shygye Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Link Jackie Cooper, the former child movie star who won a best actor Oscar nomination at the age of 9 for "Skippy" and grew up to play The Daily Planet editor in Christopher Reeves' four "Superman" movies, has died. He was 88. Cooper died from an undisclosed illness Tuesday at a Los Angeles hospital, agent Ronnie Leif said. A handsome kid with tousled blond hair and a winning smile, Cooper had a memorable bit in the 1929 musical "Sunny Side Up" and appeared in eight of the popular "Our Gang" comedies, including "Pups Is Pups" and "Teacher's Pet." Those credits led to a test that won him the title role of "Skippy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Wow - I thought he died back in the early 80s. Its amazing how many of that vintage are still holed up in mansions all over SoCal. Just waiting for me to return 'their' cat and collect the 100K reward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Strange they don't mention his hit TV show "Hennessy". I'd figure a lot more people would remember him for that than for his child star days. A fine actor ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 .. and in the article it says he played the title role in Skippy? So he was the 'roo?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Wow - I thought he died back in the early 80s. You're confusing him with Jackie Coogan - an older child star and TV's Uncle Fester on The Addams Family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 So who is going to be the editor of the Daily Planet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Did anybody ever read that newspaper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 They did until Rupert Murdock bought it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Gulp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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