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  Gay Today: People
The Kirk that emerges in this interview, after decades of obscurity and silence, is an older and wiser man; one who is willing to deal with the contradictions in his life and their effect on his career.
Unfortunately, "Tommy Kirk was a square peg being shoved into a round mouse hole"; a peg who had to be ejected before he damaged the works.
Kirk's years at Disney, where he starred in a series of wholesome, family comedies and drama, were the high point of his show business career.
gaytoday.badpuppy.com /garchive/people/013100pe.htm   (934 words)

  
 Q-online - news: Who was Tommy Kirk?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Kirk was 17 or 18 when he first realized he was gay and "wasn't going to change," the actor recalled in a 1993 interview.
Kirk, meanwhile, dressed in top hat and tails, leaves the rest of his family behind at the end of the movie, as he sails off to England for a university education.
Kirk went on to make a number of forgettable beach party movies for other studios, as well as a few horror films, but his movie career was essentially over.
www.q.co.za /2001/2001/05/04-inthepast.html   (646 words)

  
 Washington Courts
Kirk was convicted of a third degree domestic violence assault on Mitchell on January 24, 2003.
And Kirk does not maintain that there is no set of circumstances in which the statute as written could be constitutionally applied or where a ban on direct and indirect contact would be appropriate.
Kirk bases his argument not on the statute as written, but on the wording and effect of the original order and its indirect effect on him.
www.courts.wa.gov /opinions?fa=opinions.opindisp&docid=540301MAJ   (911 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Tommy Kirk (born December 10, 1941 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former American child actor, and later a businessman and adult actor.
When he was 13 years old, Tommy Kirk was discovered by talent agents in a production of Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California.
Kirk was reportedly fired by Disney after filming The Monkey's Uncle in 1964 for being gay, but went onto a successful business career, and has continued occasional acting, with more than 25 additional films to his credit as of 2001.
www.artisticnudity.com /encyclopedia/Tommy_Kirk   (334 words)

  
 Mars Needs Women
Tommy Kirk and his buddy are busy hanging out at hotel bars and pretending to be reporters for some reason so they haven't scrounged themselves up a prom date yet.
Tommy asks her some really good question about chromosomes or something and the next thing you know, they're going out on a date to the planetarium.
Tommy runs back to squeal to his buddies that the heat is about to come down on them and they are a bit miffed that he wants to abort things.
monsterhunter.coldfusionvideo.com /MarsNeedsWomen.html   (1902 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Person : Tommy Kirk : Biography
Young Kirk was promoted to the leading juvenile role in Disney's Old Yeller (1957), a three-handkerchief classic that made Kirk a star and a stalwart of the fan club set.
Kirk would confess that he fully deserved the scolding; at the time of the shooting, Kirk was addicted to amphetamines, and his resultant behavior was both erratic and obstructive.
Whatever MacMurray told Kirk on the Bon Voyage set was quickly forgotten, however, for the young actor was fired from the 1965 John Wayne vehicle Sons of Katie Elder because of his being busted for marijuana use.
www.vh1.com /movies/person/34011/bio.jhtml   (362 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk
According to quotes of Tommy Kirk from Kevin Minton’s in-depth interview "Sex, Lies, and Disney Tape: Walt’s Fallen Star" (Issue 38 of Filmfax 1993), Kirk knew his sexuality would create problems with his career as well as his "strict Baptist parents,".
Kirk explains, "After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made and I got involved with a manager who said it didn’t matter what you did as long as you kept working." Tommy’s personal life also took a downward spiral, getting mixed up with drugs.
Kirk today is wiser and has dealt with the issues of his life and their effects.
www.stonewallsociety.com /famouspeople/tkirk.htm   (473 words)

  
 04/27/00 TWN-THE TOMMY KIRK STORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Many a gay boy, myself included, grew up watching Tommy mourn his dog in "Old Yeller" (1957), turn into a dog himself in "The Shaggy Dog" (1959), tame the savage wilderness with his brothers in "The Swiss Family Robinson" (1960) and reluctantly kiss Annette Funicello in "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" (1964).
Kirk is gay - which is why he is in this column in the first place - a fact about himself hat he is quite open about and willing to talk about in his interview: "I'm not ashamed of being gay, never have been and never will be.
Born in 1941, the 13-year old Kirk was discovered in 1954 while performing at a Will Rogers, Jr., Pasadena Playhouse production of Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness." The boy's clean-cut good looks won him the attention of Uncle Walt, who signed Kirk to a long-term contract.
www.twnonline.org /newsarchive/000427/page9.htm   (861 words)

