Corcoran, Bill (Billy Corcoran, William Corcoran)

PERSONAL

Full name, William Corcoran; married; wife's name, Julie; children: Liam, Cole. Education: Studied psychology and English at Trent University. Avocational Interests: Business, gardening, horses, literature, medicine, sports.

Addresses:

Agent—Preferred Artists, 16633 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1421, Encino, CA 91436.

Career:

Director, producer, and actor. Humber Workshop Productions, filmmaker. Worked as a family therapist at Blue Hills Academy and York County Psychiatric Hospital in Ontario, Canada; worked with and performed assessments of emotionally disturbed children.

Member:

Directors Guild of America, Directors Guild of Canada, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

Awards, Honors:

Christopher Award (with others), television specials, 1997, for A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story; Gemini Award nomination, best direction in a dramatic series, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, 2002, for Cold Squad.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Second assistant director, 125 Rooms of Comfort, 1974.

Second assistant director, Death Weekend (also known as The House by the Lake and Fin de semaine infernale), 1976.

Second assistant director, The Far Shore (also known as The Art of Lust and L'autre rive), 1976.

Second assistant director, Shoot, 1976.

First assistant director, Raku Fire, 1977.

Second assistant director, Welcome to Blood City (also known as Blood City), 1977.

Second assistant director, Draga kisfiam, 1978.

(As William Corcoran) Unit manager, High-Ballin', 1978.

First assistant director and second unit director, Improper Channels, Crown International Pictures, 1979.

Location manager: Canada, The Black Stallion (also known as Black Stallion, Czarny rumak, Der Schwarze Hengst, El cavall negre, El corcel negro, L'etalon noir, Musta ori, Svarta hinsten, and To mavro alogo), United Artists, 1979.

Second assistant director, Lost and Found, 1979.

First assistant director, Ticket to Heaven, United Artists Classics, 1981.

Assistant director, Hard Feelings (also known as Hang Tough and Cen rancunes), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1982.

Associate producer, horse coordinator, and assistant to producers, The Black Stallion Returns (also known as Como una y carne, Czarny rumak powraca, Der Schwarze Hengst kehrt zurueck, El retorno del corcel negro, Le retour de l'etalon noir, Mustan orin paluu, and O regresso do corcel negro), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1983.

First assistant director, Martin's Day, 1983.

Assistant director, Youngblood (also known as Bodycheck, Spalle larghe, Veia de campeao, and Youngblood—laetkae veressae), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1986.

(As William Corcoran) First assistant director, Made in U.S.A., De Laurentiis Entertainment Group/Hemdale/Nelson Entertainment, 1988.

Director, The Elite, 1989.

Director, Portraits of a Killer (also known as Portraits of Innocence and Portraits de l'innocence), LIVE Entertainment, 1996.

Director, Left Behind II: Tribulation Force (also known as Left Behind 2, Tribulation Force, Tribulation Force: The Movie, and Kadotettu maailma 2: Viimeisten paeivien vaellus), Cloud Ten Pictures/Darius Films/Namesake Entertainment, 2002.

Film Appearances:

(As Billy Corcoran) Leonard Crawley (seven years old), What a Way to Go! (also known as I Love Louisa, Ella y sus maridos, I kyria kai oi andres tis, Immer mit einem anderen, La senora y sus maridos, La signora e i suoi mariti, Miten taemaekin paeaettyy, and Sikken en seks-tur), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1964.

Television Work; Series:

Producer, Hope Island, PAX TV, 1999-2000.

Also worked as a stunt performer for The Forest Rangers.

Television Director; Miniseries:

Incident at Victoria Falls (also known as Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls, SherlockHolmes: Incident at Victoria Falls, Sherlock Holmes: The Star of Africa, and The Star of Africa), syndicated, 1991.

Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac, CBS, 1997.

Television Director; Movies:

Second assistant director, Torn between Two Lovers, CBS, 1979.

Unknown Subject, 1989.

Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story (also known as Shattered Trust), NBC, 1993.

Survive the Night (also known as Night Hunt), USA Network, 1993.

She Led Two Lives (also known as Deux maris pour Rebecca, Doble engano, Sie lebt zwei Leben, Uma mulher com duas vidas, Un mari de trop, Una doble vida, and Vida dupla), NBC, 1994.

Web of Deceit (also known as I Know My Son Is Alive), NBC, 1994.

Trust in Me, CTV (Canada), c. 1994.

Dancing in the Dark (also known as Dancando no escuro, Dance pour moi!, Glaub mir!, Passi di follia, and Umpikujassa), Lifetime, 1995.

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story (also known as A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes), CBS, 1995.

A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story, CBS, 1996.

