After 23 Years, See What the Cast of ‘The Little Rascals’ is Up to Now!

Bug Hall (Alfalfa)

As Alfalfa, the 30-year-old Brandon "Bug" Hall served as best friend to Spanky and Romeo to Darla. Since the release of that film, Bug has stayed active in the acting world, his credits including The Big Green (1995), The Stupids (1996), Honey We Shrunk Ourselves (1997), Skipped Parts (2000), Footsteps (2000), Mortuary (2005) and American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009). In between, he's amassed a wide variety of episodic television guest roles. He has often been referred to as an acting teacher, but while speaking to inspiredlately.com, he clarified, "I've pitched in with some friends who have classes and I'll come in and talk to the kids. I don't really believe in acting classes; I never took any. I like to talk to the kids while they're still young about what to expect and how to make better choices than some people tend to make. Some call it being an acting teacher, but I like to help out the young ones." In the same interview he emphasized that he's completely at peace with his Little Rascals legacy. "It's the reason that I found what I want to do in life. I owe everything good in my life to that movie."

Brittany Ashton Holmes (Darla)

As Darla, the then-five-year-old Brittany Ashton Holmes stole Alfalfa and Hollywood's heart, but flash forward and the 25-year-old, who is reportedly pursuing a political science degree, has left both behind. Outside of a few small roles (1996's Inhumanoid and Humanoids From the Deep), she has expressed zero interest in acting. As she wrote on her Myspace page some time ago, "I was [an] actress when I was little and did this movie called Little Rascals. It's, like, really embarrassing to watch and I don't want to act anymore."

Travis Tedford (Spanky)

Travis Tedford's role of Spanky has always been the leader of the Rascals. He also happens to be the president of the "He-Man Woman Hater's Club," and best friends with Alfalfa. Following The Little Rascals, Travis appeared in a number of films, among them Slappy and the Stinkers (1998), The Thirteenth Floor (1999), and the remake of Freaky Friday (2003), before giving up acting to become a marketing specialist for the Texas Trust Credit Union.

"I was typecast pretty hardcore and wasn't given a lot of roles because I looked too much like Spanky," the 27-year-old offered on Reddit.com. "That's why I never did any huge projects after Little Rascals. It's like Seinfeld when everyone wants George Costanza [rather than Jason Alexander]. When I moved back to Texas in 2002, I was really done with acting. I didn't tell anyone who I was unless recognized. After I made it to my senior year, I figured out how to use the whole thing in a positive way, and it didn't haunt me anymore. Instead of running from the fact I was Spanky, I embraced it. Changing that feeling alone made me a more positive person, which in turn increased my friendships with people."

Blake McIver Ewing (Waldo)

Waldo is a spoiled rich kid who attempts to steal Darla from Alfalfa in The Little Rascals, but the actor who portrays him, Blake McIver Ewing, is anything but. In fact, he's amassed quite a number of filmed credits, and has also appeared on stage (being an Ovation Award Nominee for his role in the Los Angeles production of Ragtime) and recorded music. And although there were a few emotional bumps along the way in the sense of feeling trapped by his child actor past, it's all worked out. "In my teen years," he told Buzzfeed.com, "I was trying to run away from the child actor stuff. 'No, no, no, I'm my own person, blah, blah, blah,' but now I've reached a point in my life where I'm so thankful for the time that I got to spend with such great people and on great shows and some really fun movies. I can kind of look back and laugh and chuckle and sort of enjoy the fact that people even remember it [at all], which is crazy to me still."

Ross Bagley (Buckwheat)

In some ways the character of Buckwheat was made more famous by Eddie Murphy on Saturday Night Live, but it was Ross Bagley's portrayal of him in The Little Rascals that touched people's hearts. Following his turn as Buckwheat, Ross went on to play Nicholas "Nicky" Bans on The French Prince of Bel-Air for two seasons. In 1995 he re-teamed with Fresh Prince co-star Will Smith in 1996's Independence Day. A few guest star roles followed on TV, before he decided to study film production at California State University at Northridge. "Luckily I don't validate myself by the amount of attention I get, so I can't say that there's any void or empty space in my life since I haven't been [acting]," Ross pointed out to missnevainc.blogspot.com. "I've got a wonderful girlfriend of a few years who holds me down and a team of family and friends who support me like none other, so I'm in a great place right now." As to his "rascally" past, he said, "I've been teased endlessly about Buckwheat, but I take it in stride because most of the people who might have something to say are actually fans of my work, so it's actually a compliment. Plus I have a pretty smart mouth so I can tag them back pretty easily if it gets too crazy."

