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Jackie Coogan‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Jackie Coogan

Los Angeles, California, USA

Jackie Coogan

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1914-10-26

Popularity

star8.3

Biography

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, the Chindits, under General Orde Wingate on March 5, 1944, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles (160 km) behind Japanese lines in the Burma Campaign. After the war, Coogan returned to acting, taking mostly character roles and appearing on television. From 1952 to 1953, he played Stoney Crockett on the syndicated series Cowboy G-Men. He guest-starred on NBC's The Martha Raye Show. He appeared, too, as Corbett in two episodes of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane, which aired from 1960–1962. In the 1960–1961 season, he guest-starred in the episode "The Damaged Dolls" of the syndicated crime drama The Brothers Brannagan. In 1961, he guest-starred in an episode of The Americans, an NBC series about family divisions stemming from the Civil War. He also appeared in episode 37, titled "Barney on the Rebound", of The Andy Griffith Show, which aired October 31, 1961. He had a regular role in a 1962–63 NBC series, McKeever and the Colonel. He finally found his most famous television role as Uncle Fester in ABC's The Addams Family (1964–1966). He appeared as a police officer in the Elvis Presley comedy Girl Happy in 1965. He appeared four times on the Perry Mason series, including the role of political activist Gus Sawyer in the 1963 episode "The Case of the Witless Witness", and TV prop man Pete Desmond in the final episode, "The Case of the Final Fadeout", in 1966. He was a guest several times on The Red Skelton Show, appeared twice on The Brady Bunch ("The Fender Benders" and "Double Parked"), I Dream of Jeannie (as Jeannie's uncle, Suleiman – Maharaja of Basenji), Family Affair, Here's Lucy, and The Brian Keith Show, and continued to guest-star on television (including multiple appearances on The Partridge Family, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, and McMillan and Wife) until his retirement in the mid 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jackie Coogan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Marlowe

Marlowe‌
star5.9
calendar 1969

Estrellados

Estrellados‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

The Kid

The Kid‌
star8.2
calendar 1921

The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West‌
star6.2
calendar 1968

Mesa of Lost Women

Mesa of Lost Women‌
star2.5
calendar 1953

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Sherlock Holmes in New York‌
star5.8
calendar 1976

The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation‌
star4.9
calendar 1959

High School Confidential!

High School Confidential!‌
star5.6
calendar 1958

The Actress

The Actress‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Skinner's Baby

Skinner's Baby‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Love in September

Love in September‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Escape from Terror

Escape from Terror‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

Clown Alley

Clown Alley‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

The Buster Keaton Story

The Buster Keaton Story‌
star4.9
calendar 1957

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist‌
star6.3
calendar 1922

Nice and Friendly

Nice and Friendly‌
star4.9
calendar 1922

My Boy

My Boy‌
star5.9
calendar 1921

Human Experiments

Human Experiments‌
star4.5
calendar 1979

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino‌
star0.0
calendar 1961

Outlaw Women

Outlaw Women‌
star4.4
calendar 1952

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

Lonelyhearts

Lonelyhearts‌
star6.1
calendar 1959

The Rag Man

The Rag Man‌
star6.5
calendar 1925

Peck's Bad Boy

Peck's Bad Boy‌
star3.5
calendar 1921

The Space Children

The Space Children‌
star4.0
calendar 1958

College Swing

College Swing‌
star6.8
calendar 1938

Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars‌
star4.9
calendar 1922

Rogue's Gallery

Rogue's Gallery‌
star6.0
calendar 1968

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer‌
star5.5
calendar 1930

When the Girls Take Over

When the Girls Take Over‌
star3.2
calendar 1962

The Big Operator

The Big Operator‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs‌
star1.0
calendar 1936

Night of the Quarter Moon

Night of the Quarter Moon‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Forbidden Area

Forbidden Area‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

Cahill: United States Marshal

Cahill: United States Marshal‌
star6.1
calendar 1973

The Circus: Premiere

The Circus: Premiere‌
star5.4
calendar 1928

The Specialists

The Specialists‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn‌
star8.0
calendar 1931

No Place to Land

No Place to Land‌
star3.0
calendar 1958

Sex Kittens Go to College

Sex Kittens Go to College‌
star3.4
calendar 1960

The Joker Is Wild

The Joker Is Wild‌
star8.1
calendar 1957

Free and Easy

Free and Easy‌
star6.1
calendar 1930

Sky Patrol

Sky Patrol‌
star4.0
calendar 1939

The Phantom of Hollywood

The Phantom of Hollywood‌
star5.1
calendar 1974

The Prey

The Prey‌
star4.6
calendar 1983

Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

French Leave

French Leave‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Meet Jackie Coogan

