Jackie Coogan
Acting
Born October 26, 1914 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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 · 40 titles
Perry Mason
The Andy Griffith Show
Hawaii Five-O
The Red Skelton Show
Peter Gunn
Ironside
Adam-12
The Lucy Show
Love, American Style
The Virginian
Matinee Theater
The Wild Wild West
Emergency!
The Partridge Family
Studio One
I Dream of Jeannie
Burke's Law
Gunsmoke
Barnaby Jones
Family Affair
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Here's Lucy
The Name of the Game
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Hawaiian Eye
The Addams Family
The Brady Bunch
McMillan & Wife
77 Sunset Strip
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Alias Smith and Jones
Police Story
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Outlaws
The Dick Powell Show
Lock-Up
The Wonderful World of Disney
Vacation Playhouse
The Outsider
Mr. Lucky