  
 And The Children Shall Lead #60
Kirk turns off the viewer as Spock adds, "He never completed the entry, and the dispatch was never sent -- except for scenes of family life; games and picnics with the children -- that is the complete record.
Tommy orders the rest of the children back to their stations as he and Mary remain on the bridge.
Tommy continues to try and maintain control, but in the end Spock and Kirk are victorious and the boy runs off.
www.fortunecity.com /lavender/hoskins/85/ep-60.htm   (3817 words)

  
 TOMMY KIRK VIDEOS & DVD'S AT HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES
Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello star in this slapstick Disney comedy about a college "genius" whose latest invention, a mind-reading machine, backfires and lands him in hot water with a judge.
Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell star.
Disney regular Tommy Kirk stars as the leader of a Mars-to-Earth expedition seeking feminine "breeding stock" to help repopulate their dead homeworld.
www.hollywoodteenmovies.com /ForSaleTommyKirk.html   (1048 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk Current Month TV Schedule
Starring Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk, Bob Pickett, Suzie Kaye, The Animals, The Gentrys.
A conceited surfer assumes a double life as his own shy brother when he learns the new girl considers him a phony.
Starring Brian Keith, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Dewey Martin, Jeff York, Marta Kristen, Rafael Campos, Slim Pickens, Royal Dano, Rodolfo Acosta.
www.tv-now.com /stars/tomkirk.html   (77 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Old Yeller -- Robert Stevenson - DVD - Wide Screen / Thx
The story, based on a novel by Fredrick B. Gipson, concerns a frontier lad (Tommy Kirk) who develops a kinship with a stray mutt as he attempts to carry out his absent father's responsibilities.
Future teen idol Kirk was at his most endearing here, cute without being cloying, and convincing as a child forced to accept an adult role for which he is not sure he's ready.
A heart-to-heart talk between Kirk and his returning father (Fess Parker), coupled with the adoption of a new pup, paves the way to an emotional but reasonably happy ending.
video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?ean=786936143843&userid=2B6JIIXABH&frm=0&itm=10   (1138 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Tommy Kirk -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
When he was 13 years old, Tommy Kirk was discovered by talent agents in a production of (Click link for more info and facts about Eugene O'Neill) Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" at the Pasadena Playhouse in (Click link for more info and facts about Pasadena, California) Pasadena, California.
Kirk was reportedly fired by Disney after filming The Monkey's Uncle in 1964 for being (Someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex) gay, but went onto a successful business career, and has continued occasional acting, with more than 25 additional films to his credit as of 2001.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/tommy_kirk.htm   (122 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk at Brian's Drive-In Theater
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 10, 1941, Tommy Kirk was raised in Los Angeles.
Kirk's first film for AIP was the 1964 release Pajama Party with Annette Funicello and Jody McCrea.
Babes in Toyland (1961) with Annette Funicello, Tommy Sands, and Kevin Corcoran
www.briansdriveintheater.com /tommykirk.html   (1825 words)

  
 Buy.com - Misadventures of Merlin Jones : DVD : Tommy Kirk : Annette Funicello : Robert Stevenson : Buena Vista
Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello star as the sweethearts of Midvale College in this wacky, laugh-filled campus romp.
Kirk is Merlin Jones, the gifted but slightly oddball student who, accompanied by his girlfriend Jennifer (Funicello), sets out on a series of comic misadventures.
A gifted, and more than slightly oddball teenaged student (Tommy Kirk), joined by his friend Jennifer (Annette Funicello), experiences a series of comic misadventures.
www.buy.com /prod/Misadventures_of_Merlin_Jones/q/loc/322/40232113.html   (307 words)

  
 Pets on Film: Shaggy Dog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
At the center of The Shaggy Dog is Disney’s biggest male teen star of the 1960s, Tommy Kirk (Annette Funicello is charming in a small role that marked her first feature film).
Tommy, who bears a striking resemblance to today’s popular young actor Tobey Maguire, plays Wilby, son of dog-hating postal worker Fred MacMurray.
At the start of the film, Tommy is literally seen blowing the roof off the family house.
www.valleypetnews.com /pets_on_film_shaggy_dog.htm   (360 words)

  
 It's a Bikini World at Brian's Drive-In Theater
Deborah Walley, Tommy Kirk, Robert Pickett (aka Bobby "Boris" Pickett), Sid Haig, Suzie Kaye, and Jim Begg, with musical guests The Animals, The Castaways, The Toys, Pat and Lolly Vegas, and The Gentrys.
Shot in late 1965 but not released until April 14, 1967, It's a Bikini World is the end of the line for the beach party genre---although this was not produced by AIP---with Tommy Kirk and Deborah Walley replacing Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.
The Tommy Kirk page has information, photos, and video sources.
www.briansdriveintheater.com /bikiniworld.html   (622 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk pictures - find more photos and pictures at celebritypictures.de - the real celebrity picture source - are ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Village of the Giants Biographies
After being discovered at a small playhouse in Pasadena, Kirk came to the forefront of television with his role as a Mousketerr on Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club.
For the better part of the late 50's/early 60's, Kirk was a mainstay in a number of Disney pictures, and would go on to star with Mousketeer Annette Funicello in Pajama Party (1964).
Her first starring role was in Pajama Party in which Tommy Kirk also starred.
www.angelfire.com /weird2/villageoftheg/biographies.html   (4418 words)

