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Cause of death
  
Cardiac arrest

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Jackie Coogan


Years active
  
1917–1984

Occupation
  
Actor

Grandchildren
  
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Full Name
  
John Leslie Coogan

Born
  
October 26, 1914 (
1914-10-26
)

Resting place
  
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California

Died
  
March 1, 1984, Santa Monica, California, United States

Spouse
  
Dorothea Lamphere (m. 1952–1984)

Parents
  
Jack Coogan Sr., Lillian Coogan

Movies and TV shows
  
The Kid, The Addams Family, Oliver Twist, The Shakiest Gun in th, Mesa of Lost Women

Similar People
  
Betty Grable, Ted Cassidy, John Astin, Keith Coogan, Ken Weatherwax

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John Leslie "Jackie" Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor and comedian who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films.

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Charlie Chaplin's film classic The Kid (1921) made him one of the first child stars in film history. He later 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. Coogan continued to act throughout his life, later earning renewed fame in middle age portraying Uncle Fester in the 1960s TV series The Addams Family.

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Early life and early career

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He was born as John Leslie Coogan in 1914 in Los Angeles, California, to John Henry Coogan Jr. and Lillian Rita (Dolliver) Coogan. He began performing as an infant in both vaudeville and film, with an uncredited role in the 1917 film Skinner's Baby. Charlie Chaplin discovered him in the Orpheum Theatre, a vaudeville house in Los Angeles, on the stage doing the shimmy, a dance popular at the time. Coogan's father was also an actor, as was his younger brother, Robert Coogan. Jackie Coogan was a natural mimic and delighted Chaplin with his abilities. Chaplin cast him in a small role in A Day's Pleasure (1919). He was Chaplin's irascible companion in The Kid (1921) and the following year played the title role in Oliver Twist, directed by Frank Lloyd. Coogan was one of the first stars to be heavily merchandised. Peanut butter, stationery, whistles, dolls, records, and figurines were among the Coogan-themed merchandise on sale.

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Coogan was tutored until the age of ten, when he entered Urban Military Academy and other prep schools. He attended several colleges, as well as the University of Southern California. In 1932, he dropped out of Santa Clara University because of poor grades.

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In November 1933, Brooke Hart, a close friend of Coogan from Santa Clara University, was kidnapped from his family-owned department store in San Jose and brought to the San Francisco area San Mateo–Hayward Bridge. After several demands for a $40,000 ransom, police arrested Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes in San Jose. Thurmond admitted that Hart had been murdered the night he was kidnapped. Both killers were transferred to a prison in downtown San Jose. A mob broke into the jail, and Thurmond and Holmes were hanged in a nearby park. Coogan was reported to be present and to have held the lynching rope.

In 1935, 20-year-old Coogan was the sole survivor of a car crash in eastern San Diego County that killed his father; his best friend, 19-year-old actor Junior Durkin; their ranch foreman Charles Jones, and actor and writer Robert J. Horner. The party was returning from a day of dove hunting over the border in Mexico in early May. With his father at the wheel, the car was forced off the mountain highway near Pine Valley by an oncoming vehicle and rolled down an embankment.

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As a child star, Coogan earned an estimated $3 to $4 million. When he turned 21 in October 1935, his fortune was believed to be well intact. His assets had been conservatively managed by his father, who had died in the car accident less than six months earlier.

However, Coogan found that the entire amount had been spent by his mother and stepfather, Arthur Bernstein, on fur coats, diamonds and other jewelry, and expensive cars. Bernstein had been a financial advisor for the family and married Coogan's mother in late 1936. Coogan's mother and stepfather claimed Jackie enjoyed himself and simply thought he was playing before the camera. She insisted, "No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything", and claimed he "was a bad boy". Coogan sued them in 1938, but after his legal expenses, he received just $126,000 of the $250,000 remaining of his earnings. When he fell on hard times and asked Charlie Chaplin for assistance, Chaplin handed him $1,000 without hesitating.

The legal battle focused attention on child actors and resulted in the 1939 enactment of the California Child Actor's Bill, often referred to as the "Coogan Law" or the "Coogan Act". It required that a child actor's employer set aside 15% of the earnings in a trust (called a Coogan account), and specified the actor's schooling, work hours, and time-off.

Charity work

Coogan worked with Near East relief, he toured across the United States and Europe in 1924 on a "Children's Crusade" as part of his fundraising drive, which provided more than $1 million in clothing, food, and other contributions (worth more than $13 million in 2012 dollars). He was honored by officials in the United States, Greece, and Rome, where he had an audience with Pope Pius XI.

A Roman Catholic, Coogan was a member of the Good Shepherd Parish and the Catholic Motion Picture Guild in Beverly Hills.

