David Leland

David Louis Leland (6 January 1932 in Alassio, Italy – 7 November 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA) was an Italian-born American child actor who appeared in several Hollywood films in the 1940s.

His father Louis Leland (1879-1963) was born in Rome to an American father and Italian mother; his mother Helena Leland (1901/02-1989) was born in London; he had two sisters: Elizabeta and Francesca.

He moved to the US in the early 1940s and appeared in several films, notably alongside Laurel and Hardy in one of their later efforts, Nothing But Trouble.

He died aged sixteen while suffering from sepsis.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1944 The Hour Before the Dawn Tommy Hetherton 1944 Nothing But Trouble King Christopher / Chris 1945 Hangover Square Boy Uncredited, (final film role)