Ted Donaldson is an American

United States

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 former child actor

Child actor

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.

Career

He appeared in twenty films, starting with a starring role as Arthur "Pinky" Thompson in Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time (1944 film)

Once Upon a Time is a 1944 fantasy film. Cary Grant plays a conniving showman who needs money desperately to save his theater.-Plot:Jerry Flynn has to come up with $100,000 within a week to keep his theater...

(1944), opposite Cary Grant

Cary Grant

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 and Janet Blair, and as Barry in Mr. Winkle Goes to War

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

Mr. Winkle Goes to War is a 1944 war comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson and Ruth Warrick, based on a novel by Theodore Pratt.-Plot:On June 1, 1942, after fourteen years, mild-mannered 44-year-old Wilbert G. Winkle quits his boring bank job to follow his dream, to open a repair shop...

with Edward G. Robinson

Edward G. Robinson

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 (1944).

Donaldson also starred as Danny Mitchell in the 1940s Rusty

Rusty (film series)

The Rusty films were a series of eight children's movies made in America in the 1940s by Columbia Pictures. The films presented stories about a group of young children and their dog named Rusty. Though the films were B-movies primarily shown as the second half of a double-bill, the films usually...

film series about a German shepherd dog. At age nineteen, he had his last credited role as Jerry Fortness in Phone Call from a Stranger

Phone Call from a Stranger

Phone Call from a Stranger is a 1952 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco, who was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The screenplay by Nunnally Johnson and I.A.R...

(1952).

He also played Bud, the son of Robert Young

Robert Young (actor)

Robert George Young was an American television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father of Father Knows Best and as physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. .-Early life:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Young was the son of an Irish immigrant father...

's character, in the radio version of Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best

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(1949–1954).

Filmography

• Once Upon a Time
  Once Upon a Time (1944 film)
  Once Upon a Time is a 1944 fantasy film. Cary Grant plays a conniving showman who needs money desperately to save his theater.-Plot:Jerry Flynn has to come up with $100,000 within a week to keep his theater...
  
  (1944) as Arthur "Pinky" Thompson
• Mr. Winkle Goes to War
  Mr. Winkle Goes to War
  Mr. Winkle Goes to War is a 1944 war comedy film starring Edward G. Robinson and Ruth Warrick, based on a novel by Theodore Pratt.-Plot:On June 1, 1942, after fourteen years, mild-mannered 44-year-old Wilbert G. Winkle quits his boring bank job to follow his dream, to open a repair shop...
  
  (1944) as Barry
• A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (film)
  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1945 film, the first film directed by Greek-American director Elia Kazan, starring James Dunn , Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, and Peggy Ann Garner .The film is based on an American novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith first published in 1943...
  
  (1945)
• A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (1945)
• The Adventures of Rusty
  The Adventures of Rusty
  The Adventures of Rusty is a 1945 drama film, the first in the "Rusty" series of children's films. The series of eight films were made in the 1940s by Columbia Pictures with stories centered around Rusty a German shepherd dog...
  
  (1945)
• The Return of Rusty (1946)
• Personality Kid (1946)
• For the Love of Rusty
  For the Love of Rusty
  For the Love of Rusty is a 1947 drama film directed by John Sturges. It was the third of the "Rusty" film series involving the adventures of German shepherd Rusty and his human companions - young Danny Mitchell and his pals...
  
  (1947)
• The Son of Rusty (1947)
• The Red Stallion
  The Red Stallion
  The Red Stallion is a 1947 American film directed by Lesley Selander. It is about a young boy who trains his beloved pet horse to be a racehorse in order to save his grandmother's farm from foreclosure.-Plot summary:...
  
  (1947)

• My Pal (1947)
• Pal's Adventure (1948)
• My Dog Rusty (1948)
• Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
• The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948)
• Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
• The Green Promise
  The Green Promise
  The Green Promise is a 1949 American film directed by William D. Russell. It is currently in the public domain.-Trivia:Actress Natalie Wood was traumatized during filming as she almost drowned on set and it was filmed and kept in the picture for a scene, contributing to her lifelong fear of water...
  
  (1949)
• Rusty's Birthday (1949)
• Phone Call from a Stranger
  Phone Call from a Stranger
  Phone Call from a Stranger is a 1952 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco, who was nominated for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. The screenplay by Nunnally Johnson and I.A.R...
  
  (1952)
• Flight Nurse (1953) (uncredited)

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