Jackie Coogan The Addams Family. It may seem odd to have it presented that way, as if they were a single entity, but in the minds of many people, Jackie Coogan and The Addams Family are exactly that.

Six-year-old Jackie Coogan, who became an instant global star for his performance in Charlie Chaplin’s 1921 movie The Kid, was soon billed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as “the most famous boy in the world”.

Nearly 19 years ago, in a motion picture called The Kid, a saucy, bright-eyed little ragamuffin, taffy hair rumpled untidily under a tattered caricature of a cap, scampered into the hearts of the ...

The Addams Family actor Jackie Coogan became the living embodiment of his character, Uncle Fester, on the 1960s sitcom, but he initially had trouble adapting to his makeover for the role. In a ...

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John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984), known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he ...