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Kevin Anthony "Moochie" Corcoran (June 10, 1949 – October 6, 2015) was an American director, producer, and former child actor. He appeared in numerous Disney projects between 1957 and 1963, frequently as an irrepressible character with the nickname Moochie. 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 "Bill" Corcoran, Sr. (1905–1958), was a police officer and then director of maintenance at MGM Studios. Corcoran's mother, the former Kathleen McKenney (1917–1972), was, like her husband, a native of Quincy, Massachusetts. ==Moochie== Between 1956 and 1960, Corcoran played several different (but similar) characters, each bearing the nickname Moochie. Although he was never a Mouseketeer, Corcoran appeared in three ''Mickey Mouse Club'' serials, beginning with ''Adventure in Dairyland'', where he played Moochie McCandless, a farmer's son. This was the first of Corcoran's many Disney credits. He soon returned, as Montgomery (Moochie) O'Hara, in two ''Spin and Marty'' serials, ''The Further Adventures of Spin and Marty'' and ''The New Adventures of Spin and Marty''.〔 Corcoran appeared in a Mouseketeer outfit with the name Moochie across his chest - once. In ''Disneyland: The Fourth Anniversary Show'' (1957), "Mouseketeer" Moochie repeatedly badgers Walt Disney for information about ''Zorro''.〔 Also on the fourth anniversary show, aired on September 11, 1957, segments were shown of ''Rainbow Road to Oz'', a live-action film about characters in the Land of Oz. Inspired by L. Frank Baum's Oz books, the film was to star some of the Mouseketeers, including Darlene Gillespie as Dorothy and Annette Funicello as Ozma, as well as Tommy Kirk and Corcoran.〔"Movie Producers Crashing Broadway", ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'' (September 3, 1957), page B-8〕 Continuing his fictional Moochie roles, Corcoran played Montgomery "Moochie" Daniels in the 1959 Disney film ''The Shaggy Dog''. He also starred as Moochie Morgan in ''Moochie of the Little League'' (1959) and ''Moochie of Pop Warner Football'' (1960), both for the Disney anthology series. Character actor Russ Conway played his father.〔 In each iteration, Moochie likes to hang out with the older "guys" (big brother Wilby in ''The Shaggy Dog'', the title characters in ''Spin and Marty''), and hates being treated like the little kid he is. His determination to emulate elder peers despite adult warnings (swimming, helping Wilby, even switch-hitting) frequently gets him in trouble, but Moochie's bravado always returns soon afterward. Film writer Donald Liebenson has called Corcoran's character "part All-American boy and part hellion." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kevin Corcoran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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