Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/26/1914
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
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. After the attack on Pearl Harbor that December, he requested a transfer to Army Air Forces as a glide...
Known For
Human Experiments
as Sheriff Tibbs
Tom Sawyer
as Tom Sawyer
Oliver Twist
as Oliver Twist
The Specialists
as Roger
Marlowe
as Grant W. Hicks
Girl Happy
as Sgt. Benson
Lonelyhearts
as Ned Gates
The Kid
as The Kid
Skipalong Rosenbloom
as Buck Lovelace
College Swing
as Jackie
French Leave
as Pappy Reagan
Trouble
as Danny, the Kid
The Prey
as Lester Tile
Cahill: United States Marshal
as Charlie Smith
Buttons
as Buttons
The Actress
as Inopportune (uncredited)
Circus Days
as Toby Tyler
Halloween with the New Addams Family
as Uncle Fester
Seeing Stars
as Self
When the Girls Take Over
as Captain Toussaint
Career Timeline
1980
1979
1976
1975
1973
1972
1971
1969
1968
1965
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
Eighteen and Anxious
as Harold 'Eager' Beaver
The Joker is Wild
as Swifty Morgan
Perry Mason
as Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes
Perry Mason
as Pete Desmond
Perry Mason
as Gus Sawyer
Perry Mason
as Ron Litten
The Buster Keaton Story
as Elmer Case
Where's Charley?
as Coach Sanderford
The Star Wagon
as Hanus Wicks