'Gone With The Wind' Child Actor Mickey Kuhn Dies At 90

Mickey Kuhn, the last surviving member of the "Gone with the Wind" cast, has died at the age of 90.

Mickey, who was best known as the child actor in the 1939 Academy Award-winning film, passed away in a hospice facility in Naples, Florida on Sunday. His wife, Barbara Kuhn, confirmed his passing away, noting that the actor was in good shape prior to his death.

In "Gone with the Wind," the actor played Beau Wilkes, the son of Ashley and Melanie Wilkes, played by Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland respectively. He was only six years old when he became a part of the film.

In an interview with The Washington Post in 2014, Mickey fondly recalled how he kept messing up a scene in the film with Clark Gable because he could not get his line right. "My line was, 'Hello, Uncle Rhett.' I kept saying, 'Hello, Uncle Clark,'" he told the publication.

Although the film marked his rise to fame, Mickey revealed that his first film role was as an infant in the 1934 film "Change of Heart," starring Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. Five years later, he nabbed the role of Beau Wilkes after surpassing hundreds of kids his age in an audition.

After his appearance in "Gone with the Wind," he went on to play prominent roles in other films, mostly in the 1930s and 1940s. His other film credits include "Red River," "Juarez," "Broken Arrow," and "A Streetcar Named Desire."

The 1951 film "A Streetcar Named Desire" marked one of Mickey's final appearances on the big screen. In the film, he played the role of a sailor alongside his "Gone with the Wind" co-star Vivien Leigh.

Mickey went on a hiatus from acting to work as an aircraft electrician in the U.S. Navy in late 1951. After working in the Navy for four years, he returned to the film industry and appeared in two more films and a few TV shows.

His final acting role was in "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," where he appeared in three episodes of the 1957 CBS show. He also had small appearances in "The Last Frontier" and "Away All Boats."

After retiring from acting, he worked in the management of American Airlines and in other airport terminals until his retirement in 1995.