Hutchins' first film in Our Gang was the 1927 short "Baby Brother". Hutchins' tenure in "Our Gang" took him through both the silent and early sound periods of the series. He appears as the main character of several of the films, including "Bouncing Babies", "Pups Is Pups", "Big Ears" and "Dogs Is Dogs". He left the series at the end of the 1932-33 film season after appearing in "Mush and Milk"; his only film work outside of "Our Gang" includes a handful of appearances in three outside features in 1932 and 1933. Hutchins was 8 when he left the series in 1933.