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Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan

Acting
26 Oct 1914
01 Mar 1984
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. A...

Also Known As

John Leslie Coogan, John L. Coogan, Jack Coogan

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