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.
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 (Movies)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/2021
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/08/2015
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/03/2003
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/10/2000
The Addams Family Album
Character:Uncle Fester (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/1992
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Character:
Release Date:19/09/1988
The Prey
Character:Lester Tile
Release Date:04/11/1983
The Escape Artist
Character:Magic Shop Owner
Release Date:28/05/1982
Hollywood’s Children
Character:Self
Release Date:24/02/1982
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype
Character:Sgt. Fleacollar
Release Date:01/10/1980
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Character:Mr. Klein
Release Date:29/04/1980
Human Experiments
Character:Sheriff Tibbs
Release Date:19/10/1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Character:Self
Release Date:05/06/1979
Halloween with the New Addams Family
Character:Uncle Fester
Release Date:30/10/1977
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Character:Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
Release Date:18/10/1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Character:Stagehand 1
Release Date:26/07/1976
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery
Character:Detective Chief Anderson
Release Date:07/03/1975
Lucy Gets Lucky
Character:Gus Mitchell
Release Date:01/03/1975
The Specialists
Character:Roger
Release Date:06/01/1975
The Phantom of Hollywood
Character:Jonathan
Release Date:12/02/1974
Cahill: United States Marshal
Character:Charlie Smith
Release Date:11/07/1973
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Character:Uncle Fester (Voice)
Release Date:23/09/1972
Marlowe
Character:Grant W. Hicks
Release Date:19/09/1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Character:Matthew Basch
Release Date:10/07/1968
Rogue's Gallery
Character:Funeral Director
Release Date:01/01/1968
Clown Alley
Character:Clown
Release Date:09/11/1966
A Fine Madness
Character:Mr. Fitzgerald
Release Date:29/06/1966
Girl Happy
Character:Sgt. Benson
Release Date:01/04/1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Character:Father Ryan
Release Date:24/03/1965
When the Girls Take Over
Character:Captain Toussaint
Release Date:30/04/1962
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/1961
Sex Kittens Go to College
Character:Wildcat MacPherson
Release Date:24/08/1960
The Big Operator
Character:Ed Brannell
Release Date:01/08/1959
The Beat Generation
Character:Jake Baron
Release Date:03/07/1959
Lonelyhearts
Character:Ned Gates
Release Date:04/03/1959
Night of the Quarter Moon
Character:Desk Sergeant Bragan
Release Date:04/03/1959
No Place to Land
Character:Swede
Release Date:03/10/1958
The Space Children
Character:Hank Johnson
Release Date:01/06/1958
High School Confidential!
Character:Mr. A
Release Date:30/05/1958
Eighteen and Anxious
Character:Harold 'Eager' Beaver
Release Date:15/11/1957
The Joker is Wild
Character:Swifty Morgan
Release Date:26/09/1957
The Buster Keaton Story
Character:Elmer Case
Release Date:01/05/1957
Where's Charley?
Character:Coach Sanderford
Release Date:28/03/1957
The Star Wagon
Character:Hanus Wicks
Release Date:24/01/1957
Forbidden Area
Character:The Cook
Release Date:04/10/1956
The Proud Ones
Character:Man on Make (uncredited)
Release Date:15/05/1956
Escape from Terror
Character:Agent Petrov
Release Date:01/04/1955
The Actress
Character:Inopportune (uncredited)
Release Date:25/09/1953
Mesa of Lost Women
Character:Dr Aranya
Release Date:17/06/1953
Outlaw Women
Character:Piute Bill
Release Date:28/04/1952
Varieties on Parade
Character:Himself
Release Date:20/07/1951
Skipalong Rosenbloom
Character:Buck Lovelace
Release Date:30/04/1951
French Leave
Character:Pappy Reagan
Release Date:10/04/1948
Kilroy Was Here
Character:Pappy Collins
Release Date:19/07/1947
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1942
Sky Patrol
Character:Carter Meade
Release Date:11/09/1939
Million Dollar Legs
Character:Russ Simpson
Release Date:13/07/1939
College Swing
Character:Jackie
Release Date:29/04/1938
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Character:Self
Release Date:05/08/1936
Love in September
Character:Jackie
Release Date:06/03/1936
Home on the Range
Character:Jack Hatfield
Release Date:01/02/1935
Huckleberry Finn
Character:Tom Sawyer
Release Date:07/08/1931
Tom Sawyer
Character:Tom Sawyer
