{"id":240,"date":"2015-10-07T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T20:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2015-10-07T15:47:07","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T20:47:07","slug":"actorproducer-kevin-corcoran-dies-at-66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/07\/actorproducer-kevin-corcoran-dies-at-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor\/Producer Kevin Corcoran Dies at 66"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_238\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-238\" style=\"width: 456px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_old-yeller.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-238\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_old-yeller.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Corcoran with &quot;Spike&quot; in Walt Disney's Old Yeller (1957)\" width=\"456\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_old-yeller.jpg 456w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_old-yeller-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Corcoran with &#8220;Spike&#8221; in Walt Disney&#8217;s <em>Old Yeller<\/em> (1957)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kevin Corcoran, best known to generations of film fans as the youngest brother in the classic, emotionally devastating Disney film, <em>Old Yeller<\/em>, has died at 66, his family confirmed today. Corcoran enjoyed a career as a child actor before transitioning as an adult to a career behind the camera, working in various capacities on numerous films and television shows, including <em>Pete\u2019s Dragon<\/em>, and most recently as a producer on <em>Sons of Anarchy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-236\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_club.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-236\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_club-150x150.jpg\" alt=\" Kevin Corcoran in Bon Voyage! (1962)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_club-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_club-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_club-57x57.jpg 57w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Corcoran in <em>Bon Voyage!<\/em> (1962)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kevin Anthony &#8220;Moochie&#8221; Corcoran was born on June 10, 1949, in Santa Monica, California. He appeared in numerous Disney projects between 1957 and 1963, frequently as an irrepressible character with the nickname Moochie.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3438933247\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of eight children, most of whom did some acting in the late 1950s to early 1960s, Corcoran was the sibling whose work is best remembered. His father, William &#8220;Bill&#8221; Corcoran, Sr. (1905\u20131958), was a police officer and then director of maintenance at MGM Studios. Corcoran&#8217;s mother, the former Kathleen McKenney (1917\u20131972), was, like her husband, a native of Quincy, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-239\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_toby_tyler.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-239\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_toby_tyler-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"10 year old Kevin Corcoran (left) in Walt Disney's Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_toby_tyler-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_toby_tyler-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_toby_tyler-57x57.jpg 57w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">10 year old Kevin Corcoran (left) in Walt Disney&#8217;s <em>Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus<\/em> (1960)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Corcoran got his start in a small role in <em>The Glen Miller Story<\/em> in 1954, quickly establishing himself as a child actor playing several different, yet similar characters all called \u201cMoochie\u201d in various Disney productions. He would play different versions of \u201cMoochie\u201d throughout the 1950s, and among his roles during this period were appearances in three <em>Mickey Mouse Club<\/em> serials, episodes of the series of television shorts <em>Spin and Marty<\/em>, and <em>The Shaggy Dog<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>These roles helped establish a long relationship with Disney, for whom Corcoran appeared in many productions as other characters, often as the young sidekick to the main character.<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Pollyanna<\/em>, he played the title character\u2019s friend Jimmy Bean; He played the youngest son, Francis, in <em>Swiss Family Robinson<\/em>; and he played James Boone in the 1960 <em>Daniel Boone<\/em> miniseries, among many others.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2699802998\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Corcoran received his highest critical praise as Arliss Coates in <em>Old Yeller<\/em> (1957). In the film, Old Yeller\u2019s rabies-driven attempt to bite Arliss is what forces his older brother Travis to put the dog down.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Corcoran was the brother of Donna Corcoran, Noreen Corcoran, Hugh Corcoran, Brian Corcoran, Kerry Corcoran, and Kelly Corcoran (1958\u20132002). Elder siblings Donna, Noreen, and Hugh Corcoran have extensive film and television credits as child actors during the 1950s. Donna, Noreen, and Kevin all appeared in the 1955 film <em>Violent Saturday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-237\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_bunny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-237\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_bunny-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin Corcoran as Duncan Colt in Walt Disney's The Rabbit Trap (1959).\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_bunny-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_bunny-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/kevin_corcoran_mm_bunny-57x57.jpg 57w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin Corcoran as Duncan Colt in Walt Disney&#8217;s <em>The Rabbit Trap<\/em> (1959).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Noreen Corcoran starred as Kelly Gregg on the television series <em>Bachelor Father<\/em> from 1957-1962. During its five-year run, <em>Bachelor Father<\/em> was seen on all three national networks. Brian Corcoran played Kevin&#8217;s brother, and Kerry, his sister, in the 1960 <em>Daniel Boone<\/em> miniseries on <em>Walt Disney Presents<\/em>, then on ABC. Brian also was Willie Winkie to Kevin Corcoran&#8217;s Boy Blue in the 1961 film <em>Babes in Toyland<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Donna Corcoran played Moochie&#8217;s sister Marian in Moochie of the <em>Little League<\/em> (1960). She also played Bridget White, (&#8220;&#8230;eight years old&#8221;) as the little orphan who saw the &#8220;Angels in the Outfield&#8221; in the original 1951 version with Paul Douglas and Janet Leigh. Younger brother Kelly Corcoran (1958\u20132002) portrayed 8-year-old Kip Pride in the NBC western series <em>The Road West<\/em> (1966\u20131967), starring Barry Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Corcoran was been married to Laura Soltwedel since June 24, 1972.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Corcoran, best known to generations of film fans as the youngest brother in the classic, emotionally devastating Disney film, Old Yeller, has died at 66, his family confirmed today. 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