Jackie Coogan
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1914-10-26 (70 years old)
Deathday
1984-03-01
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known As
John Leslie Coogan
John L. Coogan
Jack Coogan
Jackie Coogan
Biography
John Leslie Coogan, 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 Sch...
Acting
1969
as Grant W. Hicks
1930
as Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
1921
as The Kid
1968
as Matthew Basch
1953
as Dr Aranya
1976
as Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
1959
as Jake Baron
1958
as Mr. A
1917
as The Baby (uncredited)
1927
as Johnny O'Day
1936
as Jackie
1953
as Inopportune (uncredited)
1955
as Agent Petrov
1957
as Elmer Case
1966
as Clown
1922
as Oliver Twist
1922
as Boy
1921
as Jackie Blair
1979
as Sheriff Tibbs
1979
1961
as Self (archive footage)
1952
as Piute Bill
1980
as Sgt. Fleacollar
1959
as Ned Gates
1925
as Tim Kelly
1921
as Henry Peck
1958
as Hank Johnson
1938
as Jackie
1922
as Self
1968
as Funeral Director
1930
as Tom Sawyer
1962
as Captain Toussaint
1959
as Ed Brannell
1936
1959
as Desk Sergeant Bragan
1942
as Self (archive footage)
1956
as The Cook
1973
as Charlie Smith
1928
as Self
1975
as Roger
1931
as Tom Sawyer
1958
as Swede
1960
as Wildcat MacPherson
1957
as Swifty Morgan
1930
as Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
1939
as Carter Meade
1974
as Jonathan
1983
as Lester Tile
1939
as Russ Simpson
1948
as Pappy Reagan
1924
as Himself
1977
as Uncle Fester
2004
as Dr. Aranya (archive footage)
1919
as Smallest Boy (uncredited)
1957
as Harold 'Eager' Beaver
1982
as Magic Shop Owner
1951
as Buck Lovelace
1924
as Nello
1927
as Self (uncredited)
1975
as Detective Chief Anderson
1951
as Himself
1966
as Mr. Fitzgerald
1975
as Gus Mitchell
1925
as Timothy Kelly
1935
as Jack Hatfield
1947
as Pappy Collins
1927
as Billy Randolph
1924
as Jackie Coogan
1965
as Sgt. Benson
1923
as Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
1965
as Father Ryan
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1922
as Danny, the Kid
1923
as Toby Tyler
1923
as Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
1956
as Man on Make (uncredited)
2003
as Self (archive footage)
1927
as Buttons
1982
as Self
1924
as Mickey Hogan
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1976
as Stagehand 1
1980
as Mr. Klein
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1972
as Uncle Fester (Voice)
Production
1955
as Director
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