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 ...

Tommy Kirk has died. An actor best known for his work with Disney in the 1950s and early ’60s—most notably in starring roles in Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, and more—Kirk’s ...

When Amanda S. Monger passed through Staunton on her way to Richmond on Jan. 1, 1912, she was eagerly greeted at the Chesapeake and Ohio train station by a reporter for the Staunton Dispatch and News.

There is no sadder story than Old Yeller. That’s true of both the 1956 novel, written by Fred Gipson—a Hill Country native who was born in 1908 on a farm in an unincorporated part of the area about a ...

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, star of Disney's Old Yeller and The Shaggy Dog has died. Kirk was found dead in his Las Vegas home Tuesday, according to multiple reports. He was 79. Kirk’s longtime friend Paul Petersen ...

Washburn is the only surviving cast member from the movie Old Yeller star Beverly Washburn has a secret from her time on the set of the beloved film. Washburn, 81, opened up about her career — ...

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 ...