Jackie Coogan had been an actor since birth, or just about. His first acting gig was as a toddler in the 1917 silent film “Skinner’s Baby,” where he played the titular infant. At age 7, he starred ...

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 ...

Jackie Coogan broke out as Charlie Chaplin's miniature sidekick in The Kid, then ended his career as the zappy Uncle Fester of The Addams Family. But there is a sinister twist to his life story, and, ...