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The child star who brought Peter Pan to life also suffered one of Hollywood's most tragic deaths.
- Hollywood Beginnings
- Disney Success and Peter Pan
- Post-Disney Career
- Prison, Drugs, and Andy Warhol
- The Death of A Former Child Star
Bobby Driscoll was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 3, 1937. He was the only child to parents Cletus, an insulation salesman, and Isabelle, a former schoolteacher. The family moved to California in 1943 on the advice of Cletus’ doctor, who said the elder Driscoll was experiencing health issues due to his work with asbestos. Driscoll was discover...
Driscoll’s breakout role came in the 1946 film, Song of the South, about a boy who visits his grandfather’s plantation. While the film today is viewed negatively for its depictions of slavery and offensive stereotypes, it made Driscoll a household name. Not long after, he signed a contract with Disney, becoming the first male actor to do so. Drisco...
In 1953, Disney unexpectedly terminated Driscoll’s contract, three years earlier than anticipated. While the reasons for this are unknown, it’s speculated it had to do with the young actor’s appearance. Gone were his round cheeks and freckles, and in their place was a lanky teenager with severe facial acne. Driscoll’s parents enrolled him in West L...
By the time he left Hollywood, Driscoll was feeling abandoned, a sentiment from which he never recovered. His relationship with Marilyn was tumultuous, and the pair married and divorced twice. He began hanging out with the wrong crowd, and soon found himself addicted to heroin. While he still found ways to express himself through artistic means, hi...
In March 1968, two children playing in an abandoned tenement in New York City’s Greenwich Villagecame across the body of a deceased male. He was lying in a cot, surrounded by beer bottles and religious pamphlets. There were no signs of foul play and no identification on the body. Attempts to identify him led nowhere. It was determined the man had d...
He starred in some of the Walt Disney Studios' best-known live-action pictures of that period: Song of the South (1946), So Dear to My Heart (1949), and Treasure Island (1950), as well as RKO's The Window (1949). He served as the animation model and provided the voice for the title role in Peter Pan (1953).
Dec 11, 2021 · After playing Peter’s son, Jack, in the swashbuckling film, Korsmo only starred in two other movies: 1998’s Can’t Hardly Wait and 2019’s Chained For Life. The North Dakota native, who also...
Dec 18, 2023 · Dante Basco played Rufio, the leader of the “Lost Boys” after Peter Pan’s departure from Neverland. When Peter Pan returns, Rufio has to overcome his insecurities about Peter. The two find common ground, build a friendship, and he is tragically killed by Captain Hook. After Hook, Dante continued acting, mostly on TV.
Apr 28, 2023 · Every Actor Who Has Had a Major Peter Pan Role On Stage and On Screen . Because even playing Peter Pan never gets old. Cathy Rigby, Betty Bronson and Jeremy Sumpter (Getty Images, and...
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Jeremy Robert Myron Sumpter (born February 5, 1989) is an American actor. His prominent roles include the title role in the 2003 fantasy adventure film Peter Pan, Jacob in the 2014 disaster film Into the Storm, and the recurring role of J. D. McCoy in the NBC television series Friday Night Lights (2008–2010).
