I was still thought of as a kid actor even though I was in my mid twenties.

I sold men's clothes I delivered flowers. He also co-starred with another former child actor Tony Dow in the mid-1960s television teen soap opera Never Too Young and recorded the song by that title with the group The TR-4. T.

He also co-starred with another former child actor Tony Dow in the mid-1960s television teen soap opera Never Too Young and recorded the song by that title with the group The TR-4. Rettig is best remembered for portraying the character "Jeff Miller" in the first three seasons of CBS's Lassie television series from 1954–57 later seen in syndicated re-runs as Jeff's Collie. Thomas Noel "Tommy" Rettig (December 10 1941 – February 15 1996) was an American child actor computer software engineer and author.