Film

Coogan appeared with then-wife Betty Grable in College Swing, a 1938 musical comedy starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye and Bob Hope.

Radio

In 1940, Coogan played the role of "a playboy Broadway producer" in the Society Girl program on CBS radio.

World War II

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 Glider Pilot aeronautical rating and the rank of Flight Officer, he volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group.

In December 1943, the unit was sent to India. He flew British troops, the Chindits, under General Orde Wingate on March 5, 1944, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles (160 km) behind Japanese lines in the Burma Campaign.

Television

After the war, Coogan returned to acting, taking mostly character roles and appearing on television. From 1952 to 1953, he played Stoney Crockett on the syndicated series Cowboy G-Men. He guest-starred on NBC's The Martha Raye Show. He appeared too, as Corbett, in two episodes of NBC's The Outlaws with Barton MacLane, which aired from 1960–1962. In the 1960–1961 season, he guest-starred in the episode "The Damaged Dolls" of the syndicated crime drama The Brothers Brannagan. In 1961, he guest-starred in an episode of The Americans, an NBC series about family divisions stemming from the Civil War. He also appeared in episode 37, titled "Barney on the Rebound", of The Andy Griffith Show, which aired October 31, 1961. He had a regular role in a 1962–63 NBC series, McKeever and the Colonel. He finally found his most famous television role as Uncle Fester in ABC's The Addams Family (1964–1966). He appeared as a police officer in the Elvis Presley comedy Girl Happy in 1965.

He appeared four times on the Perry Mason series, including the role of political activist Gus Sawyer in the 1963 episode, "The Case of the Witless Witness", and TV prop man Pete Desmond in the final episode, "The Case of the Final Fadeout", in 1966. He was a guest several times on The Red Skelton Show, appeared twice on The Brady Bunch ("The Fender Benders" and "Double Parked"), I Dream of Jeannie (as Jeannie's uncle, Suleiman – Maharaja of Basenji), Family Affair, Here's Lucy and The Brian Keith Show, and continued to guest-star on television (including multiple appearances on The Partridge Family, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, and McMillan and Wife) until his retirement in the middle 1970s.

Marriages and children

Coogan was married four times, and had four children. His first three marriages to actresses were short-lived. He and Betty Grable were engaged in 1935 and married on November 20, 1937, and they divorced less than two years later on October 11, 1939. Eighteen months later on August 10, 1941, he married Flower Parry. They had one son, John Anthony Coogan (writer/producer of 3D digital and film), born March 4, 1942, in Los Angeles; they divorced on June 29, 1943. Coogan married his third wife, Ann McCormack, on December 26, 1946; a daughter, Joann Dolliver Coogan, was born April 2, 1948, in Los Angeles. They divorced on September 20, 1951.

Dorothea Odetta Hanson, also known as Dorothea Lamphere, best known as Dodie, was a dancer and became Coogan's fourth wife in April 1952 and they were together over thirty years, until his death. They had two children together, a daughter, Leslie Diane Coogan, born November 24, 1953, in Los Angeles, and a son, Christopher Fenton Coogan, born July 9, 1967, in Riverside County, who died in a motorcycle accident in Palm Springs on June 29, 1990.

Leslie Coogan has a son, actor Keith Coogan, who was born Keith Eric Mitchell on January 13, 1970, being three years younger than his uncle Christopher. He began acting in 1975, and changed his name in 1986, two years after his grandfather's death. His roles include the oldest son in Adventures in Babysitting. Footage of Jackie with his grandson, Keith can be seen in the 1982 documentary Hollywood's Children.

Death

After suffering from heart and kidney ailments, Coogan succumbed to heart failure on March 1, 1984, at age 69 in Santa Monica, California. He had previously suffered several strokes and been undergoing kidney dialysis when his blood pressure dropped. Coogan was taken to Santa Monica Hospital, where he had a cardiac arrest.

At his request, Coogan's funeral was open to the public and he was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City. His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located on the 1700 block of Vine Street, just south of Hollywood Boulevard.