Sam Saletta (Butch)

Whenever you get a bunch of kids together who are having a good time, you just know it's only a matter of time for the bully shows up. In the case of The Little Rascals, it's Sam Saletta's Butch. The 31-year old has spent the past 21 years since his portrayal of Butch pursuing acting and music. In terms of the former he has garnered many credits (including regular status on such TV shows as Recess, The Kids From Room 402, 7th Heaven, and Rocket Power), while for the latter he became part of the band Jubala, and he's even voiced characters for the game Call of Duty: Black Ops. Yet despite all of this, Sam hasn't spoken much to the media about The Little Rascals or any other part of his career.

Jordan Warkol (Froggy)

Although the character's gravelly and name-appropriate voice was provided by E.G. Daily, 30-year-old Jordan Warkol played Froggy in the film. While he hasn't done any acting since 2006, and little is known about his current activities, Jordan preceded his performance in The Little Rascals with an appearance on the sitcom Grace Under Fire, and then followed with many TV guest star appearances and roles in such films as Carpool (1996), Milo (1998), The Modern Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1998) and The Specials (2000). He also had recurring voice roles in the animated series Hey, Arnold! and Rocket Power. To keep up with Jordan, you can follow his Twitter feed (@JordanFrog), where he's offered such comments as, "funny when a guy looks at another guy and just nods. It's the universal confirmation of a guy saying, you are a man and I accept that fact" or "Bieber said it best, 'you don't need to go to church to be a Christian. If you go to Taco Bell, that doesn't make you a taco.'" And then there's, "At the urinal and the guy next to be burped and farted at the same time. If he would have sneezed too I think I would owe him a prize." Not surprisingly, Jordan is attempting a career in stand-up comedy.

Zachary Mabry (Porky)

In the film Zachary Mabry plays Porky, Spanky's younger brother. For Zachary, this was his only role as he pretty much gave up acting after the film's release and ultimately went into accounting. He hasn't spoken much about The Little Rascals, but did write on his Myspace page, "So I saw on IMDB someone asking me to post some memories from back when we filmed the movie, so I figured I would post one. Please remember that this was a LONG time ago so my memory is somewhat fuzzy. Okay, do you guys remember the scene where Alfalfa is on trial for burning down the clubhouse? Well we were all sitting on 'chairs' that were random things like boxes and stuff. Well I was sitting right next to Bug (Alfalfa) and some crew member made the mistake of showing me that the part of his chair thing that he sat on was removable. It was a round disk thing he sat on and you could pull it right off, and what was left was just a big ring that someone would fall right through if they tried to sit in it. Well during the scene I thought it was so funny and kept taking it off and it made it to where he couldn’t sit down. I thought it was hilarious but the director did not (Penelope) didn’t and the fact that I KEPT doing it was delaying the shooting for that scene…it wasn’t good lol. I think in the end my mom had to tell me not to do that anymore haha.”

Blake Jeremy Collins (Woim)

Butch's sidekick Woim was brought to life by Blake Jeremy Collins, who only followed The Little Rascals with roles on the TV shows Minor Adjustments and Men Behaving Badly, and in the feature film Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998). Recent reports are that the 30-year-old lives in Los Angeles where he served as an assistant cameraman on the FX television series Sons of Anarchy, and refers to himself as a "full-time party animal."

Kevin Jamal Woods (Stymie)

Easily identifiable by the black derby, Kevin Jamal Holmes portrayed the Rascal named Stymie. Following the film, he continued acting with a recurring role as Frank in the TV series Blossom, and then through guest starring roles on such shows as Walker, Texas Ranger and Sons of Thunder, as well as TV movies America's Dream (1996) and Hope (1997), along with the feature film The Brainiacs.com (2000). Since then he's reportedly been pursuing comedy and music, and occasionally posts to his YouTube channel, ThaRealKWoods. Back in February he provided a bit of an update for himself, commenting, "I haven't made a video for four or five months, but that's because I just didn't feel like it. I know people need freshness to remain involved, so I'm putting out a video about why I haven't put out a video. I'm an adult and I have adult things to do, like go to work and pay my bills and get work done on my vehicle. So I've just had a lot of that going on. Then Christmas came, my birthday came, and I grew a year older. We're 28 and we have to do things like a 28-year-old. That's why I haven't made a video. Also, I've had a kind of writer's block and, comedically speaking, when you have a writer's block you just probably shouldn't write anything, because then it just won't be funny. And I like to make y'all laugh; that's why I'm here in the world, to make people laugh and giggle."

Courtland Mead (Uh-Huh)

Typographer for the He-Man Woman Hater's Club, Uh-Huh responds to pretty much everyone with that phrase, and in The Little Rascals he's played by 28-year-old Courtland Mead. Interestingly his playing Uh-Huh was far from his first role, having amassed a number of credits before hand, including a one-year stint on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. Afterwards he went on to Tom and Huck (1995), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996), the TV mini-series adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining (1997), and the TV series Recess (1997-2001) and Lloyd in Space (2001-2004). He appeared in the film Mean Parents Suck (2010) and after that something changed as he seemed to drop out of acting. Sadly his Myspace page concluded with the self-description of "washed up child star."

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