![]() Self-motivated from an early age, Tim himself determined that acting was what he wanted to do. Though he never knew his maternal grandfather, the story of Alexander Pantages' downfall, through a smear campaign instigated by business rivals, may have instilled in Tim a wariness for those who make their living from celebrity gossip. The personal circumstances of his mother (with whom he lived as a child and teenager) are perhaps best described as upper middle class. While Tim undeniably came from a wealthy background, his father stopped making movies in 1943, and his parents had divorced by the time he started acting. Tim has one brother, John Considine, himself an actor and writer, who is five years older. Tim's mother, Carmen, was an heiress to the theatre chain founded by her father, Alexander Pantages, who immigrated to the United States from Greece around 1885. ![]() Tim himself told interviewers in the fifties that sportswriter Bob Considine was his uncle, though the actual relationship is more likely third cousins. Tim's father and grandfather were both US-born (contrary to claims on many internet sources), the family having come originally from County Clare, Ireland. Considine Jr, was an Oscar-nominated movie producer ( Boys Town, MGM 1938), and himself the son of a theatrical producer. He specializes in sports, travel, and automotive writing and photography - and has even written several times about his former costar, David Stollery, who now designs cars for a living.įor more on the Mouseketeers’ lives on The Mickey Mouse Club and beyond, check out my book Why? Because We Still Like You.Timothy Daniel Considine was born in Los Angeles to a show business family, though one that created and exhibited rather than performed. ![]() He eventually started freelance writing, which he continues to do today. I just wasn’t that interested in doing the same thing over again.” He started writing for the screen with his brother, John, but still chafed under Hollywood types’ constant tinkering with his words. And I said, ‘Well, I’m out.’ It wasn’t that I hated anybody or anything. He asked to direct some episodes, but producer Don Fedderson balked, so, at the age of 24, Tim walked away from the hit. But he retired from acting yet again just five years into the successful sitcom’s run when he decided he’d rather work behind the camera. Now: Along with Mouseketeer Don Grady, Tim starred as the eldest of My Three Sons starting in 1960. As she wrote in her autobiography, “In my adoration of Tim, I was one of millions of teenage girls.” Even Annette Funicello herself couldn’t help but fall for his charm. Along with his costar (and good friend) David Stollery, he became one of the Club‘s teenage heartthrobs. ![]() That was what I had that virtually no one else had.” But he loved the idea of working for Disney and fit perfectly into the role of the most popular kid at the Triple R Ranch summer camp. What the hell did he care whether I was ever in a movie? They were never impressed with it, and that was to my great advantage. “Unlike most child actors, I was permitted by my parents to act,” he says. Preternaturally confident, he retired often from his acting career. Considine Jr., produced early Hollywood films such as Boys’ Town and Puttin’ on the Ritz his mother, Carmen Pantages, came from the family that owned the famous Los Angeles theater chain bearing their last name. Then: Tim Considine (pictured here in My Three Sons, just a few years after The Mickey Mouse Club ended) gained fame as the scrappy Spin on the Club‘s wildly popular serial, The Adventures of Spin and Marty. ![]()
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