SAMMY OGG

October 30, 1939

Sammy Ogg was born on October 30, 1939 in Lexington, Virginia, although his family, including his older brother Jimmy, soon moved to California. He is best remembered by Lucy fans for playing one of the mischievous Hudson Twins on a memorable season one episode of “I Love Lucy.” 

He made his screen debut playing a tough kid (uncredited) in the 1947 film Lost Honeymoon starring Franchot Tone. He was seven years old.  In 1951 he made two more uncredited film appearances; in The Day The Earth Stood Still and Week-End With Father.  He also had an uncredited role in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth. The 1952 circus film nearly starred Lucille Ball, but she had to withdraw due to pregnancy. It wasn’t long, however, before the two would share a screen credit. 

Looking for extra money to pay for a dress she’s purchased, Lucy is hired to babysit by Mrs. Hudson. What Mrs. Hudson doesn’t tell Lucy is that she has two sons, not one – and that both are holy terrors!  

Ogg (right) played Jimmy Hudson opposite David Stollery as Timmy. The two actors were not related and were made to look like twins using costumes and make-up.  

On Christmas Day 1953, Ogg was seen on “Our Miss Brooks” (filmed at Desilu) starring Gale Gordon and a cast full of “I Love Lucy” performers. 

The following year, he played the first date of Terry Williams, youngest daughter on “The Danny Thomas Show” (aka “Make Room for Danny”) filmed at Desilu. This was several years before the show changed networks and did a cross-over with “The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour.” 

From 1955 to 1957 Ogg played Joe in several “Spin and Marty” films and television shows alongside his Lucy ‘twin’ David Stollery, who played Marty in the Disney production.   

From 1952 to 1959, Ogg made seven appearances on the series “Dragnet,” each time as a different character. 

His penultimate screen appearance was on the series “Union Pacific” with his older brother Jimmy Ogg (1929-86). 

His final screen appearance, in July 1959, was in “The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial” starring Rod Steiger. 

Sammy Ogg left show business and became a minister. 

In 2007, Hudson Twins David Stollery (age 66) and Sammy Ogg (age 68) sang “Ragtime Cowboy Joe” with Lucy-impersonator Diane Vincent on the Tropicana set at the Lucy-Desi Museum in Jamestown, New York. 

The special event was part of Lucy-Desi Days.