Keith Coogan

Keith Eric Mitchell was born on January 13, 1970,^[5] 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.^[6] His grandfather's death notice stated that 14-year-old-grandson Keith Mitchell would be giving a eulogy at the funeral.^[7]

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.^[8] and Silver Spoons.^[9] From 1979-1980 he had the recurring role of Jeffrey Burton on The Waltons.^[10] He later appeared on an episode of Starman^[11]

His film work includes doing the voice of Young Tod, the fox, on The Fox and the Hound.^[12] He played Brad Anderson in Adventures in Babysitting,^[13] Crush Kane in Book of Love,^[14] and Willie Jones in Downhill Willie.^[15] Coogan also appeared in Cousins,^[16] Toy Soldiers,^[17] Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead,^[12] and In the Army Now.^[18]

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.^[19]

In 2008, he worked in Dallas, Texas, on a short film, The Keith Coogan Experience.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[20]

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.^[21]

Coogan hosted "The Call Sheet" on the SkidRowStudios.com radio podcast network, an entertainment industry-based show that also covered tech news and politics.^[22]