Biography
John Allen Astin is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is widely known for his role as patriarch Gomez Addams in TV series The Addams Family (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993).
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Live Action Short Film · 1969 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
The Twilight Zone
The Nanny
Tales from the Crypt
The Addams Family
Recess
Step by Step
The Odd Couple
Night Gallery
Pinky and the Brain
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Eerie, Indiana
The Wild Wild West
Murder, She Wrote
Only with Married Men
Night Court
Batman
Justice League Action
Becker
Welcome Back, Kotter
West Side Story
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
The Facts of Life
Diff'rent Strokes
The Wild Thornberrys
Taz-Mania
Police Story
McMillan & Wife
The Frighteners
CHiPs
The Partridge Family
Maverick
The Hughleys
Riptide
Hazel
Mad About You
Simon & Simon
Move Over, Darling
Route 66
Gunsmoke
Dennis the Menace
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Fantasy Island
That Touch of Mink
The Virginian
The Donna Reed Show
School of Life
Police Woman
Huck and the King of Hearts
Mr. Boogedy
The Love Boat