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Robert Cletus Driscoll (March 3, 1937 – c. March 30, 1968) was an American actor who performed on film and television from 1943 to 1960.
Learn how the former Disney star, who voiced Peter Pan at 16, became a heroin addict and a homeless person in his later years. Find out how he died at 22 from hardening of the arteries and was buried on an unmarked grave on Hart Island.
Bobby Driscoll was a child actor who won an Oscar for his role in The Window (1949) and voiced Peter Pan (1953). He struggled with acne, drugs and rejection in his teenage years and died in poverty in 1968.
- March 3, 1937
- March 30, 1968
Bobby Driscoll. Actor: Peter Pan. Bobby Driscoll was a natural-born actor. Discovered by chance at the age of five-and-a-half in a barber shop in Altadena, CA. and then convincing in anything he ever undertook on the movie screen and on television throughout his career spanning 17 years (1943-1960).
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- Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Bobby Driscoll is best known for being an American child actor known for starring in cinema, radio, and television performances from the 1940s and 1950s. Most notably in Disney’s animation film, Peter Pan (1953), starring as the voice for the character Peter Pan.
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Bobby Driscoll is best known for being an American child actor known for starring in cinema, radio, and television performances from the 1940s and 1950s. Most notably in Disney’s animation film, Peter Pan (1953), starring as the voice for the character Peter Pan.
Bobby Driscoll is best known for being an American child actor known for starring in cinema, radio, and television performances from the 1940s and 1950s. Most notably in Disney’s animation film, Peter Pan (1953), starring as the voice for the character Peter Pan.
