Keith Coogan

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Keith Coogan (born January 13, 1970, Palm Springs, California) is an American actor and the grandson of Jackie Coogan, the world's first child film star.

Biography

Coogan was born Keith Eric Mitchell. He began acting in 1975. He appeared in 1970s and 1980s television shows, including The Waltons, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Laverne and Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Eight is Enough, Knight Rider, Growing Pains, Silver Spoons, Fame, and CHiPs. Coogan played the voice of a young fox named "Tod" in the Disney animated movie The Fox and the Hound. He changed his name to "Keith Coogan" in 1986, two years after the death of his grandfather. Coogan starred in films such as Adventures in Babysitting, Cousins, Hiding Out, Cheetah, Toy Soldiers, Book of Love, and Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead.

His theater credits include John Olive's The Voice of the Prairie, James McClure's Pvt. Wars, and an unfinished Louisville work by Marsha Norman, The Holdup. All were performed at Timothy and Buck Busfield's "B" St. Theater in Sacramento, CA during the 1992 and '93 seasons. He is also a founding member of the Troubadour Theater Company, otherwise known as the Troubies, formerly known as the Latchkey Players. Coogan also directed Pvt. Wars at the Complex Theater in Hollywood, CA.

Coogan also appeared in straight to video releases such as Python and Soulkeeper. He guest-starred on Joan of Arcadia and Married to the Kellys.

In 2008, Keith worked in Dallas, TX on the short film "The Keith Coogan Experience".

High School

Keith attended Santa Monica High School in 1986.

External links

• Keith Coogan at the Internet Movie Database