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Kinda like Gary Coleman - funny and cute as a kid but he lost that naturalness as a teen and certainly as an adult. Not to say he was untalented but that kind of natural funny/smart alecky trait that makes some child actors seem like comic geniuses doesn't always transition into adulthood. I never saw 'Granddaddy' but I'll bet that he wasn't as dynamic or funny as an adult. According to IMDb, he appeared in 12 episodes while the main cast appeared in all 24.

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On that he was asked what he'd been doing and he said he was trying to find a job.įrom the looks of it, he wasn't a full time cast member which may be why he wasn't listed in the opening credits. I remember they had this reunion show in the '70's. As you said, Danny Thomas offered him many avenues of help. So when he shot himself, the people who came to the apartment found blankets and sheets over the mirror on his dresser, over the bathroom sink, etc. I read after he died that the week before his death he couldn't stand to look at himself in the mirror. Nevertheless his body was cremated and ashes scatter at sea. It would have been the biggest event that ever happened in this rural Louisiana town.

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Many famous movie stars wanted to come to DeRidder for his funeral. Rusty Hamer was born on Februand died on January 18, 1990. He could be classified as a 'child chattel.' Rusty's suicide is an extreme sample of adverse effect of early stardom and of a person not adequately protected by law and industry policies. 357 pistol to his head and pulled the trigger. On January 18, 1990, far from the limelight he knew growing up in Hollywood, Rusty Hamer put a. He spireled into deep depression that led to a delusional state. He did not find steady work but worked off and on, in his brother John's small cafe known as Richlighter near Bundick Lake on Highway 394, southeast of DeRidder. Then, from 1982 to 1989, Rusty's life took a nose dive. Rusty's offshore career ended when he resigned in 1982.

While Rusty was a very friendly person with an entertaining personality, he was not good as an offshore roustabout. In 1981 he was hired by an offshore oil company, but he had very little mechanical skills. Unfortunately for Rusty, he had not learned much about the real working world, had no job experience and survived by doing odd jobs. It was the marriage of Martha Houston to his brother John that brought Rusty to DeRidder, where he settled on a couple acres of land near Bundick Lake. Danny Thomas wanted to send Rusty to college and pay all of the expenses but for some reason, the offer was not accepted. Once the work stopped, there was very little to fall back on. In the early years of television, child actors were not paid the huge salaries like today. The show didn't catch on and was canceled after only one season.

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He briefly returned to TV in the remake, Make Room for Granddaddy, in 1970-1971 in which Rusty played a medical student. Rusty co-starred in the Abbot and Costello movie Dance with Me made in 1956.

His mother was Dorothy Chretin, an actress in silent movies. His father was a movie film technician who had developed several patented camera lenses. The Hollywood entertainment environment was familiar to Rusty. There was the obvious boyish appeal in that. Rusty was a know-it-all jerk, but he got away with it. And he laughed at his own jokes - something that real, self-scripted smart alecks did. It was obvious that Rusty never acted he just delivered smart-alecky quips. His funny wise-cracking behavior made him the center of attraction throughout the show's 335 episode run. Hamer grew up on the show, beginning as a young 5-year-old child actor.

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Rusty played the freckle-faced young son of the series star, Danny Thomas. Make Room for Daddy was an early TV sitcom which aired during the beginning years of television from 1953-1964. Even today, the classic show Make Room for Daddy can be watched on cable channels. Beloved Rusty Hamer is remembered by many as the Child Star of the Number One TV Show of the 1950-60's.

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