Filmography

Actor
1983
The Prey as
Lester Tile
1982
The Escape Artist as
Magic Shop Owner
1980
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype as
Sgt. Fleacollar
1980
The Kids Who Knew Too Much (TV Movie) as
Mr. Klein
1980
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Mr. Klein
- The Kids Who Knew Too Much (1980) - Mr. Klein
1979
Human Experiments as
Sheriff Tibbs
1978
Flying High (TV Series) as
Second Man
- The Vanishing Point (1978) - Second Man
1977
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (TV Series short) as
Additional Voices
- The Mystery Mansion Mix-Up (1977) - Additional Voices
1977
Halloween with the New Addams Family (TV Movie) as
Uncle Fester
1977
Lanigan's Rabbi (TV Series) as
R.B. Haig
- Say It Ain't So, Chief (1977) - R.B. Haig
1976
Sherlock Holmes in New York (TV Movie) as
Haymarket Hotel Proprietor
1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as
Stagehand 1
1976
Movin' On (TV Series) as
Sam Prichard
- The Big Switch (1976) - Sam Prichard
1975
McCoy (TV Series) as
Skippy
- Double Take (1975) - Skippy
1975
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery as
Detective Chief Anderson
1975
Police Story (TV Series) as
Delaney
- The Witness (1975) - Delaney
1975
Lucy Gets Lucky (TV Movie) as
Gus Mitchell
1975
The Specialists (TV Movie) as
Roger
1974
Gunsmoke (TV Series) as
Marshal Stoudenaire
- The Guns of Cibola Blanca: Part 1 (1974) - Marshal Stoudenaire
1974
Dirty Sally (TV Series) as
Sheriff
- The Hanging of Cyrus Pike (1974) - Sheriff
1971
McMillan & Wife (TV Series) as
Howard Sparks / Lowball
- Cross & Double Cross (1974) - Howard Sparks
- Two Dollars on Trouble to Win (1973) - Howard Sparks
- Death Is a Seven Point Favorite (1971) - Lowball
1974
The Phantom of Hollywood (TV Movie) as
Jonathan
1971
Ironside (TV Series) as
Sam McGoff / Buster Logan
- Class of '40 (1974) - Sam McGoff
- License to Kill (1971) - Buster Logan
1973
The Addams Family (TV Series) as
Uncle Fester
- The Addams Family at the Kentucky Derby (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Addams Family Goes West (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Roller Derby Story (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Voodoo Story (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Addams Family at Sea (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Circus Story (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- Ghost Town (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Great Balloon Race (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Reluctant Astronauts Trip to the Moon (1973) - Uncle Fester
- Aloha Hoolamagoola (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- Follow That Loaf of Bread (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Mardi Gras Story (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- Fastest Creepy Camper in the West (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- Boola Boola (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- Left in the Lurch (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
- The Addams Family in New York (1973) - Uncle Fester (voice)
1970
The Partridge Family (TV Series) as
Grandpa Walter Renfrew / Max Pepper
- Maid in San Pueblo (1973) - Grandpa Walter Renfrew
- Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge? (1970) - Max Pepper
1973
Here's Lucy (TV Series) as
Kermit Bosworth
- Lucy's Tenant (1973) - Kermit Bosworth
1973
Cahill U.S. Marshal as
Charlie
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) as
Phil Rooney
- Sing a Song of Murder (1973) - Phil Rooney
1973
The Little People (TV Series) as
Mr. Plimpton
- Sean's Midas Touch (1973) - Mr. Plimpton
1973
Jigsaw (TV Series) as
Harry
- Kiss the Dream Goodbye (1973) - Harry
1969
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
Frank / Jerry Howe / Horace Sibley
- Little Girl Blue (1973) - Frank
- Which Way Did They Go? (1969) - Jerry Howe
- Face of the Dragon (1969) - Horace Sibley
1973
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) as
Vince Darrell
- The Problem with Charlie (1973) - Vince Darrell
1971
Alias Smith and Jones (TV Series) as
Passenger Agent / Harvey Clifford / Crawford
- McGuffin (1972) - Passenger Agent
- Which Way to the O.K. Corral? (1972) - Harvey Clifford
- Dreadful Sorry Clementine (1971) - Crawford
1970
Love, American Style (TV Series) as
Sam Andrews (segment "Love and the Tycoon") / Uncle Harold (segment "Love and the Television Set") / Motel Owner (segment "Love and the First-Nighters")
- Love and the Christmas Punch/Love and the Mystic/Love and the Tycoon (1972) - Sam Andrews (segment "Love and the Tycoon")
- Love and the Happy Days/Love and the Newscasters (1972) - Uncle Harold (segment "Love and the Television Set")
- Love and the Banned Book/Love and the First-Nighters/Love and the King (1970) - Motel Owner (segment "Love and the First-Nighters")
1972
Emergency! (TV Series) as
Junkyard Owner
- Trainee (1972) - Junkyard Owner
1972
Cool Million (TV Series) as
Merrill Cossack
- Mask of Marcella (1972) - Merrill Cossack
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies (TV Series) as
Uncle Fester
- Wednesday Is Missing (1972) - Uncle Fester (voice)
1971
The Brady Bunch (TV Series) as
Harry Duggan / Man
- The Fender Benders (1972) - Harry Duggan
- Double Parked (1971) - Man
1972
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (TV Series) as
