2012-01-31T15:57:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/1 "2012-01-31T15:57:02Z")
Jerry Mathers Matthew Broderick ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/2 "2012-01-31T16:04:58Z")
Ron Howard ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/3 "2012-01-31T16:07:57Z")
Most of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/4 "2012-01-31T16:17:40Z")
Heh. When I read the title of the thread, I thought I’d respond with Jerry Mathers and Ron Howard. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/5 "2012-01-31T16:24:49Z")
Even more than Ron, his brother Clint. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/6 "2012-01-31T16:26:47Z")
Danny Bonaduce ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/7 "2012-01-31T16:30:44Z")
> [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > Even more than Ron, his brother Clint. But the OP specified, “not cute”. I’d call Clint Howard repulsive/horrid/etc. ---
**Author:** ![ReticulatingSplines](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@ReticulatingSplines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReticulatingSplines)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/8 "2012-01-31T16:35:17Z")
[Haley Joel Osment](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2055066/Sixth-Sense-star-Haley-Joel-Osment-looks-far-childhood-self.html). ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/9 "2012-01-31T16:40:42Z")
[Macaulay Culkin](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/hollywood/macaulay-culkin) ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/10 "2012-01-31T16:44:21Z")
I guess **Jackie Coogan** –though Uncle Fester \*was \*awfully cute, in his own way. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/11 "2012-01-31T16:55:43Z")
[Mason](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3qjrebXX1qemxfbo1_500.jpg) [Reese](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:6.8.08MasonReeseByLuigiNovi.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/12 "2012-01-31T17:19:36Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > [Macaulay Culkin](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/hollywood/macaulay-culkin) How unfortunate. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/13 "2012-01-31T17:22:23Z")
> [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > Even more than Ron, his brother Clint. Clint was disturbing to look at as a kid too. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/14 "2012-01-31T17:29:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Mason](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3qjrebXX1qemxfbo1_500.jpg) [Reese](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:6.8.08MasonReeseByLuigiNovi.jpg) I don’t think Mason Reese was ever “cute,” not even as a fetus. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/15 "2012-01-31T17:39:26Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > I don’t think Mason Reese was ever “cute,” not even as a fetus. Mason’s mother, in her memoirs, describes the bloodcurdling screams of the ultrasound technician and obstetrician. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/16 "2012-01-31T17:46:50Z")
Oh, I don’t know. Some things are cute because they’re ugly. I don’t think the young Mason Reese was _ugly_, but he wasn’t as attractive as many other kids. But I do think he was ‘cute’ in his way. Definitely not-so-cute now. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/17 "2012-01-31T17:55:46Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > [Macaulay Culkin](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/hollywood/macaulay-culkin) > [@Laggard](#): > > How unfortunate. I can’t hold looking bad in a police mug shot against anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/18 "2012-01-31T17:57:09Z")
The Olsen Twins ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/19 "2012-01-31T18:04:19Z")
[Billy](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.billmumy.com/mumy/bio/WEBBMWillcupc.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.billmumy.com/mumy/bio/index.htm&h=450&w=365&sz=113&tbnid=bQ5zbcSl3ZoGXM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=73&zoom=1&docid=kDg3UOiJHO5SDM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZSwoT9yPM4KMigLe9JHCAQ&ved=0CEYQ9QEwAw&dur=1076) [Mumy](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.billmumy.com/mumy/bio/WEBBMWillcupc.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.billmumy.com/mumy/bio/index.htm&h=450&w=365&sz=113&tbnid=bQ5zbcSl3ZoGXM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=73&zoom=1&docid=kDg3UOiJHO5SDM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZSwoT9yPM4KMigLe9JHCAQ&ved=0CEYQ9QEwAw&dur=1076). [Angela](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.childstarlets.com/lobby/bios/portraits/angela_cartwright12.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.childstarlets.com/lobby/bios/angela_cartwright.html&h=304&w=400&sz=18&tbnid=UNbnZfNCuSf81M:&tbnh=102&tbnw=134&zoom=1&docid=Ab-Q8G5TXfWj6M&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vywoT6DiCoWJiALx7fjYAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDAQ9QEwAQ&dur=452) [Cartright](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gregzweb.com/gallery/d/7012-1/angela%2Bcartwright%2BJanuary%2B10_%2B2008.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gregzweb.com/gallery/v/Public%2BFolder/greg%2Bmankiss%2B-%2Bonline%2BPhoto%2BAlbum/greg%2Bmankiss%2B-%2Blost%2Bin%2Bspace/angela%2Bcartwright%2BJanuary%2B10_%2B2008.jpg.html&h=598&w=400&sz=64&tbnid=oTcK8d5C2heukM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=66&zoom=1&docid=S7Sl2pqiCKJ9bM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vywoT6DiCoWJiALx7fjYAQ&sqi=2&ved=0CDQQ9QEwAg&dur=624). Both from _Lost in Space_. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313/20 "2012-01-31T18:12:26Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > The Olsen Twins Again, \*hideous \*troll-children. Never “cute,” and grew up much prettier than anyone would have predicted. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cute-kid-actors-who-grew-up-to-be-not-so-cute/611313.md?page=2)