# Last Remaining Cast Members **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 1, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464 "2021-01-01T20:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 223
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/223 "2021-10-01T02:11:28Z")
Tommy Kirk’s passing earlier this week eliminated or greatly winnowed the surviving casts of many old Disney movies from the 50s and early 60s. Among his many credits, I believe he was the last surviving principle cast member at least of _Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent Minded Professor,_ and _Son of Flubber_. His death also appears to leave only one surviving principle cast member from _Old Yeller_, _The Shaggy Dog_, _Babes in Toyland_, _The Misadventures of Merlin Jones_ and _Bon Voyage!_ I’m sure there are many more that could be added to the list, he had a prolific career as a child and teenager. However, his career with Disney came to an abrupt end in the mid-60s when studio executives discovered that he was gay. RIP. > **[Tommy Kirk, The Fresh-Scrubbed Face Of Disney As A Child Actor, Dies At 79](https://www.npr.org/2021/09/30/1041900256/tommy-kirk-disney-old-yeller-dies)** > > Generations of children, and more than a few adults, cried along with Kirk when his character Travis Coates tearfully pulled a rifle trigger in Old Yeller. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464)._