
Los Angeles, California, USA
Larry Lee Simms was an aerospace engineer and former child actor. He worked as a child model from the age of two and was discovered by a Hollywood talent scout when he appeared in a 1937 Saturday Evening Post advertisement. His first film was The Last Gangster (1937), where he played Edward G. Robinson's young son. Simms became known for his appearances as Alexander "Baby Dumpling" Bumstead in the popular Blondie film series starring Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake. He retired from show business to join the Navy (he appeared in uniform as himself in the Columbia Screen Snaphots short Hollywood Grows Up), then studied aeronautical engineering at California Polytech. He later worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California and around the world as an engineer until his retirement from aeronautical engineering.

as Alexander Bumstead

as Pete Bailey
1946

as Hopper Boy
1939

as Alexander Bumstead
1949

as Alexander Bumstead
1950

as Baby Dumpling
1938

as Horace (uncredited)
1947

as Justin
1949

as Self (archive footage)
1987

as Self (archive footage)
1976

as Baby Dumpling
1940

as Alexander Bumstead
1946

as Military Boy (uncredited)
1951
as Military Boy (uncredited)
1951

as Self (archive footage)
1987

as Self (archive footage)
1976

as Military Boy (uncredited)
1951

as Alexander Bumstead
1950

as Alexander Bumstead
1950

as Alexander Bumstead
1949

as Justin
1949

as Alexander Bumstead
1949

as Alexander Bumstead
1948

as Alexander Bumstead
1948

as Alexander Bumstead
1947

as Alexander Bumstead
1947

as Prince Albert (uncredited)
1947

as Horace (uncredited)
1947

as Alexander Bumstead
1947

as Alexander " Baby " Bumstead
1947

as Pete Bailey
1946

as Alexander Bumstead
1946

as Alexander Bumstead
1946

as Alexander Bumstead
1945

as Alexander Bumstead
1945

as Alexander Bumstead
1943

as Alexander Bumstead
1943

as Alexander " Baby " Bumstead
1942