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Sexuality [ edit] While filming The Misadventures of Merlin Jones in 1963, 21-year-old Kirk began a relationship with a 15-year-old boy, and was caught having sex with him at a swimming pool in Burbank. [38] [39] The boy's mother informed Disney, who elected not to renew Kirk's contract. [40]
Sep 30, 2021 · Tommy Kirk – the legendary child actor who starred as Travis Coates in Old Yeller and whose work for Disney came to an end when he was outed as gay – has passed away at the age of 79.
Sep 30, 2021 · Kirk, who had figured out that he was gay and “wasn’t going to change” by the time he was 18, was fired by Disney after they discovered he had a boyfriend in the early sixties.
Sep 29, 2021 · Tommy Kirk, whose career as a young leading man in Disney films like Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog and Son of Flubber came to an end, he said, after the studio discovered he was gay, has died. He...
Oct 4, 2021 · This was not a matter of talent. Kirk was gay, and in 1964, when threatened with it becoming public, Disney fired him — though they brought him back for “The Monkey’s Uncle” after ...
Sep 30, 2021 · Tommy Kirk Gay. Tommy Kirk publicly came out as gay in 1973. During the production of “The Misadventures of Merlin Jones,” which was released in 1964, Kirk, then 21, began seeing a 15-year-old boy he had met at a swimming pool. Upon finding out Kirk was gay, Disney chose not to renew his contract.
Jun 27, 2011 · Though Kirk’s acting career went into the mid and late 1960s when codes and morals were beginning to loosen, there was no way for him to portray a gay man on screen. Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello. The two starred in several films together including “Pajama Party”
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Sep 30, 2021 · Actor Tommy Kirk, who starred in classic films like Old Yeller and The Shaggy Dog was fired at age 21 when production company Disney learned he was gay.
Sep 30, 2021 · In 1973, Kirk publicly came out as gay during an interview. The actor opened up 20 years later that he realized he was gay at age 17 or 18 and that his career was destroyed by his sexual...
Sep 29, 2021 · According to Variety, Disney chose not to renew his contract after discovering that Kirk had gotten a boyfriend while filming The Misadventures of Merlin Jones. After parting ways with Disney,...
