Jackie Coogan

Personal Info

Birthday

October 26, 1914

Day of Death

1984-03-01

(69 years old)

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

The Andy Griffith Show

I Dream of Jeannie

Hawaii Five-O

Ironside

The Red Skelton Show

The Addams Family

The Virginian

Filmography

2020
Showbiz Kids
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
as Self (archive footage)
2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Dr. Aranya (archive footage)
2003
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
1983
The Prey
as Lester Tile
1982
The Escape Artist
as Magic Shop Owner
Hollywood’s Children
as Self
1980
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Sgt. Fleacollar
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
as Mr. Klein
1979
Human Experiments
as Sheriff Tibbs
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
1977
Halloween with the New Addams Family
as Uncle Fester
1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Stagehand 1
1975
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
as Detective Chief Anderson
Lucy Gets Lucky
as Gus Mitchell
The Specialists
as Roger
1974
The Phantom of Hollywood
as Jonathan
1973
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Charlie Smith
1972
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
as Uncle Fester (Voice)
1969
Marlowe
as Grant W. Hicks
1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Matthew Basch
Rogue's Gallery
as Funeral Director
1966
Clown Alley
as Clown
A Fine Madness
as Mr. Fitzgerald
1965
Girl Happy
as Sgt. Benson
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Father Ryan
1962
When the Girls Take Over
as Captain Toussaint
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
1960
Sex Kittens Go to College
as Wildcat MacPherson
1959
The Big Operator
as Ed Brannell
The Beat Generation
as Jake Baron
Lonelyhearts
as Ned Gates
Night of the Quarter Moon
as Desk Sergeant Bragan
1958
No Place to Land
as Swede
The Space Children
as Hank Johnson
High School Confidential!
as Mr. A
1957
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harold 'Eager' Beaver
The Joker is Wild
as Swifty Morgan
The Buster Keaton Story
as Elmer Case
1956
Forbidden Area
as The Cook
The Proud Ones
as Man on Make (uncredited)
1955
Escape from Terror
as Agent Petrov
1953
The Actress
as Inopportune (uncredited)
Mesa of Lost Women
as Dr Aranya
1952
Outlaw Women
as Piute Bill
1951
Varieties on Parade
as Himself
Skipalong Rosenbloom
as Buck Lovelace
1948
French Leave
as Pappy Reagan
1947
Kilroy Was Here
as Pappy Collins
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
1939
Sky Patrol
as Carter Meade
Million Dollar Legs
as Russ Simpson
1938
College Swing
as Jackie
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
as Self
Love in September
as Jackie
1935
Home on the Range
as Jack Hatfield
1931
Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
1930
Tom Sawyer
as Tom Sawyer
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
Free and Easy
as Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
1928
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
1927
Buttons
as Buttons
Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
The Bugle Call
as Billy Randolph
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
as Johnny O'Day
1925
Old Clothes
as Timothy Kelly
The Rag Man
as Tim Kelly
1924
Hello, 'Frisco
as Jackie Coogan
Little Robinson Crusoe
as Mickey Hogan
A Boy of Flanders
as Nello
Meet Jackie Coogan
as Himself
1923
Long Live the King
as Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
Circus Days
as Toby Tyler
Daddy
as Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
1922
Oliver Twist
as Oliver Twist
Seeing Stars
as Self
Trouble
as Danny, the Kid
Nice and Friendly
as Boy
1921
My Boy
as Jackie Blair
Peck's Bad Boy
as Henry Peck
The Kid
as The Kid
1919
A Day's Pleasure
as Smallest Boy (uncredited)
1917
Skinner's Baby
as The Baby (uncredited)