Hollywood Reporter
Tommy Kirk, whose career as a young leading man in Disney films like Old Yeller, The 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
It’s a shame when this is the high point of your career…
https://youtu.be/VRgARYdDxro
RIP, lonley gay guy that there’s NO WAY modern Disney would have fired you NOW…
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.
Oh that guy. Yea, at five I knew he was gay. However at that age, he didn’t.
I dunno, what a shameful thing to be known for, being gay and a Disney brat.
Clintons?
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.
^^^^Wow, that’s fucking Goofy. Wait, I’m not accusing him of fucking Goofy. I mean I guess it’s possible.
He’ll be a minor footnote in history, a trivia question. At least he’ll be remembered when his movies are watched. RIP
I suspect that he was abused by Disney pederasts at a very young age.
Not “gay.”
Homosexual.
Pervert.
Call it what it is.
Regardless, I enjoyed his work – recently watched “Old Yeller.”
RIP
izlamo delenda est …
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.
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.
A sad way to exit this World regardless. Sounds like he lived a tortured life. Rest in peace troubled soul.
It was sufferin anyways ma.
There are worse animal movies than Old Yeller, like The Yearling which sucks that we had to watch in our HS literature class. I hate that movie and why did they torture us in HS by watching that terrible movie.
geoff the aardvark
OCTOBER 1, 2021 AT 8:05 AM
“And some traumatized dumbass baby boomers consider that both Old Yeller and Bambi to be horror movies.”
Bambi, huh?
https://youtu.be/6fZe_pDkN_I
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.
He grabbed my ass on the set of OLD YELLER; I kinda liked it.
Bumbi’s mom getting killed on Animaniacs was one of my favorites and ever since then I’ve referred to Bambi as Bumbi. My kids loved it as well when I watched it with them when they were little.
Even Steven for the win. Gays reproduce via raping children.
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.
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.