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Rusty Hamer
Age: 42 (passed away Jan. 18th, 1990)
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Birth Place: Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
Born: Feb. 15th, 1947
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BIOGRAPHY: A deadpan, freckle-faced, curly-haired child actor of the late 50s, Rusty Hamer entered films at age 5 and became a precocious TV celebrity the very next year trading quips with top comedian Danny Thomas as his lippy, obnoxious son on the hit sitcom "Make Room for Daddy" (1953) in 1953. Playing 'second banana' to the star was no easy task but this boy showed an incredibly sharp comedy sense for one so young. The show ran a healthy eleven seasons and in 1964 Hamer, at age 17, found himself out of work for the first time. The talented kid had become an awkward teen and the offers dried up immediately. He left Hollywood and came back only once for "Make Room for Granddaddy" (1970) in 1971. The show was not a success and nothing else came his way. The aimless, embittered man left for good this time and his life quickly fell apart. Left with no job skills, he found obtaining work extremely difficult and found himself living a rather wanderlust lifestyle working on everything from oil rigs to cafes. He spiraled into deep depression, alcohol and poverty that led to an increasingly violent and delusional state. He shot himself to death in 1990 at the age of 42, chalking up another child star statistic who met a tragic, untimely end.
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