Zigler
- Shine a Light on Me (1972) - Zigler
1972
Adam-12 (TV Series) as
Harry Rustin
- The Adoption (1972) - Harry Rustin
1971
The Jimmy Stewart Show (TV Series) as
Officer Gadboy
- Guest of Honor (1971) - Officer Gadboy (as Jack Coogan)
1971
The New Andy Griffith Show (TV Series)
- Nearly Nuptials for Nora (1971)
1970
The Name of the Game (TV Series) as
Connie Hart / Harry Winslow
- The Glory Shouter (1970) - Connie Hart
- Man of the People (1970) - Harry Winslow
1970
Julia (TV Series) as
The Mailman
- Essay Can You See? (1970) - The Mailman
1970
Barefoot in the Park (TV Series) as
Walding
- Disorder in the Court (1970) - Walding
1970
Matt Lincoln (TV Series) as
Tait
- Nick (1970) - Tait
1957
The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) as
Muggsy / CPO Muldoon / Pierre - the Kidnapper / ...
- The Three Musketeers Ride Again, Those Ding-Dong Daddies from Dumas (1970) - Pierre - the Kidnapper
- Jackie Coogan, Sue Raney (1968) - Dancer
- Hippie Days Are Here Again (1967) - Police Officer Hennesey
- The Fortune Crookie (1967) - Curly - San Fernando's Asst.
- Chiseler on the Roof (1966) - Sidney Sideburn
- Goodbye, Mr. Gyp (1966) - Humphrey T. Humble
- I'm Heading for the Last Grownup (1964) - Guest
- One Man's Mate Is Another Man's Poison (1964) - Man Relaxing in Backyard / Silent Spot
- Sing a Song of Sing Sing (1963) - Big Louie - Hoodlum
- Pop Is a Weasel (1963) - Joe Passabuck
- After the Bald Is Over (1963) - Mr. Baldwin
- Freddie and the Daily Freeloader (1962) - Muggsy
- Freddie, Willing, and Able (1962) - Hotel Manager
- Jay North Adopts Freddie the Freeloader or Freddie's Benefactor (1961) - Muggsy
- Freddie Gets Sick (1961) - Dr. Benson
- Freddie's Manhattan (1960) - Real Estate Agent
- The Original Da Vinci (1960) - Muggsy
- Clem the Disc Jockey (1960) - Record Producer
- Nobu McCarthy (1959) - Warrant Officer Muldoon
- Appleby's Garage (1958) - Police Lieutenant Smith
- Cookie and the Satellite (1957) - CPO Muldoon
- Freddie and the Happy Helper (1957) - Hobo Smitty
- Romeo and Juliet (1957) - CPO Muldoon
1969
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) as
Suleiman
- Guess Who's Going to Be a Bride?: Part 2 (1969) - Suleiman
- Guess Who's Going to Be a Bride?: Part 1 (1969) - Suleiman
1969
Marlowe as
Grant W. Hicks
1967
The Wild Wild West (TV Series) as
Mayor Cecil Pudney / Sheriff Koster
- The Night of the Winged Terror: Part 1 (1969) - Mayor Cecil Pudney
- The Night of the Cut-Throats (1967) - Sheriff Koster
1969
My Friend Tony (TV Series)
- Death Comes in Small Packages (1969)
1968
Rogue's Gallery as
Funeral Director
1968
The Outsider (TV Series) as
Rusty
- Tell It Like It Is- and You're Dead (1968) - Rusty
1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West as
Basch
1963
The Lucy Show (TV Series) as
Mr. Burton / Lt. Ruggles
- Lucy Gets Involved (1968) - Mr. Burton
- Lucy and the Military Academy (1963) - Lt. Ruggles
1967
Family Affair (TV Series) as
Tim Callahan
- Fat, Fat, the Water Rat (1967) - Tim Callahan
1966
Clown Alley (TV Movie) as
Clown
1966
The Virginian (TV Series) as
Bodey
- Trail to Ashley Mountain (1966) - Bodey
1966
Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) as
Finnegan
- The Hoofer (1966) - Finnegan
1966
A Fine Madness as
Mr. Fitzgerald
1961
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Pete Desmond / Ron Litten / Gus Sawyer / ...
- The Case of the Final Fade-Out (1966) - Pete Desmond
- The Case of the Fifty Millionth Frenchman (1964) - Ron Litten
- The Case of the Witless Witness (1963) - Gus Sawyer
- The Case of the Crying Comedian (1961) - Elwood P. 'Gunner' Grimes
1964
The Addams Family (TV Series) as
Uncle Fester
- Ophelia's Career (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Lurch's Grand Romance (1966) - Uncle Fester
- The Addams Policy (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Lurch's Little Helper (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Cat Addams (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Addams Cum Laude (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Ophelia Visits Morticia (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia, the Decorator (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Pugsley's Allowance (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Ophelia Finds Romance (1966) - Uncle Fester
- The Great Treasure Hunt (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Fester Goes on a Diet (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia and Gomez vs. Fester and Grandmama (1966) - Uncle Fester
- Uncle Fester, Tycoon (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Christmas with the Addams Family (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia's Dilemma (1965) - Uncle Fester (credit only)
- Portrait of Gomez (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Gomez, the Cat Burglar (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Feud in the Addams Family (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Gomez, the Reluctant Lover (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia, the Sculptress (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia, the Writer (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Halloween - Addams Style (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Cousin Itt's Problem (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Gomez, the People's Choice (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia Meets Royalty (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia's Romance: Part 2 (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia's Romance: Part 1 (1965) - Uncle Fester
