Background
After seeing a notice in the local newspaper, his mother entered him in a contest to replace the Hal Roach produced comedies fat boy character Joe Cobb who had outgrown the role.
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Harold Wertz
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He played the character Bouncy in three films in 1932. He was in the films Choo-Choo!, The Pooch and Hook and Ladder. Choo-Choo! was produced on May 7, 1932, The Pooch was produced on June 11, 1932, and Hook and Ladder was produced on August 27, 1932.
A major earthquake in March 1933 left the Culver City studios damaged and production was halted for a time.
The studio exercised the "act of God" clause and did not renew his contract. Wertz joined the United States. Merchant Marine and served on the ship Mills Victory during the final year of World World War II and was one of the first United States vessels into Tokyo after the armistice in 1945.
He died from complications of cardiac bypass surgery on November 21, 1999 in San Diego, California and is interred at Forest Lawn in Cypress, California.
