Jackie Coogan

He is survived by his grandson, actor Keith Coogan. It was published in 1982. He was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery. He translated Shakespeare's The Tempest into Neapolitan. He died of heart disease in 1984. Eduardo starred in De Sica's L'oro di Napoli with Totò and Sophia Loren in 1954. His most famous TV role was as Uncle Fester in The Addams Family television series. Peppino left the troupe in 1944 and Titina departed by the early 1950's.

After the war, Coogan returned to acting, taking mostly character roles and appearing on television. He began acting at the age of 5 and in 1932 formed a theater company with his brother Peppino and sister Titina. He served in Asia, and flew gliders for the transportation of Orde Wingate's Chindits in the Burma Campaign. He is most well-known for his work in Neapolitan like Filumena Marturano though he wrote many, many plays and films in Italian as well such as Napoli Milionaria!. He left film entirely for several years, beginning in 1941, shortly before the United States entered World War II to serve as a flight officer in the Air Force. Eduardo De Filippo was an actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet born May 24, 1900 in Naples, Italy and passed away on October 31, 1984 in Rome. As he grew older, Coogan's popularity as an actor waned, though he had several well-publicised love affairs with leading Hollywood starlets, including a three-year marriage to Betty Grable. IMDb entry (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208370/).

The legal battle did, however, bring attention to child actors and resulted in the state of California enacting the California Child Actor's Bill, sometimes known as the Coogan Bill. Site dedicated to his life and works (in Italian) (http://w3.uniroma1.it/cta/eduardo/). He sued them in 1935, but only received $126,000. non capisco (1966). As a child star, Coogan earned as much as $4 million, but the money was taken by his mother and step-father. Spara più forte, più forte.. As a child actor, he is best remembered for his role as Charlie Chaplin's irrascible sidekick in The Kid (1921) and for the title role in Oliver Twist by Frank Lloyd the following year. Oggi, domani, dopodomani (1965).

Coogan began his acting career as an infant in both vaudeville and film, with an uncredited role in the 1917 film Skinner's Baby. Il sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia (1959). Jackie Coogan (October 26, 1914 - March 1, 1984) was a American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Fortunella (1958). Questi fantasmi (1954). Napoletani a Milano (1953).

Ragazze da marito (1952). Marito e moglie (1952). I sette peccati capitali (1952). Filumena Marturano (1951).

Napoli milionaria! (1950). Ti conosco, mascherina! (1943-1944). In campagna e' caduta una stella (1939). Films (as director):