Keith Coogan (born Keith Eric Mitchell, January 13, 1970) is an American actor. He is the grandson of actor Jackie Coogan. In 1982, he won a Young Artist Award as a guest performer on Knight Rider.1982 Young Artist Award winners
Early life Keith Eric Mitchell was born on January 13, 1970, in Palm Springs, California, the son of Leslie Diane Coogan Mitchell, a realtor. He changed his name to "Keith Coogan" in 1986, two years after the death of his grandfather, Jackie Coogan. His grandfather's death notice stated that 14-year-old-grandson Keith Mitchell would be giving a eulogy at the funeral.Coggan Funeral Will Be In Culver, The Daily Breeze (Torrance, CA),March 3, 1984, page 4
Career As a child, while working as Keith Mitchell, he appeared on episodes of The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Mork & Mindy, Eight Is Enough, Knight Rider, Fame, 21 Jump Street, CHiPs. International Television & Video Almanac Volume 45, page 115, Quigley Publishing, 2000 and Silver Spoons.Names in the News, Ventura County Star, November 8, 1986, page 5 From 1979-1980 he had the recurring role of Jeffrey Burton on The Waltons.Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earl, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Twentieth Anniversary Edition), page 1094, Ballantine Publishing Company, 1999 He later appeared on an episode of Starman.Phillip Garcia, Frank, Science Fiction Television Series: Episode Guides, 1959 Through 1989, McFarland, Inc., 2014
His film work includes doing the voice of Young Tod, the fox, on The Fox and the Hound.Feldman, Corey, Choreography: A Memoir, page 28, St. Martin's Press, 2013 He played Brad Anderson in Adventures in Babysitting,Dwyer, Michael D., Tinsel and Rust: How Hollywood Manufactured the Rust Belt, page 889, Oxford University Press, 2025 Crush Kane in Book of Love,Wills, John, Screen World 1992, page 14, Crown Publishers, 1993 and Willie Jones in Downhill Willie.Send, Bryan, Ski Films: A Comprehensive Guide, page 68, McFarland, Inc., 2002 Coogan also appeared in Cousins,Martin, Leonard, Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: The Modern Era, page 293, Plume, 2017 Toy Soldiers,Julius, Marshall, Action!: The Action Movie A-Z, page 219, Indiana University Press, 1996 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, and In the Army Now.Maltin, Leonard, Leonard Maltin's 2009 Movie Guide, page 680, Plume, 2008
His theater credits include two James McLure plays – Pvt. Wars and The Agent. He was also in a work by Marsha Norman, The Holdup. All were performed at Timothy and Buck Busfield's "B" St. Theater in Sacramento, California, during the 1992 and 1993 seasons.The “B” St. Theatre Ad, The Sacramento Bee, December 18, 1992, page 114
In 2008, he worked in Dallas, Texas, on a short film, The Keith Coogan Experience. On January 1, 2010, Coogan started the "Monologue a Day Project", where he learns a monologue or other short piece every day, "as inspired by Julie & Julia", and posts the resulting video performance on blogspot.com.
Coogan was featured in the minidocumentary, Simply Coogan – An Interview with Keith Coogan, released by Coogan on December 13, 2010, which coincided with his birthday celebrations.
Coogan hosted "The Call Sheet" on the SkidRowStudios.com radio podcast network, an entertainment industry-based show that also covered tech news and politics.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role 1981 The Fox and the Hound Young Tod (voice) 1982 All Summer in a Day William 1982 Million Dollar Infield Vance Levitas 1987 Adventures in Babysitting Brad Anderson 1987 Hiding Out Patrick Morenski 1989 Cousins Mitch 1989 Cheetah Ted Johnson 1989 Under the Boardwalk Andy 1989 Spooner DB Reynolds 1990 Book of Love Crutch Kane 1991 Toy Soldiers Jonathan "Snuffy" Bradberry 1991 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Kenny Crandell 1992 Forever Ted Dickson 1994 In the Army Now Stoner # 1 1995 Downhill Willie Willie Jones 1995 A Reason to Believe Potto 1995 The Power Within Eric Graves 1998 Just a Little Harmless Sex Loudmouth Guy 1998 The Godson Clumsy Student 1998 Ivory Tower Russ Dyerson 1998 Evasive Action Anthony Tait 1999 Dreamers Rob 2001 Soulkeeper Tour Guide 2011 Cats Dancing on Jupiter Fred 2012 Waking Edward 2017 Limelight Jim 2018 A Tale of Two Coreys Marty Weiss 2019 Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Himself 2024 Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Asher Upcoming Chicken Head Gus Jensen
Television Year Title Role Notes 1979-80 The Waltons Jeffrey Burton 18 Episodes - as Keith Mitchell 1979 Eight Is Enough Bobby (S3:E22) - as Keith Mitchell 1980 Eight Is Enough Vincent (S4:E26) - as Keith Mitchell 1981 It's a Living Joey Adams (S1:E12) - as Keith Mitchell 1981 Little House on the Prairie Timothy (S7:E15) - as Keith Mitchell 1982 Mork & Mindy Scottie (S4:E21) - as Keith Mitchell 1986 Growing Pains Scottie (S1:E16) 1989 21 Jump Street Kyle DeGray (S4:E12)
References
External links
Monologue a Day Project at blogspot.com