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paul_belmonte · 04-25-2003, 12:34 PM

Here's a little-known fact about Don Grady that I bet you never knew: Don got his start as a mouseketeer on the original "Mickey Mouse Club." That's right folks, Don was a mouseketeer. He was on during the 1957-58 season of the show, when he was 13 years old. Here's a little-known fact about the "Club" itself: The original network for the "Mickey Mouse Club" was ABC. Fellow "M3S" cast member Tim Considine was not a mouseketeer, but he did appear in several serials, including "Spin & Marty" with David Stollery and "The Hardy Boys" with Tommy Kirk to name a few, that were shown on the "MMC." Besides Annette Funicello (of course!), a few other original mouseketeers who went on to greater fame include Johnny Crawford from "The Rifleman," Bobby Burgess from "The Lawrence Welk Show," "Wings" make-up artist Tommy Cole, & Paul Petersen from "The Donna Reed Show."

mcgwirefan · 04-26-2003, 02:12 PM

Yes, I did know Don was a Mousketeer. Did you know he went on to compose and do music production? He also dated Tina Cole in real life.

liane49 · 04-01-2013, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by mcgwirefan

Yes, I did know Don was a Mousketeer. Did you know he went on to compose and do music production? He also dated Tina Cole in real life.

Yea I knew that too.

dahur1 · 04-02-2013, 01:12 AM

I knew all that too, except the dating Tina Cole part.

biffbronson · 04-05-2013, 06:14 AM

Don & Tina reportedly were really in a serious relationship. I'm sure that everyone who worked on the series is very much feeling for the loss of Don now.

liane49 · 04-17-2013, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by biffbronson

Don & Tina reportedly were really in a serious relationship. I'm sure that everyone who worked on the series is very much feeling for the loss of Don now.

I herd when they weren't filimg the show they had to practice the kissing seens and then ended up likeing each other as more then co-workers/friends. But I didn't know how long they dated or how serious they were.

AB · 04-17-2013, 04:23 PM

I found a couple of pictures of him as Mouseketeer.

04-25-2003, 12:34 PM	#1
paul_belmonte Banned Banned!! Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 22, 2003 Location: Statesboro, Georgia Posts: 39	Don Grady Here's a little-known fact about Don Grady that I bet you never knew: Don got his start as a mouseketeer on the original "Mickey Mouse Club." That's right folks, Don was a mouseketeer. He was on during the 1957-58 season of the show, when he was 13 years old. Here's a little-known fact about the "Club" itself: The original network for the "Mickey Mouse Club" was ABC. Fellow "M3S" cast member Tim Considine was not a mouseketeer, but he did appear in several serials, including "Spin & Marty" with David Stollery and "The Hardy Boys" with Tommy Kirk to name a few, that were shown on the "MMC." Besides Annette Funicello (of course!), a few other original mouseketeers who went on to greater fame include Johnny Crawford from "The Rifleman," Bobby Burgess from "The Lawrence Welk Show," "Wings" make-up artist Tommy Cole, & Paul Petersen from "The Donna Reed Show."

04-26-2003, 02:12 PM	#2
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04-17-2013, 04:23 PM	#7
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	I found a couple of pictures of him as Mouseketeer. Attached Images

04-02-2013, 01:12 AM	#4
dahur1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 02, 2007 Location: Alamogordo, NM Posts: 195	I knew all that too, except the dating Tina Cole part.