At the suggestion of his agent, the producers beefed up that role and made the switch. While kids across North American were playing cowboys, Considine and Stollery were getting paid to do it.Īccording to his New York Times obit, Considine was offered the lead role as the rich kid, but begged out it, preferring to play the cooler dude Spin.
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The Mickey Mouse Clue serial paired him with young David Stollery as young teens on a dude ranch. First up was the gig any kid at that time would have killed for - the co-lead on “The Adventure of Spin and Marty” (1955-57). That was fine with his parents, savvy to the pitfalls of child stardom. A few TV credits followed, including a role on The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin.Ĭonsidine had a negative experience on another show, however, and began to suspect this business wasn’t all fun. One of Considine’s earliest roles came at 12 opposite Red Skelton in 1953’s “The Clown.” A family friend became his agent. His mother, Carmen (Pantages) Considine, was the daughter of one of the barons of vaudeville and cinema chains. Considine Jr., produced movies at MGM including “Boy’s Town” (1938) and “Young Thomas Edison” (1940).
He was born in 1940, straight into a showbiz family. One of the busiest was Tim Considine, who passed away at 81 March 3 in his native Los Angeles. That popular Disney series made instant stars of the early “Mouseketeers,” but there were other young actors who took part in short, serial dramas that played as shows within the show.
I’ve always been fascinated by TV’s earliest child stars, the kids who gained fame on television nearly 70 years ago as the medium began to spread to millions of homes.Īmong the most prominent were those associated with The Mickey Mouse Club (1954-57). Considine (right) as Spin with David Stollery (Marty)
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