There was a ruling in the Armed Forces that twins cannot be separated
unless requested. Both Billy and Bobby served in the Air Force in the
Philippines and appeared together in the Broadway play "Winged
Victory.".
Warner Bros. originally wanted only to sign Billy, but Mrs. Mauch
insisted both boys be signed up or she would pitch Bobby to a rival
studio. Both boys were signed at $350 a week. Mrs. Mauch received $150
a week as their guardian.
Behind the camera in later years, Billy worked for Warner Bros. as a sound editor. His brother became a film editor.
He and Bobby once ran successfully together for senior high school class president with the catchy slogan, "Two Heads Are Better Than One.".
Billy was cast as young Anthony Adverse (1936) because he resembled the film's star
Fredric March. Bobby was his stand-in and supposedly fooled director Mervyn LeRoy
at times by switching places.
Billy was born ten minutes before Bobby. Billy is left-handed and Bobby
is right-handed. Their last name rhymes with "talk".
Their ambitious stage mother had the twins performing from age 3 at
benefits and parties. Their father was a railroad agent.
1930s US child actor who usually appeared on screen with his twin, Robert J. Mauch.
The Mauch Twins' mother was Dorothy.
Buried at Swan Lake Memory Gardens Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois.