Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer's Brother, Harold--the Speed Queen Laundromat Baron

[daveamkrayoguy]

--Who unfortunately killed a customer there, over some dispute, then committed suicide in a remote area a few miles away, afterwards... (Probably to be beyond reach of the law, in a lot of forms...)

 

--Who knew????

 

 

-- Dave

http://https//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Switzer

 

[a440]

I do remember this story and that a Laundromat was in involved. I did not know it was a "Speed Queen" Franchise.

I feel so sorry for the Children that were actors during this period of time. They had no laws to protect them. Truly sad stories for almost all of them.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

The story confirms that Harold had worked post-show business career, installing & servicing washers & dryers, as in working for Speed Queen, perhaps in a sales/parts/service/repair outlet-capacity, but 'franchise' could also seem to say more of it being that it was a Washerteria, and there's also a story at Internet Movie Data Base that also chronicles this late-actor's legacy after Little Rascals/Our Gang, hence also cited as it being a laundromat, he was owner/operator of:

 

 

-- Dave

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842817/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm