Bobby Driscoll

Bobby Driscoll was an American child and young-adult actor whose substantial career included work on the screen, television, stage, and radio. The 1949 films So Dear to My Heart and The Window earned him an Academy Award as the year's outstanding juvenile actor. His career and life eventually gradually went into decline.

In late 1961, addicted to drugs (having begun using when 17), he was sentenced to prison. In 1965, a year after his parole expired, he relocated to New York City. He was found dead in an abandoned East Village tenement in March 1968.

Bobby Driscoll is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 30 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes Peter Pan (1953), The Window (1949), Melody Time (1948), Song of the South (1946), O.S.S. (1946), From This Day Forward (1946), Studio One (1948), Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956). The recorded credits span 1944 to 2023, including 16 movies and 14 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.