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Tommy Kirk (1941-2021) was an American actor. Kirk was best known for his many child performances in Disney movies in the late 1950s and 1960s. Kirk was inducted as a Disney Legend on October 9, 2006. His IMDb page shows 55 acting credits from 1955 to 2001. This page will rank Tommy Kirk movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in the rankings, a movie needed to do well at the box office, be liked by both critics and audiences and earn some award recognition.
Tommy Kirk Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
| Year | Movie (Year) | Rating | S |
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| 1957 | Old Yeller (1957) |  |
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| 1960 | Swiss Family Robinson (1960) | |
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| 1963 | Son of Flubber (1963) | |
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| 1961 | The Absent Minded Professor (1961) | |
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| 1959 | The Shaggy Dog (1959) | |
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| 1962 | Bon Voyage! (1962) |  |
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| 1961 | Babes in Toyland (1961) | |
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| 1964 | The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) | |
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| 1962 | Moon Pilot (1962) | |
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| 1965 | The Monkey's Uncle (1965) |  |
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| 1963 | Savage Sam (1963) |  |
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| 1967 | Track of Thunder (1967) |  |
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| 1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) |  |
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| 1975 | My Name Is Legend (1975) | |
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| 1967 | It's A Bikini World (1967) |  |
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| 1966 | Unkissed Bride (1966) | |
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| 1965 | Village of the Giants (1965) | |
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| 1964 | Pajama Party (1964) | |
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| 1967 | Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967) | |
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| 1967 | Cataline Caper (1967) | |
Tommy Kirk Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Tommy Kirk movies by co-stars of his movies.
- Sort Tommy Kirk movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Tommy Kirk movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Tommy Kirk movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Tommy Kirk movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Tommy Kirk movie won.
- Sort Tommy Kirk movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews, and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Old Yeller (1957) | Dorothy McGuire & WaltLiveAction |
21.40 | 412.6 | 412.60 | 4 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 2 | Swiss Family Robinson (1960) | John Mills & Dorothy McGuire |
37.10 | 580.3 | 580.30 | 1 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 3 | Son of Flubber (1963) | Fred MacMurray & Keenan Wynn |
26.00 | 325.9 | 325.90 | 5 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 4 | The Absent Minded Professor (1961) | Fred MacMurray & Nancy Olson |
29.70 | 432.9 | 432.90 | 6 | 70 | 03 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 5 | The Shaggy Dog (1959) | Fred MacMurray | 24.90 | 446.6 | 446.60 | 4 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 7 | Bon Voyage! (1962) | Fred MacMurray & Jane Wyman |
14.30 | 205.3 | 205.30 | 13 | 50 | 02 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 7 | Babes in Toyland (1961) | Ray Bolger & Annette Funicello |
13.10 | 191.5 | 191.50 | 12 | 50 | 02 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 8 | The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) | WaltLiveAction | 11.60 | 132.7 | 132.70 | 22 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 9 | Moon Pilot (1962) | Brian Keith & WaltLiveAction |
10.10 | 145.8 | 145.80 | 21 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 10 | The Monkey's Uncle (1965) | Annette Funicello | 10.10 | 107.1 | 107.10 | 23 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 11 | Savage Sam (1963) | Brian Keith | 7.10 | 89.5 | 89.50 | 38 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 66.3 | |
| 12 | Track of Thunder (1967) | Racing Movies | 0.50 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 165 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 20.4 | |
| 14 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) | Deborah Walley | 3.80 | 36.8 | 36.80 | 68 | 38 | 00 / 00 | 12.0 | |
| 13 | My Name Is Legend (1975) | Duke Kelley | 0.00 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 165 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 11.6 | |
| 15 | It's A Bikini World (1967) | Deborah Walley | 0.30 | 2.8 | 2.80 | 167 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 8.1 | |
| 16 | Unkissed Bride (1966) | Henry Youngman | 0.20 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 153 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 4.2 | |
| 17 | Village of the Giants (1965) | Johnny Crawford | 1.80 | 19.3 | 19.30 | 106 | 29 | 00 / 00 | 1.7 | |
| 18 | Pajama Party (1964) | Annette Funicello | 2.40 | 27.9 | 27.90 | 97 | 25 | 00 / 00 | 1.6 | |
| 19 | Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967) | John Carradine | 0.10 | 0.7 | 0.70 | 181 | 32 | 00 / 00 | 1.2 | |
| 20 | Cataline Caper (1967) | Del Moore | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 182 | 24 | 00 / 00 | 0.2 |
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RIP Tommy Kirk.
I’ve seen just 3 of the 18 films on the chart. The Absent Minded Professor, Son of Flubber and The Swiss Family Robinson. I may have seen some of the other Disneys when I was young.
There is a famous Tommy Kirk film missing from the chart – Old Yeller – which I’ve seen. So make that 4 seen out of 19.
A nice tribute Bruce. Vote Up.
P.S. The Shaggy Dog is missing too.
Hey Steve. Not sure what is going on with The Shaggy Dog and Old Yeller….on the side of my database they are there…but somehow the transfer to the website…both movies were dropped…Old Yeller is his number one movie. My website provider is driving me crazy…and getting paid a good bit of money to drive me crazy. Every time I have an issue I get….”you problem is too complex for the free help people….we need you to contact somebody else who is more experienced”…added benefit… I get to pay them by the hour to fix my issues.
I have seen 3 of the 20…..that is compared to your 4. I most recently saw him in Bon Voyage! A silly movie and one of his last successes at the box office. Good stuff…Rest in Peace Mr. Kirk.
Great UMR Page
Thank you Mike. RIP Tommy Kirk
I have seen only 2 Tommy Kirk pictures, both of which I enjoyed but are not favourites:
Swiss Family Robinson
The Absent Minded Professor
Rest in peace
Hey Flora….thanks for checking out our Tommy Kirk tribute page. Sadly I just realized thanks to Steve and me doing a Joe Flynn page that two of Kirk’s biggest movies..Old Yeller and The Shaggy Dog did not make the table for some unknown reason. I have not seen either movie….somehow I have missed seeing all of Old Yeller. Rest in peace.
I have seen 16 of Tommy’s pictures; the highest ranked I have not seen is Track of Thunder.
Hey Dan. Thanks for the feedback on our Tommy Kirk page. I imagine…if we included The Shaggy Dog and Old Yeller that your tally is 18 versus 16. I am efforting fixing the absence of those two movies. RIP Mr. Kirk.
Yes I’ve seem both Old Yeller and the Shaggy Dog.