Weblogs: Breaking up that Our Gang of mine...

Thrilling Days of Yesteryear: "Another one of the “Little Rascals” has gone on to meet his heavenly reward—(Eugene) Gordon Lee, the chubby child actor best known as “Porky” in forty-three of the Our Gang comedies from 1935-39. He was 71.

[Lee's] movie career took off because of his resemblance to George “Spanky” McFarland, the child actor who was the star of the Our Gang series at the time he became a member of the troupe. [...] The obituary also notes that it was Lee who originated the catchphrase “O-tay” (often attributed to Billie “Buckwheat” Thomas, Lee uttered those words in the 1936 short Pay as You Exit) and that he was eased out of the shorts when a growth spurt changed him dramatically from his former butterball status."