Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Robert E Hutchins was born March 29th 1925 in Tacoma Washington He was born to James Hutchins and Olga Hutchins nee Roe Robert was a very outgoing boy with a charming personality because friends persuaded James and Olga to go to a Hollywood photographer and get his picture taken The photographer was impressed by Roberts intelligence and asked to take a few feet of film of him The results were so good that the film ended up in the projection room at Hal Roach Studios Hal Roach decided the boy would be a good addition to his Our Gang short films and signed him to a five year contract On his first day at the studio Robert didnt have an identity for his part in the movies and he was running around so much that he began to wheeze Such led to the coining of the Wheezer name one he carried for the rest of his time in Our Gang Robert played the perky tagalong little brother that was always anxious to be part of the mischief that the gang was getting into He played such a part in both the silent films and the talkies