Jackie Coogan Overview:

Legendary actor, Jackie Coogan, was born John Leslie Coogan Jr. on Oct 26, 1914 in Los Angeles, CA. Coogan died at the age of 69 on Mar 1, 1984 in Santa Monica, CA and was laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, Los Angeles County, CA.

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Jackie Coogan appeared in over 140 film and television roles -- most famously as The Kid in Charlie Chaplin’ s silent classic, The Kid… and of course, much later on, as the eccentric and lovable Uncle Fester in the TV sitcom The Addams Family!

(Source: article by Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub).

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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Coogan was never nominated for an Academy Award.

BlogHub Articles:

Wednesday's Child: (1)

By Beth Daniels on Apr 30, 2014 From Mildred's Fatburgers

John Leslie "Jackie" Coogan, Los Angeles, October 26, 1914 to March 1, 1984 Biography : The World's Boy KingBy Diana Serra Cary, Scarecrow Press, 2007 Also... 's first wife, Betty Grable. Really. You Can't Pick Your Parents The tragedy... Read full article


Wednesday's Child: (2)

By Beth Daniels on Apr 30, 2014 From Mildred's Fatburgers

John Leslie "Jackie" Coogan, Los Angeles, October 26, 1914 to March 1, 1984 Biography : The World's Boy KingBy Diana Serra Cary, Scarecrow Press, 2007 Also... 's first wife, Betty Grable. Really. You Can't Pick Your Parents The tragedy... Read full article


Mini Tribute Child Star and Beyond:

By Annmarie Gatti on Oct 26, 2012 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Born October 26, 1914 Child Actor, ! Couldn’t resist this one! — ADORABLE as a kid and kinda ‘cute’ as Uncle Fester too!!! Coogan appeared in 140 roles — most famously as The Kid in Charlie Chaplin‘s silent classic, The Kid… and of... Read full article


in The Rag Man (1925)

By Pretty Clever Film Gal on Aug 10, 2011 From Pretty Clever Films

If charm and a certain preternatural precociousness are the currency of a great child actor, then was a very rich little boy in the 1920′s. Best known as Charlie Chaplin’s sidekick in The Kid. Coogan was a meteoric success in the silent era. As with Shirley Temple a few yea... Read full article


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Jackie Coogan Quotes:

Golfer: FORE!
Tim Kelly: I wouldn't give but three-ninety-eight!


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Jackie Coogan found great success as a television actor, most notably as as Uncle Fester in ABC's The Addams Family (1964-1966). He also had a regular role in a 1962-1963 NBC series, McKeever and the Colonel, and also appeared a number of times on the Perry Mason series, and once on Emergency! He also was featured in an episode of The Brady Bunch ("The Fender Benders"), I Dream of Jeannie (as Jeannie's uncle, Suleiman - Maharaja of Basenji), Family Affair, Here's Lucy and The Brian Keith Show, and he continued to guest star on television (including multiple appearances on The Partridge Family, The Wild Wild West and Hawaii Five-O) until his retirement in the mid-'70s.

Was engaged to starlet Toby Wing during much of 1935. The two broke up when Coogan went into a depression complicated by alcohol abuse after discovering his mother and stepfather squandered his childhood fortune.

Always considered his proudest moment his 1972 reunion with Charles Chaplin. After two decades of exile from the U.S., Chaplin returned to the United States in March of that year to receive the Handel Medallion in New York City and a special lifetime achievement Oscar in Hollywood. Coogan was one of several people on hand to greet Chaplin when he arrived at Los Angeles International Airport. After greeting the other members of the party with perfunctory handshakes, Chaplin, immediately recognizing Coogan (whom he hadn't seen in decades), warmly embraced him, saying, "You know, I think I would rather see you than anybody else." Chaplin later told Coogan's wife, "You must never forget that your husband is a genius.".

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