Kevin Patrick Curran (February 27, 1957 – October 25, 2016) was an American television comedy writer.

In addition to writing episodes and voicing Buck, Curran served as a story editor and supervising producer on Married... with Children.

At The Simpsons, Curran won three additional Emmys and was nominated in 2010 for a Humanitas Prize for his episode "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed".

[citation needed] Curran was in a relationship with the author Helen Fielding from 1999 to 2006; the couple had two children.

[citation needed] Curran died of complications from cancer on October 25, 2016, aged 59.