resting_place death_place death_date years_active birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
fort rosecrans national cemetery los angeles , california , u.s. 24 october 1963 1942 - 1947 seattle , washington , u.s. douglas croft 12 august 1926 douglas croft
 douglas malcom wheatcroft actor
douglas croft

douglas croft -lrb- born douglas malcolm wheatcroft , august 12 , 1926 -- october 24 , 1963 -rrb- was an early american child actor who is best remembered for being the first actor to portray the dc comics character robin the boy wonder as well as his secret identity dick grayson in the 1943 serial `` batman '' , at sixteen years of age .
croft was born in seattle , washington .
he served in the army during world war ii .
during his brief career , he was involved in many film roles playing the younger versions of characters or famous people .
this includes portrayals of george m. cohan in `` yankee doodle dandy '' -lrb- 1942 -rrb- and lou gehrig in `` the pride of the yankees '' -lrb- 1942 -rrb- .
croft died at age thirty-seven in los angeles , california .
