Anthony Sydes Biography

Fast Facts

• For his military service, he was awarded a Purple Heart and a National Defense Service Medal
• His sister, Cindy Carol, was also a child actor who appeared in the film "Cape Fear" and the TV series "Never Too Young․"
• Made his screen acting debut at the age of 5 in the 1946 film "Claudia and David․"
• Best known as a child actor during the 1940s and 1950s who played Peter in "Miracle on 34th Street" and Fred Gilbreth in "Cheaper by the Dozen․"
• Retired from acting in the late 1950s and became a career military man, spending 20 years in the Army and serving two tours in Vietnam
• Several of his starring television roles were in westerns like "Hopalong Cassidy" and "The Lone Ranger․"
• Later in life, he became an auctioneer and opened his own auction business in Santa Cruz, Calif․, in 1980, as well as an auction college to train aspiring auctioneers