Bobby Driscoll
Acting
Born March 3, 1937 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Died March 30, 1968
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
Acting
Once Upon a Studio
2023 · Peter Pan (voice) (archive sound)
Lilies of the Field
1963 · Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
The Scarlet Coat
1955 · Ben Potter
Peter Pan
1953 · Peter Pan (voice)
The Happy Time
1952 · Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard
Father's Lion
1952 · Goofy Jr. (voice)
Fathers Are People
1951 · Goofy Jr. (voice) (uncredited)
Treasure Island
1950 · Jim Hawkins
The Window
1949 · Tommy Woodry
So Dear to My Heart
1948 · Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid
Melody Time
1948 · Bobby Driscoll
Song of the South
1946 · Johnny
O.S.S.
1946 · Gerard
From This Day Forward
1946 · Billy Beesley
The Fighting Sullivans
1944 · Al, as a child (uncredited)