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Jackie Coogan

Known For: Acting
Born: October 26, 1914
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: March 1, 1984

Jackie Coogan

John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984), known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on 1960s sitcom The Addams Family. In the interim, he sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and provoked California to enact the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers. Coogan enlisted in the U.S. Army in March 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor that December, he requested a transfer to Army Air Forces as a glider pilot because of his civilian flying experience. Graduating the Advanced Glider School with the Glider Pilot aeronautical rating and the rank of Flight Officer, he volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group. In December 1943, the unit was sent to India. He flew British troops, …

Filmography

The Real Charlie Chaplin

2021 · Self (archive footage)

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

2015 · Self (archive footage)

Chaplin Today: The Kid

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000 · Self (archive footage)

The Addams Family Album

1992 · Uncle Fester (archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Prey

1983 · Lester Tile

Unknown Chaplin

1983 · Self

The Escape Artist

1982 · Magic Shop Owner

Hollywood’s Children

1982 · Self

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

1980 · Sgt. Fleacollar

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

1980 · Mr. Klein

Hollywood

1980 · Self

Human Experiments

1979 · Sheriff Tibbs

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979 · Self

$weepstake$

1979

Flying High

1978

Halloween with the New Addams Family

1977 · Uncle Fester

Sherlock Holmes in New York

1976 · Haymarket Hotel Proprietor

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976 · Stagehand 1

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

1975 · Detective Chief Anderson

Lucy Gets Lucky

1975 · Gus Mitchell

The Specialists

1975 · Roger

Movin' On

1974

The Phantom of Hollywood

1974 · Jonathan

The Addams Family

1973 · Uncle Fester (voice)

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973 · Charlie Smith

Police Story

1973

Barnaby Jones

1973 · Phil Rooney

Cool Million

1972 · Merrill Cossack

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

1972 · Uncle Fester (Voice)

The Brian Keith Show

1972

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972 · Uncle Fester (voice)

Emergency!

1972

McMillan & Wife

1971 · , Howard Sparks

The Jimmy Stewart Show

1971

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971 · Zigler

The New Andy Griffith Show

1971

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

The Partridge Family

1970 · Max Pepper, Grandpa Walter Renfrew

Love, American Style

1969 · Uncle Harold, Motel Owner

The Brady Bunch

1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969 · Vince Darrell

Marlowe

1969 · Grant W. Hicks

Here's Lucy

1968 · Kermit Bosworth

Adam-12

1968 · Harry Rustin

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Horace Sibley, Jerry Howe, Frank

The Name of the Game

1968 · Connie Hart

The Outsider

1968 · Rusty

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968 · Matthew Basch

Rogue's Gallery

1968 · Funeral Director

Ironside

1967 · , Buster Logan, Sam McGoff

Clown Alley

1966 · Clown

Family Affair

1966

A Fine Madness

1966 · Mr. Fitzgerald

I Dream of Jeannie

1965 · Suleiman

The Wild Wild West

1965 · Mayor Cecil Pudney, Sheriff Koster

Girl Happy

1965 · Sgt. Benson

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965 · Father Ryan

The Addams Family

1964 · Uncle Fester

Burke's Law

1963 · Bert Crowley

Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

1963 · Finnegan

The Lucy Show

1962 · Lieutenant Ruggles

McKeever and the Colonel

McKeever and the Colonel

1962 · Sgt. Barnes

The Virginian

1962 · Bodey

When the Girls Take Over

1962 · Captain Toussaint

The Dick Powell Show

1961 · Shopkeeper

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961 · Self (archive footage)

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 · George Stevens

Outlaws

1960

Sex Kittens Go to College

1960 · Wildcat MacPherson

Mr. Lucky

1959 · Joe Azevedo

Hawaiian Eye

1959 · Mack Stanley

Lock-Up

1959

The Big Operator

1959 · Ed Brannell

The Beat Generation

1959 · Jake Baron

Lonelyhearts

1959 · Ned Gates

Night of the Quarter Moon

1959 · Desk Sergeant Bragan

77 Sunset Strip

1958 · Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited)

No Place to Land

1958 · Swede

Peter Gunn

1958

The Space Children

1958 · Hank Johnson

High School Confidential!

1958 · Mr. A

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958 · Marshal Rogers

Eighteen and Anxious

1957 · Harold 'Eager' Beaver

The Joker is Wild

1957 · Swifty Morgan

Perry Mason

1957 · Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes, Pete Desmond, Gus Sawyer, Ron Litten

The Buster Keaton Story

1957 · Elmer Case

Where's Charley?

1957 · Coach Sanderford

The Star Wagon

1957 · Hanus Wicks

Forbidden Area

1956 · The Cook

The Proud Ones

1956 · Man on Make (uncredited)

Matinee Theater

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · George Bay

Gunsmoke

1955 · Marshal Stoudenaire

Escape from Terror

1955 · Agent Petrov, Director

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954 · Mr. Klein

The Actress

1953 · Inopportune (uncredited)

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Woody Woods, Snuff Carter

Mesa of Lost Women

1953 · Dr Aranya

General Electric Theater

1953 · Marshal Stubb Snider

Cowboy G-Men

1952

Outlaw Women

1952 · Piute Bill

The Red Skelton Show

1951 · Police Officer Hennesey, Muggsy, Police Lieutenant Smith

Varieties on Parade

1951 · Himself

Skipalong Rosenbloom

1951 · Buck Lovelace

Studio One

1948 · Jeffers

French Leave

1948 · Pappy Reagan

Kilroy Was Here

1947 · Pappy Collins

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942 · Self (archive footage)

Sky Patrol

1939 · Carter Meade

Million Dollar Legs

1939 · Russ Simpson

College Swing

1938 · Jackie

Love in September

1936 · Jackie

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936 · Self

Home on the Range

1935 · Jack Hatfield

Huckleberry Finn

1931 · Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

1930 · Tom Sawyer

Estrellados

1930 · Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)

Free and Easy

1930 · Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)

The Circus: Premiere

1928 · Self

Buttons

1927 · Buttons

Character Studies

1927 · Self (uncredited)

The Bugle Call

1927 · Billy Randolph

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

1927 · Johnny O'Day

Old Clothes

1925 · Timothy Kelly

The Rag Man

1925 · Tim Kelly

Hello, 'Frisco

1924 · Jackie Coogan

Little Robinson Crusoe

1924 · Mickey Hogan

A Boy of Flanders

1924 · Nello

Meet Jackie Coogan

1924 · Himself

Long Live the King

1923 · Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto

Circus Days

1923 · Toby Tyler

Daddy

1923 · Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden

Oliver Twist

1922 · Oliver Twist

Seeing Stars

1922 · Self

Trouble

1922 · Danny, the Kid

Nice and Friendly

1922 · Boy

My Boy

1921 · Jackie Blair

Peck's Bad Boy

1921 · Henry Peck

The Kid

1921 · The Kid

A Day's Pleasure

1919 · Smallest Boy (uncredited)

Skinner's Baby

1917 · The Baby (uncredited)

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