Tim Considine

Timothy Daniel Considine (December 31, 1940 – March 3, 2022) was an American actor, writer, photographer, and automotive historian. He was best known for his acting roles in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Early life Considine was born in Los Angeles on December 31, 1940. He had two siblings: John, who was also an actor, and Erin. The project was retitled to Spin and Marty, and expanded the role of Spin to a lead character. Considine personally recommended his friend and actor, Stollery, for the role of Marty. The serial was made into three seasons, The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955), The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty (1956), and The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957).

In the 1956 serial, The Hardy Boys, Considine played older brother Frank Hardy, opposite Tommy Kirk as Joe Hardy. It aired for two seasons, The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956) and The Mystery of Ghost Farm (1957).

In 1957, Considine played the role of Ned Nickerson in a television unaired pilot made for CBS based on the Nancy Drew series of books by Carolyn Keene. He co-starred with Roberta Shore and Frankie Thomas.

Also as part of The Mickey Mouse Club, Considine starred in the 1958 serial, Annette, which featured the Mouseketeer Annette Funicello. Considine played Steve Abernathy, and once again, co-starred with Stollery.

In 1959, he appeared in the Disney show The Swamp Fox as Gabriel Marion, nephew of Francis Marion.

In the Disney motion picture The Shaggy Dog (1959), Considine was cast as Buzz Miller, and appeared alongside his Disney co-stars Funicello, Kirk and Stollery.

1959–1970: Television and film Considine appeared as the eldest son, Mike Douglas, in the first years of the long-running television series My Three Sons, when it aired on ABC. In both The Shaggy Dog and My Three Sons, he starred with Fred MacMurray.

The following year, Considine played the role of Franklin D. Roosevelt's eldest son James between ages 14 and 17, in the 1960 feature film Sunrise at Campobello. He played young rebel Billy Penn in the Bonanza episode "The Reluctant Rebel", which aired on November 21, 1965. Considine played the role of "Scott Coleman" in the 1970 Gunsmoke television series (S16.E6 and S16.E7 ), "Snow Train" parts 1 and 2.

Considine later featured in the 1970 film Patton, portraying the shell-shocked soldier slapped by General George S. Patton Jr. The role is credited as "Soldier Who Gets Slapped".

Post acting-career As an adult, Considine was an automobile historian, photographer, and writer who specialized in motor sports. He was the author of The Photographic Dictionary of Soccer (1979, ), The Language of Sport (1982, ), and American Grand Prix Racing: A Century of Drivers and Cars (1997, ). He also filled in for the late William Safire as writer of the "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine.

Anniversary In 2000, Considine and David Stollery, his co-star in the Spin and Marty serials, made cameo appearances in The New Adventures of Spin and Marty: Suspect Behavior, a made-for-TV movie on the ABC network. On the 50th anniversary of the serial's premiere, Considine and Stollery were interviewed by Leonard Maltin as a DVD bonus feature about their experiences filming the hit series. Considine later participated in the My Three Sons 50th-anniversary reunion at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California, on June 19, 2010. He was a panelist at the event alongside most of the surviving cast members.

Personal life Considine married his first wife, Charlotte Stewart, in 1965. They did not have children and divorced in 1969. Ten years later, he married Willett Hunt. They remained married until his death and had one son, Christopher.

Filmography

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