Donnie Dunagan Biography
Donnie Dunagan is a retired US Marine Corps major and former child actor. He is most remembered for playing the young son of Baron Frankenstein in Son of Frankenstein and the voice of young Bambi in Bambi (1942).
Donnie Dunagan Age
He was born Donald Roan Dunagan on 16 August 1934, in San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. He is 89 years old as of August 2923.
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Donnie Dunagan Career
When he was three and a half years old, he won a $100 talent contest. After being spotted by a studio talent scout, the family relocated to Hollywood, where Dunagan acted in a number of films and quickly became the primary provider for his family. After voicing the titular character in Walt Disney’s Bambi (1942), he resigned from voice acting. By the age of 13, Dunagan was living in a boarding home and working as a lathe operator. He joined the Marine Corps in 1952, when he was 18 years old. He became the Marine Corps’ youngest-ever drill instructor and served three tours in Vietnam, where he was wounded numerous times, before retiring as a major in 1977. Dunagan’s service earned him a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. Dunagan kept his acting profession hidden while serving in the Marines, but in 2004, he was discovered and extensively interviewed by horror film historian Tom Weaver for a special “Donnie Dunagan issue” of Video Watchdog magazine. He is retired and currently resides in San Angelo, Texas, with his wife.
He concealed the fact that he was the voice of Bambi in Bambi (1942) while serving in the United States Marine Corps. He was afraid of being nicknamed “Bambi”. He claimed that after voicing and watching the film Bambi (1942) as a little actor, he could never bring himself to shoot an animal. He’d done a lot of shooting as a lifetime US Marine, but he’d never shot an animal before. He was the Marine Corps’ youngest drill instructor in history. He advanced to the rank of major before retiring. He spent three tours in Vietnam as a Marine. He was awarded three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam as a US Marine.
Donnie Dunagan Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
Donnie Dunagan Movies
Mother Carey’s Chickens (1938)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
Tower of London (1939)
Vigil in the Night (1940)
Meet the Chump (1941)
Bambi (1942)