Acting
Jackie Coogan
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jackie Coogan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Film · 2021
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Film · 2015
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Film · 2003
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Film · 2000
The Addams Family Album
Film · 1992
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Film · 1988
The Prey
Film · 1983
Unknown Chaplin
Series · 1983
The Escape Artist
Film · 1982
Hollywood’s Children
Film · 1982
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Film · 1980
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Film · 1980
Hollywood
Series · 1980
Human Experiments
Film · 1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Film · 1979
$weepstake$
Series · 1979
Flying High
Series · 1978
Halloween with the New Addams Family
Film · 1977
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Film · 1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Film · 1976
The Specialists
Film · 1975
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Film · 1975
Lucy Gets Lucky
Film · 1975
The Phantom of Hollywood
Film · 1974
Movin' On
Series · 1974
Cahill: United States Marshal
Film · 1973
Police Story
Series · 1973
The Addams Family
Series · 1973
Barnaby Jones
Series · 1973
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Film · 1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Series · 1972
Emergency!
Series · 1972
The Brian Keith Show
Series · 1972
Cool Million
Series · 1972
The New Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Series · 1971
McMillan & Wife
Series · 1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show
Series · 1971
McMillan & Wife
Series · 1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Series · 1971
The Partridge Family
Series · 1970
The Partridge Family
Series · 1970
Marlowe
Film · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
The Brady Bunch
Series · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Series · 1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Film · 1968
Rogue's Gallery
Film · 1968
Here's Lucy
Series · 1968
Adam-12
Series · 1968
The Outsider
Series · 1968
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
Ironside
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
Ironside
Series · 1967
Clown Alley
Film · 1966
A Fine Madness
Film · 1966
Family Affair
Series · 1966
Girl Happy
Film · 1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Film · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
I Dream of Jeannie
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
The Addams Family
Series · 1964
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
Vacation Playhouse
Series · 1963
When the Girls Take Over
Film · 1962
The Lucy Show
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
McKeever and the Colonel
Series · 1962
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Film · 1961
The Dick Powell Show
Series · 1961
Sex Kittens Go to College
Film · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
Outlaws
Series · 1960
The Beat Generation
Film · 1959
Lonelyhearts
Film · 1959
The Big Operator
Film · 1959
Night of the Quarter Moon
Film · 1959
Lock-Up
Series · 1959
Hawaiian Eye
Series · 1959
Mr. Lucky
Series · 1959
High School Confidential!
Film · 1958
The Space Children
Film · 1958
No Place to Land
Film · 1958
Peter Gunn
Series · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
Series · 1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Series · 1958
The Buster Keaton Story
Film · 1957
The Joker is Wild
Film · 1957
Eighteen and Anxious
Film · 1957
The Star Wagon
Film · 1957
Where's Charley?
Film · 1957
The Troublemakers
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Forbidden Area
Film · 1956
The Proud Ones
Film · 1956
Escape from Terror
Film · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Series · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Mesa of Lost Women
Film · 1953
The Actress
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
Outlaw Women
Film · 1952
Cowboy G-Men
Series · 1952
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Film · 1951
Varieties on Parade
Film · 1951
The Red Skelton Show
Series · 1951
The Red Skelton Show
Series · 1951
The Red Skelton Show
Series · 1951
French Leave
Film · 1948
Studio One
Series · 1948
Kilroy Was Here
Film · 1947
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Film · 1942
Sky Patrol
Film · 1939
Million Dollar Legs
Film · 1939
College Swing
Film · 1938
Love in September
Film · 1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Film · 1936
Home on the Range
Film · 1935
Huckleberry Finn
Film · 1931
Estrellados
Film · 1930
Tom Sawyer
Film · 1930
Free and Easy
Film · 1930
The Circus: Premiere
Film · 1928
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Film · 1927
Character Studies
Film · 1927
The Bugle Call
Film · 1927
Buttons
Film · 1927
The Rag Man
Film · 1925
Old Clothes
Film · 1925
Meet Jackie Coogan
Film · 1924
A Boy of Flanders
Film · 1924
Hello, 'Frisco
Film · 1924
Little Robinson Crusoe
Film · 1924
Long Live the King
Film · 1923
Circus Days
Film · 1923
Daddy
Film · 1923
Oliver Twist
Film · 1922
Nice and Friendly
Film · 1922
Seeing Stars
Film · 1922
Trouble
Film · 1922
The Kid
Film · 1921
My Boy
Film · 1921
Peck's Bad Boy
Film · 1921
A Day's Pleasure
Film · 1919
Skinner's Baby
Film · 1917