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- Birth nameGeorge Ferrante
- Born George Ferrante on December 11, 1942 he started his acting career as a stunt rider playing Alfred "Al" McGrath in the first two seasons of the Disney serial Spin and Marty (1955 -1956) which was a feature of the Mickey Mouse Club television series. He was the only real cowboy of all the boys on the Fictional "Triple R Ranch" in the series. He was used to do stunts for other boys, and help teach the other young actors to ride, rope, and handle horses.
George also played Tom Foster in the Disney film Westward Ho The Wagons.
George Ferrante has owned and operated the Ferrante Ranch in Somis, California for many years carrying on a family ranching tradition. Winning many awards for horsemanship over the years since "retiring" from acting, he still teaches horsemanship at his ranch with his wife and daughters.
- IMDb mini biography by: P. Bezemes
- SpouseKathie(? - present) (2 children)
- Owns and operates the Ferrante Ranch in rural Somis, CA.
- At the age 8, George started his on-screen career as a boy stunt rider in the movie "Shane".
Walt Disney put him under contract when he was 11, for Disney's "Spin & Marty" serial within the highly popular Mickey Mouse Club. He also appeared in Disney's "Westward Ho the Wagons" alongside some of his fellow child actors from "Spin & Marty"
Later in his career, George began doing stunts involving, horses, cars, fights or whatever came his way.
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