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Friday, March 1, 2024

Podcast Actor Jackie Coogan Golden Age of Radio Tribute

March 1, 1984 Jackie Coogan died at 69. On this special podcast listen to a Golden Age of Radio comedy starring Jackie Coogan with his wife actress Betty Grable. Charlie Chaplin's film classic The Kid (1921) made Coogan one of the first child stars in the history of Hollywood. Coogan continued to act throughout his life, later earning renewed fame in middle age portraying Uncle Fester in the TV series The Addams Family (1964–1966).