Malcolm McFee
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The actor suggested by Morrissey via James Maker to be the inspiration for Little Man, What Now? In his 2011 book "AutoFellatio: A Memoir" he states:
"With his agreement, I once wrote to a Morrissey fan website forum under the pseudonym Abigail Lawson to point out that ‘Little Man, What Now?’ was not, as popularly believed, a lyric about the British child actor Jack Wild. It is a circumstantial verse to the actor Malcolm McFee who appeared in the 1970s British television series, Please Sir! Abigail Lawson received no less than seventy-five death threats. Impressive."
The "fan website forum" in question appears to be Morrissey-solo. "Abigail Lawson" posted the following forum post on July 31, 2004:
Abigail Lawson writes:
I am a source close to Morrissey. I feel moved to write to you to correct the post by Miranda Grey that Jack Wild is the inspiration behind "Little Man, What Now". "Little Man, What Now" is most positively not inspired by the child actor Jack Wild, and in no way refers to him. The words to the aforementioned song are concerned with a British actor called Malcolm McFee who appeared in two (UK) situation comedies in the early 1970s: "Please, Sir!" and "The Fenn Street Gang". He also appeared briefly in the film "Oh What A Lovely War!" (1969). He died of cancer in Braintree, Essex in November, 2001. I hope this lays to rest the Wild misapprehension."
Wikipedia Information
Malcolm Raymond McFee (16 August 1949 – 18 November 2001) was an English actor best known for his role as Peter Craven in the TV series Please Sir!, the film of the same name, and the spin-off TV series The Fenn Street Gang.