Driscoll received an Academy Juvenile Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the 22nd Academy Awards presentation in 1950. The award was presented as a special miniature Oscar statuette for "the outstanding juvenile actor of 1949" for his roles in "So Dear to My Heart" and "The Window", both released that year. He also received the "Milky Way Gold Star Award" in 1954 for his work on television and radio.