Actor Tommy Kirk, best known for his role as Travis Coates in the 1957 film Old Yeller, has died. The 79-year-old was a teenage star for Disney throughout the '60s, before controversy led to his ...

Old Yeller is a 1957 American drama film directed by Robert Stevenson, based on Fred Gipson’s 1956 novel of the same name. The story of Old Yeller is set in the 1860s and follows a young man named ...

Tommy Kirk, one of Disney’s major young stars of the 1950s and early ’60s with performances in generational touchstone films such as Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog and Son of Flubber, died Tuesday at his ...

"Old Yeller" star Tommy Kirk has died, Fox News can confirm. He was 79. Kirk's "Old Yeller" co-star Beverly Washburn confirmed the actor passed away "peacefully" at his home in Las Vegas on Tuesday ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Kirk, a child star who played in Disney films such as "Old Yeller" and "The Shaggy Dog," has died. He was 79. Kirk's longtime friend and former child star, Paul Petersen, said ...