Which young actor starred as Skippy in Norman Taurog’s 1931 film?

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Director Norman Taurog, wearing a hat and glasses, sits beside actor Mickey Rooney, who is smiling, on the set of the film Boys Town, with camera equipment visible behind them. — Norman Taurog Norman Taurog (right) with Mickey Rooney on the set of *Boys Town* (1938).

The young actor who starred as the title character in Norman Taurog’s 1931 film Skippy was Jackie Cooper. Cooper, who was Taurog’s nephew, played a resourceful boy attempting to raise money to help his friend Sooky retrieve a dog from the pound.1