Sealed with a Kiss (also known as Kiss & Die, Der Serienmoerder—Hotline ins Bordell, Instinto assassino, and Sellado con un beso), 1996.

Let Me Call You Sweetheart (also known as Mary Higgins Clark's "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"), Family Channel, 1997.

Too Close to Home, CBS, 1997.

A Walton Easter, CBS, 1997.

Moonlight Becomes You (also known as En morder paa sporet, La luna se refleja en ti, and Mary Higgins Clark's "Der Moerder mit dem Glockchen Tick …"), Family Channel, 1998.

Outlaw Justice (also known as The Long Kill), CBS, 1998.

Quints (also known as Jamie und die Funflinge and Les quintuples), Disney Channel, 2000.

Atomic Twister (also known as Twister 2, Alerte maximum, Atomic Twister—Sturm des Untergangs, and Tappava tornado), TBS, 2002.

(As Bill Corcoran) A Job to Kill for (also known as The Protege and Fascination criminelle), Lifetime, 2006.

Ghost Prison, Lifetime, 2007.

Safe Harbour (also known as Danielle Steel's "Safe Harbour "), Lifetime, 2007.

Television First Assistant Director; Movies:

The Canary, CBC, 1975.

Brethern, 1977.

The Wordsmith, 1979.

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper (also known as Desert Blades and Otages a Teheran), CTV (Canada), 1981.

The Terry Fox Story (also known as Heart of a Champion, Cuorde di campione, and Marathon der Hoffnung), HBO and CTV (Canada), 1983.

The Cuckoo Bird, 1985.

Unnatural Causes (also known as Agent Orange—tuhon siemen, Onaturliga haendelser, Todesursache—Agent Orange, and Una storia dal Vietnam), NBC, 1986.

Drop-Out Mother (also known as Goodbye, Supermom, Mulher dividida, Mutter kriegt die kurve nicht, and Superaeiti), CBS, 1988.

Television First Assistant Director; Specials:

"Cougar," ABC Weekend Specials, ABC, 1984.

In This Corner, CBC, 1985.

Television Director; Episodic:

Ritter's Cove (also known as Die Kuestenpiloten), CBC, episodes beginning c. 1980.

First assistant director, "Spanish Blood," Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, c. 1986.

Friday the 13th (also known as Friday's Curse, Friday the 13th: The Series, The 13th Hour, Aaveita ja kummituksia, Erben des Fluchs, Kauhun kammio, L'entrepot du diable, Misterio para tres, Pentek 13, Perjantain kirous, and Vendredi 13), syndicated, episodes beginning c. 1987.

J. J. Starbuck, NBC, episodes beginning c. 1987.

21 Jump Street, Fox and syndicated, episodes beginning c. 1987.

Wiseguy, CBS, episodes beginning c. 1987.

(As William Corcoran) "Ancient Voices," Alfred Hitchcock Presents (also known as Alfred Hitchcock esittaeae, Alfred Hitchcock presenta, Alfred Hitchcock presente, and Alfred Hitchcock zeigt), USA Network, 1988.

My Secret Identity, syndicated, episodes beginning c. 1988.

"Children of Light," MacGyver, ABC, 1989.

"Jesse's Fifteen Minutes," Hard Time on Planet Earth, CBS, 1989.

Booker (also known as Booker, P.I.), Fox, episodes in 1989.

Top of the Hill, CBS, episodes in 1989.

Unsub, NBC, episodes in 1989.

(As William Corcoran) "For Art's Sake," Alfred Hitchcock Presents (also known as Alfred Hitchcock esittaeae, Alfred Hitchcock presenta, Alfred Hitchcock presente, and Alfred Hitchcock zeigt), USA Network, c. 1989.

E.A.R.T.H. Force (also known as The Elite E.A.R.T.H. Force), CBS, episodes in 1990.

Sunset Beat, ABC, episodes in 1990.

Equal Justice, ABC, episodes beginning c. 1990.

African Skies, episodes beginning c. 1991.

Street Justice, syndicated, episodes beginning c. 1991.

Human Target, ABC, episodes in 1992.

Mann & Machine, NBC, episodes in 1992.

"Blindside," Matrix, USA Network, 1993.

"The Firefighter," Madison (also known as Working It out at Madison), CanWest Global Television, 1993.

"Meeting of Minds," Madison (also known as Working It out at Madison), CanWest Global Television, 1993.

"Reunion," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, syndicated, 1993.

"Duty Bound," Lonesome Dove: The Series, syndicated, 1994.

"Old Friends, Dead Ends," Robin's Hoods (also known as Robins Club, A toca de Robin, Les anges gardiens, and Mis cinco delincuentes), syndicated, 1994.

