#thelifeandsadending #addamsfamily A mini bio on the life and career of actor Jackie Coogan. In addition to be a child star appearing with Charlie Chaplin, he also portrayed Uncle Fester on "The Addams Family" sitcom in the 1960's.
Jackie also loved Chaplin too and was there the night Chaplain got his honorary Oscar. You can see it here on RU-vid and when they show Jackie in the audience you can see how emotional he is.
Can you imagine making that kind of money that would have lasted him for the rest of his life and finding out your own mother spent it all??? Im glad you're here so often Steve. Thank you!
Jackie Coogan was the most popular child actor of the 1920s. His brother Robert Coogan, who was 10 years younger than Jackie, was in a few movies, including "Skippy" with Jackie Cooper.
Wow! I never realized Jackie's earlier work. He was quite the handsome devil. And married to Betty Grable! Cool stuff. You are doing some great work, Good Old Buddy Pal, Steve!
You're right. I never knew of all the characters he played, movies he was in, and more. Thanks for telling us and the pictures of him when he was younger. 👍
@TheLifeandSadEnding I totally agree! There's so much I've learned about the folks that you talk about in your videos! It's really fascinating, the things I never knew! I'm glad to learn he was a genuine hero of WW11. Thank you Steve! By the way,I'm 71 & loved watching Our Gang,& The Little Rascals!❤
Wow, thanks again Steve for your content. So much good knowledge here and so much more to know of this actor from his early days, married to Betty Grable was a shock indeed! Uncle Fester married to Betty Grable!! I did recall his mother and step father spending his child actor earnings, seems like a pretty common happening to child actors especially back in his era.
Thank you so much for that wonderful video I had no idea that Uncle Fester was Jackie Coogan, I also had no idea that he lived such a glorious life... thank you for enlightening all of us and God bless him❤🙏👍
Other than loving him in The Addams family is Uncle Fester I love him even more now than he was a US soldier fighting for our freedom thank you for your service God bless you backwoods movie stars were giants among men Elvis Presley serving their country most of the Hollywood nowadays are pure trash
Jackie always made light of his marriage to Betty Grable (One of the most desired women of all time!) and Betty Grable for her part said that Jackie taught her things that women only learn in the whorehouse!, so it sounds like Jackie and Betty were a couple who liked to experiment! My memory of Jackie is growing up seeing re-runs of the Adams Family and the marvellous quirky Uncle Fester who remains to this day one of the best stand-out characters ever to emerge from a TV show. RIP Jackie a great star who will always be fondly remembered.
for those of you who might not know, gliders didn't really " land " in the same sense as a powered aircraft. the best you could hope for with a glider was a controlled crash. for example on D--Day, 21 of 850 gliders crashed, claiming 10 % casualties. it took a lot of balls to ASK for that duty. i loved him as uncle fester and i thought the addams family was a great show. blowing up the trains still cracks me up. BTW, jackie was super cute in " the kid " and he played as big a part as chaplin did in that movie.
Glad this man had two careers, what is a child star which I found about later, and everybody loved Uncle Fester still love The Addams family 2 I believe he was when they had a reunion of The Addams family was shot in color and I believe he was in it and I'm glad he was able to appear in it so was lurch not so sure about the lady who played mama everybody really knew Jackie coogan twice. 3:15
He was funny on the Addams Family. I did know he was a former child star. He was certainly an adorable kid 😍 Terrible what his mom and step dad did. Stealing his money 💰
@@TheLifeandSadEnding Thank you for responding so quickly and graciously. I enjoy the podcasts and the videos you put forth with all of the R&D and best efforts to remember those beloved celebrities.
Jackie Coogan having played Uncle Fester on the Aadams family not only did he play Uncle Fester, but played everones favorite Uncle on the Aadams family.
