Bobby Driscoll was an American child actor known for a large body of cinema and TV performances from 1943 to 1960. He starred in some of The Walt Disney Company's most popular live-action pictures of that period, such as Song of the South in1946, So Dear to My Heart in1948, and Treasure Island in1950. He served as animation model and provided the voice for the title role in Peter Pan in1953. In 1950, he received an Academy Juvenile Award for outstanding performance in feature films. He had trouble finding work as an adult, eventually started to use drugs and moved to New York City. He fell off the grid in late 1967 or early 1968. The former Disney star that grew up in front of the cameras was found in a New York tenement and went unidentified at the time of his death. It wasn't until two years later, when his mother began inquiring about his whereabouts, that it was discovered the star of Song of the South was buried in an unmarked grave in Potter's Field. He died March 30, 1968 at the age of 31.
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