Ted Cassidy
Born: 1932-07-31 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1979-01-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor who performed in television and films. At 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) in height, 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 and performing the opening narration of the 1970s TV series The Incredible Hulk.
Filmography
1997
- Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There? as Angry Purple Guy
1992
- The Addams Family Album as Lurch (archive footage)
1982
- Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All as Prince Thun (voice)
1981
- Roar ... (Additional Writing)
1980
- Bride of the Incredible Hulk as Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
1979
- The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone as Frankenstone (voice)
1978
- Godzilla as Godzilla
- Challenge of the Super Friends
- The Fantastic Four as The Thing (voice)
- Jana of the Jungle
- Dr. Strange as Demon Balzaroth (voice) (uncredited)
- The Flintstones: Little Big League as Officer (voice)
- Goin' Coconuts as Mickey
1977
- The Incredible Hulk as Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
- Man from Atlantis as Canja
- The All-New Super Friends Hour
- The Return of the Incredible Hulk as Narrator / Hulk (voice)
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Blindman
- Halloween with the New Addams Family as Lurch
- Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover as Jake Tuttle
- The Great Balloon Race
1976
1975
- The Intruder as Mr. Peterson
- Poor Pretty Eddie as Keno
1974
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Bigfoot
- Chico and the Man
- Planet Earth as Isiah
- Thunder County as Renzo Gambini
1973
- Super Friends as Brainiac / Black Manta (voice)
- The Addams Family as Lurch (voice)
- The Harrad Experiment ... (Screenplay)
- Genesis II as Isiah
- The Slams as Glover
1972
- Banacek as Jerry Crawford
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies as Lurch (voice)
- Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family as Lurch (Voice)
- The Limit as Big Donnie
- Catch the Black Sunshine as Striker
1969
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Harvey Logan
- Mackenna's Gold as Hachita
1968
- The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Injun Joe
1967
- Mannix
- Ironside as Wrestler
- Birdman and the Galaxy Trio as Meteor Man (voice)
- The Herculoids
- Shazzan
- Mr. Terrific as Bojo
- Jack and the Beanstalk as The Giant (voice)
- Super President as Spy Shadow (voice)
1966
- Star Trek as Balok's puppet (voice)
- Batman as Lurch (uncredited)
- Tarzan
- Space Ghost and Dino Boy as Metallus / Tansut (voice)
- Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
- The Pruitts of Southampton as Maxie
1965
- I Dream of Jeannie as Habib
- Lost in Space as Slave
- Laredo
1964
- Daniel Boone as Gentle Sam
- The Addams Family as Lurch
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Edgar
- Shindig! as Self
1959
- Bonanza as Garth