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Tommy Kirk
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Actor Born: December 10, 1941 in Louisville, KY Biography:American actor "Tommy Kirk" tried out as a youngster for the Pasadena Playhouse, the result of a dare made by Kirk's older brother. After a few minor TV roles, Kirk was signed by "Walt Disney", who cast the teenager as one-half of "The Hardy Boys" on that popular daily segment of The Mickey Mouse Club. Young Kirk was promoted to the leading juvenile role in Disney's "Old Yeller" (1957), a three-handkerchief classic that made Kirk a star and a stalwart of the fan club set. In 1959, Kirk was the hirsute protagonist of "The Shaggy Dog", one of Disney's biggest money-making films. When asked in later years, Kirk had fond memories of Disney but was not so politely inclined to his "Shaggy Dog" co-star "Fred MacMurray". It was MacMurray who gave Kirk "the biggest dressing down of my life" on the set of Disney's "Bon Voyage" (1962). Kirk would confess that he fully deserved the scolding; at the time of the... Full Biography
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