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von Detten in 2004, photo by Joe Seer /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Erik Thomas Von Detten
Place of Birth: San Diego, California, United States
Date of Birth: October 3, 1982
Ethnicity: German, Ashkenazi Jewish, English, small amounts of Scottish and Irish, remote Dutch
Erik von Detten is an American actor. A prolific child actor and teen idol in the 1990s and early 2000s, his roles include the films Top Dog , as the voice of Sid in Toy Story , as Wallace “Wally” Cleaver in Leave It to Beaver (1997), Recess: School’s Out , The Princess Diaries , American Girl , National Lampoon’s Barely Legal , and Smile (2005); the made-for-tv movies Escape to Witch Mountain (1995), Christmas Every Day , Brink! , and Replacing Dad ; and the series Days of Our Lives , The Pinocchio Shop , Recess , Odd Man Out , So Weird , Dinotopia , and Complete Savages .
Erik is the son of Volker and Susan von Detten, a photographer. His father is a German emigrant, from Dresden. Erik’s mother is American-born. Erik’s maternal grandfather was of Russian Jewish descent, and Erik’s maternal grandmother had English, German, Scottish, Irish, and remote Dutch, ancestry.
Erik is married to real estate agent Angela, with whom he has three children. Angela is Taiwanese-American.
Erik’s maternal grandfather was Phillip/Philip Charles Farber (the son of Abraham Farber and Bertha Nachbaum). Phillip was born in Buffalo, Erie, New York, to Russian Jewish parents. Abraham was the son of Louis Farber and Annie.
Erik’s maternal grandmother was Violet Marie Carmichael (the daughter of Lloyd Franklin Carmichael and Myrtle Jessie Hubbard). Violet was born in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas. Lloyd was born in Wichita, the son of Solomon Ensley Carmichael and Martha Mary Bottjer, whose parents were from Hanover, Germany. Erik’s great-grandmother Myrtle was born in Argonia, Sumner, Kansas, to a father from Indiana, Joseph J. Hubbard; and a mother from Missouri, Sarah Quintilla Newkirk.
Sources: Genealogy of Erik von Detten (focusing on his mother’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Erik’s maternal grandfather, Phillip/Philip Charles Farber, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Genealogies of Erik’s maternal grandmother, Violet Marie Carmichael (through her sister) – https://www.wikitree.com http://www.findagrave.com
Erik’s maternal grandmother, Violet Marie Carmichael, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Obituary of Erik’s maternal grandmother, Violet Marie (Carmichael) Farber – https://www.findagrave.com