New York Undercover (also known as Uptown Undercover), Fox, episodes c. 1994-97.

The Wright Verdicts, CBS, episodes in 1995.

Pensacola: Wings of Gold, syndicated, episodes beginning c. 1997.

Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (also known as Eerie, Indiana and Eerie, Indiana—Die andere Dimension), Fox, episodes in 1998.

Cold Squad (also known as Files from the Past, Cold Squad, brigade speciale, and Halott uegyek), CTV (Canada), episodes beginning c. 1998.

Prey (also known as Hungry for Survival, AND, menace immediate, Prey—Gefaehrliche Spezies, and Saalis), ABC, episodes beginning c. 1998.

"One False Step," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles and Stargaate SG-1), Showtime and syndicated, 1999.

"Seth," Stargate SG-1 (also known as La porte des etoiles and Stargaate SG-1), Showtime and syndicated, 1999.

First Wave, Sci-Fi Channel, episodes beginning c. 1999.

Hope Island, PAX TV, episodes c. 1999-2000.

"Flight 666," The Immortal, syndicated, 2000.

"The Hunted," The Immortal, syndicated, 2000.

"State of Emergency," Just Deal, NBC, 2000.

"Fading Star," Just Cause, PAX TV, 2002.

"The Fate of the Liverpool Flyer," Adventure Inc. (also known as Aventure et associes), syndicated, 2002.

"Making News," Just Cause, PAX TV, 2002.

Code Name: Eternity, Sci-Fi Channel, episodes beginning c. 2003.

"No Exit," Mutant X, syndicated, 2004.

(As Bill Corcoran) Falcon Beach, CanWest Global Television and ABC Family Channel, episodes beginning 2006.

Also directed episodes of other programs, including The Beachcombers, CBC; and The Black Stallion. Assistant director for other programs, including Adderly, CBS.

Television Director; Pilots:

Wolf, CBS, 1989.

E.A.R.T.H. Force (also known as The Elite E.A.R.T.H. Force), CBS, 1990.

Equal Justice, ABC, 1990.

Sunset Beat, ABC, 1990.

Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (also known as Eerie, Indiana and Eerie, Indiana—Die andere Dimension), Fox, 1998.

"Just Cause," Just Cause, PAX TV, 2002.

Falcon Beach, CanWest Global Television and ABC Family Channel, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Billy Corcoran) Jerry Wilson, "No Less a Man," Bonanza (also known as Ponderosa), NBC, 1964.

Ronny, "The Vulcan Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1964.

(As Billy Corcoran) Ted, "Sunday Father," The Eleventh Hour, NBC, 1964.

(As Billy Corcoran) Gregg Williams, "Uncle Jeff Needs You," The Donna Reed Show, ABC, 1965.

Pete, "Monsters and Junk Like That," My Three Sons, CBS, 1965.

(As Billy Corcoran) Boy scout, "How to Hatch a Dinosaur," Batman, CBS, 1967.

(As Billy Corcoran) Boy scout, "The Ogg Couple," Batman, CBS, 1967.

(As Billy Corcoran) Danny Richards, "Atta Girl, Kelly!: Dog of Destiny," Disneyland (also known as Disney's Wonderful World, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical World of Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and The Wonderful World of Disney), NBC, 1967.

(As Billy Corcoran) Danny Richards, "Atta Girl, Kelly!: K for Kelly," Disneyland (also known as Disney's Wonderful World, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical World of Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and The Wonderful World of Disney), NBC, 1967.

(As Billy Corcoran) Danny Richards, "Atta Girl, Kelly!: Love Is Blind," Disneyland (also known as Disney's Wonderful World, The Disney Sunday Movie, The Magical World of Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Presents, Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, and The Wonderful World of Disney), NBC, 1967.

Dick, "You Saw a What?," My Three Sons, CBS, 1967.

(As Billy Corcoran) Third boy, "The Ordeal of Israel Boone," Daniel Boone, NBC, 1967.

"The When in Rome Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NBC, 1967.

(As Billy Corcoran) Tommy, "Pride of a Man," Bonanza (also known as Ponderosa), NBC, 1968.

Harvey Klinger, "Going, Going … Steady," The Brady Bunch, ABC, 1970.

(As Billy Corcoran) Joe Higbee, "Readin', Ritin', and Revolt," Daniel Boone, NBC, 1970.

Himself, Intimate Portrait: Victoria Principal, Lifetime, 1998.

Stage Director:

Director of various stage productions, including Extremities, Golden Boy, Mad in Canada, Talking with, Texts from Nothing, and Under Milkwood.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Himself, The Making of "Left Behind II: Tribulation Force" (short), Cloud Ten Pictures, 2002.