Jackie Coogan
Also known as John Leslie Coogan, Jack Coogan
American actor (1914–1984)
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Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
Known for
- 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 — (archive footage) (uncredited)1988
- The Prey — Lester Tile1983
- Unknown Chaplin — Self1983
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John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. Coogan's title role in Charlie Chaplin's film The Kid (1921) made him one of the first child stars in the history of Hollywood.
He later sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and inspired California to enact the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers, the California Child Actor's Bill, widely known as the "Coogan Act".