Tommy Kirk
- Schauspiel
- 10. Dezember 1941 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- 28. September 2021
Biografie
Thomas Lee Kirk (December 10, 1941 − September 28, 2021) was an American actor, best known for his performances in films made by Walt Disney Studios such as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent-Minded Professor, and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones, as well as the beach party films of the mid-1960s. He frequently appeared as a love interest for Annette Funicello or as part of a family with Kevin Corcoran as his younger brother and Fred MacMurray as his father. Kirk's career with Disney ended when news of his homosexuality threatened to become public. He struggled with drug addiction and depression for several years, appearing in a series of low-budget films before leaving the acting business in the mid-1970s. Kirk opened a carpet cleaning business and lived a mostly ordinary life, occasionally appearing at fan conventions. He died at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada, in September 2021, aged 79.
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Filmografie
- The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics · Selbst
- The Wrecking Crew · Selbst
- The Shaggy Dog Kids · Selbst
- Fred MacMurray: With Fondness · Selbst
- Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making · Selbst
- 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic · Selbst
- The Education of a Vampire · Albert Kornfield
- Club Dead · Private Detective
- Billy Frankenstein · Blind Monk
- Die kleine Hexe · Mr. Kenner
- Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold · Passenger
- Streets of Death · Frank Phillips
- Disneys größte Hundestars · Wilby Daniels (uncredited)
- Die Straßen von San Francisco · Roland Claridge
- Ride the Hot Wind · Captain Gregory Shank
- Höhle des Grauens · Wayne Thomas
- Mars Needs Women · Dop - Martian Fellow #1 / Mr. Fast - Seattle Sun Reporter
- Track of Thunder · Bobby Goodwin
- Blood of Ghastly Horror · Lt. Cross
- Catalina Caper · Don Pringle
- It's a Bikini World · Mike / Herbert Samson
- The Unkissed Bride · Ted
- Erbschaft um Mitternacht · Chuck Phillips
- The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot · Malcolm Andrews
- Village of the Giants · Mike
- Eine Uni voller Affen · Merlin Jones
- Pyjama-Party · Go Go
- Merlin Jones – Der Mann, der zuviel wusste · Merlin Jones
- Mr. Novak · Tod Seaton
- Im Tal der Apachen · Travis Coates
- Der Pauker kann's nicht lassen · Biff Hawk
- Escapade in Florence · Tommy Carpenter
- Champagner in Paris · Elliott Willard
- Mondgeflüster · Walter Talbot
- Backstage Party · Selbst
- Aufruhr im Spielzeugland · Grumio
- The Horsemasters · Danny Grant
- The Wonderful World of Disney
- Der fliegende Pauker · Biff Hawk
- Dschungel der 1000 Gefahren · Ernst
- Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
- Disneyland '59 · Selbst
- Der unheimliche Zotti · Wilby Daniels
- Sein Freund Jello · Travis Coates
- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm · Joe Hardy
- Down Liberty Road · Jimmy Rollins
- The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure · Joe Hardy
- The Hardy Boys · Joe Hardy
- Matinee Theater
- The Mickey Mouse Club · Selbst
- Frontier
- Rauchende Colts · Jerry Pitcher
- The Millionaire · Tom Morrison
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Biff Hawk (archive footage), Danny Grant
- Ihr Star: Loretta Young · Alvin Simms, Mark Seaton