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Bobby Driscoll
Actor· Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
20 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Disney's Halloween Treat | Peter Pan (voice) (archive footage) | Film |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field | Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited) | Film |
| 1958 | The Party Crashers | Josh Bickford | Film |
| 1955 | The Scarlet Coat | Ben Potter | Film |
| 1953 | Peter Pan | Peter Pan (voice) | Film |
| 1952 | Father's Lion | Goofy Jr. (voice) | Film |
| 1952 | The Happy Time | Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard | Film |
| 1951 | Fathers Are People | Goofy Jr. (voice) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1950 | Treasure Island | Jim Hawkins | Film |
| 1949 | The Window | Tommy Woodry | Film |
| 1948 | So Dear to My Heart | Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid | Film |
| 1948 | Melody Time | Bobby Driscoll | Film |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Junior Parker | Film |
| 1946 | O.S.S. | Gerard | Film |
| 1946 | Song of the South | Johnny | Film |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Billy Beesley | Film |
| 1946 | So Goes My Love | Percy Maxim | Film |
| 1945 | Identity Unknown | Toddy Loring | Film |
| 1944 | The Fighting Sullivans | Al, as a child (uncredited) | Film |
| 1944 | The Big Bonanza | Spud Kilton | Film |
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