Travis Tedford
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Travis William Tedford is an American actor
. A child actor
during the 1990s, he is best known for portraying Our Gang
kid Spanky McFarland
in the 1994 feature film
The Little Rascals and for being the first Welch's
"advertising-spokeskid" beginning in 1994 at age 5.
, to Timmy Bill Tedford and Paula Kay Dixon. He was named an honorary Welch's Juice VP in 2002. Tedford graduated from Athens High School in 2006 and from Trinity Valley Community College
in 2008 with an Associates degree in Liberal Arts. He resides in Garland, Texas
.
In 2008, TMZ.com
ran a story claiming "the 19-year-old former actor is still selling grape juice...but at a Texas Walmart," using a photograph from a MySpace
account. TMZ later retracted stating that Tedford was now working at a bank, adding "TMZ loves the fact that this kid is actually doing something with his life".
He is employed at a Texas credit union as the Social Media Director.
Tedford is active in cinema and television.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. A child actor
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
during the 1990s, he is best known for portraying Our Gang
Our Gang
Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...
kid Spanky McFarland
George McFarland
George Robert Phillips "Spanky" McFarland was an American actor most famous for his appearances as a child in the Our Gang series of short-subject comedies of the 1930s and 1940s...
in the 1994 feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
The Little Rascals and for being the first Welch's
Welch's
Welch Foods Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts. It is owned by the National Grape Cooperative Association, a co-op of grape growers....
"advertising-spokeskid" beginning in 1994 at age 5.
Biography
Tedford was born in Rockwall, TexasRockwall, Texas
Rockwall is a city in Rockwall County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Dallas. It is part of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The population was 37,490 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Rockwall County. Rockwall County is the second wealthiest county in the state of Texas in terms...
, to Timmy Bill Tedford and Paula Kay Dixon. He was named an honorary Welch's Juice VP in 2002. Tedford graduated from Athens High School in 2006 and from Trinity Valley Community College
Trinity Valley Community College
Trinity Valley Community College is a community college in the state of Texas.TVCC operates four campuses serving the Texas counties of Anderson, Henderson, and Kaufman, southeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex:...
in 2008 with an Associates degree in Liberal Arts. He resides in Garland, Texas
Garland, Texas
-Climate:* The average warmest month is July.* The highest recorded temperature was in 2000.* On average, the coolest month is January.* The lowest recorded temperature was in 1989.* The maximum average precipitation occurs in May....
.
In 2008, TMZ.com
TMZ.com
TMZ.com is a celebrity news website that debuted on November 8, 2005. It was a collaboration between America Online and Telepictures Productions, a division of Warner Bros., until Time Warner divested AOL in 2009. However, it is still affiliated with AOL News and has the AOL News logo affixed in...
ran a story claiming "the 19-year-old former actor is still selling grape juice...but at a Texas Walmart," using a photograph from a MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
account. TMZ later retracted stating that Tedford was now working at a bank, adding "TMZ loves the fact that this kid is actually doing something with his life".
He is employed at a Texas credit union as the Social Media Director.
Tedford is active in cinema and television.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1994 | The Little Rascals | Spanky | |
| 1998 | Slappy and the Stinkers Slappy and the Stinkers Slappy and the Stinkers is a 1998 adventure/black comedy directed by Barnet Kellman. The film stars B.D. Wong and Bronson Pinchot.-Plot:... |
Loaf | |
| A Bug's Life A Bug's Life A Bug's Life is a 1998 American computer animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 25, 1998. A Bug's Life was the second Disney·Pixar feature film after Toy Story, and the third American computer-animated film after Toy... |
Voice | ||
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Floor The Thirteenth Floor The Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 science fiction film directed by Josef Rusnak and loosely based upon Simulacron-3 , a novel by Daniel F. Galouye... |
Newspaper boy | |
| 1999–2002 | The Amanda Show The Amanda Show The Amanda Show is an American live-action sketch comedy and variety show that aired on Nickelodeon from November 6, 1999 to September 21, 2002. It starred Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, and Nancy Sullivan, along with several performing artists who came and left at different points, such as John Kassir,... |
Guest star | |
| 2010 | The Final The Final (film) The Final is a revenge horror film directed by Joey Stewart, the film also serves as teen torture porn to some viewers and starring Marc Donato, Jascha Washington and Travis Tedford.-Plot:... |
Andy | |