In 1923 Jackie Coogan was voted America's most popular movie actor.
Jackie Coogan donated his WW II famous flight jacket to a museum in Palm Springs, CA.
Jackie Coogan has a famous son. Anthony Coogan is a film and video writer and producer.
Upon Jackie Coogan completion of glider pilot school from the US Army, he was made a Flight Officer. He volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group.
Jackie Coogan was engaged to Toby Wing in 1935. He tried to impress her while writing autographs by writing the inscriptions backward. We are not sure if it worked but it did confuse the autograph seekers. Toby and Jackie eventually broke up over differences in their temperaments.
Jackie Coogan is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Los Angeles, California. His headstone reads:October 26, 1914March 1, 1984 Jackie Leslie Coogan Humanitarian*Patriot* Entertainer
Jackie Coogan began his acting career as an infant. He has an uncredited role in the 1917 film Skinner's Baby.
1935 was the single worse year in Jackie Coogan life. It was the year that he lost his best friend and father in an auto accident. The stunning actress Toby Wing and he broke their engagment. His mother refused to pay out his childhood earning from acting which lead to an involved and bitter lawsuit. Jackie eventually won the lawsuit but it strained his relationship with his mother and step-father.
The proudest day of Jackie Coogan's life was in March 1972. Charlie Chaplin was returning to the United States after two decades of exile to receive the Handel Medallion in New York City and a special lifetime achievement Oscar in Hollywood. Jackie Coogan was at the Los Angeles International Airport when Chaplin arrived. Charlie immediately recognizing Coogan and warmly embraced him, saying, "You know, I think I would rather see you than anybody else". Chaplin told Coogan's wife, "You must never forget that your husband is a genius".
Jackie Coogan's contract with Metro earned him $1,000,000 per year. Because of lawsuits over his wages with his mother and step-father which he successful won. He helped organize The Coogan Bill, which protected child actors from such abuse in the future.
Jackie finally did it right the fourth time around when he married Dorothea Lamphere in April 1952. They had two children and the marriage was to last the rest of his life which ended in March 1, 1984.
Jackie's second marriage was to Flower Parry on August 10, 1941. This marriage ended in divorce on June 29, 1943. Jackie and Flower produced one son from this marriage.
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