Jackie Coogan
Birthday
1914/10/26
Day of death
1984/03/01 (69 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
John Leslie Coogan, John L. Coogan, Jack 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...Read more
Acting
(1969) Marlowe
as Grant W. Hicks
(1930) Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
(1921) The Kid
as The Kid
(1968) The Shakiest Gun in the West
as Matthew Basch
(1953) Mesa of Lost Women
as Dr Aranya
(1976) Sherlock Holmes in New York
as Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
(1959) The Beat Generation
as Jake Baron
(1958) High School Confidential!
as Mr. A
(1917) Skinner's Baby
as The Baby (uncredited)
(1927) Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
as Johnny O'Day
(1936) Love in September
as Jackie
(1953) The Actress
as Inopportune (uncredited)
(1955) Escape from Terror
as Agent Petrov
(1957) The Buster Keaton Story
as Elmer Case
(1966) Clown Alley
as Clown
(1922) Oliver Twist
as Oliver Twist
(1922) Nice and Friendly
as Boy
(1921) My Boy
as Jackie Blair
(1979) Human Experiments
as Sheriff Tibbs
(1979) When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
(1961) The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
(1952) Outlaw Women
as Piute Bill
(1980) Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
as Sgt. Fleacollar
(1959) Lonelyhearts
as Ned Gates
(1925) The Rag Man
as Tim Kelly
(1921) Peck's Bad Boy
as Henry Peck
(1958) The Space Children
as Hank Johnson
(1938) College Swing
as Jackie
(1922) Seeing Stars
as Self
(1968) Rogue's Gallery
as Funeral Director
(1930) Tom Sawyer
as Tom Sawyer
(1962) When the Girls Take Over
as Captain Toussaint
(1959) The Big Operator
as Ed Brannell
(1936) Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
as Self
(1959) Night of the Quarter Moon
as Desk Sergeant Bragan
(1942) Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)
(1956) Forbidden Area
as The Cook
(1973) Cahill: United States Marshal
as Charlie Smith
(1928) The Circus: Premiere
as Self
(1975) The Specialists
as Roger
(1931) Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
(1958) No Place to Land
as Swede
(1960) Sex Kittens Go to College
as Wildcat MacPherson
(1957) The Joker is Wild
as Swifty Morgan
(1930) Free and Easy
as Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
(1939) Sky Patrol
as Carter Meade
(1974) The Phantom of Hollywood
as Jonathan
(1983) The Prey
as Lester Tile
(1939) Million Dollar Legs
as Russ Simpson
(1948) French Leave
as Pappy Reagan
(1924) Meet Jackie Coogan
as Himself
(1977) Halloween with the New Addams Family
as Uncle Fester
(2004) The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Dr. Aranya (archive footage)
(1919) A Day's Pleasure
as Smallest Boy (uncredited)
(1957) Eighteen and Anxious
as Harold 'Eager' Beaver
(1982) The Escape Artist
as Magic Shop Owner
(1951) Skipalong Rosenbloom
as Buck Lovelace
(1924) A Boy of Flanders
as Nello
(1927) Character Studies
as Self (uncredited)
(1975) The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
as Detective Chief Anderson
(1951) Varieties on Parade
as Himself
(1966) A Fine Madness
as Mr. Fitzgerald
(1975) Lucy Gets Lucky
as Gus Mitchell
(1925) Old Clothes
as Timothy Kelly
(1935) Home on the Range
as Jack Hatfield
(1947) Kilroy Was Here
as Pappy Collins
(1927) The Bugle Call
as Billy Randolph
(1924) Hello, 'Frisco
as Jackie Coogan
(1965) Girl Happy
as Sgt. Benson
(1923) Long Live the King
as Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
(1965) John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Father Ryan
(2000) Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
as Self (archive footage)
(1922) Trouble
as Danny, the Kid
(1923) Circus Days
as Toby Tyler
(1923) Daddy
as Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
(1956) The Proud Ones
as Man on Make (uncredited)
(2003) Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
as Self (archive footage)
(1927) Buttons
as Buttons
(1982) Hollywood’s Children
as Self
(1924) Little Robinson Crusoe
as Mickey Hogan
(2015) Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
as Stagehand 1
(1980) The Kids Who Knew Too Much
as Mr. Klein
(2020) Showbiz Kids
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
as Uncle Fester (Voice)
(1960) The Andy Griffith Show
as George Stevens
(1974) Movin' On
as ---
(1966) Family Affair
as ---
(1961) The Dick Powell Show
as Shopkeeper
(1963) Burke's Law
as Bert Crowley
(1968) Here's Lucy
as Kermit Bosworth
(1972) The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Uncle Fester (voice)
(1959) Mr. Lucky
as ---
(1971) The New Andy Griffith Show
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Horace Sibley
(1969) The Brady Bunch
as ---
(1962) The Lucy Show
as Lieutenant Ruggles
(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---
(1957) Perry Mason
as Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Marshal Stoudenaire
(1948) Studio One
as Jeffers
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Marshal Stubb Snider
(1972) Emergency!
as ---
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as George Bay
(1960) Outlaws
as ---
(1952) Cowboy G-Men
as ---
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as ---
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1962) The Virginian
as Bodey
(1958) Peter Gunn
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1971) The Jimmy Stewart Show
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1959) Lock-Up
as ---
(1964) The Addams Family
as Uncle Fester
(1972) The Brian Keith Show
as ---
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Finnegan
(1978) Flying High
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Woody Woods
(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited)
(1962) McKeever and the Colonel
as Sgt. Barnes
(1973) The Addams Family
as Uncle Fester (voice)
(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as Mack Stanley
(1971) McMillan & Wife
as Howard Sparks
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Snuff Carter
(1968) Adam-12
as Harry Rustin
(1957) Perry Mason
as Pete Desmond
(1980) Hollywood
as Self
(1983) Unknown Chaplin
as Self
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Jerry Howe
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Frank
(1957) Perry Mason
as Gus Sawyer
(1957) Perry Mason
as Ron Litten
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as Mayor Cecil Pudney
(1969) Love, American Style
as Uncle Harold
(1969) Love, American Style
as Motel Owner
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mr. Klein
(1967) Ironside
as Buster Logan
(1971) Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Zigler
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Suleiman
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Phil Rooney
(1967) Ironside
as Sam McGoff
(1968) The Outsider
as Rusty
(1972) Cool Million
as Merrill Cossack
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Marshal Rogers
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as Sheriff Koster