Tommy Rettig Biography

Tommy Rettig, Actor

Occup.	Actor
From	USA
Born	December 10, 1941 Los Angeles, California, USA
Died	February 15, 1996 Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause	Heart Failure
Aged	54 years

Tommy Rettig was an American kid actor, computer system software application designer, as well as writer, that was born upon December 10, 1941, in Jackson Heights, New York. He died on February 15, 1996, from a cardiovascular disease, in Marina del Rey, California, at the age of 54.

Rettig started his career as a youngster actor, the majority of notoriously known for his function as Jeff Miller in the prominent TV series, "Lassie" (1954-1957). He showed up in an overall of 142 episodes as well as obtained enormous appeal amongst young audiences. He likewise played the duty of Joey Consiglio in the film "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" (1953) guided by Dr. Seuss, which stays a cult classic to this particular day.

After "Lassie", Rettig remained to act in movies such as "River of No Return" (1954), "The Last Wagon" (1956), as well as "The Long Gray Line" (1955), however he struggled to transition from child to adult roles in his later years.

In the 1960s, Rettig found a job in computer system software program design, a field in which he accomplished excellent success. He developed software application for business such as Hewlett-Packard as well as Boeing and also came to be an expert in the area. In 1986, he started his own software application company, Blixseth Mountain Properties, which specialized in realty management software application.

Rettig was likewise a writer as well as author several books, including "Advances in Computer Golf", and also "Computers and also Common Sense". He was a regular contributor to computer system magazines such as Byte and PC Magazine.

Despite his successful career in software application design, Rettig always stayed enthusiastic about acting and also remained to work in small roles in movies like "Devil's Three" and "Winterhawk" up till his fatality. He was also involved in movie theater manufacturings and also done on stage in different productions.

Rettig was married two times in his lifetime as well as had three children. He lived a private life far from the spotlight as well as was remembered by his close friends and also colleagues as a kind, intelligent, and multi-talented individual that had a passion for both acting and computer technology.

Our collection contains 18 quotes who is written / told by Tommy.

Related authors: Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Jeff Miller (Politician), Dr. Seuss (Writer)

Filmography:

1950 The Jackpot (Comedy)
1950 For Heaven's Sake (Comedy, Fantasy)
1950 Two Weeks with Love (Comedy, Music, Romance)
1951 The Strip (Crime, Drama)
1951 Week-End with Father (Romance, Comedy)
1951 Elopement (Comedy)
1952 Paula (Drama)
1953 The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance)
1953 The Lady Wants Mink (Comedy)
1954 The Raid (War, Western)
1954 River of No Return (Adventure, Western)
1955 At Gunpoint (Western)
1956 The Last Wagon (Western)
1994 The Story of Lassie (Documentary, Family)

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18 Famous quotes by Tommy Rettig

"I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties"

"I had always turned it down-to me, smoking pot was absolutely the worst thing in the world. I thought of it as an addiction, and all my friends who smoked it, I felt they really needed help"

"My mom was a Democrat and I was scared to death that she was gonna blow it. First I was going to hell with Monroe, and now to Republican hell with Nixon"

"I wanted to go to regular high school - it looked like a lot of fun"

"Then l learned to play guitar and l started writing songs and my mother formed for me a publishing business, so we started publishing and managing artists"

"Acid wasn't getting a whole lot of bad press at the time, and as I saw the whole bad-press thing happen, I became aware that the government had done a whole lie on all the other benign drugs as well. It became clear to me that the government wanted no real drug education"

"The kids put you on a pedestal. I didn't like it"

"I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide"

"Yes, there was nothing else to do to get you high. I mean, there was, but white kids didn't hear about it"

"There's a big difference between somebody who does acid on weekends and somebody who takes downers every day"

"A lot of my friends were fooling around with drugs then"

"Yeah, dog was this man's best friend, for sure"

"Marijuana. Boy, I thought that was just terrible. How could this great man do this to his life?"

"It was the worst period of my life. I had all this gigantic acceptance as a kid, and all of a sudden there was this monumental rejection"

"Well, I went to school with Jan and Dean, Ryan O'Neal, some of the Beach Boys we all use to party together"

"So, in the last year, the whole cast sued for release from our contracts"

"Once in a while there was some TV offer and I'd take it"

"I wanted to have a normal childhood. Normal relationships"