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Jackie Coogan

Jackie Coogan

American actor ; earned renewed fame in middle age portraying the character Uncle Fester in the 1960s television series The Addams Family
John Leslie Coogan was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. Coogan's role in Charlie Chaplin's film The Kid made him one of the first child stars in the history of Hollywood.Wikipedia
BornOctober 26, 1914
HometownLos Angeles, California, United States
Height5'7" (1.70m)
SpouseDorothea Lamphere, Ann McCormack, Flower Parry, Betty Grable
ChildrenJackie Coogan Jr., Leslie Diane Coogan, Joann Dolliver Coogan, Christopher Fenton Coogan
ParentsLillian Coogan, Jack Coogan Sr.
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