- My Fair Cousin Itt (1965) - Uncle Fester
- The Winning of Morticia Addams (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Lurch, the Teenage Idol (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Cousin Itt and the Vocational Counselor (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Uncle Fester's Toupee (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Progress and the Addams Family (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia's Favorite Charity (1965) - Uncle Fester
- My Son, the Chimp (1965) - Uncle Fester
- The Addams Family and the Spaceman (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia, the Breadwinner (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Lurch and His Harpsichord (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Crisis in the Addams Family (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Thing Is Missing (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Amnesia in the Addams Family (1965) - Uncle Fester
- The Addams Family in Court (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family (1965) - Uncle Fester
- The Addams Family Splurges (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Uncle Fester's Illness (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family (1965) - Uncle Fester
- The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man (1965) - Uncle Fester
- The Addams Family Meets a Beatnik (1965) - Uncle Fester
- Art and the Addams Family (1964) - Uncle Fester
- Lurch Learns to Dance (1964) - Uncle Fester (credit only)
- Morticia, the Matchmaker (1964) - Uncle Fester (credit only)
- The Addams Family Meet the VIPs (1964) - Uncle Fester
- Wednesday Leaves Home (1964) - Uncle Fester
- The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (1964) - Uncle Fester
- Green-Eyed Gomez (1964) - Uncle Fester
- Halloween with the Addams Family (1964) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia Joins the Ladies League (1964) - Uncle Fester
- The Addams Family Tree (1964) - Uncle Fester
- Gomez, the Politician (1964) - Uncle Fester
- Fester's Punctured Romance (1964) - Uncle Fester
- Morticia and the Psychiatrist (1964) - Uncle Fester
- The Addams Family Goes to School (1964) - Uncle Fester
1965
Girl Happy as
Sgt. Benson
1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as
Father Ryan
1964
Burke's Law (TV Series) as
Bert Crowley
- Who Killed Annie Foran? (1964) - Bert Crowley
1964
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) as
Customer
- Her School for Bachelors (1964) - Customer
1962
McKeever and the Colonel (TV Series) as
Sgt. Barnes
- McKeever Meets Munroe (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- Blackwell, the Retread (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- Project Walkie-Talkie (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- Make Room for Mother (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- Feat of Clay (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- All Quiet on the Westfield Front (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- The Old Grad (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- The Big Charade (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- Love Comes to Westfield (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- The Neighbor (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- McKeever's Astronaut (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- Too Many Sergeants (1963) - Sgt. Barnes
- For Dear Old Westfield (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- Happy Birthday, Colonel (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- Hand in Glove (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- McKeever and the Celestial Bells (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- Blackwell's Stand (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- The Bugle Sounds (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- By the Book (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- The Cookie Crumbles (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- The Mascot (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- Straight and Narrow (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- TV or Not TV (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- The Army Mule (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
- General McKeever (1962) - Sgt. Barnes
1963
The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series) as
Shopkeeper
- Thunder in a Forgotten Town (1963) - Shopkeeper
1962
When the Girls Take Over as
Capt. Toussaint
1962
The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) as
Dave Arnold
- A Show of His Own (1962) - Dave Arnold
1962
Follow the Sun (TV Series) as
Lew Dobber
- A Choice of Weapons (1962) - Lew Dobber
1960
Outlaws (TV Series) as
Ed Durant / Corbett
- The Sisters (1962) - Ed Durant
- The Rape of Red Sky (1960) - Corbett
1961
The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) as
George Stevens
- Barney on the Rebound (1961) - George Stevens
1961
Holiday Lodge (TV Series) as
Harvey Silk
