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John Leslie (Jackie) Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Image File history File links File links The following pages link to this file: Jackie Coogan ...
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October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
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1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...
The term child actor is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion the latter is also called a former child actor. ...
A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...
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Coogan was born in Los Angeles, California, and began his acting career as an infant in both vaudeville and film, with an uncredited role in the 1917 film Skinner's Baby. Charlie Chaplin discovered him in a vaudeville house, doing the "shimmy," a popular dance at the time, on the stage. His father, Jack Coogan, Sr. was also an actor. The boy was a natural mimic, and delighted Chaplin with his abilities in this area. As a child actor, he is best remembered for his role as Charlie Chaplin's irascible sidekick in the film classic The Kid (1921) and for the title role in Oliver Twist by Frank Lloyd the following year. His scene in The Kid where he is taken away from the tramp character played by Chaplin and thrown into the back of a truck by the social service agents is one of the most famous scenes in cinema. He was also the first star to get heavily merchandised, with peanut butter, stationery, whistles, dolls, records, and figurines just being a sample of the Coogan merchandise. He also travelled internationally to huge crowds. Many of his early films are lost or just unavailable, but Turner Classic Movies recently presented The Rag Man with a new score. Coogan was famous for his pageboy haircut and his The Kid outfit of oversized overalls and cap, which was widely imitated, including by the young Scotty Beckett in the Our Gang films. Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...
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Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...
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A shimmy is a dance in which the body is held still, except for the shoulders, which are alternated back and forth. ...
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Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid The Kid is a 1921 Charlie Chaplin film. ...
Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ...
This little-known silent adaptation of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist features Lon Chaney, Sr. ...
Frank Lloyd (born 2 February 1886 in Glasgow, UK, died 10 August 1960 in Santa Monica, California, United States) was a film director, scriptwriter and producer. ...
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. ...
Scotty Beckett (Scott Hastings Beckett) (October 4, 1929 - May 10, 1968) was an American child actor. ...
A poster for the 1931 Our Gang comedy Love Business featuring depictions of (from left to right): Pete the Pup, Jackie Cooper, and Norman Chubby Chaney. ...
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As a child star, Coogan earned as much as $4 million, but the money was taken by his mother and step-father. He sued them in 1935, but only received $126,000. The legal battle did, however, bring attention to child actors and resulted in the state of California enacting the California Child Actor's Bill, sometimes known as the Coogan Bill or the Coogan Act. This requires that the child's employer set aside 15% of the child's earnings in a trust, and codifies such issues as schooling, work hours and time-off. Jackie's mother and step-father attempted to soften the situation by pointing out that the child was having fun and thought he was playing. Virtually every child star, however, from Baby Peggy on has stated that they were keenly aware that what they were doing was work. The California Child Actors Bill (also known as Coogan Act or Coogan Bill) is a law applicable to child performers, designed to safeguard a portion of their earnings for when they enter adulthood. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
Baby Peggy, circa 1922. ...
Tragedy also struck in 1935 when Coogan's best friend Junior Durkin, a child actor best known as "Huckleberry Finn" in two films of the early 1930s, was killed at 19 in a car crash that also claimed the life of Jackie Coogan's biological father. Jackie Coogan was the sole survivor of the accident. Junior Durkin (July 2, 1915 – May 4, 1935) was an American film actor. ...
Huckleberry Finn is the protagonist of Mark Twains famous book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ...
World War II Coogan enlisted in the US Army in March 1941. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he requested a transfer to US Army Air Forces as a glider pilot because of his civilian flying experience. After graduating from glider school, he was made a Flight Officer and 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 5 March 1944, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles behind Japanese lines in the Burma campaign. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
Satellite image of Pearl Harbor. ...
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was a part of the U.S. Army during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ...
Gliders built by the military of various countries were used for carrying troops and heavy equipment, mainly during the Second World War. ...
The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 Indian 3rd Infantry Division) were a British Indian Army Special Force that served in Burma and India from 1942 until 1945 during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained...
Orde Charles Wingate Major General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO (February 26, 1903 – March 24, 1944), was a British major general and creator of two special military units during World War II. // Orde Wingate was born 23 February 1903 in Naini Tal, India to a military family. ...
