Jackie Coogan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jackie Coogan

American actor

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1914

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1984

Profession: actor, aircraft pilot, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984), known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor and comedian who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films.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, the California Child Actors Bill, widely known as the Coogan Act.
Coogan continued to act throughout his life, later earning renewed fame in middle age portraying bumbling Uncle Fester in the 1960s television series The Addams Family.