Jackie Coogan
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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
Filmography
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Kid
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Addams Family Album
1992
as Uncle Fester (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Prey
1983
as Lester Tile
Unknown Chaplin
1983
as Self
The Escape Artist
1982
as Magic Shop Owner
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
1980
as Sgt. Fleacollar
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
1980
as Mr. Klein
Hollywood
1980
as Self
Human Experiments
1979
as Sheriff Tibbs
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
as Self
$weepstake$
1979
Flying High
1978
Halloween with the New Addams Family
1977
as Uncle Fester
Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976
as Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Stagehand 1
The Specialists
1975
as Roger
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
1975
as Detective Chief Anderson
Lucy Gets Lucky
1975
as Gus Mitchell
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Jonathan
Movin' On
1974
Cahill: United States Marshal
1973
as Charlie Smith
Police Story
1973
The Addams Family
1973
as Uncle Fester (voice)
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Phil Rooney
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
as Uncle Fester (Voice)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
as Uncle Fester (voice)
Emergency!
1972
as Junkyard Owner
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Cool Million
1972
as Merrill Cossack
The New Andy Griffith Show
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
as Howard Sparks
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Zigler
The Partridge Family
1970
as Max Pepper
The Partridge Family
1970
as Grandpa Walter Renfrew
Marlowe
1969
as Grant W. Hicks
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Horace Sibley
The Brady Bunch
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Jerry Howe
Hawaii Five-O
1969
as Frank
Love, American Style
1969
as Uncle Harold
Love, American Style
1969
as Motel Owner
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Vince Darrell
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Matthew Basch
Rogue's Gallery
1968
as Funeral Director
Here's Lucy
1968
as Kermit Bosworth
Adam-12
1968
as Harry Rustin
The Outsider
1968
as Rusty
The Name of the Game
1968
as Connie Hart
Ironside
1967
Ironside
1967
as Buster Logan
Ironside
1967
as Sam McGoff
Clown Alley
1966
as Clown
A Fine Madness
1966
as Mr. Fitzgerald
Family Affair
1966
Girl Happy
1965
as Sgt. Benson
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Father Ryan
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Mayor Cecil Pudney
I Dream of Jeannie
1965
as Suleiman
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Sheriff Koster
The Addams Family
1964
as Uncle Fester
Burke's Law
1963
as Bert Crowley
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Finnegan
When the Girls Take Over
1962
as Captain Toussaint
The Lucy Show
1962
as Lieutenant Ruggles
The Virginian
1962
as Bodey
McKeever and the Colonel
1962
as Sgt. Barnes
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Powell Show
1961
as Shopkeeper
Sex Kittens Go to College
1960
as Wildcat MacPherson
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as George Stevens
Outlaws
1960
The Beat Generation
1959
as Jake Baron
Lonelyhearts
1959
as Ned Gates
The Big Operator
1959
as Ed Brannell
Night of the Quarter Moon
1959
as Desk Sergeant Bragan
Lock-Up
1959
Hawaiian Eye
1959
as Mack Stanley
Mr. Lucky
1959
as Joe Azevedo
High School Confidential!
1958
as Mr. A
The Space Children
1958
as Hank Johnson
No Place to Land
1958
as Swede
Peter Gunn
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Marshal Rogers
The Buster Keaton Story
1957
as Elmer Case
The Joker is Wild
1957
as Swifty Morgan
Eighteen and Anxious
1957
as Harold 'Eager' Beaver
The Star Wagon
1957
as Hanus Wicks
Where's Charley?
1957
as Coach Sanderford
The Troublemakers
1957
as Bender
Perry Mason
1957
as Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes
Perry Mason
1957
as Pete Desmond
Perry Mason
1957
as Gus Sawyer
Perry Mason
1957
as Ron Litten
Forbidden Area
1956
as The Cook
The Proud Ones
1956
as Man on Make (uncredited)
Escape from Terror
1955
as Agent Petrov
Gunsmoke
1955
as Marshal Stoudenaire
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as George Bay
Matinee Theater
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Mr. Klein
Mesa of Lost Women
1953
as Dr Aranya
The Actress
1953
as Inopportune (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
1953
as Marshal Stubb Snider
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Woody Woods
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Snuff Carter
Outlaw Women
1952
as Piute Bill
Cowboy G-Men
1952
Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951
as Buck Lovelace
Varieties on Parade
1951
as Himself
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Police Officer Hennesey
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Muggsy
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Police Lieutenant Smith
French Leave
1948
as Pappy Reagan
Studio One
1948
as Jeffers
Kilroy Was Here
1947
as Pappy Collins
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
Sky Patrol
1939
as Carter Meade
Million Dollar Legs
1939
as Russ Simpson
College Swing
1938
as Jackie
Love in September
1936
as Jackie
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
1936
as Self
Home on the Range
1935
as Jack Hatfield
Huckleberry Finn
1931
as Tom Sawyer
Estrellados
1930
as Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
Tom Sawyer
1930
as Tom Sawyer
Free and Easy
1930
as Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
The Circus: Premiere
1928
as Self
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
1927
as Johnny O'Day
Character Studies
1927
as Self (uncredited)
The Bugle Call
1927
as Billy Randolph
Buttons
1927
as Buttons
The Rag Man
1925
as Tim Kelly
Old Clothes
1925
as Timothy Kelly
Meet Jackie Coogan
1924
as Himself
A Boy of Flanders
1924
as Nello
Hello, 'Frisco
1924
as Jackie Coogan
Little Robinson Crusoe
1924
as Mickey Hogan
Long Live the King
1923
as Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
Circus Days
1923
as Toby Tyler
Daddy
1923
as Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
Oliver Twist
1922
as Oliver Twist
Nice and Friendly
1922
as Boy
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self
Trouble
1922
as Danny, the Kid
The Kid
1921
as The Kid
My Boy
1921
as Jackie Blair
Peck's Bad Boy
1921
as Henry Peck
A Day's Pleasure
1919
as Smallest Boy (uncredited)
Skinner's Baby
1917
as The Baby (uncredited)