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.

Bobby Driscoll

Acting Born March 3, 1937 – Died March 30, 1968 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

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.

Known For

Dragnet

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Trumpeter Jones

Studio One

Peter

Climax!

Gary

M Squad

Stephen 'Steve' Wikowlski

The Millionaire

Lew Conover

Navy Log

Peter Pan

Peter Pan (voice)

Lux Video Theatre

Billy Crandall

The Wonderful World of Disney

Once Upon a Studio

Peter Pan (voice) (archive sound)

Letter to Loretta

Jimmy Skinner