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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, January 25, 1992                   TAG: 9201250176
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

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`FAUNTLEROY' STAR DIES IN FLORIDA

Freddie Bartholomew, whose popularity as a 1930s child star of such films as "Little Lord Fauntleroy" failed to propel him into success an an adult actor, has died of emphysema in Florida. He was 67.

Bartholomew, who had retired in Bradenton, died Thursday, said his wife, Elizabeth.

"He was one of the finest, if not the finest child actor that we had on the scene at that time," said Mickey Rooney, who appeared with Bartholomew in "The Devil is a Sissy," around 1936.

Bartholomew was born Frederick Llewellyn on March 28, 1924, in London.

He played the title role in "David Copperfield," and became an overnight star after the film opened in 1934.

Other films included "Little Lord Fauntleroy" in 1936, and "Captains Courageous" in 1937. He also played Greta Garbo's son in "Anna Karenina," 1935.

His salary soared to $2,500 a week, making him the highest-paid child star after Shirley Temple. He made headlines in the late 1930s when he cut his signature curls.

Besides his wife, survivors include a daughter, Katie, of Santa Fe, N.M.; a son, Frederick, of Coral Springs, Fla.; a stepdaughter, Celia Paul of New York; and three grandchildren.

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