Tommy Kirk

Explore Tommy Kirk's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

Acting

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.

Filmography

• The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008)
• The Wrecking Crew (2008)
• The Shaggy Dog Kids (2006)
• Fred MacMurray: With Fondness (2006)
• Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002)
• 'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic (2002)
• The Education of a Vampire (2001)
• Club Dead (2000)
• Billy Frankenstein (1998)
• Little Miss Magic (1997)
• Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold (1995)
• Streets of Death (1988)
• Disney's Greatest Dog Stars (1976)
• Ride the Hot Wind (1971)
• It's Alive (1969)
• Mars Needs Women (1968)
• Track of Thunder (1968)
• Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967)
• Catalina Caper (1967)
• It's a Bikini World (1967)
• The Unkissed Bride (1966)
• The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966)
• The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot (1965)
• Village of the Giants (1965)
• The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
• Pajama Party (1964)
• The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
• Savage Sam (1963)
• Son of Flubber (1963)
• Escapade in Florence (1962)
• Bon Voyage! (1962)
• Moon Pilot (1962)
• Backstage Party (1961)
• Babes in Toyland (1961)
• The Horsemasters (1961)
• The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
• Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
• Escape to Paradise/Water Birds (1960)
• Disneyland '59 (1959)
• The Shaggy Dog (1959)
• Old Yeller (1957)
• The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm (1957)
• Down Liberty Road (1957)
• The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956)