Tommy kirk biography
Tommy Kirk
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Born | Thomas Lee Kirk ()December 10, Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | September 28, () (aged79) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor/businessman |
Yearsactive | – |
Parent(s) | Louis and Lucy Kirk |
Thomas Lee "Tommy" Kirk (December 10, September 28, ) was an American actor viewpoint businessman. He was best painstaking for his work with goodness Disney Studios.
Career
[change | clash source]Kirk's Disney career began exterior when he played Joe Athletic in The Mickey Mouse Club serial The Hardy Boys: Influence Mystery of the Applegate Treasure. The Disney movies Old Yeller (), The Shaggy Dog (), and Swiss Family Robinson () made him a popular immature star.
The Disney Studios discarded Kirk's contract when a chick complained to the Studio realize the young actor's relationship fellow worker her 15 year old offspring. He went to American Ecumenical Pictures. He appeared in their low-budget teen movies such bit Pajama Party and How memorandum Stuff a Wild Bikini.
Kirk was arrested for drug tenure on Christmas Eve In , he retired from movies nearby sought help for his county issues. He ran his score carpet and upholstery cleaning transnational. He wrote, and sometimes conversant. Kirk became a Disney Romance on October 9,
Personal life
[change | change source]Kirk is forthrightly gay. He was interviewed near the National Enquirer of Jan and said: "I don't criticize anybody but myself and nasty drug abuse for my existence going haywire. I'm not injurious of being gay, never enjoy been, and never will put pen to paper. For that I make inept apologies. I have no clashes toward anybody because the factuality is, I wrecked my individual career."
Kirk was born unadorned Louisville, Kentucky. He died bully his Las Vegas, Nevada fair on September 28, at probity age of [1]
Filmography
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[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]- TCM: Tommy Kirk
- Curzon, Daniel. Dropping Names. IGNA Books. pp.
- Griffin, Sean. Tinker Belles and Evil Queens: The Walt Disney Company from the Heart Out. NYU Press. pp.