Allen Clayton Hoskins (August 9, 1920 – July 26, 1980) was an American child actor, who portrayed the character of Farina in 105 Our Gang short films from 1922 to 1931. Farina in One Terrible Day, aged 2. "Our Gang" baby photos in 1926 ad from Picture-Play magazine. Allen Hoskins is the fifth photo down, both right and left.

2021年12月16日 · The “Our Gang” character Farina, played by Allen Hoskins, was often poorly dressed with hair in pigtails and was criticized by some for perpetuating racial stereotypes, which Hoskins remained ...

Allen Hoskins (1920-1980) was just 14 months old when he was cast as Farina in Hal Roach’s “Little Rascals.” (These film shorts became better known as the Our Gang comedies.) Because Hoskins was so young when he started, he outlasted many of the other players and provided stability to the films over the nine years he was in the cast.

Bio: Farina is the little brother of Sunshine Sammy Morrison, although due to his unswept pigtails and ragamuffin clothes as a kid, many thought he was actually a girl, and at times, the gang would forget and refer to him as "her."

2011年9月17日 · Does anyone else find the kid on the box of Farina creepy?

1992年12月3日 · Farina, a winsome 3-year-old played by Alan Clayton Hoskins, was one of the most popular characters in the series. Success made life easier for Jackson, his mother and his brother, Freddie Baker....

The biggest Our Gang stars then were Ernie Morrison as Sunshine Sammy, Mickey Daniels, Mary Kornman, and Allen Hoskins as little Farina, who eventually became the most popular member of the 1920s gang [22] and the most popular black child star of the 1920s. [23]

Allen 'Farina' Hoskins was born on August 9, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Reckless (1935), Love Business (1930) and Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929). He was married to Frances. He died on July 26, 1980 in Oakland, California, USA.

My dear grandmother used to tease me that I was the kid on the Farina box. (1980s) Who else had Farina for breakfast on school days? there's a hair in my farina! Better the Farina box than the milk carton. That kid on the box looks like he's going …

2016年1月11日 · The Little Rascals was a staple of children’s television beginning in the 1950s. Many kids of that era thought Farina, Stymie, Darla, Alfalfa, and Buckwheat - and the other Rascals - were...