Career
He was a native of Los Angeles, California. Bobbie Beard appeared as Stymie"s younger brother in Hi"-Neighbor!, Forgotten Babies, Fish Hooky, A Lad an" a Lamp and Birthday Blues. His most memorable appearance was in A Lad an" a Lamp, in which Spanky McFarland keeps wishing that Cotton could be a monkey.
Despite his notable presence in several film, Beard never spoke a word.
After departing Our Gang, Beard became an auction dealer in the Los Angeles area. In later years, Beard worked at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles and became good friends with Groucho Marx.
He later served in the Korean War, and spent his final years working for the Los Angeles School Board. Beard died on October 16, 1999.
