Jackie Coogan

Actor, Film actor

1914 – 1984

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Who was Jackie Coogan?

John Leslie "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 the 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, widely known as the Coogan Act.

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Born
Oct 26, 1914
Los Angeles
Also known as
  • Jack Coogan
  • John L. Coogan
  • Jackie
  • John Leslie Coogan
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Santa Clara University
Died
Mar 1, 1984
Santa Monica

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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