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July 31, 2025 3:15 pm  #1


Actor Who Played Lurch On The Classic Addams Family Also Did This Role

Ted Cassidy isn't exactly a household name, but if you watched The Addams Family in the 60s, you certainly remember the role of "Lurch," the butler, whose most famous line was a deep growled "You Rang?"

But did you know he almost didn't speak on the series? Or that he played another long forgotten role on the classic comedy?

That and other trivia about this obscure icon of many childhoods is revealed in the article below. 

5 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘The Addams Family’s Lurch, Ted Cassidy

 

August 1, 2025 1:47 pm  #2


Re: Actor Who Played Lurch On The Classic Addams Family Also Did This Role

Cassidy was an announcer at WFAA in Dallas and was called into the studios on November 22, 1963.

https://www.kmaland.com/ted-cassidy-wfaa-jfk-assassination-report-11-22-63/audio_87de6ecc-86ec-11ee-9d77-fb7e6dbd260c.html

Cassidy was also the guy who questioned Botch Casually why there were rules? in a knife fight??

 

Last edited by Buzzy Krumhunger (August 1, 2025 1:47 pm)