Trivia

Was the first actor to sign a long-term deal with Walt Disney's animation dept. When found dead, his identity was unknown and he was buried as a "John Doe" in pauper's grave on Hart Island in New York City. A year later, fingerprints finally revealed his identity.

Even though his character was animated he was the first boy ever to play Peter Pan. Before then only women played Peter Pan.

One of cinema's most critically acclaimed boy actors, he won a special Academy Award at age 12 as the "outstanding juvenile actor" of 1949 for his excellent work in the films So Dear to My Heart (1948) and The Window (1949).

His voice was used for Walt Disney's feature Peter Pan (1953) and an actual "acting" performance was filmed, then rotoscoped for the animated character.

Buried in a mass grave on New York's Hart Island, better known as Potter's Field. It is unknown exactly where he was buried as the burial records from 1961 to July 1977 were destroyed by a fire.

Even though he was the studio's first contract player, Disney terminated Driscoll's second long-term contract (covering seven years) three years early, in 1953, weeks after the theatrical release of Peter Pan. It is generally believed that his severe acne was the reason. This prevented him from playing other feature roles for the studio that would seem to be tailor-made for him, like Johnny Tremain (1957) and The Light in the Forest (1958).

Has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the east side of the 1500 block of Vine Street.

Despite being one of Disney's first and most successful child stars, Driscoll has never been enshrined as a Disney Legend.

Father of three children: Dr. Daniel Abram Driscoll, the late Aaren Hope Driscoll Keely, and Katherine Ann Driscoll Grundmeier. He was estranged from them at the time of his death due to his drug addiction.

His daughter, Aaren Hope Driscoll, died on March 28, 2022 from heart complications, after a battle with colorectal cancer.