Bobbie Beard was a child actor, best-known for playing "Cotton" in several Our Gang short films from 1932-34. His older brother was Matthew "Stymie" Beard, one of the most popular Our Gang characters. Bobbie appeared as Stymie's younger brother in Hi'-Neighbor!, Forgotten Babies, Fish Hooky, A Lad an' a Lamp and Birthday Blues. In A Lad an' a Lamp, Spanky McFarland keeps wishing that Cotton could be a monkey. Despite his notable presence in several films, Beard never spoke a word. After Our Gang, Beard was an auction dealer, and later, he worked at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles and became good friends with Groucho Marx. He served in the Korean War, and spent his final years working for the LA School Board.