Mickey Kuhn — a toddler star of the Thirties and ’40s “Golden Age” of Hollywood — has died. He was 90.
Kuhn famously made an appearance within the 1939 Civil War classic “Gone With the Wind” when he was just 6 years old.
He was the last surviving member of that forged, as Olivia de Havilland passed at 104 in 2020.
Kuhn’s wife Barbara confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that he died Sunday in a hospice facility in Naples, Florida.
He portrayed Beau Wilkes within the drama, the son of de Havilland and Leslie Howard’s characters.
Other projects wherein Kuhn appeared in, included 1945’s “Dick Tracy,” 1948’s “Red River” and 1951’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
In a 2014 interview with The Washington Post, he looked back on his time working with the forged of “Gone With the Wind.”
He even recalled how he kept screwing up a scene he had with star Clark Gable. “My line was, ‘Hello, Uncle Rhett,’ ” he explained. “I kept saying, ‘Hello, Uncle Clark.’ ”
One scene also had Kuhn acting alongside Howard (who played Ashley Wilkes) outside a room where his mom, Melanie (portrayed by Olivia de Havilland), is sick.
“Where is my mother going away to? And why can’t I’m going along, please?” a young Kuhn wondered within the scene.
Despite playing the kid of de Havilland, he actually didn’t meet her until 2006 — at her ninetieth birthday bash. Nevertheless, after, he called her annually on her big day until her death nearly 15 years later.
Other movies that Kuhn starred in, included: “Magic Town,” “Broken Arrow,” “One Foot in Heaven,” “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” and “Scene of the Crime.”
Kuhn enlisted within the US Navy in 1951 and worked there for 4 years. He later took a hiatus from his film profession and was employed as an aircraft electrician.
Once he got out of the service, he made cameos in the flicks “The Last Frontier” and “Away All Boats” within the mid-Fifties.
One among his last Hollywood appearances were in 1957, where he guest-starred in three episodes of CBS’ “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
He then retired in 1995 after working in airport management for American Airlines. He’s survived by his son, Mick, daughter Patricia and granddaughter Samantha.
Mickey Kuhn — a toddler star of the Thirties and ’40s “Golden Age” of Hollywood — has died. He was 90.
Kuhn famously made an appearance within the 1939 Civil War classic “Gone With the Wind” when he was just 6 years old.
He was the last surviving member of that forged, as Olivia de Havilland passed at 104 in 2020.
Kuhn’s wife Barbara confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter that he died Sunday in a hospice facility in Naples, Florida.
He portrayed Beau Wilkes within the drama, the son of de Havilland and Leslie Howard’s characters.
Other projects wherein Kuhn appeared in, included 1945’s “Dick Tracy,” 1948’s “Red River” and 1951’s “A Streetcar Named Desire.”
In a 2014 interview with The Washington Post, he looked back on his time working with the forged of “Gone With the Wind.”
He even recalled how he kept screwing up a scene he had with star Clark Gable. “My line was, ‘Hello, Uncle Rhett,’ ” he explained. “I kept saying, ‘Hello, Uncle Clark.’ ”
One scene also had Kuhn acting alongside Howard (who played Ashley Wilkes) outside a room where his mom, Melanie (portrayed by Olivia de Havilland), is sick.
“Where is my mother going away to? And why can’t I’m going along, please?” a young Kuhn wondered within the scene.
Despite playing the kid of de Havilland, he actually didn’t meet her until 2006 — at her ninetieth birthday bash. Nevertheless, after, he called her annually on her big day until her death nearly 15 years later.
Other movies that Kuhn starred in, included: “Magic Town,” “Broken Arrow,” “One Foot in Heaven,” “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” and “Scene of the Crime.”
Kuhn enlisted within the US Navy in 1951 and worked there for 4 years. He later took a hiatus from his film profession and was employed as an aircraft electrician.
Once he got out of the service, he made cameos in the flicks “The Last Frontier” and “Away All Boats” within the mid-Fifties.
One among his last Hollywood appearances were in 1957, where he guest-starred in three episodes of CBS’ “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.”
He then retired in 1995 after working in airport management for American Airlines. He’s survived by his son, Mick, daughter Patricia and granddaughter Samantha.
