Johnny Whitaker - Famous Singer

Johnny Whitaker Net Worth

$2,000,000

Johnny Whitaker is a Famous American actor and singer with a net worth of $2 million dollars.

Throughout his career, Johnny played several film and television roles, including the character of Jody Davis in ‘Family Affair’ from 1966-1971.

Key facts:

  • Johnny Whitaker is an American actor and singer.
  • He began his professional acting career when he was three years old.
  • He gained widespread notice after playing Jody Davis on the series, 'Family Affair'.
  • Johnny Whitaker has worked in several film and television projects.
  • He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Communications.

Basic Information About Johnny Whitaker

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Singer
Net worth$2,000,000
Date of birth1959-12-13 (64 years old)
Place of birthVan Nuys
NationalityUnited States of America
Spouse15 June - Symbria Wright (Β 1984 - 1988)Β (divorced)
GenderMale
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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Johnny Whitaker roles

Movie / Series Role
The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are ComingJerry Maxwell
A Talking Cat!?!Phil
BewitchedJack 1 episode, 1969
The VirginianHoot Callahan 1 episode, 1969
Green AcresDinky Watson / ... 2 episodes, 1970
The Dating GameSelf - Guest star contestant 1 episode, 1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.Ricky Perino 1 episode, 1971
Family AffairJonathan 'Jody' Patterson-Davis / ... 138 episodes, 1966-1971
Adam-12Eddie Roberts 1 episode, 1973
Beyond Belief: Fact or FictionJudd 1 episode, 1998
Sigmund and the Sea MonstersJohnny Stuart 29 episodes, 1973-1974
The Maury Povich ShowSelf 1 episode, 1992

Johnny Whitaker's Quotes

  • [Family Affair (1966)] was much too sugar-and-spice. We never lied or cheated. No children are as angelic as we were supposed to be."
  • [about the drug death of former co-star Anissa Jones] Although we played twins we were poles apart as human beings. It didn't keep us from getting along well, but we were being raised in very different homes. I felt terrible about her death, but I wasn't all that much surprised.

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Interesting Facts about Johnny Whitaker

  1. Graduated from Sylmar High School outside of Los Angeles, CA, after Family Affair (1966) was canceled. He then spent two years in Portugal as a full-time volunteer missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. When he returned to the US, he attended Brigham Young University and obtained a degree in communications in 1986.
  2. Divorced in 1988. He went through a 12-step program to rid himself of drug dependency.
  3. He was the fifth of eight children born to Thelma and John O. Whitaker, Sr. He was born at 12:14 AM, Pacific Standard Time.
  4. He was the only six-year-old who screen-tested for the role of Jody Davis in Family Affair (1966), which originally was supposed to be for a ten-year-old boy, but when the producers saw the chemistry between he and Anissa Jones (Buffy), they promptly rewrote the parts for six-year-old twins.
  5. He gave Jodie Foster her first on-screen kiss in Tom Sawyer (1973).
  6. Speaks several languages fluently, including Portuguese, Spanish, French and American Sign Language.
  7. Began his acting career at the age of three. He was discovered while singing in his church's children's program, where he broke up the entire congregation after he'd forgotten the words to the song and started to improvise with his own. He went on to do his first on-air performance in a commercial for OK Used Cars.
  8. A recovering addict since 1997, he has served to help others. He is President and Founder of Paso Por Paso, a California 501 (c)3 corporation dedicated to helping Spanish-speaking addicts / alcoholics find treatment and recovery.
  9. In 1999 he received the Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award at the Young Artist Awards.
  10. His first film, The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming (1966) co-starred Brian Keith. He and Keith got along so well that Keith was instrumental in setting him up for an interview with the producers of Family Affair (1966), in which he was eventually cast as Keith's nephew.
  11. Finding it harder to transition into young adult roles and following the tragic death of his 18-year-old Family Affair (1966) co-star Anissa Jones, he took what was supposed to be an extended sabbatical from acting and a return to "normalcy" by attending public schools again. He instead went into missionary work.
  12. For 13 years he worked closely with the joint SAG/AFTRA Young Performer's Committee helping current young performers receive the benefits and prepare them for the detriments that a career in show business is likely to produce.
  13. His sister Dori is a well-established talent agent in North Hollywood, CA.
  14. At one point he and two of his sisters and a brother were in a variety act called The Johnny Whitaker Show, and performed at fairs and Mormon church get-togethers.
  15. In June of 1984 he married a theatrical agent named Symbria Wright at the Mormon Temple in Westwood followed by a reception at the Beverly Hills Hotel. They divorced four years later.
  16. Changed the spelling of his first name "Johnnie" to the more adult "Johnny" around 1973.
  17. Co-starred with young Jodie Foster twice in films. The first time was in Disney's Napoleon and Samantha (1972), and then she played Becky Thatcher to his Tom Sawyer (1973). He made national tours for the "Tom Sawyer" line of boys' clothing after being cast in the the musical film. Eventually the same firm put out a "Johnnie Whitaker" line as well.
  18. Originated the role of Scotty Baldwin, a General Hospital (1963) character still seen on the show.
  19. Brother of Billy Whitaker and Dori Whitaker.
  20. Interviewed in "Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television" by Tom Goldrup and Jim Goldrup (McFarland, 2002).

References & Fact Checks βœ…

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  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Family_Affair_Anissa_Jones_Johnny_Whitaker_1967.jpg
  • Original Source: eBay item photo front photo back
  • Author: CBS Television Network.
  • Date taken: Adjacent press information is dated June 14, 1967
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  • Checked: βœ… Yes (2023-07-02 18:59:18)
  • Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Billy_Barty_Johnny_Whitaker_Scott_Kolden_Sigmund_and_the_Sea_Monsters_1973.JPG
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  • Author: NBC Television
  • Date taken: 10 August 1973

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