  
 WoodCentral's Shop Shots
The round table at right is Tommy's first adventure into veneer, after many projects using thicker blocks.
It is hard to believe Tommy made it all with a 35-year-old, 12-in.
Tommy doesn't have a computer, but he's asked me to post a couple of questions on WoodCentral for him in the past.
www.woodcentral.com /shots/shot139.shtml   (378 words)

  
 StarTracker.info - men k directory - tommy kirk
The actor Tommy Kirk was born on December 10 1941 in the country USA.
Below this part you will find a list of Tommy Kirk fan sites, picture galleries, wallpaper sources, biographies, filmographies and much more interesting sites about him.
A hugh personal profile for Tommy Kirk and hundreds of other male celebrities in sports, entertainment and comedy.
www.startracker.info /men/k/tommy_kirk   (158 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Scrappy Tommy Kirk was born in 1941 and 13 years old when he was discovered...
Ride the Hot Wind (1971) (as Tom Kirk)....
Find where Tommy Kirk is credited alongside another name
www.imdb.com /name/nm0456565   (195 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Old Yeller (Vault Disney Collection) (1957): DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
With Old Yeller at his side, Kirk becomes a little man, who in the end must make a decision so heart-breaking that it's one of filmdom's most memorable moments.
Tommy Kirk and the other little kids are now in their late 40s and either balding or wrinkly.
Dorothy McGuire is the steadfast mother and Tommy Kirk is the boy who must make a gut-wrenching decision that will start him on the road to maturity.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005RRG4?v=glance   (1508 words)

  
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 Amazon.ca: DVD: Mars Needs Women (Full Screen)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Martians Tommy Kirk and Company, in vacuformed bodysuits with "boing" antennae, announce to the Pentagon that Mars needs women.
When America refuses to cooperate by providing a few suitable single females, Kirk and Crew baldly state that they will simply do their own informal poll and take some girls on the sly.
One of the think-tank's members, space geneticist Yvonne Craig, falls into Kirk's sights as a perfect inductee for the Martian breeding program - and, unaware that Kirk is in fact one of the Martians she is working against, she falls for him while he is in undercover guise.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005K3O5   (955 words)

  
 Dragon*Con Biography: [Tommy Kirk]
Tommy Kirk started acting at the age of twelve in such shows as Gunsmoke and Playhouse 90.
After the Disney films, for which he is most remembered for, he appeared in such titles as Mars Needs Women, Valley of the Giants with Ron Howard, and Ghost in the Invisible Bikini with Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff.
Kirk has just finished three movies, Little Miss Magic, Attack of the Sixty Foot Centerfold and Billy Frankenstein.
www.dragoncon.org /people/kirkt.html   (140 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk - A master of the dramatic expressive visual art. Superstar - Star - Icon or just plain actor to some, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Tommy Kirk - A master of the dramatic expressive visual art.
For good or bad, moving stories in film and cinmea are becoming the some of the most visible achievements - the Silver Screen, DVD, VHS, Albums, they touch us.
Tommy Kirk : From TV to the Movie Screen.
www.adeovaleo.com /actors2/Tommy_Kirk.html   (187 words)

  
 Village of the Giants comments - Bert I. Gordon Tommy Kirk, Johnny Crawford, Beau Bridges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Tommy Kirk claim the giant ducks for his own, raising his arms as though he just scored the winning touchdown!
Tommy break a fake chair over Beau's skinny, knobby, hairy plaster leg, then listen in incredulity as Beau shouts, "O o o o o o oww!" and pouts!
It's up to Genius and Tommy Kirk (who plays the guy putting the moves on Genius's big sister) to save the day.
www.mooviees.com /16400/comments   (1673 words)

  
 Tommy Kirk Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
By the early 1970s, Tommy Kirk had long been an active member of Los Angeles' gay community, and as his career waned he became less and less concerned about hiding his homosexuality from the public.
He feared that whatever box office potential his film might have would be destroyed if the public knew that Kirk, who played a macho biker hero in the film, was actually a "goddamned fairy," as he put it.
He tried to bribe me to suppress the article and when I refused he went to Kirk and insisted that he would never again work in any phase of show business if he permitted me to expose his horrible secret.
www.hunkvideo.com /library/kirk/index.html   (4102 words)

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