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Jackie Coogan

Acting
Known For

69 Years Old

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 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.

Born

Los Angeles, California, USA on 26th October 1914

Died

1st March 1984

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Matinee Theater
Love, American Style Image
Love, American Style
Motel Owner
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Love, American Style
Uncle Harold
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The Andy Griffith Show
George Stevens
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The Red Skelton Show
Police Officer Hennesey
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Outlaws
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Studio One
Jeffers
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Hawaiian Eye
Mack Stanley
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Perry Mason
Ron Litten
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Perry Mason
Gus Sawyer
Perry Mason Image
Perry Mason
Pete Desmond
Perry Mason Image
Perry Mason
Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes
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The Dick Powell Show
Shopkeeper
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Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Zigler
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Barnaby Jones
Phil Rooney
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Peter Gunn
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Here's Lucy
Kermit Bosworth
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I Dream of Jeannie
Suleiman
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Mr. Lucky
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The Jimmy Stewart Show
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Marcus Welby, M.D.
Vince Darrell
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The Addams Family
Uncle Fester
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Hawaii Five-O
Frank
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Hawaii Five-O
Jerry Howe
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Hawaii Five-O
Horace Sibley
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Family Affair
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Lock-Up
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The Lucy Show
Lieutenant Ruggles
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Emergency!
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The Brian Keith Show
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Movin' On
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
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McMillan & Wife
Howard Sparks
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McMillan & Wife
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Ironside
Sam McGoff
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Ironside
Buster Logan
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Ironside
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The Wild Wild West
Sheriff Koster
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The Wild Wild West
Mayor Cecil Pudney
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Vacation Playhouse
Finnegan
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Flying High
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Uncle Fester (voice)
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77 Sunset Strip
Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited)
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Adam-12
Harry Rustin
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Police Story
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Shirley Temple's Storybook
Marshal Rogers
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Gunsmoke
Marshal Stoudenaire
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The Outsider
Rusty
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The Virginian
Bodey
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McKeever and the Colonel
Sgt. Barnes
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
George Bay
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The Addams Family
Uncle Fester (voice)
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Letter to Loretta
Snuff Carter
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Letter to Loretta
Woody Woods
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Burke's Law
Bert Crowley
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The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Klein
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Unknown Chaplin
Self
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The Brady Bunch
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Hollywood
Self
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Alias Smith and Jones
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General Electric Theater
Marshal Stubb Snider
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The New Andy Griffith Show
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The Kid
The Kid
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Cowboy G-Men
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Cahill: United States Marshal
Charlie Smith
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Cool Million
Merrill Cossack
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Marlowe
Grant W. Hicks
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The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Dr. Aranya (archive footage)
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The Shakiest Gun in the West
Matthew Basch
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Sherlock Holmes in New York
Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
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Showbiz Kids
Self (archive footage)
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Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Stagehand 1
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Halloween with the New Addams Family
Uncle Fester
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The Proud Ones
Man on Make (uncredited)
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
Girl Happy Image
Girl Happy
Sgt. Benson
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Father Ryan
The Prey Image
The Prey
Lester Tile
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A Fine Madness
Mr. Fitzgerald
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Lonelyhearts
Ned Gates
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino Image
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
The Joker is Wild Image
The Joker is Wild
Swifty Morgan
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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Sgt. Fleacollar
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Human Experiments
Sheriff Tibbs
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The Escape Artist
Magic Shop Owner
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Mesa of Lost Women
Dr Aranya
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Sky Patrol
Carter Meade
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Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
The Big Operator Image
The Big Operator
Ed Brannell
Outlaw Women Image
Outlaw Women
Piute Bill
The Actress Image
The Actress
Inopportune (uncredited)
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery Image
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Detective Chief Anderson
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies Image
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Free and Easy Image
Free and Easy
Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
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The Beat Generation
Jake Baron
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Sex Kittens Go to College
Wildcat MacPherson
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The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Mr. Klein
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The Phantom of Hollywood
Jonathan
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Escape from Terror
Agent Petrov
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The Rag Man
Tim Kelly
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High School Confidential!
Mr. A
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Little Robinson Crusoe
Mickey Hogan
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Hollywood’s Children
Self
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College Swing
Jackie
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Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
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The Buster Keaton Story
Elmer Case
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Long Live the King
Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
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Million Dollar Legs
Russ Simpson
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Kilroy Was Here
Pappy Collins
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Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Uncle Fester (Voice)
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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
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Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
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No Place to Land
Swede
A Day's Pleasure Image
A Day's Pleasure
Smallest Boy (uncredited)
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
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Forbidden Area
The Cook
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs Image
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Self
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces Image
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Self (archive footage)
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Home on the Range
Jack Hatfield
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The Space Children
Hank Johnson
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Love in September
Jackie
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Old Clothes
Timothy Kelly
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Night of the Quarter Moon
Desk Sergeant Bragan
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Rogue's Gallery
Funeral Director
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French Leave
Pappy Reagan
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Skipalong Rosenbloom
Buck Lovelace
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Buttons
Buttons
Daddy Image
Daddy
Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
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The Specialists
Roger
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star Image
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Self (archive footage)
Trouble Image
Trouble
Danny, the Kid
Lucy Gets Lucky Image
Lucy Gets Lucky
Gus Mitchell
Seeing Stars Image
Seeing Stars
Self
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The Bugle Call
Billy Randolph
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Peck's Bad Boy
Henry Peck
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Varieties on Parade
Himself
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Skinner's Baby
The Baby (uncredited)
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When the Girls Take Over
Captain Toussaint
The Circus: Premiere Image
The Circus: Premiere
Self
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Nice and Friendly
Boy
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Eighteen and Anxious
Harold 'Eager' Beaver
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid' Image
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
Self (archive footage)
Character Studies Image
Character Studies
Self (uncredited)
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A Boy of Flanders
Nello
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Estrellados
Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
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Clown Alley
Clown
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Hello, 'Frisco
Jackie Coogan
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Circus Days
Toby Tyler
My Boy Image
My Boy
Jackie Blair
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Meet Jackie Coogan
Himself
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut Image
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Johnny O'Day