
Then, in 1959, he took on his highest-profile Disney role yet: starring opposite fellow Disney Legend Fred MacMurray in The Shaggy Dog. In truth, the work and play were often indistinguishable.” He then went on to play Frank Hardy, opposite Tommy Kirk as Joe Hardy, in two Hardy Boys serials-and guest starred in the Annette serial-for the Mickey Mouse Club. But it might as well have been a thousand. Describing his days on Disney’s “Triple-R Ranch,” he said, “We shot on a ranch about forty miles away from the Burbank studio.

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Alongside Stollery, the actor followed that original series with two Spin and Marty sequel serials.
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Later, Considine took on his first Disney role, playing Spin Evans in The Adventures of Spin and Marty-a popular serial from 1955’s Mickey Mouse Club. Considine (1936’s Broadway Melody of 19’s Boys Town, among others) and theater-chain heiress Carmen Pantages, Considine wasn’t the only performer in the family-his brother John also became an actor and writer… and his uncle, Bob Considine, was a well-known King Features newspaper columnist.Īt age 11, Considine played Red Skelton’s son in 1953’s The Clown (a remake of the 1933 Wallace Beery/Jackie Cooper film The Champ), a performance Leonard Maltin called “so good he overcomes some of the hokiness of the script.” This was followed by a role in Executive Suite with William Holden and June Allyson, and in the Greer Garson film Her Twelve Men, where he met future co-star, friend, and fellow Disney Legend David Stollery. The son of British-born film producer John W. The film and television actor was named a Disney Legend, an illustrious honor given to individuals in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to The Walt Disney Company, in 2006.Ĭonsidine was born in Los Angeles on December 31, 1940, into a show business family.

Tim Considine, known for his star turn in the 1959 classic The Shaggy Dog and in the Mickey Mouse Club serial The Adventures of Spin and Marty, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022, at his home in Mar Vista, California, at the age of 81.
