Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Kevin Corcoran

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Kevin Anthony Corcoran known to the film world as “Moochie” was born in Santa Monica, California on June 10, 1949. He was one of eight children, all of whom acted in films during the 1950s and 1960s.

Kevin Corcoran's father, William "Bill" Corcoran, Sr. (1905-1958), was a studio-police security officer and then became the MGM Studio's Director of Maintenance at the Louis B. Mayer Culver City MGM Film Studios. This led to his children becoming actors in films and TV series.

Kevin attended Grover Cleveland High School in Reseda, California and then on to San Fernando Valley State College where he graduated with a degree in theatre arts.

His first film appearance was as Steve Miller in “The Glenn Miller Story” in 1955 starring Jimmy Stewart.  As “Moochie” he is probably best remembered for his many roles in Disney films and television productions such as “Old Yeller” (1957), “The Shaggy Dog” (1959) and “The Swiss Family Robinson” in 1960.

Corcoran besides being an actor in 35 films, went on to become a film producer on 13 films and an assistant director on 17. For television Kevin produced the 1983 pilot episode of CBS' "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" and went on to serve as a second assistant director on that series as well as on other hour long (60 mintelevisionn film series like "Simon & Simon," "Baywatch," "Quantum Leap," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Providence". Corcoran was a co-producer on nine episodes of "The Shield" and on 14 installments of another FX drama, "Sons of Anarchy," created by Kurt Sutter, who said, "Corcoran was a delightful person and producer, including on "The Shield".

He was married to Laura Rae Soltwedel from 1972 until his death from colorectal cancer on October 6, 2015, at the age of 66.

Kevin Corcoran appeared in one Euro-western “Blue” in 1968 as Rory Calvin.

CORCORAN, Kevin (Kevin Anthony Corcoran) [6/10/1949, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A. – 10/6/2015, Burbank, California, USA (colorectal cancer)] – film, TV actor, brother of actress Donna Corcoran (Donna Marie Corcoran) [1942-    ], actress Noreen Corcoran (Noreen M. Corcoran) [1943-2016], producer, writer, actor Hugh Corcoran (Hugh Vincent Corcoran) [1947-2023], producer, director, actor Brian Corcoran (Brian Peter Corcoran) [1951-2014], actress Kerry Corcoran (Kerry Annmary Corcoran) [1952-    ], actor Kelly Corcoran (Kelly Patrick Corcoran) [1958-2002], married to Laura Rae Soltwedel [1952-    ] (1972-2015).

Blue – 1968 (Rory Calvin)