Jackie Coogan
- Highest Rated: The Kid (1921)
- Lowest Rated: Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
- Birthday: Oct 26, 1914
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
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American actor Jackie Coogan belonged to a family of vaudevillians. At age four Coogan was already a stage attraction performing with his father when he caught the eye of Charles Chaplin, who immediately hired him (and his father as well). After giving him a bit part in the short A Day's Pleasure (1919), he made Coogan his co-star in the masterpiece The Kid (1921). This launched Coogan's film career and he went on to become one of the highest paid film actors of the day. Movie audiences worldwide doted on him, but his career as a child star petered out when he was 13 and too old to be "cute." In 1935 when his mother and stepfather refused to let him have the $4 million that he had amassed during his child acting days, he filed suit against them. When the settlement finally came, he received a mere $126,000., but the legal fight brought attention to such abuses, and resulted in the "California Child Actor's Bill" also known as the "Coogan Act" which protected the earnings of child actors. He was married to Betty Grable for 3 years, and to three other showgirls in succession afterwards. During his adulthood, he occasionally appeared in films playing character roles and worked frequently in television, most notably as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family TV series. He died on March 1, 1984.
Highest Rated Movies
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The Kid
100% -
Marlowe
71% -
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The Actress
60%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
|
Year |
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The Forgotten Films of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle | Actor | — | 2005 | |
Unknown Chaplin | Actor | — | 1983 | |
The Escape Artist | Magic-Shop Owner | — | 1982 | |
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype | Sgt. Fleacollar | — | 1980 | |
Human Experiments (Beyond the Gate) (Women in Prison) | Actor | — | 1980 | |
The Prey | Lester | — | 1980 | |
20% | Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Stagehand I | — | 1976 |
Sherlock Holmes in New York | Actor | — | 1976 | |
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery | Sheriff | — | 1975 | |
Cahill U.S. Marshal | Charlie Smith | — | 1973 | |
71% | Marlowe | Grant W. Hicks | — | 1969 |
The Shakiest Gun in the West | Matthew Basch | — | 1968 | |
A Fine Madness | Mr. Fitzgerald | — | 1966 | |
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home | Father Ryan | — | 1965 | |
Girl Happy | Sgt. Benson | — | 1965 | |
Sex Kittens Go to College | Wildcat MacPherson | — | 1960 | |
The Beat Generation | Jake Baron | — | 1959 | |
70% | High School Confidential | Mr. A | — | 1958 |
The Space Children | Hank Johnson | — | 1958 | |
Lonelyhearts | Ned Gates | — | 1958 | |
No Place to Land | Swede | — | 1958 | |
The Joker Is Wild | Swifty Morgan | — | 1957 | |
Playhouse 90 - Charley's Aunt | Actor | — | 1957 | |
The Proud Ones | Man on Make | — | 1956 | |
60% | The Actress | Heckler | — | 1953 |
Lost Women | Doctor Aranya | — | 1953 | |
Outlaw Women | Piute Bill | — | 1952 | |
Boot Hill Mamas | Actor | — | 1952 | |
Cowboy G-Men | Actor | — | 1952 | |
The Navy Comes Through | Actor | — | 1942 | |
Sky Patrol | Carter | — | 1939 | |
Land of Liberty | Actor | — | 1939 | |
College Swing | Jackie | — | 1938 | |
Tom Sawyer | Tom Sawyer | — | 1930 | |
Free and Easy (Easy Go) | Himself | — | 1930 | |
The Rag Man | Tim Kelly | — | 1925 | |
Oliver Twist | Oliver Twist | — | 1922 | |
My Boy | Jackie Blair | — | 1922 | |
Seeing Stars | Actor | — | 1922 | |
Peck's Bad Boy | Peck's Bad Boy | — | 1921 | |
100% | The Kid | The Child | — | 1921 |
A Day's Pleasure | Smallest Boy | — | 1919 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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American Masters
2001
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Appearing |
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Gunsmoke
1955-1975
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Stoudenaire |
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Ironside
1967-1975
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Terry Wilson Sam Buster Logan |
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Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969-1976
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Darrell |
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The Partridge Family
1970-1974
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Grandpa Walter Renfrew Max Pepper |
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77% |
The Brady Bunch
1969-1974
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Harry Duggan Man |
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I Dream of Jeannie
1965-1970
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Uncle Suleiman Sulieman |
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The Wild Wild West
1965-1969
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Pudney |
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100% |
The Addams Family
1964-1966
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Uncle Fester Frump |
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Perry Mason
1957-1966
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Grimes Desmond Litten Sawyer |
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83% |
The Munsters
1964-1966
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Young Man |
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The Andy Griffith Show
1960-1968
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Guest George Stevens |
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The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
1952-1966
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Ed |
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-1962
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George |
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