March 1, 2021 - 7:01AM. "We used to play pool together," remembers Tamblyn of their days living and carousing in Pacific Palisades. After going into hiding in Canada, Didi returned to Los Angeles, while Bobby went to New York. Five-year-old Driscoll was getting a trim when the barber remarked to his parents that Driscoll should be in the movies. The barber then connected them to his son, who was an actor himself. I felt he was changing but his father said no, it was just a phase he was going through like most boys. People continually saying 'What a cute little boy!' In the biggest role of his career, Lunas intense two-season arc will soon wrap filmingbut as he shares on this weeks, Disney Sees Ron DeSantiss Prison-Complex Threat and Raises Him a Pride Nite Extravaganza. ", The most promising tribute to Driscoll is Lost Boy: The Bobby Driscoll Story, a long-gestating documentary in the works by Jordan Allender, a 30-year-old film-school graduate who was raised on Disney lore. [29], In 1947, he recorded a special version of "So Dear to My Heart" at Capitol Records. Bobby Driscoll is presented by Donald O'Connor with special Academy Award at age 12 as the outstandi. creates innate conceit. Advertisement You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! Driscoll's last major success, Peter Pan (1953), was produced largely between May 1949 and mid-1951. The news was absolutely devastating. https://twitter.com/snailsgotmail/status/1218039756417880064. Although his name appears on his father's gravestone at Eternal Hills Memorial Park in Oceanside, California, his remains are still on Hart Island. In 1944, 20th Century Fox offered Driscoll a role in their WWII drama, The Fighting Sullivans. The actor's life was gradually a roller coaster experience that involved multiple run-ins with the law, and his subsequent conviction in October 1961 as a drug abuser came as hardly a shock. "I heard that he was informed that he was no longer under contract through them by driving up to the entrance and being refused entrance into the studio. After his dismissal, the now teenaged Driscoll looked to other Hollywood studios for work. [30], For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Driscoll received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street in 1960. The actor subsequently vanished into the shadows, completely demoralized with neither money nor fame. After taking one look at Driscolls adorable little freckled face, the barbers son got Driscoll an acting agent. He passed away at the age of 31 on March 30, 1968.