Jackie Cooper, the impish child actor of "Skippy" and "Our Gang" fame who captured the hearts of Americans and went on to a successful television career as an adult, died Tuesday. He was 88.

A crucial scene called for Jackie to cry ... "There's not a child actor in the lot," he once remarked happily. Cooper is survived by his two sons.

Mayer to be a rather bland actor as a juvenile, Cooper’s contract at MGM ended ... Was Here,” a comedy with fellow former child star Jackie Coogan. “I was frightened,” he recalled of ...

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 ...

Jackie Cooper, whose tousled blond hair, pouty lower lip and ability to cry on camera helped make him one of the top child stars of ... Award nomination for best actor in a leading role.

As with most child actors, puberty hit Cooper hard ... of his obituaries today would identify him as “Superman actor Jackie Cooper.” But his real legacy is obviously much greater than that ...

Jackie Cooper, the first child star of the talkie era who continued ... he was the only person to earn a best actor/actress nom before his/her 18th birthday (others have been nominated in ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

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 ...

Jackie Cooper (r) appeared as Daily Planet editor Perry White, alongside Christopher Reeve (l) Former US child star Jackie ... nominated for an Oscar for best actor, for the 1931 film Skippy.