Personal Info
Known Credits
85
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1914-10-26 (111 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known For
John Leslie CooganJohn L. CooganJack Coogan
Jackie Coogan
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. A ...
Known For
Acting
2020 --
Showbiz Kids
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
| Self (archive footage)
2004 --
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
| Dr. Aranya (archive footage)
2003 --
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
| Self (archive footage)
2000 --
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
| Self (archive footage)
1983 --
The Prey
| Lester Tile
1982 --
The Escape Artist
| Magic Shop Owner
1982 --
Hollywood’s Children
| Self
1980 --
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
| Sgt. Fleacollar
1980 --
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
| Mr. Klein
1979 --
Human Experiments
| Sheriff Tibbs
1979 --
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
| Self
1977 --
Halloween with the New Addams Family
| Uncle Fester
1976 --
Sherlock Holmes in New York
| Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
1976 --
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
| Stagehand 1
1975 --
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
| Detective Chief Anderson
1975 --
Lucy Gets Lucky
| Gus Mitchell
1975 --
The Specialists
| Roger
1974 --
The Phantom of Hollywood
| Jonathan
1973 --
Cahill: United States Marshal
| Charlie Smith
1972 --
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
| Uncle Fester (Voice)
1969 --
Marlowe
| Grant W. Hicks
1968 --
The Shakiest Gun in the West
| Matthew Basch
1968 --
Rogue's Gallery
| Funeral Director
1966 --
Clown Alley
| Clown
1966 --
A Fine Madness
| Mr. Fitzgerald
1965 --
Girl Happy
| Sgt. Benson
1965 --
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
| Father Ryan
1962 --
When the Girls Take Over
| Captain Toussaint
1961 --
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
| Self (archive footage)
1960 --
Sex Kittens Go to College
| Wildcat MacPherson
1959 --
The Big Operator
| Ed Brannell
1959 --
The Beat Generation
| Jake Baron
1959 --
Night of the Quarter Moon
| Desk Sergeant Bragan
1959 --
Lonelyhearts
| Ned Gates
1958 --
No Place to Land
| Swede
1958 --
The Space Children
| Hank Johnson
1958 --
High School Confidential!
| Mr. A
1957 --
Eighteen and Anxious
| Harold 'Eager' Beaver
1957 --
The Joker is Wild
| Swifty Morgan
1957 --
The Buster Keaton Story
| Elmer Case
1956 --
Forbidden Area
| The Cook
1956 --
The Proud Ones
| Man on Make (uncredited)
1955 --
Escape from Terror
| Agent Petrov
1953 --
The Actress
| Inopportune (uncredited)
1953 --
Mesa of Lost Women
| Dr Aranya
1952 --
Outlaw Women
| Piute Bill
1951 --
Varieties on Parade
| Himself
1951 --
Skipalong Rosenbloom
| Buck Lovelace
1948 --
French Leave
| Pappy Reagan
1947 --
Kilroy Was Here
| Pappy Collins
1942 --
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
| Self (archive footage)
1939 --
Sky Patrol
| Carter Meade
1939 --
Million Dollar Legs
| Russ Simpson
1938 --
College Swing
| Jackie
1936 --
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
| Self
1936 --
Love in September
| Jackie
1935 --
Home on the Range
| Jack Hatfield
1931 --
Huckleberry Finn
| Tom Sawyer
1930 --
Tom Sawyer
| Tom Sawyer
1930 --
Estrellados
| Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
1930 --
Free and Easy
| Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
1928 --
The Circus: Premiere
| Self
1927 --
Buttons
| Buttons
1927 --
Character Studies
| Self (uncredited)
1927 --
The Bugle Call
| Billy Randolph
1927 --
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
| Johnny O'Day
1925 --
Old Clothes
| Timothy Kelly
1925 --
The Rag Man
| Tim Kelly
1924 --
Hello, 'Frisco
| Jackie Coogan
1924 --
Little Robinson Crusoe
| Mickey Hogan
1924 --
A Boy of Flanders
| Nello
1924 --
Meet Jackie Coogan
| Himself
1923 --
Long Live the King
| Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
1923 --
Circus Days
| Toby Tyler
1923 --
Daddy
| Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
1922 --
Oliver Twist
| Oliver Twist
1922 --
Seeing Stars
| Self
1922 --
Trouble
| Danny, the Kid
1922 --
Nice and Friendly
| Boy
1921 --
My Boy
| Jackie Blair
1921 --
Peck's Bad Boy
| Henry Peck
1921 --
The Kid
| The Kid
1919 --
A Day's Pleasure
| Smallest Boy (uncredited)
1917 --
Skinner's Baby
| The Baby (uncredited)