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Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1914-10-26

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.7

TV
A Boy of Flanders

A Boy of Flanders

1924

0.0

Movie
A Day's Pleasure

A Day's Pleasure

1919

6.1

Movie
A Fine Madness

A Fine Madness

1966

4.9

Movie
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Adam-12

1968

7.1

TV
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
poster

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

6.9

TV
poster

Barnaby Jones

1973

6.9

TV
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.5

TV
poster

Burke's Law

1963

6.0

TV
Buttons

Buttons

1927

1.0

Movie
Cahill: United States Marshal

Cahill: United States Marshal

1973

6.1

Movie
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

2003

5.7

Movie
Character Studies

Character Studies

1927

6.0

Movie
Circus Days

Circus Days

1923

6.5

Movie
Clown Alley

Clown Alley

1966

0.0

Movie
College Swing

College Swing

1938

6.8

Movie
poster

Cool Million

1972

5.0

TV
poster

Cowboy G-Men

1952

5.3

TV
Daddy

Daddy

1923

0.0

Movie
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype

1980

5.0

Movie
Eighteen and Anxious

Eighteen and Anxious

1957

6.0

Movie
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Emergency!

1972

7.8

TV
Escape from Terror

Escape from Terror

1955

0.0

Movie
Estrellados

Estrellados

1930

0.0

Movie
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Family Affair

1966

6.6

TV
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Flying High

1978

4.5

TV
Forbidden Area

Forbidden Area

1956

7.0

Movie
Free and Easy

Free and Easy

1930

6.1

Movie
French Leave

French Leave

1948

0.0

Movie
poster

General Electric Theater

1953

6.0

TV
Girl Happy

Girl Happy

1965

6.6

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
Halloween with the New Addams Family

Halloween with the New Addams Family

1977

6.0

Movie
poster

Hawaii Five-O

1968

7.1

TV
poster

Hawaiian Eye

1959

5.2

TV
Hello, 'Frisco

Hello, 'Frisco

1924

5.0

Movie
poster

Here's Lucy

1968

6.9

TV
High School Confidential!

High School Confidential!

1958

5.7

Movie
poster

Hollywood

1980

8.3

TV
Hollywood’s Children

Hollywood’s Children

1982

0.0

Movie
Home on the Range

Home on the Range

1935

0.0

Movie
Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1931

8.0

Movie
Human Experiments

Human Experiments

1979

4.6

Movie
poster

I Dream of Jeannie

1965

7.8

TV
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Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

2015

0.0

Movie
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965

3.4

Movie
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

1927

0.0

Movie
Kilroy Was Here

Kilroy Was Here

1947

5.0

Movie
poster

Letter to Loretta

1953

6.2

TV
Little Robinson Crusoe

Little Robinson Crusoe

1924

6.0

Movie
poster

Lock-Up

1959

6.2

TV
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces

2000

6.5

Movie
Lonelyhearts

Lonelyhearts

1959

6.1

Movie
Long Live the King

Long Live the King

1923

0.0

Movie
Love in September

Love in September

1936

0.0

Movie
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Love, American Style

1969

5.8

TV
Lucy Gets Lucky

Lucy Gets Lucky

1975

1.0

Movie
Marlowe

Marlowe

1969

5.9

Movie
poster

Matinee Theater

1955

4.6

TV
poster

McKeever and the Colonel

1962

0.0

TV
poster

McMillan & Wife

1971

7.3

TV
Meet Jackie Coogan

Meet Jackie Coogan

1924

0.0

Movie
Mesa of Lost Women

Mesa of Lost Women

1953

2.4

Movie
Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs

1939

5.0

Movie
poster

Movin' On

1974

6.8

TV
poster

Mr. Lucky

1959

7.0

TV
My Boy

My Boy

1921

5.9

Movie
Nice and Friendly

Nice and Friendly

1922

4.9

Movie
Night of the Quarter Moon

Night of the Quarter Moon

1959

5.3

Movie
No Place to Land

No Place to Land

1958

3.0

Movie
Old Clothes

Old Clothes

1925

3.0

Movie
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1922

6.3

Movie
Outlaw Women

Outlaw Women

1952

4.4

Movie
poster

Outlaws

1960

6.2

TV
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Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971

6.3

TV
Peck's Bad Boy

Peck's Bad Boy

1921

3.5

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
poster

Peter Gunn

1958

6.5

TV
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Police Story

1973

7.1

TV
Rogue's Gallery

Rogue's Gallery

1968

6.0

Movie
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

1972

0.0

Movie
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

0.0

Movie
Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars

1922

4.9

Movie
Sex Kittens Go to College

Sex Kittens Go to College

1960

3.4

Movie
Sherlock Holmes in New York

Sherlock Holmes in New York

1976

5.8

Movie
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Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

5.8

TV
Showbiz Kids

Showbiz Kids

2020

6.9

Movie
Skinner's Baby

Skinner's Baby

1917

0.0

Movie
Skipalong Rosenbloom

Skipalong Rosenbloom

1951

0.0

Movie
Sky Patrol

Sky Patrol

1939

4.0

Movie
poster

Studio One

1948

4.7

TV
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs

1936

1.0

Movie
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

2004

4.6

Movie
The Actress

The Actress

1953

6.2

Movie
poster

The Addams Family

1964

8.1

TV
poster

The Addams Family

1973

7.3

TV
poster

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

7.6

TV
The Beat Generation

The Beat Generation

1959

4.9

Movie
The Big Operator

The Big Operator

1959

5.8

Movie
poster

The Brady Bunch

1969

6.7

TV
poster

The Brian Keith Show

1972

5.0

TV
The Bugle Call

The Bugle Call

1927

0.0

Movie
The Buster Keaton Story

The Buster Keaton Story

1957

4.9

Movie
The Circus: Premiere

The Circus: Premiere

1928

5.4

Movie
poster

The Dick Powell Show

1961

5.0

TV
The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist

1982

6.1

Movie
poster

The Jimmy Stewart Show

1971

6.0

TV
The Joker is Wild

The Joker is Wild

1957

8.1

Movie
The Kid

The Kid

1921

8.2

Movie
The Kids Who Knew Too Much

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

1980

6.0

Movie
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

1961

0.0

Movie
poster

The Lucy Show

1962

7.1

TV
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery

1975

5.2

Movie
poster

The New Andy Griffith Show

1971

7.5

TV
poster

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972

7.6

TV
poster

The Outsider

1968

5.2

TV
The Phantom of Hollywood

The Phantom of Hollywood

1974

5.1

Movie
The Prey

The Prey

1983

4.6

Movie
The Proud Ones

The Proud Ones

1956

6.4

Movie
The Rag Man

The Rag Man

1925

6.5

Movie
The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968

6.2

Movie
The Space Children

The Space Children

1958

4.0

Movie
The Specialists

The Specialists

1975

0.0

Movie
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
poster

The Wild Wild West

1965

7.6

TV
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.6

TV
Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

1930

5.5

Movie
Trouble

Trouble

1922

0.0

Movie
poster

Unknown Chaplin

1983

8.0

TV
poster

Vacation Playhouse

1963

0.0

TV
Varieties on Parade

Varieties on Parade

1951

6.0

Movie
When the Girls Take Over

When the Girls Take Over

1962

3.2

Movie
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

1979

0.0

Movie
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

4.1

Movie