Jackie Coogan
Acting
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.
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Filmography of
Jackie Coogan
... 2021
Self (archive footage)
... 2015
Self (archive footage)
... 2003
Self (archive footage)
... 2000
Uncle Fester (archive footage)
... 1992
... 1988
Lester Tile
... 1983
Magic Shop Owner
... 1982
Self
... 1982
Sgt. Fleacollar
... 1980
Mr. Klein
... 1980
Sheriff Tibbs
... 1979
... 1979
Uncle Fester
... 1977
Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
... 1976
Stagehand 1
... 1976
Detective Chief Anderson
... 1975
Gus Mitchell
... 1975
Roger
... 1975
Jonathan
... 1974
Charlie Smith
... 1973
Uncle Fester (Voice)
... 1972
Grant W. Hicks
... 1969
Matthew Basch
... 1968
Funeral Director
... 1968
Clown
... 1966
Mr. Fitzgerald
... 1966
Sgt. Benson
... 1965
Father Ryan
... 1965
Captain Toussaint
... 1962
Self (archive footage)
... 1961
Wildcat MacPherson
... 1960
Ed Brannell
... 1959
Jake Baron
... 1959
Ned Gates
... 1959
Desk Sergeant Bragan
... 1959
Swede
... 1958
Hank Johnson
... 1958
... 1958
Harold 'Eager' Beaver
... 1957
Swifty Morgan
... 1957
Elmer Case
... 1957
Coach Sanderford
... 1957
Hanus Wicks
... 1957
The Cook
... 1956
Man on Make (uncredited)
... 1956
Agent Petrov
... 1955
Inopportune (uncredited)
... 1953
Dr Aranya
... 1953
Piute Bill
... 1952
Himself
... 1951
Buck Lovelace
... 1951
Pappy Reagan
... 1948
Pappy Collins
... 1947
Self (archive footage)
... 1942
Carter Meade
... 1939
Russ Simpson
... 1939
Jackie
... 1938
... 1936
Jackie
... 1936
Jack Hatfield
... 1935
Tom Sawyer
... 1931
Tom Sawyer
... 1930
Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
... 1930
Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
... 1930
Self
... 1928
Buttons
... 1927
Self (uncredited)
... 1927
Billy Randolph
... 1927
Johnny O'Day
... 1927
Timothy Kelly
... 1925
Tim Kelly
... 1925
Jackie Coogan
... 1924
Mickey Hogan
... 1924
Nello
... 1924
Himself
... 1924
Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
... 1923
Toby Tyler
... 1923
Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
... 1923
Oliver Twist
... 1922
Self
... 1922
Danny, the Kid
... 1922
... 1922
Jackie Blair
... 1921
Henry Peck
... 1921
The Kid
... 1921
Smallest Boy (uncredited)
... 1919
The Baby (uncredited)
... 1917