Bobby Buntrock

Bobby Buntrock
Buntrock in Hazel, c. 1961
Born	August 4, 1952(1952-08-04) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died	April 7, 1974(1974-04-07) (aged 21) Keystone, South Dakota, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1959—1967

Bobby Buntrock (August 4, 1952 – April 7, 1974) was an American child actor. Buntrock is best known for playing the character of Harold Baxter ("Sport") on the 1960s sitcom Hazel.

Biography

Born in Denver, Colorado, Buntrock made his first onscreen appearance in an episode of Wagon Train. He was in the first Rock'em Sock'em Robots toy commercial in 1964 for Louis Marx and Company aka Marx Toy Company. He appeared on Hazel, starring Shirley Booth, throughout the five-year run of the series, first on NBC with Don DeFore and Whitney Blake in the role of his parents, George and Dorothy Baxter. In the last season on CBS, he lived with his Uncle Steve Baxter and Aunt Barbara, played by Ray Fulmer, and Lynn Borden, respectively, after DeFore and Blake left the series.

In addition to his role on Hazel, he also had roles on Burke's Law, and Mister Ed. He made his last onscreen appearance in 1967 on The Virginian.

Bobby Buntrock died in April 1974 at the age of 21 in an automobile accident. The accident occurred at nearly the exact spot where his mother had died in an automobile accident a year earlier.

Filmography

Television
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1959	Wagon Train	Bo	1 episode
1961	Mister Ed	Small Boy	1 episode
1961–1966	Hazel	Harold Baxter	41 episodes
1963	Burke's Law	Scout Hendricks	1 episode
1963–1967	The Virginian	Andrew Tim Bates Tim Messinger	3 episodes

External links

• Bobby Buntrock at the Internet Movie Database
• Bobby Buntrock at Find a Grave