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Ted Cassidy

Acting

Born July 31, 1932 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died January 16, 1979

Also known as تد کسیدی

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.

Filmography35 titles

Banacek

1972as Jerry Crawford

Star Trek

1966as Ruk

The Addams Family

1964as Lurch

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Hamid

Super Friends

1973as Brainiac / Black Manta (voice)

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972as Lurch (voice)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969as Harvey Logan

Space Ghost

1966as Metallus / Tansut (voice)

George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing

2005as Lurch (voice)

Bonanza

1959as Garth

Birdman and the Galaxy Trio

as Meteor Man (voice)

The Six Million Dollar Man

1974as Bigfoot

Batman

1966as Lurch (uncredited)

The Incredible Hulk

1977as Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)

Lost in Space

1965as Slave

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Edgar

Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles

The Bionic Woman

1976

Daniel Boone

1964as Gentle Sam

Challenge of the Super Friends

1978

The Flintstones: Little Big League

1978as Officer (voice)

Ironside

1967as Wrestler

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

Mannix

1967

Mackenna's Gold

1969as Hachita

Man from Atlantis

1977as Canja

The Slams

1973as Glover

Chico and the Man

Halloween with the New Addams Family

1977as Lurch

Planet Earth

1974as Isiah

Genesis II

1973as Isiah

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Injun Joe

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977as Blindman

Poor Pretty Eddie

1975as Keno

The Harrad Experiment

1973Screenplay