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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jackie Coogan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
TV Shows(55)
Unknown Chaplin
Self
1983
Hollywood
Self
1980
$weepstake$
1979
Flying High
1978
Movin' On
1974
The Addams Family
Uncle Fester (voice)
1973
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
Phil Rooney
1973
Cool Million
Merrill Cossack
1972
The Brian Keith Show
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Uncle Fester (voice)
1972
Emergency!
1972
McMillan & Wife
1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show
1971
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Zigler
1971
The New Andy Griffith Show
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
The Partridge Family
Max Pepper
1970
Love, American Style
Uncle Harold
1969
The Brady Bunch
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Vince Darrell
1969
Here's Lucy
Kermit Bosworth
1968
Adam-12
Harry Rustin
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Horace Sibley
1968
The Name of the Game
Connie Hart
1968
The Outsider
Rusty
1968
Ironside
1967
Family Affair
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
Suleiman
1965
The Wild Wild West
Mayor Cecil Pudney
1965
The Addams Family
Uncle Fester
1964
Burke's Law
Bert Crowley
1963
Vacation Playhouse
Finnegan
1963
The Lucy Show
Lieutenant Ruggles
1962
McKeever and the Colonel
Sgt. Barnes
1962
The Virginian
Bodey
1962
The Dick Powell Show
Shopkeeper
1961
The Andy Griffith Show
George Stevens
1960
Outlaws
1960
Mr. Lucky
Joe Azevedo
1959
Hawaiian Eye
Mack Stanley
1959
Lock-Up
1959
77 Sunset Strip
Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited)
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Marshal Rogers
1958
Perry Mason
Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes
1957
Matinee Theater
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
George Bay
1955
Gunsmoke
Marshal Stoudenaire
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mr. Klein
1954
Letter to Loretta
Woody Woods
1953
General Electric Theater
Marshal Stubb Snider
1953
Cowboy G-Men
1952
The Red Skelton Show
Police Officer Hennesey
1951
Studio One
Jeffers
1948
Movies(88)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
2021
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Self (archive footage)
2015
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Self (archive footage)
2003
Lon Chaney: A thousand faces
Self (archive footage)
2000
The Addams Family Album
Uncle Fester (archive footage)
1992
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
The Prey
Lester Tile
1983
The Escape Artist
Magic Shop Owner
1982
Hollywood’s Children
Self
1982
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Sgt. Fleacollar
1980
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Mr. Klein
1980
Human Experiments
Sheriff Tibbs
1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
1979
Halloween with the New Addams Family
Uncle Fester
1977
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Stagehand 1
1976
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Detective Chief Anderson
1975
Lucy Gets Lucky
Gus Mitchell
1975
The Specialists
Roger
1975
The Phantom of Hollywood
Jonathan
1974
Cahill: United States Marshal
Charlie Smith
1973
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Uncle Fester (Voice)
1972
Marlowe
Grant W. Hicks
1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Matthew Basch
1968
Rogue's Gallery
Funeral Director
1968
Clown Alley
Clown
1966
A Fine Madness
Mr. Fitzgerald
1966
Girl Happy
Sgt. Benson
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Father Ryan
1965
When the Girls Take Over
Captain Toussaint
1962
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
1961
Sex Kittens Go to College
Wildcat MacPherson
1960
The Big Operator
Ed Brannell
1959
The Beat Generation
Jake Baron
1959
Lonelyhearts
Ned Gates
1959
Night of the Quarter Moon
Desk Sergeant Bragan
1959
No Place to Land
Swede
1958
The Space Children
Hank Johnson
1958
High School Confidential!
Mr. A
1958
Eighteen and Anxious
Harold 'Eager' Beaver
1957
The Joker is Wild
Swifty Morgan
1957
The Buster Keaton Story
Elmer Case
1957
Where's Charley?
Coach Sanderford
1957
The Star Wagon
Hanus Wicks
1957
Forbidden Area
The Cook
1956
The Proud Ones
Man on Make (uncredited)
1956
Escape from Terror
Agent Petrov
1955
The Actress
Inopportune (uncredited)
1953
Mesa of Lost Women
Dr Aranya
1953
Outlaw Women
Piute Bill
1952
Varieties on Parade
Himself
1951
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Buck Lovelace
1951
French Leave
Pappy Reagan
1948
Kilroy Was Here
Pappy Collins
1947
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
1942
Sky Patrol
Carter Meade
1939
Million Dollar Legs
Russ Simpson
1939
College Swing
Jackie
1938
Love in September
Jackie
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Self
1936
Home on the Range
Jack Hatfield
1935
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
1931
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
1930
Estrellados
Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
1930
Free and Easy
Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
1930
The Circus: Premiere
Self
1928
Buttons
Buttons
1927
Character Studies
Self (uncredited)
1927
The Bugle Call
Billy Randolph
1927
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Johnny O'Day
1927
Old Clothes
Timothy Kelly
1925
The Rag Man
Tim Kelly
1925
Hello, 'Frisco
Jackie Coogan
1924
Little Robinson Crusoe
Mickey Hogan
1924
A Boy of Flanders
Nello
1924
Meet Jackie Coogan
Himself
1924
Long Live the King
Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
1923
Circus Days
Toby Tyler
1923
Daddy
Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
1923
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
1922
Seeing Stars
Self
1922
Trouble
Danny, the Kid
1922
Nice and Friendly
Boy
1922
My Boy
Jackie Blair
1921
Peck's Bad Boy
Henry Peck
1921
The Kid
The Kid
1921
A Day's Pleasure
Smallest Boy (uncredited)
1919
Skinner's Baby
The Baby (uncredited)
1917