Meet Jackie Coogan‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Halloween with the New Addams Family

Halloween with the New Addams Family‌
star6.0
calendar 1977

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made‌
star4.6
calendar 2004

A Day's Pleasure

A Day's Pleasure‌
star6.1
calendar 1919

Eighteen and Anxious

Eighteen and Anxious‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist‌
star6.1
calendar 1982

Skipalong Rosenbloom

Skipalong Rosenbloom‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

A Boy of Flanders

A Boy of Flanders‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Character Studies

Character Studies‌
star6.0
calendar 1927

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery‌
star5.2
calendar 1975

Varieties on Parade

Varieties on Parade‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

A Fine Madness

A Fine Madness‌
star4.8
calendar 1966

Lucy Gets Lucky

Lucy Gets Lucky‌
star1.0
calendar 1975

Old Clothes

Old Clothes‌
star3.0
calendar 1925

Home on the Range

Home on the Range‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Kilroy Was Here

Kilroy Was Here‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

The Bugle Call

The Bugle Call‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Hello, 'Frisco

Hello, 'Frisco‌
star5.0
calendar 1924

Girl Happy

Girl Happy‌
star6.6
calendar 1965

Long Live the King

Long Live the King‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!‌
star3.6
calendar 1965

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces‌
star6.5
calendar 2000

Trouble

Trouble‌
star0.0
calendar 1922

Circus Days

Circus Days‌
star6.5
calendar 1923

Daddy

Daddy‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones‌
star6.4
calendar 1956

Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'‌
star5.7
calendar 2003

Buttons

Buttons‌
star1.0
calendar 1927

Hollywood’s Children

Hollywood’s Children‌
star0.0
calendar 1982

Little Robinson Crusoe

Little Robinson Crusoe‌
star6.0
calendar 1924

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star‌
star0.0
calendar 2015

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood‌
star4.1
calendar 1976

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

The Kids Who Knew Too Much‌
star6.0
calendar 1980

Showbiz Kids

Showbiz Kids‌
star6.9
calendar 2020

Child Star

Child Star‌
star6.6
calendar 2024

Tv Credits

The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.6
calendar 1960

Movin' On

Movin' On‌
star6.8
calendar 1974

Family Affair

Family Affair‌
star6.6
calendar 1966

The Dick Powell Show

The Dick Powell Show‌
star4.2
calendar 1961

Burke's Law

Burke's Law‌
star6.0
calendar 1963

Here's Lucy

Here's Lucy‌
star6.9
calendar 1968

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

The New Scooby-Doo Movies‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The New Andy Griffith Show

The New Andy Griffith Show‌
star7.5
calendar 1971

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

The Brady Bunch

The Brady Bunch‌
star6.7
calendar 1969

The Lucy Show

The Lucy Show‌
star7.1
calendar 1962

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Studio One

Studio One‌
star4.4
calendar 1948

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Emergency!

Emergency!‌
star7.8
calendar 1972

Shirley Temple's Storybook

Shirley Temple's Storybook‌
star5.0
calendar 1958

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955

Outlaws

Outlaws‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Cowboy G-Men

Cowboy G-Men‌
star5.3
calendar 1952

McMillan and Wife

McMillan and Wife‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West‌
star7.5
calendar 1965

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Peter Gunn

Peter Gunn‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre‌
star5.2
calendar 1963

The Jimmy Stewart Show

The Jimmy Stewart Show‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater‌
star3.3
calendar 1955

Lock-Up

Lock-Up‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

The Addams Family

The Addams Family‌
star8.0
calendar 1964

The Brian Keith Show

The Brian Keith Show‌
star5.0
calendar 1972

Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Flying High

Flying High‌
star4.5
calendar 1978

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

The Outsider

The Outsider‌
star5.2
calendar 1968

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

McKeever and the Colonel

McKeever and the Colonel‌
star0.0
calendar 1962

The Addams Family

The Addams Family‌
star7.3
calendar 1973

Hawaiian Eye

Hawaiian Eye‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

McMillan and Wife

McMillan and Wife‌
star7.3
calendar 1971

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

Adam-12

Adam-12‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Hollywood

Hollywood‌
star8.3
calendar 1980

Unknown Chaplin

Unknown Chaplin‌
star8.0
calendar 1983

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West‌
star7.5
calendar 1965

Love, American Style

Love, American Style‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

Love, American Style

Love, American Style‌
star5.8
calendar 1969

The Wonderful World of Disney

The Wonderful World of Disney‌
star7.6
calendar 1954

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

I Dream of Jeannie

I Dream of Jeannie‌
star7.8
calendar 1965

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1973

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967