(Frederick Llewellyn Bartholomew) (1924–92), British-born child actor, epitomized Hollywood's vision of a proper little English boy in such motion pictures as ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy' (1936) and ‘Captains Courageous' (1937). At the peak of his short film career, the angelic-faced, tousled-headed Bartholomew was the second highest paid child star, after Shirley Temple. He was born in London, England, on March 28, 1924. He had small stage and screen roles in Britain before going to Hollywood, where his first major role, as the title character in ‘David Copperfield' (1935), made him an overnight star. Bartholomew's popularity soared with his later films, which included ‘Anna Karenina' (1935), ‘Kidnapped' (1938), ‘Swiss Family Robinson' (1940), and ‘Tom Brown's School Days' (1940). His fame and rising income soon brought out his long-absent parents, however, who filed an unsuccessful but enormously expensive lawsuit to wrest custody from his aunt. After serving in World War II, Bartholomew returned to acting, but his cinematic appeal was gone. In the early 1950s he moved to New York City, where he became a successful advertising executive. He died in Sarasota, Fla., on Jan. 23, 1992.