- First actor to play the Robin, the Boy Wonder.
- He was the youngest actor to play Robin, the Boy Wonder. He was actually sixteen at the time of filming.
- Douglas Croft died at the Palomar Hotel in Los Angeles, California, near the intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Western Ave. just down the street from 20th Century Fox' Hollywood studios. He died from acute alcohol intoxication and liver disease.
- Served in the United States Army during World War II.
- Interred at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego
- Appeared in three Best Picture Oscar nominees, all released in 1942: Kings Row (1942), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and The Pride of the Yankees (1942).
- He portrayed Lou Gehrig as a boy in Pride of the Yankees. Gehrig died at the age of 37 in 1941, Croft died at the age of 37 in 1963.
- He was the godfather of actress/production designer/poet/concert performer Sharmagne Leland-St. John-Sylbert.
- Son of Stanhope Wheatcroft.
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