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Jackie Coogan

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.


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Born:
Oct 26, 1914 In Los Angeles, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
122
First Appeared:
In the movie Skinner's Baby 1917-08-06
Latest Project:
Movie Showbiz Kids 2020-07-14
Known For
Poster of McKeever and the Colonel
Poster of Meet Jackie Coogan
Poster of Circus Days
Poster of Trouble
Filmography
Movie Showbiz Kids Self (archive footage) 2020-07-14
Movie Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star Self (archive footage) 2015-08-07
Movie The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made Dr. Aranya (archive footage) 2004-07-13
Movie Chaplin Today: 'The Kid' Self (archive footage) 2003-03-02
Movie Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces Self (archive footage) 2000-10-24
Series Unknown Chaplin Self 1983-01-05
Movie The Prey Lester Tile 1983-11-04
Movie Hollywood’s Children Self 1982-02-24
Movie The Escape Artist Magic Shop Owner 1982-05-28
Series Hollywood Self 1980-01-08
Movie Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype Sgt. Fleacollar 1980-10-01
Movie The Kids Who Knew Too Much Mr. Klein 1980-04-29
Movie Human Experiments Sheriff Tibbs 1979-10-19
Series Flying High Unknown 1978-09-29
Movie Halloween with the New Addams Family Uncle Fester 1977-10-30
Movie Sherlock Holmes in New York Haymarket Hotel Proprietor 1976-10-18
Movie Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood Stagehand 1 1976-07-26
Movie The Specialists Roger 1975-01-06
Movie The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery Detective Chief Anderson 1975-03-07
Movie Lucy Gets Lucky Gus Mitchell 1975-03-01
Movie The Phantom of Hollywood Jonathan 1974-02-12
Series Movin' On Unknown 1974-05-08
Movie Cahill: United States Marshal Charlie Smith 1973-07-11
Series Police Story Unknown 1973-03-20
Series The Addams Family Uncle Fester (voice) 1973-09-08
Series Emergency! Unknown 1972-01-22
Series The New Scooby-Doo Movies Uncle Fester (voice) 1972-09-09
Series The Brian Keith Show Unknown 1972-09-15
Series Alias Smith and Jones Unknown 1971-01-05
Series The New Andy Griffith Show Unknown 1971-01-08
Series McMillan and Wife Unknown 1971-09-29
Series The Jimmy Stewart Show Unknown 1971-09-19
Movie Marlowe Grant W. Hicks 1969-09-19
Series The Brady Bunch Unknown 1969-09-26
Series Love, American Style Motel Owner 1969-09-29
Movie Rogue's Gallery Funeral Director 1968-01-01
Movie The Shakiest Gun in the West Matthew Basch 1968-07-10
Series Hawaii Five-O Unknown 1968-09-20
Series Here's Lucy Unknown 1968-09-23
Series The Outsider Unknown 1968-09-18
Series Ironside Unknown 1967-03-28
Series Family Affair Unknown 1966-09-12
Movie A Fine Madness Mr. Fitzgerald 1966-06-29
Movie Girl Happy Sgt. Benson 1965-04-14
Movie John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Father Ryan 1965-03-24
Series The Wild Wild West Unknown 1965-09-17
Series The Addams Family Uncle Fester 1964-09-18
Series Vacation Playhouse Unknown 1963-07-22
Series Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Unknown 1963-10-04
Series Burke's Law Unknown 1963-09-20
Series The Virginian Unknown 1962-09-19
Movie When the Girls Take Over Captain Toussaint 1962-04-30
Series McKeever and the Colonel Sgt. Barnes 1962-09-23
Series The Lucy Show Unknown 1962-10-01
Movie The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Self (archive footage) 1961-05-24
Series The Dick Powell Show Unknown 1961-09-26
Movie Sex Kittens Go to College Wildcat MacPherson 1960-08-24
Series The Andy Griffith Show Unknown 1960-10-03
Series Outlaws Unknown 1960-09-26
Movie Lonelyhearts Ned Gates 1959-03-04
Movie Night of the Quarter Moon Desk Sergeant Bragan 1959-03-04
Movie The Beat Generation Jake Baron 1959-07-03
Series Hawaiian Eye Unknown 1959-10-07
Movie The Big Operator Ed Brannell 1959-08-01
Series Mr. Lucky Unknown 1959-10-24
Series Lock-Up Unknown 1959-09-28
Movie The Space Children Hank Johnson 1958-06-01
Movie High School Confidential! Mr. A 1958-05-30
Series Peter Gunn Unknown 1958-09-22
Movie No Place to Land Swede 1958-10-03
Series Perry Mason Pete Desmond 1957-09-21
Movie The Buster Keaton Story Elmer Case 1957-05-01
Movie The Joker is Wild Swifty Morgan 1957-09-26
Movie Eighteen and Anxious Harold 'Eager' Beaver 1957-11-15
Movie The Proud Ones Man on Make (uncredited) 1956-05-15
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown 1955-10-02
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Series Matinee Theater Unknown 1955-10-31
Series General Electric Theater Unknown 1953-02-01
Movie Mesa of Lost Women Dr Aranya 1953-06-17
Movie The Actress Inopportune (uncredited) 1953-09-25
Series Letter to Loretta Unknown 1953-09-20
Movie Outlaw Women Piute Bill 1952-04-28
Series Cowboy G-Men 1952-09-13
Movie Skipalong Rosenbloom Buck Lovelace 1951-04-30
Movie Varieties on Parade Himself 1951-07-20
Movie French Leave Pappy Reagan 1948-04-10
Series Studio One Unknown 1948-11-07
Movie Kilroy Was Here Pappy Collins 1947-07-19
Movie Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) Self (archive footage) 1942-01-01
Movie Million Dollar Legs Russ Simpson 1939-07-13
Movie Sky Patrol Carter Meade 1939-09-11
Movie College Swing Jackie 1938-04-29
Movie Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs Self 1936-08-05
Movie Home on the Range Jack Hatfield 1935-02-01
Movie Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer 1931-08-07
Movie Free and Easy Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited) 1930-03-22
Movie Estrellados Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere) 1930-07-07
Movie Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyer 1930-12-19
Movie The Circus: Premiere Self 1928-01-13
Movie Johnny Get Your Hair Cut Johnny O'Day 1927-01-15
Movie The Bugle Call Billy Randolph 1927-08-06
Movie Buttons Buttons 1927-12-24
Movie Character Studies Self (uncredited) 1927-11-20
Movie The Rag Man Tim Kelly 1925-02-16
Movie Old Clothes Timothy Kelly 1925-11-09
Movie A Boy of Flanders Nello 1924-04-06
Movie Meet Jackie Coogan Himself 1924-01-01
Movie Little Robinson Crusoe Mickey Hogan 1924-08-25
Movie Hello, 'Frisco Jackie Coogan 1924-09-28
Movie Daddy Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden 1923-03-25
Movie Circus Days Toby Tyler 1923-07-30
Movie Long Live the King Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto 1923-11-26
Movie Nice and Friendly Boy 1922-01-01
Movie Trouble Danny, the Kid 1922-08-07
Movie Seeing Stars Self 1922-10-29
Movie Oliver Twist Oliver Twist 1922-10-30
Movie The Kid The Kid 1921-01-21
Movie Peck's Bad Boy Henry Peck 1921-04-21
Movie My Boy Jackie Blair 1921-12-01
Movie A Day's Pleasure Smallest Boy (uncredited) 1919-12-15
Movie Skinner's Baby The Baby (uncredited) 1917-08-06