Bobby 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Peter Pan
as Peter Pan (voice)
1953
Day is Done
as Pvt. Zane
1955
Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins
1950
The Window
as Tommy Woodry
1949
Song of the South
as Johnny
1946
So Dear to My Heart
as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid
1948
O.S.S.
as Gerard
1946
Identity Unknown
as Toddy Loring
1945
The Big Bonanza
as Spud Kilton
1944
From This Day Forward
as Billy Beesley
1946
The Party Crashers
as Josh Bickford
1958
The Happy Time
as Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard
1952
Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
as Jeep Osborne
1944
Walt Disney Treasures - The Complete Goofy
as Goofy Jr. (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2002
Once Upon a Studio
as Peter Pan (voice) (archive sound)
2023
If You Knew Susie
as Junior Parker
1948
Lilies of the Field
as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited)
1963
Dirt
as Nun
1965
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
The Peter Pan Story
as Self
1952
TV Appearances
Dragnet
1951
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Studio One
as Peter
1948
The Millionaire
as Lew Conover
1955
Lux Video Theatre
as Billy Crandall
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Climax!
as Gary
1954
M Squad
as Stephen 'Steve' Wikowlski
1957
Navy Log
1955
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Trumpeter Jones
1956
Letter to Loretta
as Jimmy Skinner
1953
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Fred Forbes
1960