Where Are They Now?

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 1:53am

I've been wondering recently where several actors I admired when I was younger are today... anyone else wondering the same thing?

Where are Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran?

[DG]

Posted: 2/19/06 at 2:50am

"In 1964, the Disney factory found out Tommy was gay and they immediately released him from his contract after finishing The Monkey's Uncle (1965). Tommy still pursued teen-oriented movies but was essentially blacklisted from the industry and deemed "box office poison." The offers he did receive became progressively dismal. From mediocre fun-in-the-sand fluff like Pajama Party (1964) and It's a Bikini World (1967) to absolute fiascos like Mars Needs Women (1967) (TV) in which he played a Martian, and Blood of Ghastly Horror (1972), Tommy's career went into an irreversible tailspin. Depressed and angry, he sought solace in drugs and nearly died at one point. For health reasons, he completely abandoned his career and slowly moved forward as a recovering addict. He put together a successful carpet and upholstery cleaning business which has run steadily for well over two decades. As recently as 2001, Tommy showed up again in Hollywood -- glimpsed in a few lowbudgets here and there -- but a full time commitment to acting is quite unlikely."