Tommy Kirk
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8779 |
| Birthday | 1941-12-10 |
| Place of Birth | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Also Known As |
1997
Little Miss Magic
5/3
An adolescent sorceress-to-be has to pass a special test in order to become a full-fledged witch.
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Little Miss Magic
1957
Old Yeller
6.886/297
Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 18...
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Old Yeller
1967
Catalina Caper
2.463/27
A group of swingin' teens take time out from having fun in the sun to try to foil a group of crooks searching for a stolen scroll.
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Catalina Caper
1968
Mars Needs Women
3.909/22
Tommy Kirk leads his fellow Martians to Earth on an interplanetary quest for females. Kirk proves that Martians have impeccable taste when one of his...
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Mars Needs Women
1961
Babes in Toyland
5.856/104
All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so h...
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Babes in Toyland
1965
Village of the Giants
3.635/37
"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent...
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Village of the Giants
1959
The Shaggy Dog
6.232/95
Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an...
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The Shaggy Dog
1962
Moon Pilot
5.477/22
An Air Force captain inadvertently volunteers to make the first manned flight around the moon. He immediately falls under the watchful protection of v...
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Moon Pilot
1964
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
6.556/27
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments lan...
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
1960
Swiss Family Robinson
6.856/347
After being shipwrecked, the Robinson family is marooned on an island inhabited only by an impressive array of wildlife. In true pioneer spirit, they...
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Swiss Family Robinson
2006
The Shaggy Dog Kids
0/0
Reminiscences by the kids from the original 1959 Disney film.
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The Shaggy Dog Kids
2006
Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
0/0
Actors remember the great Fred MacMurray.
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Fred MacMurray: With Fondness
1961
The Absent-Minded Professor
6.538/197
Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a har...
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The Absent-Minded Professor
1963
Savage Sam
5.196/28
Travis, Arliss, and Lisbeth are captured by Apaches while Old Yeller's son, Sam, tracks their trail.
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Savage Sam
1964
Pajama Party
4.84/25
A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.
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Pajama Party
1967
It's a Bikini World
3.909/11
Male chauvinist Mike attempts to get an intelligent burgeoning feminist Delilah into his harem. When she resists, Mike then poses as his brother Herbe...
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It's a Bikini World
1966
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
5/30
A corpse has 24 hours to mastermind a good deed without leaving his crypt, to go "up there" and have his youth restored.
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The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1969
It's Alive
3.8/20
A farmer traps three people in a cave with his pet prehistoric monster.
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It's Alive
2008
The Wrecking Crew
7.3/83
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such leg...
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The Wrecking Crew
1962
Bon Voyage!
5.565/23
The Willards from Terre Haute, Indiana travels abroad for the once-in-a-lifetime vacation in Paris, France. Harry Willard believes that the greatest p...
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Bon Voyage!
1967
Blood of Ghastly Horror
3.238/21
A mad scientist implants an electronic device into the brain of an injured soldier, which turns him into a psychotic killer.
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Blood of Ghastly Horror
1966
The Unkissed Bride
4/7
A young couple's honeymoon is disrupted by the groom's childhood obsession with Mother Goose. Unable to consummate the marriage, they head off to the...
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The Unkissed Bride
1965
The Monkey's Uncle
5.852/27
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ul...
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The Monkey's Uncle
1957
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
9/1
A 15 episode serial in which boy detectives Frank and Joe Hardy try to solve the mystery of a haunted farm where the farmer has died and left no one t...
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Ghost Farm
1956
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
8/2
Frank and Joe Hardy are the sons of Fenton Hardy, a famous private detective. Finding everyday life at home in Bayport dull, the boys hope their fathe...
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The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure
2002
'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic
8/1
Short documentary on the making of the Disney classic.
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'Old Yeller': Remembering a Classic
1995
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
4/30
Among the finalists for "Centerfold Of The Year" are Angel and her spiteful rival Betty. However, no one is aware of Angel's involvement in a secret m...
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Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold
2000
Club Dead
10/1
Utilizing a generous amount of footage from their previous release Hell Spa (filmed way back in 1990), this features a brand new framing device starri...
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Club Dead
1988
Streets of Death
4.143/7
The streets of Los Angeles are being littered with murdered sex workers, as a sinister killer tempts desperate women into dangerous traps.
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Streets of Death
1963
Son of Flubber
6.066/68
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hope...
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Son of Flubber
1962
Escapade in Florence
6.7/6
American students, Tommy and Annette, find themselves in a heap of trouble when they accidentally discover an art forgery ring in Florence, Italy.
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Escapade in Florence
1971
Ride the Hot Wind
4.667/6
Captain Shank is an outcast officer and gets dishonorably discharged. He tries to get back on his feet, but his reputation keeps following him around...
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Ride the Hot Wind
1998
Billy Frankenstein
4.8/5
Billy Frank is an ordinary kid, until his family inherits an old castle and Billy learns he's a distant relative of the infamous Dr. Frankenstein. Bil...
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Billy Frankenstein
1968
Track Of Thunder
4.8/5
Rivals on the raceway--for publicity purposes only (but secretly buddies). Then they fall in love with the same woman--and the rivalry on the raceway...
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Track Of Thunder
1961
The Horsemasters
7/3
American students are having a difficult time at a prestigious English riding school. Dinah Wilcox is overly cautious because of memories of an accide...
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The Horsemasters
1965
The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot
7/1
Dr. Goldfoot schemes to use his Bikini Machine to kidnap a young man with infinite information stored in his head by the government.
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The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot
2001
The Education of a Vampire
5/2
Low budget vampire film.
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The Education of a Vampire
1961
Backstage Party
7/1
Party, enterianment, and Behind the scenes
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Backstage Party
1959
Disneyland '59
7.333/3
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disn...
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Disneyland '59
2002
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
0/0
A look behind the scenes at Walt Disney’s Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
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Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
1960
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
0/0
A behind-the-scenes show on the filming of Swiss Family Robinson on the West Indian island of Tobago. Then the True Life Adventure Water Birds.
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Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1976
Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
8/2
This installment looks at the dogs who have starred in Disney films, past and present. The program ends with a preview of the upcoming theatrical film...
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Disney's Greatest Dog Stars
1957
Down Liberty Road
9/1
On a cross-country Greyhound bus, passengers give historically dubious summaries of major landmarks. Riders include a grieving father of a fallen sold...
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Down Liberty Road
2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics
8/1
Along with his legendary cartoons, Walt Disney produced a marvelous array of live-action classics that came about through the use of his singular styl...
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