Monday 30 August 2010
IRELAND'S GREATEST CHILD ACTOR
In a country where the kids in Mickybo and me and Pete's Meteor represent quality acting it's a shame that THE greatest Hollywood child actor ever has been completely ignored here. Frederick Llewellyn was born in Dublin in 1924 and moved to England and then on to Hollywood. He became known as Freddie Bartholomew and appeared in several classic movies: David Copperfield, Anna Karenina, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Captains Courageous (his best role), and Tom Brown's School Days. These titles from the 1930s are the best movie versions and will stand the test of time long after the latest TV adaptation gets screened. Like other Dublin-born actors (Richard Todd, Michael Gambon) he got mistaken for being British because of his posh accent. Also, how many other Irish actors had a cocktail drink named after them?
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