Tommy Bailey, the youngest Bailey child in It's a Wonderful Life

 played by Jimmy Hawkins

Tommy reaches up to gently pull on his father's coat pocket 

during a touching living room scene while saying ..

"excuse me".

Behind the Scenes 

With

Jimmy Hawkins

Jimmy went on to be in four seasons of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet as Jimmy and two years on Petticoat Junction.  He also appeared on Leave It To Beaver as Dudley McMillan; Dennis The Menace as Chuck Long; Gidget as Paul; My Three Sons, Hitchcock Presents, Red Skelton and Lux Video Theatre. Hawkins also co-starred as Elvis Presley's sidekick in two MGM musicals, Girl Happy as Doc and Spinout as Larry.

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriett

Spinout (1966)

Girl Happy (1965)

Gary Crosby, left as Andy, Elvis as Rusty Wells, Jimmy Hawkins as Doc all playing guitar

while Joby Baker as Wilbur plays drums in the background on stage in front of 

an audience during the musical number, Girl Happy.

During Jimmy's acting career he played Tagg Oakley on the Emmy nominated

Annie Oakley western series on CBS.

Not only did he portray the youngest son of George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life he portrayed the son of some of Hollywood's most popular cinematic movie stars of the 1940s (Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Greer Garson, Lana Turner and Jessica Tandy).  He was invited by The USO & Department of Defense to entertain troops in Vietnam in 1968.  As a producer, he created a three-hour NBC Emmy Award winning television special The 50th Anniversary Motown Returns to the Apollo.  Mr. Hawkins also produced the PBS Television special all-star radio version celebrating It's a Wonderful Life's 50th Anniversary.  Over the years he has helped raise millions of dollars for a variety of charities.  He is the author of five popular It's a Wonderful Life books, sits on the Advisory Board of The Jimmy Stewart Museum and for 20 years served on the Board of Directors of the Donna Reed Foundation for the Performing Arts.  And Jimmy has celebrated over 50 years as a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 

Jimmy was born James F. Hawkins in Los Angeles, California on November 13, 1941. In 1960, he was Grand Marshall of the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.  He rode his horse, Pixie in the parade.  

Jimmy was reunited with Donna Reed when he was signed to play Shelley Fabares' boyfriend, Scotty, for eight seasons on The Donna Reed Show on ABC from 1958-1966.

Thanks for the Memories, Jimmy!