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Chaplin and Jackie Coogan on the set of The Kid.

John Leslie Coogan October 26, — March 1, was an American actor and comedian who began his film career as a child actor in silent films. 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 Actor's Bill , widely known as the "Coogan Act". Coogan continued to act throughout his life, later earning renewed fame in middle age portraying Uncle Fester in the s television series The Addams Family. Charlie Chaplin discovered him in the Orpheum Theatre , a vaudeville house in Los Angeles, on the stage doing the shimmy , a then-popular dance. Coogan's father was also an actor, as was his younger brother, Robert. Coogan was a natural mimic and delighted Chaplin with his abilities.

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She insisted, "No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything", [12] and claimed he "was a bad boy". The film would be called The Waif. S2CID — via www.

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Chaplin and Jackie Coogan on the set of The Kid. Yet it seems to have been born out of a state of acute emotional turmoil in his private life. In October Chaplin had compromised himself into a hasty marriage with a year-old actress, Mildred Harris. Mildred became pregnant and gave birth to a malformed boy, who died after only three days. Chaplin evidently suffered acute trauma from this loss.

Jackie coogan charlie chaplin

The Kid is a American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin , and features Jackie Coogan [4] as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length film as a director. It was a huge success and was the second-highest-grossing film in With much anguish, an unwed Mother abandons her child, placing him in an expensive automobile with a handwritten note: "Please love and care for this orphan child".

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Terrified that her lawyers would try to seize the kid, Chaplin and his most faithful associates fled California. Petersburg, Florida. Bowling Green, Kentucky. He appeared as a police officer in the Elvis Presley comedy Girl Happy in January 2, Free Lance-Star. April 7, Retrieved February 24, Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved November 23, This made him the perfect collaborator. United Press. Jackie was a born mimic, and could perfectly imitate any action or expression Chaplin showed him. April 3, April 25,

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

She insisted, "No promises were ever made to give Jackie anything", [12] and claimed he "was a bad boy". Main article: California Child Actor's Bill. May 8, He patiently shot scenes again and again until he was fully satisfied. Petersburg, Florida. July 7, With his father at the wheel, the car was forced off the mountain highway near Pine Valley by an oncoming vehicle and rolled down an embankment. Coogan was married four times and had four children. He attended several colleges, as well as the University of Southern California. Reading Eagle. Retrieved November 23, April 30,