
Known for
Acting
Born
October 26, 1914
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
March 1, 1984 (aged 69)
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 Gl...
2021
as Self (archive footage)
2015
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Self (archive footage)
2000
as Self (archive footage)
1992
as Uncle Fester (archive footage)
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
as Lester Tile
1983
1982
as Magic Shop Owner
1982
as Self
1980
as Sgt. Fleacollar
1980
as Mr. Klein
1980
1979
as Sheriff Tibbs
1979
1979
1978
1977
as Uncle Fester
1976
as Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
1976
as Stagehand 1
1975
as Detective Chief Anderson
1975
as Gus Mitchell
1975
as Roger
1974
1974
as Jonathan