Tommy Rettig | |
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![]() Rettig in Death Valley Days in 1962 | |
Born | Thomas Noel Rettig December 10, 1941 Queens, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 15, 1996 | (aged 54)
Occupation(s) | Actor, software engineer, author |
Years active | 1946–1994 |
Spouse |
Darlene Portwood
(m. 1959–1977) |
Thomas Noel Rettig (December 10, 1941 – February 15, 1996) was an American child actor, computer software engineer, and author. He portrayed the character "Jeff Miller" in the first three seasons of CBS's Lassie television series, from 1954 to 1957, later seen in syndicated re-runs with the title Jeff's Collie. He also played the young orphan adopted by David Niven in Niven's film titled "No Identity," for the series, "Four Star Playhouse, (Season 1, episode 13.) He also co-starred with another former child actor, Tony Dow, in the mid-1960s television teen soap opera Never Too Young and recorded the song by that title with the group, The TR-4.