Curiosidades

Died in a car accident with several others, including Jack Coogan Sr., father of Jackie Coogan. Young Jackie Coogan was the only survivor of the crash.

Became very close friends with child star Jackie Coogan throughout most his film career. The tragic car accident that killed Coogan's father, Jack Coogan Sr., as well as Junior, indirectly led to a court trial that resulted in the Coogan Law. This California law would put away 15% of a child actor's earnings as opposed to being entirely the parent's property. Following his father's death, young Coogan's mother married his stepfather (also his manager). They squandered the boy's millions and the boy was forced to sue them. In 2000, the state ruled that all earnings belonged to the child and the parents had no claim whosoever.

He was living with agent Henry Willson at the time of his death.

According to Tim Doherty, in his in-depth article on Junior in the April 2014 issue of Classic Images film magazine, the boy was orphaned when his mother died in 1930. He and his sisters were placed under the guardianship of Marian Gering, a Broadway producer.

Stage actor who appeared on Broadway as a youth before coming to Hollywood. His mother Florence, and two sisters, Gertrude and Grace, were also in show business.