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Bobby Driscoll

Acting

Born March 3, 1937 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Died March 30, 1968

Also known as Robert Cletus Driscoll · Robert Driscoll · Bob Driscoll

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Biography

Bobby Driscoll was an American child and young-adult actor whose substantial career included work on the screen, television, stage, and radio. The 1949 films So Dear to My Heart and The Window earned him an Academy Award as the year's outstanding juvenile actor. His career and life eventually gradually went into decline. In late 1961, addicted to drugs (having begun using when 17), he was sentenced to prison. In 1965, a year after his parole expired, he relocated to New York City. He was found dead in an abandoned East Village tenement in March 1968.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy Juvenile Award · 1950
  • Academy Honorary Award
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography14 titles

Once Upon a Studio

2023as Peter Pan (voice) (archive sound)

Lilies of the Field

1963as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)

Peter Pan

1953as Peter Pan (voice)

The Window

1949as Tommy Woodry

O.S.S.

1946as Gerard

The Scarlet Coat

1955as Ben Potter

Lux Video Theatre

as Billy Crandall

Treasure Island

1950as Jim Hawkins

So Dear to My Heart

1948as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid

Letter to Loretta

as Jimmy Skinner

Dragnet

1951

The Fighting Sullivans

1944as Al, as a child (uncredited)

Melody Time

1948as Bobby Driscoll

Identity Unknown

1945as Toddy Loring