Tommy Kirk
Birthday: 1941-12-10
Place of Birth: Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Biography: 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.
Movies
Little Miss Magic
An adolescent sorceress-to-be has to pass a special test in order to become a full-fledged witch....
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Old Yeller
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother whi...
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Catalina Caper
A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks ...
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Mars Needs Women
Tommy Kirk leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Kirk proves th...
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Babes in Toyland
All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! B...
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Village of the Giants
"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. ...
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The Shaggy Dog
Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inoppo...
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Moon Pilot
An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He im...
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a ...
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Swiss Family Robinson
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressiv...
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The Absent-Minded Professor
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible mate...
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Savage Sam
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail....
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Pajama Party
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl....
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It's a Bikini World
Male chauvinist Mike attempts to get an intelligent burgeoning feminist Delilah into his harem. When...
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have...
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The Wrecking Crew
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a ba...
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Bon Voyage!
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, ...
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Blood of Ghastly Horror
A mad scientist implants an electronic device into the brain of an injured soldier, which turns him ...
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The Unkissed Bride
A young couple's honeymoon is disrupted by the groom's childhood obsession with Mother Goose. Unable...
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The Monkey's Uncle
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, t...
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
A 15 episode serial in which boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy try to solve the mystery of a haunte...
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
Frank and Joe Hardy are the sons of Fenton Hardy, a famous private detective. Finding everyday life ...
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'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic
Short documentary on the making of the Disney classic....
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Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
Among the finalists for "Centerfold Of The Year" are Angel and her spiteful rival Betty. However, no...
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Club Dead
Utilizing a generous amount of footage from their previous release Hell Spa (filmed way back in 1990...
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Streets of Death
The streets of Los Angeles are being littered with murdered sex workers, as a sinister killer tempts...
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Son of Flubber
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of ...
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Escapade in Florence
American students, Tommy and Annette, find themselves in a heap of trouble when they accidentally di...
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Ride the Hot Wind
Captain Shank is an outcast officer and gets dishonorably discharged. He tries to get back on his fe...
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Billy Frankenstein
Billy Frank is an ordinary kid, until his family inherits an old castle and Billy learns he's a dist...
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Track Of Thunder
Rivals on the raceway--for publicity purposes only (but secretly buddies). Then they fall in love wi...
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The Horsemasters
American students are having a difficult time at a prestigious English riding school. Dinah Wilcox i...
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The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot
Dr. Goldfoot schemes to use his Bikini Machine to kidnap a young man with infinite information store...
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Disneyland '59
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consis...
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Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
A look behind the scenes at Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson (1960)...
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Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
A behind-the-scenes show on the filming of Swiss Family Robinson on the West Indian island of Tobago...
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Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
This installment looks at the dogs who have starred in Disney films, past and present. The program e...
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