Bobby Driscoll
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1937-03-03
- Died
- 1968-03-30
- Place of birth
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
- Also known as
- Robert Cletus Driscoll · Robert Driscoll · Bob Driscoll
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.
Known For
TV Shows (14)
Dragnet
1951
Climax!
1954
as Gary
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Trumpeter Jones
Studio One
1948
as Peter
The Millionaire
1955
as Lew Conover
M Squad
1957
as Stephen 'Steve' Wikowlski
Navy Log
1955
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Billy Crandall
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Jimmy Skinner
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960
as Fred Forbes
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Brothers Brannagan
1960
as Johnny
The Best of the Post
1960
as Joel
Movies (32)
Peter Pan
1953
as Peter Pan (voice)
Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Peter Pan (voice) (archive sound)
Treasure Island
1950
as Jim Hawkins
Song of the South
1946
as Johnny
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
2002
as Goofy Jr. (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Melody Time
1948
as Bobby Driscoll
The Window
1949
as Tommy Woodry
So Dear to My Heart
1948
as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid
Lilies of the Field
1963
as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
When I Grow Up
1951
as Josh / Danny Reed
The Happy Time
1952
as Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard
O.S.S.
1946
as Gerard
The Scarlet Coat
1955
as Ben Potter
Father's Lion
1952
as Goofy Jr. (voice)
Disney's Greatest Villains
1977
as Peter Pan (voice) (archive footage)
The Fighting Sullivans
1944
as Al, as a child (uncredited)
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
1997
as Self (archive footage)
From This Day Forward
1946
as Billy Beesley
Miss Susie Slagle's
1946
as Boy with Wounded Dog (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Junior Parker
Identity Unknown
1945
as Toddy Loring
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Peter Pan (voice) (archive footage)
The Party Crashers
1958
as Josh Bickford
So Goes My Love
1946
as Percy Maxim
One Hour in Wonderland
1950
as Peter Pan
The Big Bonanza
1944
as Spud Kilton
The Walt Disney Christmas Show
1951
as Peter Pan
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
1944
as Jeep Osborne
Dirt
1965
as Nun
Fathers Are People
1951
as Goofy Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
Day is Done
1955
as Pvt. Zane
The Peter Pan Story
1952
as Self
About Bobby Driscoll
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 Marc… With 46 credits spanning from 1944 to 2023, Bobby Driscoll has appeared in 32 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Bobby Driscoll Movies
- Peter Pan (1953) — as Peter Pan (voice)
- Once Upon a Studio (2023) — as Peter Pan (voice) (archive sound)
- Treasure Island (1950) — as Jim Hawkins
- Song of the South (1946) — as Johnny
- Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy (2002) — as Goofy Jr. (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
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