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Jackie Coogan
Actor, Director
Born October 26, 1914Died March 1, 1984 (69 years)
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.
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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
| 2021 | |
| 2009 | Vincere · as The Kid In 'the Kid' |
| 2005 | |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as Dr. Aranya (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs · as Muggsy |
| 1992 | Chaplin · as The Kid |
| 1983 | The Prey · as Lester Tile |
| 1982 | The Escape Artist · as Magic Shop Owner |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actor - 'the Kid' |
| 1980 | Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype · as Sgt. Fleacollar |
| 1980 | The Kids Who Knew Too Much · as Mr. Klein |
| 1979 | Human Experiments · as Sheriff Tibbs |
| 1978 | Flying High (TV Series) |
| 1977 | Halloween with the New Addams Family · as Uncle Fester |
| 1977 | Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1976 | Sherlock Holmes in New York · as Haymarket Hotel Proprietor |
| 1976 | Lanigan's Rabbi (TV Series) · as R.b. Haig |
| 1976 | Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · as Stagehand 1 |
| 1975 | McCoy (TV Series) · as Skippy |
| 1975 | The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery · as Detective Chief Anderson |
| 1975 | Lucy Gets Lucky · as Gus Mitchell |
| 1974 | Movin' On (TV Series) |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Hollywood · as Jonathan |
| 1974 | Dirty Sally (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1973 | The Addams Family (1973) (TV Series) · as Uncle Fester (voice) |
| 1973 | Cahill U.S. Marshal · as Charlie Smith |
| 1973 | Police Story (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Phil Rooney |
| 1972 | Cool Million (TV Series) · as Merrill Cossack |
| 1972 | The Brian Keith Show/The Little People (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The New Scooby-Doo Movies (TV Series) · as Uncle Fester (voice) |
| 1972 | Emergency! (TV Series) |
| 1971 | The Jimmy Stewart Show (TV Series) |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife (TV Series) · as Howard Sparks |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Zigler |
| 1971 | The New Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Grandpa Walter Renfrew |
| 1970 | Barefoot In The Park (TV Series) · as Walding |
| 1969 | Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Uncle Harold |
| 1969 | The Brady Bunch (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Marlowe · as Grant W. Hicks |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Vince Darrell |
| 1969 | My Friend Tony (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1968 | Here's Lucy (TV Series) · as Kermit Bosworth |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Harry Rustin |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Connie Hart |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Frank |
| 1968 | The Outsider (TV Series) · as Rusty |
| 1968 | Julia (TV Series) · as The Mailman |
| 1968 | The Shakiest Gun in the West · as Matthew Basch |
| 1968 | Rogue's Gallery · as Funeral Director |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) · as Sam Mcgoff |
| 1966 | A Fine Madness · as Mr. Fitzgerald |
| 1966 | Family Affair (TV Series) |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Suleiman |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) · as Mayor Cecil Pudney |
| 1965 | Girl Happy · as Sgt. Benson |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! · as Father Ryan |
| 1964 | The Addams Family (TV Series) · as Uncle Fester |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1963 | Burke's Law (TV Series) · as Bert Crowley |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) · as Finnegan |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Lieutenant Ruggles |
| 1962 | McKeever and the Colonel (TV Series) · as Sgt. Barnes |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Bodey |
| 1962 | When the Girls Take Over · as Captain Toussaint |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show (TV Series) · as Shopkeeper |
| 1961 | The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) · as Dave Arnold |
| 1961 | Follow The Sun (TV Series) · as Lew Dobber |
| 1961 | The Americans (TV Series) · as Rowe |
| 1960 | Klondike (TV Series) · as First Mate |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as George Stevens |
| 1960 | Outlaws (TV Series) |
| 1960 | The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1960 | Sex Kittens Go to College · as Wildcat Macpherson |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) · as Mack Stanley |
| 1959 | Lock-Up (TV Series) |
| 1959 | The Big Operator · as Ed Brannell |
| 1959 | The Beat Generation · as Jake Baron |
| 1959 | Night of the Quarter Moon · as Desk Sergeant Bragan |
| 1958 | Lonelyhearts · as Ned Gates |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Ann Sothern Show (TV Series) · as Barney Dunaway |
| 1958 | No Place to Land · as Swede |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn (TV Series) |
| 1958 | The Space Children · as Hank Johnson |
| 1958 | High School Confidential! · as Mr. A |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) · as Marshal Rogers |
| 1957 | Eighteen and Anxious · as Harold 'eager' Beaver |
| 1957 | The Joker Is Wild · as Swifty Morgan |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Pete Desmond |
| 1957 | The Buster Keaton Story · as Elmer Case |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) · as Charley |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Bender |
| 1956 | The Proud Ones · as Man On Make (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | The People's Choice (TV Series) · as Salesman |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as George Bay |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Marshal Stoudenaire |
| 1955 | Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series) · as O'keefe |
| 1955 | Escape from Terror · as Agent Petrov |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Mr. Klein |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Ferguson |
| 1954 | The Lineup (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Actress · as Inopportune (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Snuff Carter |
| 1953 | Mesa of Lost Women · as Dr Aranya |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Marshal Stubb Snider |
| 1952 | The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV Series) · as Ed Wilson |
| 1952 | Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Outlaw Women · as Piute Bill |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Police Officer Hennesey |
| 1951 | Skipalong Rosenbloom · as Buck Lovelace |
| 1950 | Racket Squad (TV Series) · as Pennington |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Jeffers |
| 1947 | Kilroy Was Here · as Pappy Collins |
| 1939 | Sky Patrol · as Carter Meade |
| 1939 | Million Dollar Legs · as Russ Simpson |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty · as Cast |
| 1938 | College Swing · as Jackie |
| 1935 | Home on the Range · as Jack Hatfield |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn · as Tom Sawyer |
| 1930 | Tom Sawyer · as Tom Sawyer |
| 1930 | Free and Easy · as Jackie Coogan - At Premiere (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Old Clothes · as Timothy Kelly |
| 1925 | The Rag Man · as Tim Kelly |
| 1922 | Oliver Twist · as Oliver Twist |
| 1922 | Nice and Friendly · as Boy |
| 1921 | My Boy · as Jackie Blair |
| 1921 | Peck's Bad Boy · as Henry Peck |
| 1921 | The Kid · as The Kid |
| 1919 | A Day's Pleasure · as Smallest Boy (uncredited) |