The 22nd Annual Academy Awards recognized Bobby Driscoll with the Juvenile Award honoring him as " the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949 " . That year , 12-year-old Driscoll had starred in the Disney tear-jerker '' So Dear to My Heart '' , as well as garnering critical acclaim for his dramatic performance in the RKO melodrama '' The Window '' . Demonstrating the prestige the Honorary Juvenile Award held for Hollywood child stars of the time , on the night of the ceremony , Driscoll nervously accepted his miniature statuette saying , " I do n't ever think I 've been so thrilled in my life . " The 27th Annual Academy Awards recognized both Jon Whiteley and Vincent Winter with the Juvenile Award honoring their " outstanding juvenile performance ( s ) in '' The Little Kidnappers " '' . Perhaps best known to audiences in their native Scotland , in 1953 , Whiteley , age 8 , and Winter , age 6 , played Harry and Davy respectively , two boys living with their grandfather in Nova Scotia who , forbidden by their grandfather to have a dog , " kidnap " an unattended baby and care for the child as their own in the British produced family drama
27th Annual Academy Awards
27th Academy Awards
Academy Juvenile Award