- Never Hit a Stranger (1961) - Harvey Silk
1961
The Americans (TV Series) as
Rowe
- The Coward (1961) - Rowe
1961
The Best of the Post (TV Series) as
Sid
- Martha (1961) - Sid
1960
Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) as
Sam Brady / Marshal Rogers
- Rebel Gun (1961) - Sam Brady
- Tom and Huck (1960) - Marshal Rogers
1960
The Brothers Brannagan (TV Series) as
Wally Blue
- The Damaged Dolls (1960) - Wally Blue
1960
Klondike (TV Series) as
First Mate
- Halliday's Club (1960) - First Mate
1960
Lock Up (TV Series) as
Pinky Winthrop
- Society Doctor (1960) - Pinky Winthrop
1960
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Baldy Mike Hannigan
- Double Trouble (1960) - Baldy Mike Hannigan (uncredited)
1960
The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series)
- I Love a Marine (1960)
1960
Sex Kittens Go to College as
Wildcat MacPherson
1960
Mr. Lucky (TV Series) as
Joe Azevedo
- Dangerous Lady (1960) - Joe Azevedo
1960
The Ann Sothern Show (TV Series) as
Barney Dunaway
- Wedding March (1960) - Barney Dunaway
- Surprise, Surprise (1960) - Barney Dunaway
1960
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (TV Series) as
Ed Wilson
- An Interesting Evening (1960) - Ed Wilson
1959
General Electric Theater (TV Series) as
Marshal Stubb Snider
- Sarah's Laughter (1960)
- The Indian Giver (1959) - Marshal Stubb Snider
1959
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) as
Snuff Carter / Woody Woods
- Ten Men and a Girl (1959) - Snuff Carter
- 810 Franklin Street (1959) - Woody Woods
1959
Hawaiian Eye (TV Series) as
Mack Stanley
- Dangerous Eden (1959) - Mack Stanley
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
George Bay
- Anniversary Gift (1959) - George Bay
1959
The Lineup (TV Series)
- Wake Up to Terror (1959)
1959
The Big Operator as
Ed Brannell
1959
The Beat Generation as
Jake Baron
1959
Peter Gunn (TV Series) as
Eric Woolrich
- Keep Smiling (1959) - Eric Woolrich
1959
Night of the Quarter Moon as
Desk Sergeant Bragan
1958
Lonelyhearts as
Ned Gates
1958
No Place to Land as
Swede
1958
The Space Children as
Hank Johnson
1958
High School Confidential! as
Mr. A
1956
Matinee Theatre (TV Series) as
Brother-in-Law
- The Iceman (1958) - Brother-in-Law
- The Old Payola (1956)
1958
Studio One (TV Series) as
Jeffers
- Trial by Slander (1958) - Jeffers
1957
Telephone Time (TV Series)
- Death of a Nobody (1957)
1956
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Bender / Coach Sanderford / Hanus Wicks / ...
- The Troublemakers (1957) - Bender
- Where's Charley? (1957) - Coach Sanderford
- The Star Wagon (1957) - Hanus Wicks
- Forbidden Area (1956) - The Cook
1957
Eighteen and Anxious as
Harold 'Eager' Beaver
1955
Climax! (TV Series) as
Ferguson
- Keep Me in Mind (1957) - Ferguson
- The Giant Killer (1957)
- The Dark Fleece (1955)
1957
The Joker Is Wild as
Swifty Morgan
1957
The People's Choice (TV Series) as
Salesman
- Boomerang (1957) - Salesman
1957
The Buster Keaton Story as
Elmer Case
1957
The O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) as
Charley
- Fog in Santone (1957) - Charley
1956
The Proud Ones as
Man on Make (uncredited)
1955
Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series) as
O'Keefe
- Honorary Degree (1955) - O'Keefe
1955
So This Is Hollywood (TV Series)
- Reunion in Hollywood (1955)
1955
Escape from Terror as
Agent Petrov
1953
The Actress as
Inopportune (uncredited)
1953
Mesa of Lost Women as
Dr. Aranya
1952
Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) as
Stoney Crockett
- The California Bullets (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- High Heeled Boots (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Double Crossed (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- The Woman Mayor (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Stolen Dynamite (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Indian Traders (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- The Sidewinder (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Spring the Trap (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Sawdust Swindle (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Empty Mailbags (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Ghost Town Mystery (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Hush Money (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Hangfire (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Silver Fraud (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Safe Crackers (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Gypsy Traders (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- General Delivery (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Rawhiders (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- The Run Down (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Rawhide Gold (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Silver Shotgun (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Hang the Jury (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Ridge of Ghosts (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Mysterious Decoy (1953) - Stoney Crockett
