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Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 - January 16, 1979), known as Ted Cassidy, was an American actor and voice actor who performed in television and films. Extremely tall at 6 feet 9 inches (205.74 cm), he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie. He is best known for playing the part of Lurch, the butler on the 1960s television series The Addams Family.
Cassidy suffered from health issues as he grew older. Cassidy died in 1979 at age 46 from complications following open-heart surgery. Fellow actor Sandra Martinez assisted and took care of Ted during his final years. Cassidy`s remains were cremated, and later buried in the backyard of his Woodland Hills home. It is believed by some that when the house was eventually sold, his ashes were left behind as they were paved over or no one could remember where they were buried. An Addams Family movie was dedicated to him. Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cassidy |
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Quotes If I`m up for a part if, I`m asked to play something, I really worry what I`m going to be because they always make fellows like me the big dumb galoot, the oaf who doesn`t know anything, who trips over himself. We are apparently idiots, all big men. You end up never leading anybody to anything. You end up holding people, while the boss hits them in the face -- scratching your head a lot wondering where all your marbles went. Well, that kind of thing doesn`t appeal to me at all. I used to think that`s how it was and I would do it, but I won`t do it anymore. I turn down everything that comes along like that. So, the only thing you can rely on are those who have worked with you and know that you are consistent, talented and reliable, and maybe they`re friends of yours and are willing to put you to work so you don`t end up in the welfare line. (from a 1978 interview) None. None of them! I don`t want to be remembered for any of them because I don`t like any of them. I`m not proud of any of them. I am still waiting for the one role I will have pride in and want to be associated with down the years. (on the role he would most like to be known for playing)Trivia Two children, a boy (Sean) born in 1957 and a girl (Cameron) born in 1960. Both children are now lawyers. Married immediately after graduating from Stetson and worked at a radio station in Jacksonville, Florida, and then at a radio station in Pensacola, Florida (where his children were born), before taking a job at WFAA in Dallas Texas. Contacts made at WFAA led to his audition for The Addams family. Lurch was supposed to be silent, as in the Charles Addams cartoons, but during the shooting of the pilot, when Ted made his very first appearance at the sounding of the gong, he ad libbed the now famous line, "You rang?" in his trademark sonorous voice, and everyone was so impressed that Lurch became a speaking role. Best remembered by the public as Lurch in "The Addams Family" (1964). Brother-in-law of actor Dan Jesse. He was married to Jesse's sister from 1956 to 1976. Was the uncredited Narrator of TV's "The Incredible Hulk" (1978). Played one season of college basketball at Stetson University in the 1950s and averaged 17 points and 10 rebounds a game. Worked as a staff announcer for WFAA radio in Dallas prior to his acting career and was part of WFAA's ongoing coverage of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Among the first to interview assassination eyewitnesses W.E. Newman Jr. and Gayle Newman. | ||
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