Disney child star Christian Juttner dies aged 60 as co-star shares heartbreaking tribute
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A former child Disney star has died. Christian Juttner, who starred in a number of films including Return From Witch Mountain, I Wanna Hold Your Hand and The Swarm, has died at the age of 60. He died at his home in Yucca Valley, California on November 29 last year of natural causes. His daughter Aiden Juttner has shared the sad news.
Juttner is survived by his mother Marlene, Aidan, ex-wife Ann, daughter Ryan, son Lucas and sister Shelley. He has a number of film and TV credits and played Teddy in the first season of The Bionic Woman from 1976 to 1977. The actor's other TV credits include Wonder Woman, The Rookies, Ironside, two ABC Afterschool Specials and seven installments of The Magical World of Disney.
When he was a teenager, Juttner played gang member Dazzler in Return From Witch Mountain alongside Bette Davis and Christopher Lee. In the same year, he played Peter Plimpton in Robert Zemeckis' directorial debut, I Wanna Hold Your Hand and Paul Durant in The Swarm which starred Michael Caine.
Juttner's final onscreen appearance came in 1981 as he took part in an episode of General Hospital. He was inspired to get into acting thanks to his mother and made his first appearance on a 1972 episode of Bewitched when he was eight-years-old. Upon retiring from acting, Juttner and his dad John founded a glassworks business.
They kicked off their business in Saint Croix in the Caribbean and Juttner later created his own in Santa Clarita, California. Following the sad news of his death, Return From Witch Mountain co-star Ike Eisemann issued an emotional tribute. He said: "I have sadly learned that Christian Juttner, one of my co-stars in Return From Witch Mountain, has passed.
