I used to think Jackie Cooper and Jackie Coogan were the same person. I would tell people the kid from Chaplin's The Kid grew up to be Clark Kent's boss. I learned at some point that they were two different people, and that the kid from Chaplin's The Kid grew up to play Fester Addams. I decided Coogan had been the child star, and that Cooper must have been grabbed off the street for his interesting face and made to try out for Perry White after multiple casting calls had turned up no one suited to the role. He was perfect, of course, and was hired on the spot.
That's not quite how it went down, but I didn't have IMDb growing up. Fact checking just wasn't something I did. Here's how recognizable Cooper's face is: some years back, a friend and I were watching the Little Rascals short "Teacher's Pet,...
That's not quite how it went down, but I didn't have IMDb growing up. Fact checking just wasn't something I did. Here's how recognizable Cooper's face is: some years back, a friend and I were watching the Little Rascals short "Teacher's Pet,...
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