Since its release, Song of the South has been a lightning rod for controversy none of it is Driscolls fault. Dawber has married to NCIS star Mark Harmon for more than three [] More, Jan Smithers is a former television actress that is best known for her portrayal of the character Bailey Quarters on the television series WKRP in Cincinnati. But trouble was never far away. While Dale (voiced by John Mulaney) expresses sympathy for this bitter, broken-down Sweet Pete, he nonetheless becomes the movies villain, whom the chipmunks must defeat to rescue their kidnapped friend. Gray said Driscoll eventually resorted to heroin. Alongside other homeless or indigent individuals who fall on hard times. They separated, then divorced in 1960. Though the live-action/animated musical (which featured the Oscar-winning "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah") would ultimately represent an embarrassing chapter in Disney's storied history because of its offensive stereotypes and candy-coated depiction of slavery, it marked the start of a successful relationship between the studio and Driscoll, who became the first male actor to ever secure a Disney contract. I made lots of money, so I recruited other toons to star in more movies. Only beer bottles and religious handouts were by his side. He spent most of his time hanging out on Los Angeles beaches, where he befriended a group of young Hollywood actors like Robert Blake (Baretta), Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap), and Russ Tamblyn (West Side Story). "We used to play pool together," remembers Tamblyn of their days living and carousing in Pacific Palisades. 2.9k Views. After failing to locate his next of kin, authorities declared the man dead from hardening of the arteriesa common side effect of longtime heroin abuseand buried him in a mass, unmarked paupers' grave on the Bronx's Hart Island alongside other unidentified bodies and indigent souls who had fallen on hard times. Today, Gray remembers Driscoll not as the fallen child star, but simply as his friend. "It wasn't a secret," says Gray. In less than two hours, the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade will travel down the street, so the family positions itself right in front of Bobby Driscoll's Hollywood Walk of Fame star.

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