- Frontier Smugglers (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Salted Mines (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Ghost Bushwacker (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Koniackers (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Gunslingers (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Bounty Jumpers (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Running Iron (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Pixilated (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Beware! No Trespassing (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Center Fire (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Chippewa Indians (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- The Secret Mission (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- The Golden Wolf (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Chinaman's Chance (1952) - Stoney Crockett
- Ozark Gold (1952) - Stoney Crockett
1952
Racket Squad (TV Series) as
Pennington
- The Christmas Caper (1952) - Pennington (as John L. Coogan)
1952
Outlaw Women as
Peyote Bill
1951
Varieties on Parade as
Jackie Coogan
1951
Skipalong Rosenbloom as
Buck Lovelace
1949
The Benny Rubin Show (TV Series)
1948
French Leave as
Pappy Reagan
1947
Kilroy Was Here as
Pappy Collins
1939
Sky Patrol as
Carter Meade
1939
Million Dollar Legs as
Russ Simpson
1938
College Swing as
Jackie
1936
Love in September (Short) as
Jackie
1935
Home on the Range as
Jack Hatfield
1931
Huckleberry Finn as
Tom Sawyer
1930
Tom Sawyer as
Tom Sawyer
1930
Free and Easy as
Jackie Coogan - at Premiere (uncredited)
1927
Buttons as
Buttons
1927
The Bugle Call as
Billy Randolph
1927
Johnny Get Your Hair Cut as
Johnny O'Day
1925
Old Clothes as
Timothy Kelly
1925
The Rag Man as
Tim Kelly
1924
Little Robinson Crusoe as
Mickey Hogan
1924
A Boy of Flanders as
Nello
1923
Long Live the King as
Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto
1923
Circus Days as
Toby Tyler
1923
Daddy as
Jackie Savelli / Jackie Holden
1922
Nice and Friendly (Short) as
Boy
1922
Oliver Twist as
Oliver Twist
1922
Trouble as
Danny, the Kid
1921
My Boy as
The Boy
1921
Peck's Bad Boy as
Henry Peck AKA 'Peck's Bad Boy'
1921
The Kid as
The Child (as Jack Coogan)
1919
A Day's Pleasure (Short) as
Smallest Boy (uncredited)
1917
Skinner's Baby as
The Baby (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1960
Sex Kittens Go to College (dialogue director - uncredited)
1959
The Big Operator (dialogue coach)
1959
The Beat Generation (dialogue director)
Director
1955
Escape from Terror
Soundtrack
1965
The Addams Family (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes)
- Christmas with the Addams Family (1965) - (performer: "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" - uncredited)
- Lurch, the Teenage Idol (1965) - (performer: "There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)")
1953
Cowboy G-Men (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Spring the Trap (1953) - (performer: "The Bald-Headed Boys from Paducah")
1938
College Swing (performer: "College Swing", "What A Rumba Does To Romance")
Self
1983
Unknown Chaplin (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- The Great Director (1983) - Self
1982
Hollywood's Children (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1980
Hollywood (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Comedy: A Serious Business (1980) - Self
- Pioneers (1980) - Self
1979
Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Charles Chaplin (1979) - Self
1979
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1977
This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Earl Mountbatten (1977) - Self
1976
Bicentennial Minutes (TV Series short) as
Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.784 (1976) - Self - Narrator
1972
This Is Your Life (TV Series) as
Self - Honoree
- Jackie Coogan (1972) - Self - Honoree
1971
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- A Special Salute to the Silent Screen with guests Richard Arlen, Buddy Rogers, Jackie Coogan, Babe London, Chester Conklin, Ken Maynard, Neil Hamilton and many other silent screen stars. (1971) - Self - Guest
1969
Star Close-up (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- Jackie Coogan (1969) - Self
1969
The Ed Nelson Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Jackie Coogan, Jerry Baker, Pat Brown, Talya Ferro, S.I. Hayakawa (1969) - Self
1968
Silent Treatment (Documentary) as
Self
1967
You Don't Say (TV Series) as
Self
- Dina Merrill and Jackie Coogan (1968) - Self
- Episode dated 21 September 1967 (1967) - Self
- Maureen Arthur and Jackie Coogan (1967) - Self
- Ruta Lee and Jackie Coogan (1967) - Self
1967
The Joey Bishop Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.8 (1967) - Self
1966
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #5.143 (1966) - Self
1966
Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 10 January 1966 (1966) - Self
1965
That Regis Philbin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.74 (1965) - Self
1964
The Jack Paar Program (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.23 (1964) - Self
1950
Stump the Stars (TV Series) as
Self / Self - Regular Panelist / Self - Guest Panelist
- Jackie Coogan vs. Frank Gorshin (1963) - Self - Guest Panelist
- Robert Clary, Shirley Yamaguchi, Dorothy Hart, Hans Conried, Carol Haney, Ken Murray, Rocky Graziano, Jackie Coogan (1959) - Self
- Dorothy Hart, Hans Conried, Denise Darcel, Robert Clary, Rocky Graziano, Jackie Coogan, Morey Amsterdam, Carol Haney (1958) - Self
