Child Actor Tommy Kirk Bows Out At 79 – IOTW Report

Child Actor Tommy Kirk Bows Out At 79

Hollywood Reporter

Tommy Kirk, whose career as a young leading man in Disney films like Old YellerThe Shaggy Dog and Son of Flubber came to an end, he said, after the studio discovered he was gay, has died. He was 79.

Kirk lived alone in Las Vegas and was found dead Tuesday, actor Paul Petersen announced on Facebook. TMZ reported that he died at home, and no foul play is suspected. More

22 Comments on Child Actor Tommy Kirk Bows Out At 79

  1. Another messed up Disney kid. I had a good friend of mine whose wife really believed their son had star potential and as a result spent time in LA. The kid actually appeared in some movies but has completely left that scene. I hope that kid is OK.

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  2. While filming The Misadventures of Merlin Jones in 1963, Kirk started seeing a 15-year-old boy he had met at a local swimming pool in Burbank. The boy’s mother discovered the affair and informed Disney, who elected not to renew Kirk’s contract. He was 22 at the time. He isn’t the only Disney or former Disney star who was caught and ruined for going after kids.

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  3. And some traumatized dumbass baby boomers consider that both Old Yeller and Bambi to be horror movies. Gimme a friggin break, it’s only a movie numbskulls. My next youngest brother was traumatized by the talking trees in the Disney version of Babes In Toyland in the early 60’s and had to drink warm milk in order to get to sleep. And a lot of the boomers are still perpetual Peter Pans who refused to grow up.

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  4. I’d of thought a woke Disney would have found a way to bring Kirk back and apologize for wrecking his acting career. Maybe team him up with some of their teen talent to sort of make it up to him.

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  5. This morning at breakfast, Kirk said his only regret in life was that he didn’t get to have a threesome with Spin and Marty at the Triple R Ranch in the summer of ’55.

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  6. To get the damned role he had to do the nasty for some perv. It’s been that way in the movie business for a long time.

    Even a seemingly manly man like Burt Lancaster probably got roles by bending over and taking it up the arse, according to rumors. Disgusting, but it’s the reality.

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  7. Al Bebak

    You should stop being shy and bring this shit up at the Git. Burt Lancaster was an offspring of Feral Gypsies. Mother Fxcker had a Communist insignia branded in his brain. He refused to do a picture with John Wayne. He had refused to do a picture with the Marine Lee Marvin. The Wild Bunch forced him to eat some crow. Cause next up was The Professionals with Lee Marvin. God Damn I loved them all back then.

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