# Whatever happened to...(insert actor here)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038 "2002-05-03T11:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/1 "2002-05-03T11:30:51Z")
OK, so my favourite movie of ALL TIME is ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ (well actually the book is more favoured, but for the purposes of this thread…) Whatever happened to Mary Badham, the child-actor who played Scout? I heard she was in a couple of other things during her adolescence, but does anyone know what her eventual career/life path was? Any other suggestions/queries? ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/2 "2002-05-03T12:26:54Z")
Jaye Davidson from _Stargate_ and _The Crying Game_. Ian Petrella - Ralphie from _A Christmas Story_. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/3 "2002-05-03T12:28:21Z")
According to the IMDB, she retired from acting and is married to a school teacher. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/4 "2002-05-03T12:29:13Z")
Sorry, I meant Ralphie’s little brother Randy. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/5 "2002-05-03T12:54:22Z")
Baby Jane? ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/6 "2002-05-03T12:56:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Baby Jane? \*\* She grew up, moved to Africa, started hanging around with some guy who had a thing for leopard print clothes and monkeys. Mason Reese? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/7 "2002-05-03T13:08:31Z")
Johnathan Taylor Thomas of “Home Improvement” Fame. Corey Haim. Corey Feldmen’s done a few things and has a band, but what every happened to the other half of this dynamic duo? Last thing I saw from him was **Rollerboys** , and that was a while back. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/8 "2002-05-03T14:04:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*Johnathan Taylor Thomas of “Home Improvement” Fame. > > Corey Haim. Corey Feldmen’s done a few things and has a band, but what every happened to the other half of this dynamic duo? Last thing I saw from him was **Rollerboys** , and that was a while back. \*\* **Jonathan Taylor Thomas** was signed to star in the pilot of a Fox thing called _American Soap_ (which I think was renamed to _An American Town_, but I’m not sure.) **Corey Haim** had a tough year last year. In August 2001 he made the papers after he threw a _Playboy_ model into a car door and demanded a couple grand in cash (claiming he needed it to pay for rehab). A couple of weeks later, he made the papers again after a drug overdose put him in a coma. I think he had somekind of E! Hollywood feature about him last year and played one half of a S&M couple in a movie a couple of years ago. When he gets work, IIRC it’s in bad B-movies. **Corey Feldman** has been a bit better off. Had occasional guest spots on _The Howard Stern Show_, been goofing around with his band (you can buy his CD at CDNow). There are vague and unsubstantiated rumours of a _Goonies_ reunion type movie, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/9 "2002-05-03T19:51:02Z")
James Marshall, from Twin Peaks, Gladiators, and A Few Good Men ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/10 "2002-05-03T20:26:00Z")
I rented _Four Weddings and a Funeral_ a couple months ago, and then looked up the actress who played Scarlett, Hugh Grant’s fashion-challenged, red-headed platonic roommate, to see if she’s been in anything else I might have seen. She just died! Last November! Of an…asthma attack? Also: the kid who played Roy Scheider’s older kid in _Jaws_, the one who gets traumatized by the shark, also recently died of a heart attack while he was on a hunting trip with some buddies. He never made any other movies. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/11 "2002-05-03T22:32:29Z")
OK…here’s one from the far distant past: **Kurt Kaznar** , who played Fitzhugh in the old Irwin Allen series _Land of the Giants_. He was the most interesting character. What else has he done? ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/12 "2002-05-04T02:13:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by a35362 \* > \*\*I rented _Four Weddings and a Funeral_ a couple months ago, and then looked up the actress who played Scarlett, Hugh Grant’s fashion-challenged, red-headed platonic roommate, to see if she’s been in anything else I might have seen. She just died! Last November! Of an…asthma attack? > \*\* Crap. That totally bums me out. Probably because the character she played was so vibrant and lively, and reminded me of several people I know. Also, she is was a few years younger than me, and I have a history of asthma. ---
**Author:** ![Lyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Lyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyra)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/13 "2002-05-04T17:00:42Z")
Whatever happened to Kirk Cameron of Growing Pains? I saw him in a couple of made for TV movies a couple years back, but nothing since. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/14 "2002-05-04T17:31:12Z")
Kirk Cameron got [Left Behind](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0190524). ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/15 "2002-05-04T18:11:27Z")
Charlie Schlatter from 18 Again? I thought he was going to be another M.J. Fox. Or at least another Patrick Dempsey. I think he’s been taken under sinister pretense by God knows who. Free Charlie Schlatter! ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/16 "2002-05-04T18:17:55Z")
My investigation has revealed that Michael J. Fox and Charlie Schlatter collaborated on _Bright Lights, Big City_. Seasoned Hollywood veteran meets up-and-coming ingenue. Goes to motive. What did you do, Michael J.? ::grabs lapels and shakes:: WHAT DID YOU DO?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![c-of-cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@c-of-cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c-of-cyn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/17 "2002-05-04T18:25:47Z")
Matthew Labourteaux (Albert Quinn Ingalls), Jason Bateman (James Cooper Ingalls) as well as some of the other kids from **Little House on the Prarie** fame - other than Melissa Gilbert that is. She’s been all over Monday Night Movies of the Week for years, not to mention her recent Screen Actors Guild drama. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/18 "2002-05-04T18:59:26Z")
I’ve seen that movie. I think Michael J. snorted him. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/19 "2002-05-04T21:09:25Z")
Whatever happened to Ralph Macchio? (Of the Karate Kids series) I know he played in a movie where he was a blues player, but nothing more, any news? And to Pat Morita, besides the New Karate Kid movie? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038/20 "2002-05-04T21:12:02Z")
My favorite is David Lander, who played Squiggy on _Laverne & Shirley_. Though he suffers from MS, he and his wife run a Great Dane rescue center on their land out in CA. Nice guy. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatever-happened-to-insert-actor-here/107038.md?page=2)