- Hans Conried, Helen Gallagher, Dorothy Hart, Robert Clary, Larry Blyden, Rocky Graziano, Carol Haney, Jackie Coogan (1955) - Self
- Carol Haney, Rocky Graziano, Russell Knight, Jackie Coogan, Dorothy Hart, Robert Clary, Phyllis Kirk, Hans Conried (1955) - Self
- Abbe Lane, Hans Conried, Carol Haney, Robert Clary, Jackie Coogan, Rocky Graziano, Sheila Bond, Dorothy Hart (1955) - Self
- Rocky Graziano vs. Rudy Vallee (1955) - Self
- Peter Donald, Mona Knox, Robert Clary, Renzo Cesana, Denise Darcel, Jackie Coogan, Dorothy Hart, Rocky Graziano (1954) - Self
- Robert Clary, Rocky Graziano, Dorothy Hart, Jackie Coogan, Mona Knox, Nancy Gile, Peter Gile, Roger Franks (1954) - Self - Regular Panelist
- Fred Clark, Adele Jergens, Jackie Coogan, Frank DeVol, Marie Windsor, Fritz feld, Glenn Langan, Paul Cavanagh (1954) - Self - Regular Panelist
- Dick Erdman, Jeff Donnell, Lynn Bari, Jimmy Lydon, John Drew Barrymore, Angela Lansbury, Dave Willock, Jackie Coogan (1953) - Self
- John Drew Barrymore, Angela Lansbury, Jackie Coogan, Dave Willock, Adele Jergens, Forrest Tucker, Hillary Brooke, Preston Foster (1953) - Self
- Jackie Coogan, Hans Conried, Adele Jergens, Vincent Price (1952) - Self - Regular Panelist
- Lola Albright, Jeanne Cagney, Douglas Dumbrille, Marc Lawrence (1950) - Self
1956
The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) as
Self
- The Booze Man of Alcatraz featuring Jackie Coogan and Kay Starr (1962) - Self
- Old Vaudeville (1956) - Self
1961
Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.27 (1961) - Self
1960
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #4.40 (1960) - Self
1959
George Jessel Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.43 (1959) - Self
1955
The Martha Raye Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Benny Goodman, Jackie Coogan, Dennis O'Keefe (1955) - Self
1952
The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #2.20 (1952) - Self
1951
You Asked for It (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 4 January 1951 (1951) - Self
1949
Cavalcade of Stars (TV Series) as
Self
- Jackie Coogan, Hal LeRoy, Lina Romay (1949) - Self
1949
The Benny Rubin Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Premiere/Jackie Coogan/Edith Fellows (1949) - Self
1949
The Milton Berle Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actor
- Cab Calloway, Jackie Cooper, Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green (1949) - Self - Actor
1947
Screen Snapshots Series 27, No. 1: Hollywood Cowboys (Documentary short) as
Self
1938
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 4 (Documentary short) as
Self
1936
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (Short) as
Self
1936
Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (Documentary short) as
Self
1930
Estrellados as
Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
1929
Players at Play (Documentary short) as
Self
1928
The Circus: Premiere (Documentary short) as
Self
1927
Character Studies (Short) as
Self (uncredited)
1924
Hello, 'Frisco (Short) as
Self - Jackie Coogan
1923
Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 5 (Documentary short) as
Self
1923
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 25 (Documentary short) as
Self
1923
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 19 (Documentary short) as
Self
1922
Seeing Stars (Documentary short) as
Self
1922
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 15 (Documentary short) as
Self
1921
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 25 (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin (Documentary)
2015
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star (Documentary short) as
Self
2014
The Sixties (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Uncle Fester
- When Television Came of Age (2014) - Uncle Fester (uncredited)
2014
Un jour, une histoire (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Chaplin, la légende du siècle (2014) - Self
2012
Special Collector's Edition (TV Series) as
Toby Tyler
- Comparativa: El Circo (2012) - Toby Tyler
2009
Vincere as
The Kid in 'The Kid' (uncredited)
2005
The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (Video documentary)
2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (Video documentary)
2002
8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special) as
Self
2000
Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1995
Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self
- The Music of Light (1995) - Self (uncredited)
1994
Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs (Video) as
Muggsy
1992
Chaplin as
The Kid (uncredited)
1991
Sprockets (TV Series)
- Hollywood Babes (1991)
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (Video documentary) as
Self
1982
Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie documentary) as
Actor - 'The Kid' (uncredited)
1969
The Wild Wild West (TV Series) as
Mayor Cecil Pudney
- The Night of the Winged Terror: Part II (1969) - Mayor Cecil Pudney
1964
Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The Wild and Wonderful Thirties (1964) - Self (uncredited)
1961
Hollywood: The Golden Years (TV Movie documentary) as
Self (uncredited)
1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (Video documentary) as
Self
1942
Screen Snapshots Series 22, No 10 (Short) as
Self
1939
Land of Liberty

References

Jackie Coogan Wikipedia