Hollywood Studio Magazine (November 1968)

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Johnnie Whitaker AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIR By Frank Taylor Johnnie Whitaker, the eight-year old star of “Family Affair” on television, figures he has 1,000,000 “neighbors” since he is one of the most popular residents of the San Fernando Valley, which now boasts of a million-plus resi¬ dents. Young Johnnie is also one of the littlest mayors in the nation. He is Mayor of San Fernando. Not bad for a guy who would rather ride his bike and play with his friends than be a movie star. Not that Johnnie lacks for company. He has seven brothers and sisters! When Johnnie was cast in the part of “Family Affair,” it must have been type casting! Bringing home a four figure salary doesn’t exempt Johnnie from chores around the house though. He is expected to check the list put in the kitchen by his mother, Thelma Whitaker each afternoon when he gets home from school, then get busy. No pampered star here! The Whitaker’s are “Mormons” and like most of their fellows, believe in large, old fashioned families. The head of the house, Orson Whitaker also likes to gather his children around the giant living room of their comforbable home and conduct Home Family Evenings, a special program of their church. Feeling that the modern family has little time to spend together, the church leaders in Salt Lake City have asked that all members of the Mormon faith spend Around the Orson Whitaker household in Han Fernando, seven boys and girls join their brother Johnnie, star of “Family Affair" for a family portrait. From the left they are, Laurie, Johnnie, Sherrie, Stephen, Linda, (seated) William, Orson Whitaker, Dora Lee, Marney and Thelma Whitaker. Johnnie joins his co-star, on the set of “Family Affair. ” Page 6