Disney films Swiss Family Robinson and Old Yeller has died. He was 79 years old.Kirk rose to fame as a pet project of Walt Disney himself, who cast Kirk in the original TV series The Hardy Boys, part of the smash show The Mickey Mouse Club.
The popularity of the show made Kirk into a household star, as Disney used him as a host for newsreel specials for the show.
Kirk attended both the Democratic and Republican conventions in 1956 and hosted two travelogue episodes.Kirk became a bonafide movie star in 1957’s Old Yeller, which became a smash hit for the Disney studio.
It remains a cult classic to this day. He followed up with the hits The Shaggy Dog and Swiss Family Robinson, as well as The Absent-Minded Professor and Babes in Toyland.Relate.