Matt Prokop, a former child actor known for appearing in Disney Channel films, has been arrested in Texas in connection with an ongoing criminal case, according to multiple reports.

Television has long favored child actors, with young performers sustaining primetime for decades through sitcoms, dramas, and long-running franchises. Gary Coleman was the highest-paid child actor of the late 1970s and 1980s, earning $100,000 per episode ...

Sidney Kibrick, the second-to-last surviving child star from the "Our Gang" series of movie shorts, died January 2. He was 97.