Release Date:19/12/1930
Estrellados
Character:Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
Release Date:07/07/1930
Free and Easy
Character:Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
Release Date:22/03/1930
The Circus: Premiere
Character:Self
Release Date:13/01/1928
Buttons
Character:Buttons
Release Date:24/12/1927
Character Studies
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1927
The Bugle Call
Character:Billy Randolph
Release Date:06/08/1927
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Character:Johnny O'Day
Release Date:15/01/1927
Old Clothes
Character:Timothy Kelly
Release Date:09/11/1925
The Rag Man
Character:Tim Kelly
Release Date:16/02/1925
Hello, 'Frisco
Character:Jackie Coogan
Release Date:28/09/1924
Little Robinson Crusoe
Character:Mickey Hogan
Release Date:25/08/1924
A Boy of Flanders
Character:Nello
Release Date:06/04/1924
Meet Jackie Coogan
Character:Himself
Release Date:01/01/1924
Long Live the King
Character:Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
Release Date:26/11/1923
Circus Days
Character:Toby Tyler
Release Date:30/07/1923
Daddy
Character:Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
Release Date:25/03/1923
Oliver Twist
Character:Oliver Twist
Release Date:30/10/1922
Seeing Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1922
Trouble
Character:Danny, the Kid
Release Date:07/08/1922
Nice and Friendly
Character:Boy
Release Date:01/01/1922
My Boy
Character:Jackie Blair
Release Date:01/12/1921
Peck's Bad Boy
Character:Henry Peck
Release Date:21/04/1921
The Kid
Character:The Kid
Release Date:21/01/1921
A Day's Pleasure
Character:Smallest Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:15/12/1919
Skinner's Baby
Character:The Baby (uncredited)
Release Date:06/08/1917
Television Appearances
Unknown Chaplin
Character:Self
Hollywood
Character:Self
$weepstake$
Character:
Flying High
Character:
Movin' On
Character:
The Addams Family
Character:Uncle Fester (voice)
Police Story
Character:
Barnaby Jones
Character:Phil Rooney
Cool Million
Character:Merrill Cossack
The Brian Keith Show
Character:
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Character:Uncle Fester (voice)
Emergency!
Character:
McMillan & Wife
Character:
McMillan & Wife
Character:Howard Sparks
The Jimmy Stewart Show
Character:
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Character:Zigler
The New Andy Griffith Show
Character:
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
The Partridge Family
Character:Max Pepper
The Partridge Family
Character:Grandpa Walter Renfrew
Love, American Style
Character:Uncle Harold
Love, American Style
Character:Motel Owner
The Brady Bunch
Character:
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Vince Darrell
Here's Lucy
Character:Kermit Bosworth
Adam-12
Character:Harry Rustin
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Horace Sibley
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Jerry Howe
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Frank
The Outsider
Character:Rusty
Ironside
Character:
Ironside
Character:Buster Logan
Ironside
Character:Sam McGoff
Family Affair
Character:
I Dream of Jeannie
Character:Suleiman
The Wild Wild West
Character:Mayor Cecil Pudney
The Wild Wild West
Character:Sheriff Koster
The Addams Family
Character:Uncle Fester
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:
Burke's Law
Character:Bert Crowley
Vacation Playhouse
Character:Finnegan
The Lucy Show
Character:Lieutenant Ruggles
McKeever and the Colonel
Character:Sgt. Barnes
The Virginian
Character:Bodey
The Dick Powell Show
Character:Shopkeeper
The Andy Griffith Show
Character:George Stevens
Outlaws
Character:
Mr. Lucky
Character:Joe Azevedo
Hawaiian Eye
Character:Mack Stanley
Lock-Up
Character:
77 Sunset Strip
Character:Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited)
Peter Gunn
Character:
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character:Marshal Rogers
Perry Mason
Character:Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes
Perry Mason
Character:Pete Desmond
Perry Mason
Character:Gus Sawyer
Perry Mason
Character:Ron Litten
Matinee Theater
Character:
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character:George Bay
Gunsmoke
Character:Marshal Stoudenaire
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Mr. Klein
Letter to Loretta
Character:Woody Woods
Letter to Loretta
Character:Snuff Carter
General Electric Theater
Character:Marshal Stubb Snider
Cowboy G-Men
Character:
The Red Skelton Show
Character:Police Officer Hennesey
Studio One
Character:Jeffers
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