March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (65th in leap years). ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
Coogan in his most famous adult role, Uncle Fester After the war, Coogan returned to acting, taking mostly character roles and appearing on television. He finally found his most famous TV role as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family (1964) television series, for which he is fondly remembered by a whole new generation of fans to this day. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Uncle Fester on the left next to Morticia and Gomez Addams, with Thing in the foreground Uncle Fester is a character in The Addams Family. ...
The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ...
1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...
Marriage and Children - Betty Grable, married on 20 November 1937, divorced on 11 October 1939
- Flower Parry, married on 10 August 1941, divorced on 29 June 1943
- 1 son, John Anthony Coogan (film & video writer/producer).
- Ann McCormack, married on 26 December 1946, divorced on 20 September 1951
- 1 daughter, Joan Dolliver Coogan.
- Dorothy Lamphere, married on April 1952, they were together until his death
- 1 daughter. Grandson is actor Keith Coogan
- 1 son, killed in motorcycle accident in Palm Springs, CA in 1990
Betty Grable Ruth Elizabeth Betty Grable (December 18, 1916 – July 3, 1973) was an American actress, singer, and pin-up girl whose famous bathing-suit poster was an icon of the World War II era. ...
1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Death and burial Coogan died of a heart attack in 1984 at the age of 69. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...
1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W. Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. ...
Trivia - The youngest self-made millionaire in history.[citation needed]
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Filmography The Prey is a 1984 American horror film, directed and written by Edwin Brown, and starring Debbie Thureson, Steve Bond, Lori Lethin and Jackie Coogan. ...
A double-take is a comedy convention in which a character will look at something, but not react to the visual stimulus immediately. ...
Marlowe is a 1969 movie about Raymond Chandlers fictional detective Philip Marlowe starring James Garner as Marlowe and featuring Bruce Lee as a thug who smashes Marlowes office into pieces with karate chops. ...
The Shakiest Gun in the West, starring Don Knotts The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968) is a film starring Don Knotts. ...
A Fine Madness (1966) is a motion picture that tells the story of Samson Shillitoe, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women. ...
Girl Happy is a 1965 musical film and romantic comedy starring Elvis Presley. ...
Promotional poster for The Beat Generation The Beat Generation is a motion picture released in 1959 by MGM starring Steve Cochran and Mamie Van Doren, with Ray Danton, Fay Spain, Maggie Hayes, Jackie Coogan, Louis Armstrong, Cathy Crosby and Ray Anthony. ...
No Place To Land is an album by New Zealand singer, Michael Murphy and was released in 2004. ...
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Lonelyhearts is a 1958 film with Maureen Stapleton. ...
The Joker is Wild, starring Frank Sinatra and Jeanne Crain, is a 1957 movie which tells the story of Joe E. Lewis, a singer and comedian who was popular from the 1920s to the 1950s. ...
The Actress is a 1953 movie starring the award-winning Spencer Tracy. ...
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The term refers to leaving a party without bidding farewell to the host. ...
Engraving of Kilroy on the WWII Memorial in Washington DC Kilroy was here is an American popular culture expression, often seen in graffiti. ...
The title Home on the Range may refer to Home on the Range -- a Disney animated film. ...
Huckleberry Finn is the protagonist of Mark Twains famous book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ...
Tom Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ...
Tom Sawyer is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ...
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Oliver Twist (1838) is Charles Dickens second novel. ...
Oliver Twist (1838) is Charles Dickens second novel. ...
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Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid The Kid is a 1921 Charlie Chaplin film. ...
A Days Pleasure was Chaplins fourth film for First National Films. ...
References - Jackie Coogan: The World's Boy King: A Biography of Hollywood's Legendary Child Star, Diana Serra Cary, Scarecrow Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8108-4650-0
Diana Serra Cary (born 26 October 1918 in Merced, California, U.S.A. as Margaret Montgomery), best known as Baby Peggy Montgomery, was one of the principal child stars of the Hollywood silent movie era, in her heyday between 1920 and 1923 she was even more famous than Jackie Coogan. ...
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