Lindy Wade
- Actor
Warren Lindle Wade. Nickname "Lindy" derived from his middle name.
A good friend of both Spanky and Alfalfa of Our Gang comedy series. His family and Alfalfa's took the kids to Hollywood from their Midwest hometown and Lindy started out doing extra work on the Our Gang set.
Concerns about World War II and a rumored West Coast invasion led his parents to pull the budding young star out of Hollywood and back to the Midwest.
Wade went on to get a PhD in Education from UCLA, started the first public broadcast station in San Jose (KTEH Channel 54), and had a successful 36 year Reservist career with the US Navy with a final rank of Captain.
He has two children by his first wife, a boy and girl, and two adopted sons from his second marriage. He's blessed with a small passel of grandchildren.
A good friend of both Spanky and Alfalfa of Our Gang comedy series. His family and Alfalfa's took the kids to Hollywood from their Midwest hometown and Lindy started out doing extra work on the Our Gang set.
Concerns about World War II and a rumored West Coast invasion led his parents to pull the budding young star out of Hollywood and back to the Midwest.
Wade went on to get a PhD in Education from UCLA, started the first public broadcast station in San Jose (KTEH Channel 54), and had a successful 36 year Reservist career with the US Navy with a final rank of Captain.
He has two children by his first wife, a boy and girl, and two adopted sons from his second marriage. He's blessed with a small passel of grandchildren.
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