death_date death_place birth_place othername name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
22 september 2008 seal beach , california coalinga , california buddy buddy mcdonald 01 october 1922 buddy mcdonald
 thomas mcdonald child actor congestive heart failure
buddy mcdonald

thomas `` buddy '' / `` bud '' mcdonald -lrb- october 1 , 1922 -- september 22 , 2008 -rrb- was an american child actor .
he is perhaps best known as one of the `` our gang '' kids of the early sound period , and mcdonald is prominently featured in the `` our gang '' shorts `` teacher 's pet '' and `` school 's out '' .
he appeared in several of the `` our gang '' comedies , and also appeared in a scene -lrb- later deleted -rrb- with laurel & hardy in `` pardon us '' .
