Bobby Driscoll
Actor
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.
Filmography
Once Upon a Studio
as Peter Pan (voice) (archive sound) 2023
Melody Time
as Bobby Driscoll 1948
Song of the South
as Johnny 1946
Treasure Island
as Jim Hawkins 1950
Lilies of the Field
as Mexican Holding Chapel Door (uncredited) 1963
The Window
as Tommy Woodry 1949
So Dear to My Heart
as Jeremiah 'Jerry' Kincaid 1948
Fathers Are People
as Goofy Jr. (voice) (uncredited) 1951
Father's Lion
as Goofy Jr. (voice) 1952
The Fighting Sullivans
as Al, as a child (uncredited) 1944
The Happy Time
as Robert 'Bibi' Bonnard 1952
O.S.S.
as Gerard 1946
From This Day Forward
as Billy Beesley 1946
The Scarlet Coat
as Ben Potter 1955
Identity Unknown
as Toddy Loring 1945
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Peter Pan (voice) (archive footage) 1982