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person_profile-Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan Died at age: 69

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jackie Coogan

Date of Birth:

Oct 26, 1914

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 01, 1984

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Jackie Coogan

Found 72 Movies in total

Child Star

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2024

Showbiz Kids

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

Dr. Aranya (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2004

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

The Prey

Lester Tile ( Actor )

... 1983

The Escape Artist

Magic Shop Owner ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1982

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

Sgt. Fleacollar ( Actor )

... 1980

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

Mr. Klein ( Actor )

... 1980

Human Experiments

Sheriff Tibbs ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1977

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Haymarket Hotel Proprietor ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1976

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

Detective Chief Anderson ( Actor )

... 1975

Lucy Gets Lucky

Gus Mitchell ( Actor )

... 1975

The Specialists

Roger ( Actor )

... 1975

The Phantom of Hollywood

Jonathan ( Actor )

... 1974

Cahill: United States Marshal

Charlie Smith ( Actor )

... 1973

Marlowe

Grant W. Hicks ( Actor )

... 1969

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Matthew Basch ( Actor )

... 1968

Rogue's Gallery

Funeral Director ( Actor )

... 1968

Clown Alley

Clown ( Actor )

... 1966

A Fine Madness

Mr. Fitzgerald ( Actor )

... 1966

Girl Happy

Sgt. Benson ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1965

When the Girls Take Over

Captain Toussaint ( Actor )

... 1962

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1961

Sex Kittens Go to College

Wildcat MacPherson ( Actor )

... 1960

The Big Operator

Ed Brannell ( Actor )

... 1959

The Beat Generation

Jake Baron ( Actor )

... 1959

Lonelyhearts

Ned Gates ( Actor )

... 1959

Night of the Quarter Moon

Desk Sergeant Bragan ( Actor )

... 1959

No Place to Land

Swede ( Actor )

... 1958

The Space Children

Hank Johnson ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1958

Eighteen and Anxious

Harold 'Eager' Beaver ( Actor )

... 1957

The Joker is Wild

Swifty Morgan ( Actor )

... 1957

The Buster Keaton Story

Elmer Case ( Actor )

... 1957

Forbidden Area

The Cook ( Actor )

... 1956

The Proud Ones

Man on Make (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1956

Escape from Terror

Agent Petrov ( Actor )

Director

... 1955

The Actress

Inopportune (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1953

Mesa of Lost Women

Dr Aranya ( Actor )

... 1953

Outlaw Women

Piute Bill ( Actor )

... 1952

Varieties on Parade

Himself ( Actor )

... 1951

Skipalong Rosenbloom

Buck Lovelace ( Actor )

... 1951

French Leave

Pappy Reagan ( Actor )

... 1948

Kilroy Was Here

Pappy Collins ( Actor )

... 1947

Sky Patrol

Carter Meade ( Actor )

... 1939

Million Dollar Legs

Russ Simpson ( Actor )

... 1939

College Swing

Jackie ( Actor )

... 1938

Home on the Range

Jack Hatfield ( Actor )

... 1935

Huckleberry Finn

Tom Sawyer ( Actor )

... 1931

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer ( Actor )

... 1930

Estrellados

Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere) ( Actor )

... 1930

Free and Easy

Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

Buttons

Buttons ( Actor )

... 1927

The Bugle Call

Billy Randolph ( Actor )

... 1927

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

Johnny O'Day ( Actor )

... 1927

Old Clothes

Timothy Kelly ( Actor )

... 1925

The Rag Man

Tim Kelly ( Actor )

... 1925

Little Robinson Crusoe

Mickey Hogan ( Actor )

... 1924

A Boy of Flanders

Nello ( Actor )

... 1924

Long Live the King

Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto ( Actor )

... 1923

Circus Days

Toby Tyler ( Actor )

... 1923

Daddy

Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden ( Actor )

... 1923

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist ( Actor )

... 1922

Trouble

Danny, the Kid ( Actor )

... 1922

My Boy

Jackie Blair ( Actor )

... 1921

Peck's Bad Boy

Henry Peck ( Actor )

... 1921

The Kid

The Kid ( Actor )

... 1921

Skinner's Baby

The Baby (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1917