Bobby Driscoll

Actor

Biography

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.

Personal Info

Occupation Actor

Place of Birth Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Birthday 1937-03-03

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Filmography by Year

1997

1982

1965

1963

1958

1955

1953

1952

1951

1950

1949

1948

1946

1945

1944