Tommy Kirk(1941-2021)

Played Kevin Corcoran's brother in five different films: Sein Freund Jello (1957), Der unheimliche Zotti (1959), Dschungel der 1000 Gefahren (1960), Champagner in Paris (1962) and Im Tal der Apachen (1963).

Even more than MGM, Disney [in the early 1960s] was the most conservative studio in town... They were growing aware. They weren't stupid. They could add two and two together, and I think they were beginning to suspect my homosexuality. I noticed people in certain quarters were getting less and less friendly. In 1963, Disney didn't renew my option and let me go. But Walt personally let me return to do the final Merlin Jones movie, 'The Monkey's Uncle,' because those were moneymakers for the studio.