Jan Handzlik
Jan Lawrence Handzlik is an American lawyer and former child actor best known for playing young Patrick Dennis in the 1958 film Auntie Mame.
Acting career
Handzlik's mother Jean was a Broadway actress and opera singer. As a young child, Handzlik lived in Weehawken, New Jersey. His first major acting role was as the young Patrick Dennis in the Auntie Mame Broadway play, which opened in 1956. Handzlik was chosen from hundreds of boys for the part. He subsequently reprised his role in the 1958 film adaptation, which was nominated for five Oscars.In 1961, he played Tommy in the The Twilight Zone episode The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. He also appeared in an episode of the Camera Three anthology series.