- Born
- Died
- Birth nameLawrence David McKeen Jr.
- Young "Sunny Jim" McKeen was featured in 39 "Newlyweds and Their Baby" shorts in the late 1920s, then went on to make a series of six sound shorts on his own. A very blond little boy, he was a contemporary of the child actors such as Allen 'Farina' Hoskins and Jackie Cooper, Davey Lee and Shirley Temple. He died of blood poisoning in 1933, at the age of 8.
- IMDb mini biography by: pmintun@mac.com
- Born in 1924, he was already working on the Universal lot by 1926, at just two years old.
- He was featured in advertisements for baby swimsuits.
- At the peak of his fame in the mid-to-late 1920s, a candy bar was named after him which featured his image on the wrapper.
- Brother of actress Merry Mae McKeen Merry Mae McKeen.
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