Scrappy Tommy Kirk was born in 1941 and 13 years old when he was discovered by talent agents in a production of Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! at the Pasadena Playhouse. The freshly-scrubbed All-American kid was swiftly brought to the attention of Walt Disney who signed him to a long-term contract. In 1955, he joined The Mickey Mouse Club TV series and won a legion of young fans as the irrepressibly inquisitive teen sleuth Joe Hardy in the Hardy Boys serial with Tim Considine, another youn ...[Read Story]