# Jimmy Hunt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Hunt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jimmy_Hunt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hunt > Source revision: 1337589321 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American actor (1939–2025)}} {{For|the Canadian singer-songwriter|Jimmy Hunt (musician)}} {{infobox person | name = Jimmy Hunt | birth_name = James Walter Hunt | image = Jimmy Hunt Press Photo.jpg | caption = Hunt {{circa}}1950s | birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|12|4}} | birth_place = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|7|18|1939|12|4}} | death_place = [Simi Valley, California](/source/Simi_Valley%2C_California), U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1947–1954; 1986 | spouse = {{marriage|Roswitha T. Jager|1963}} | children = 4 | relatives = }} '''James Walter Hunt''' (December 4, 1939 – July 18, 2025) was an American film actor, most prominent as a child star who appeared in 35 pictures between 1945 and 1953. He is perhaps best known for his role as David in ''[Invaders from Mars](/source/Invaders_from_Mars_(1953_film))'' (1953). In the 1986 remake of ''[Invaders from Mars](/source/Invaders_from_Mars_(1986_film))'' he plays the police chief.{{cite web|newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|title=THE SCREEN: 'INVADERS FROM MARS'|page=14|author=Darnton, Nina|date=June 6, 1986|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/06/movies/the-screen-invaders-from-mars.html}} ==Life and career== Hunt was born in Los Angeles, California on December 4, 1939. He mostly stopped acting when he became a teenager. As an adult, he served in the [U.S. Army](/source/U.S._Army) and went on to work in sales in the aerospace industry. However, he appeared in the [1986 remake](/source/Invaders_from_Mars_(1986_film)) of ''Invaders from Mars'', and gave interviews about his acting career well into his later years. He also appeared in films like ''[Cheaper by the Dozen](/source/Cheaper_by_the_Dozen_(1950_film))'', ''[The Mating of Millie](/source/The_Mating_of_Millie)'', ''[Pitfall](/source/Pitfall_(1948_film))'', ''[Rusty's Birthday](/source/Rusty's_Birthday)'', ''[The Sainted Sisters](/source/The_Sainted_Sisters)'', ''[Sorry, Wrong Number](/source/Sorry%2C_Wrong_Number)'', ''[Top o' the Morning](/source/Top_o'_the_Morning_(1949_film))'', ''[Louisa](/source/Louisa_(film))'', ''[The Fuller Brush Man](/source/The_Fuller_Brush_Man)'', ''[Week-End with Father](/source/Week-End_with_Father)'', ''[She Couldn't Say No](/source/She_Couldn't_Say_No_(1954_film))'' and more. He acted in multiple films opposite [Gigi Perreau](/source/Gigi_Perreau).{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jimmy-hunt-dead-invaders-from-mars-1236324837/|title=Jimmy Hunt, Young Star of 'Invaders From Mars,' Dies at 85|author=Barnes, Mike|date=July 21, 2025|accessdate=July 21, 2025|newspaper=[The Hollywood Reporter](/source/The_Hollywood_Reporter)}} Hunt retired from acting at the age 14. After high school he attended college and served in the U.S. Army for three years as a [codebreaker](/source/cryptanalysis). He went on to work as a sales manager for a San Fernando Valley industrial supply and tool company that did business with [aerospace](/source/aerospace) firms. In 1963, Hunt married Roswitha Jager, whom he met while stationed in Germany during his military service. The couple had two daughters, one also named Roswitha who died over a decade before her parents, and Alisa,{{cite web|newspaper=[The Independent](/source/The_Independent)|url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/jimmy-hunt-death-cheaper-by-the-dozen-invaders-from-mars-b2793521.html|title=Jimmy Hunt death: Cheaper By The Dozen and Invaders From Mars star dies aged 85|author=Muir, Ellie|date=22 July 2025}} and two sons, Ron and Randy. Hunt also had a sister, Bonnie, and nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. In 1986, Hunt came out of retirement from acting to appear in director [Tobe Hooper](/source/Tobe_Hooper){{'}}s remake of ''[Invaders from Mars](/source/Invaders_from_Mars_(1986_film))''. Hunt claimed he was still receiving fan mail for ''Invaders from Mars'' 70 years after it was first released. Hunt died from complications of a heart attack at a hospital in [Simi Valley, California](/source/Simi_Valley%2C_California), on July 18, 2025, at the age of 85. ==Filmography== *''[Song of Love](/source/Song_of_Love_(1947_film))'' (1947) *''[The Mating of Millie](/source/The_Mating_of_Millie)'' (1948) *''[Pitfall](/source/Pitfall_(1948_film))'' (1948) *''[Sorry, Wrong Number](/source/Sorry%2C_Wrong_Number)'' (1948) *''[Family Honeymoon](/source/Family_Honeymoon)'' (1948) *''[Rusty's Birthday](/source/Rusty's_Birthday)'' (1949) *''[Top o' the Morning](/source/Top_o'_the_Morning_(1949_film))'' (1949) *''[Special Agent](/source/Special_Agent_(1949_film))'' (1949) *''[Louisa](/source/Louisa_(film))'' (1950) *''[Cheaper by the Dozen](/source/Cheaper_by_the_Dozen_(1950_film))'' (1950) *''[Saddle Tramp](/source/Saddle_Tramp_(film))'' (1950) *''[Shadow on the Wall](/source/Shadow_on_the_Wall_(1950_film))'' (1950) *''[The Capture](/source/The_Capture_(film))'' (1950) *''[Again Pioneers](/source/Again_Pioneers)'' (1950) *''[Her First Romance](/source/Her_First_Romance_(1951_film))'' (1951) *''[Katie Did It](/source/Katie_Did_It)'' (1951) *''[Belles on Their Toes](/source/Belles_on_Their_Toes_(film))'' (1952) *''[All American](/source/All_American_(1953_film))'' (1953) *''[Invaders from Mars](/source/Invaders_from_Mars_(1953_film))'' (1953) *''[The Lone Hand](/source/The_Lone_Hand_(1953_film))'' (1953) *''[She Couldn't Say No](/source/She_Couldn't_Say_No_(1954_film))'' (1954) *''[Invaders from Mars](/source/Invaders_from_Mars_(1986_film))'' (1986) ==References== {{reflist}} ==Bibliography== * {{cite book|last=Goldrup|first=Tom and Jim|title=Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Film and Television|date=2002|publisher=McFarland & Co.|isbn=1476613702|pages=130–137}} * Holmstrom, John (1996). ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995''. Norwich: Michael Russell, p. 216–217. ==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0402505}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, Jimmy}} Category:1939 births Category:2025 deaths Category:American male child actors Category:American male film actors Category:American male television actors Category:Male actors from Los Angeles Category:20th-century American male actors Category:United States Army soldiers {{US-film-actor-1930s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jimmy Hunt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hunt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hunt?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.