Tim Considine

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name = Tim Considine


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caption = Tim Considine introduces the first Hardy Boys serial on "Mickey Mouse Club"
birthdate = Birth date and age|1940|12|31|mf=y
location = Los Angeles, California, USA
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occupation = Author, Photographer, Actor
notable role = Spin Evans, Frank Hardy, Mike Douglas

Tim Considine (born December 31, 1940, in Los Angeles, California) is a former American child actor and young adult actor who was popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He later beame a writer, photographer, and automotive historian. Considine's most famous acting roles were in the 1955–1957 Disney TV serials "Spin and Marty" (he played Spin) and "The Hardy Boys" (he played older brother Frank opposite Tommy Kirk as Joe), both of which appeared in 15-minute segments on the "Mickey Mouse Club"; in the Disney show "Swamp Fox" as Gabriel Marion, nephew of Francis Marion; in the Disney motion picture "The Shaggy Dog"; and as the eldest son, "Mike Douglas", in the first years of the long-running television sitcom "My Three Sons". In the latter two, he starred with Fred MacMurray. Cynthia Pepper, later of ABC's "Margie" played his girlfriend Jean Pearson in the first season of "My Three Sons". Considine also had a notable role in the 1970 film, "Patton", as one of two soldiers being slapped by the general for being a coward.

Considine is a grandson of both theater magnate Alexander Pantages and Pantages' rival vaudeville impresario John Considine. His older brother is actor John Considine. His cousin, Bob Considine (1906-1975), was writer and King Features Syndicate columnist.

As an adult, Tim Considine is a respected automobile historian, photographer, and writer who specializes in motor sports. He is the author of "The Photographic Dictionary of Soccer" (1979, ISBN 0446879533), "The Language of Sport" (1982, ISBN 0871966530), and "American Grand Prix Racing: A Century of Drivers and Cars" (1997, ISBN 0760302103). He has also filled in for William Safire as writer of the "On Language" column in "The New York Times Magazine", according to his Disney Legends biography.

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. A DVD version of the was released in December 2005 as part of the fifth wave of the "Walt Disney Treasures" series. On the 50th anniversary of the serial's premiere, Considine and Stollery are interviewed by Leonard Maltin as a DVD bonus feature about their experiences filming the hit series.

External links

* [http://www.authorsandartists.com/Tim/tim.htm Official website]
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* [http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Tim%20Considine Disney Legends profile]
* [http://www.originalmmc.com/considine.html Tim Considine profile]