Lee Aaker, Child Actor on 'The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin,' Dies at 77
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5:51 PM PDT 4/13/2021 by Mike Barnes
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Lee Aaker spent five seasons on 'The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin'
He also appeared in such films as 'Hondo,' 'High Noon,' 'The Greatest Show on Earth' and 'The Atomic City' — all before he was 10.
Lee Aaker, a child actor in the 1950s who starred as the orphan Rusty alongside a German shepherd on ABC's
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin and in films including
Hondo and
Atomic City, has died. He was 77.
Aaker had suffered a stroke and died April 1 near Mesa, Arizona, Paul Petersen, the former