Jackie Coogan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 26, 1914
- Died
- March 1, 1984 (aged 69)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Addams Family Album
Movie · as Uncle Fester (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Prey
Movie · as Lester Tile
Unknown Chaplin
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Escape Artist
Movie · as Magic Shop Owner
Hollywood’s Children
Movie · as Self
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Movie · as Sgt. Fleacollar
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Movie · as Mr. Klein
Hollywood
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Human Experiments
Movie · as Sheriff Tibbs
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Movie · as Self
$weepstake$
TV · 1 ep
Flying High
TV · 1 ep
Halloween with the New Addams Family
Movie · as Uncle Fester
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Movie · as Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie · as Stagehand 1
The Specialists
Movie · as Roger
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Movie · as Detective Chief Anderson
Lucy Gets Lucky
Movie · as Gus Mitchell
The Phantom of Hollywood
Movie · as Jonathan
Movin' On
TV · 1 ep
Cahill: United States Marshal
Movie · as Charlie Smith
Police Story
TV · 1 ep
The Addams Family
TV · as Uncle Fester (voice) · 16 eps
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Phil Rooney · 1 ep
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Movie · as Uncle Fester (Voice)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV · as Uncle Fester (voice) · 1 ep
Emergency!
TV · as Junkyard Owner · 1 ep
The Brian Keith Show
TV · 1 ep
Cool Million
TV · as Merrill Cossack · 1 ep
The New Andy Griffith Show
TV · 1 ep
Alias Smith and Jones
TV · 3 eps
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Howard Sparks · 1 ep
The Jimmy Stewart Show
TV · 1 ep
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TV · as Zigler · 1 ep
The Partridge Family
TV · as Max Pepper, Grandpa Walter Renfrew · 1 ep
Marlowe
Movie · as Grant W. Hicks
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Horace Sibley, Jerry Howe, Frank · 1 ep
The Brady Bunch
TV · 2 eps
Love, American Style
TV · as Uncle Harold, Motel Owner · 1 ep
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Vince Darrell · 1 ep
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie · as Matthew Basch
Rogue's Gallery
Movie · as Funeral Director
Here's Lucy
TV · as Kermit Bosworth · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Harry Rustin · 1 ep
The Outsider
TV · as Rusty · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Connie Hart · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Buster Logan, Sam McGoff · 1 ep
Clown Alley
Movie · as Clown
A Fine Madness
Movie · as Mr. Fitzgerald
Family Affair
TV · 1 ep
Girl Happy
Movie · as Sgt. Benson
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Movie · as Father Ryan
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Mayor Cecil Pudney, Sheriff Koster · 2 eps
I Dream of Jeannie
TV · as Suleiman · 2 eps
The Addams Family
TV · as Uncle Fester · 64 eps
Burke's Law
TV · as Bert Crowley · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Finnegan · 1 ep
When the Girls Take Over
Movie · as Captain Toussaint
The Lucy Show
TV · as Lieutenant Ruggles · 2 eps
The Virginian
TV · as Bodey · 1 ep
McKeever and the Colonel
TV · as Sgt. Barnes · 26 eps
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Powell Show
TV · as Shopkeeper · 1 ep
Sex Kittens Go to College
Movie · as Wildcat MacPherson
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as George Stevens · 1 ep
Outlaws
TV · 2 eps
The Beat Generation
Movie · as Jake Baron
Lonelyhearts
Movie · as Ned Gates
The Big Operator
Movie · as Ed Brannell
Night of the Quarter Moon
Movie · as Desk Sergeant Bragan
Lock-Up
TV · 1 ep
Hawaiian Eye
TV · as Mack Stanley · 1 ep
Mr. Lucky
TV · as Joe Azevedo · 1 ep
High School Confidential!
Movie · as Mr. A
The Space Children
Movie · as Hank Johnson
No Place to Land
Movie · as Swede
Peter Gunn
TV · 1 ep
77 Sunset Strip
TV · as Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited) · 1 ep
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV · as Marshal Rogers · 1 ep
The Buster Keaton Story
Movie · as Elmer Case
The Joker is Wild
Movie · as Swifty Morgan
Eighteen and Anxious
Movie · as Harold 'Eager' Beaver
The Star Wagon
Movie · as Hanus Wicks
Where's Charley?
Movie · as Coach Sanderford
The Troublemakers
Movie · as Bender
Perry Mason
TV · as Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes, Pete Desmond, Gus Sawyer, Ron Litten · 1 ep
Forbidden Area
Movie · as The Cook
The Proud Ones
Movie · as Man on Make (uncredited)
Escape from Terror
Movie · as Agent Petrov
Gunsmoke
TV · as Marshal Stoudenaire · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as George Bay · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Mr. Klein · 1 ep
Mesa of Lost Women
Movie · as Dr Aranya
The Actress
Movie · as Inopportune (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
TV · as Marshal Stubb Snider · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Woody Woods, Snuff Carter · 1 ep
Outlaw Women
Movie · as Piute Bill
Cowboy G-Men
TV · 39 eps
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Movie · as Buck Lovelace
Varieties on Parade
Movie · as Himself
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Police Officer Hennesey, Muggsy, Police Lieutenant Smith · 1 ep
French Leave
Movie · as Pappy Reagan
Studio One
TV · as Jeffers · 1 ep
Kilroy Was Here
Movie · as Pappy Collins
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sky Patrol
Movie · as Carter Meade
Million Dollar Legs
Movie · as Russ Simpson
College Swing
Movie · as Jackie
Love in September
Movie · as Jackie
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Movie · as Self
Home on the Range
Movie · as Jack Hatfield
Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as Tom Sawyer
Estrellados
Movie · as Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
Tom Sawyer
Movie · as Tom Sawyer
Free and Easy
Movie · as Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
The Circus: Premiere
Movie · as Self
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Movie · as Johnny O'Day
Character Studies
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Bugle Call
Movie · as Billy Randolph
Buttons
Movie · as Buttons
The Rag Man
Movie · as Tim Kelly
Old Clothes
Movie · as Timothy Kelly
Meet Jackie Coogan
Movie · as Himself
A Boy of Flanders
Movie · as Nello
Hello, 'Frisco
Movie · as Jackie Coogan
Little Robinson Crusoe
Movie · as Mickey Hogan
Long Live the King
Movie · as Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
Circus Days
Movie · as Toby Tyler
Daddy
Movie · as Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
Oliver Twist
Movie · as Oliver Twist
Nice and Friendly
Movie · as Boy
Seeing Stars
Movie · as Self
Trouble
Movie · as Danny, the Kid
The Kid
Movie · as The Kid
My Boy
Movie · as Jackie Blair
Peck's Bad Boy
Movie · as Henry Peck
A Day's Pleasure
Movie · as Smallest Boy (uncredited)
Skinner's Baby
Movie · as The Baby (uncredited)