Henry H. Daniels Jr.

Henry H. Daniels Jr. (27 January 1919 - 21 December 1973) was an American actor who appeared in a few movies in the 1940s. In his short-lived acting career from 1944 to 1947, he is recognized for his roles as "Lon Smith Jr." in Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); as "Bob Arnold" in Bewitched (1945); and as "Johnny Larimer" in The Burning Cross (1947).

Henry H. Daniels Jr. was born on January 27, 1919, in Plainfield, New Jersey, to English immigrants Henry Hartog Daniels (1894–1960) and Edith Anna Taylor Daniels (1894–1958).

Daniels made his acting debut in 1944, appearing in the role of "Lon Smith Jr." in director Vincente Minnelli's comedy drama Meet Me in St. Louis, starring Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien. The following year, in 1945, he was seen in six movies: This Man's Navy, Thrill of a Romance, The Chicago Kid, Bewitched, Anchors Aweigh, and They Were Expendable. His roles were mostly uncredited except for The Chicago Kid, in which he played "Bill Mitchell" and Bewitched, in which he portrayed the character of "Bob Arnold".

In 1947, Daniels was seen starring in the role of "Johnny Larimer" in Walter Colmes' crime drama The Burning Cross. In the film, he portrays a returning war veteran who joins the Klan in his town and later denounces it after feeling remorseful and works on bringing down the group. The film was widely censored in a few Southern states and banned in Virginia and Detroit. Alongside him in the film were Virginia Patton and Glen Allen, who previously worked as a child actor under his real name Glenn Leedy.

Daniels died on December 21, 1973, in Los Angeles, California.