In the 1960s all my social life was underground gay. It was my own life. I kept it separate from work, where I went on publicity dates with Annette Funicello or Roberta Shore.
Even more than MGM, Disney [in the early 1960s] was the most conservative studio in town....They were growing aware. They weren`t stupid. They could add two and two, and I think they were beginning to suspect my homosexuality. I noticed people in certain ...
In 1965, I`d signed a contract for `The Sons of Katie Elder` with John Wayne, but a week before shooting I went to a Hollywood party that the vice squad busted because of marijuana. I was handcuffed and photos of me got in the papers with headlines like `...
In the 1960s all my social life was underground gay. It was my own life. I kept it separate from work, where I went on publicity dates with Annette Funicello or Roberta Shore.
