Famous Faces on "The Addams Family" (Season One)!
by gattonero975 | created - 28 Jun 2012 | updated - 08 Jun 2016 | PublicAmerica's first family of ghastly giddiness, "The Addams Family", are here in all their ghoulish glory in Season One in the original TV series based on the delightfully demented imagination of Charles Addams.
Tarantulas, tombstones and torture racks have never been so much fun! They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, so join Cousin Itt, Gomez, Grandmama, Lurch, Morticia, Pugsley, Thing, Uncle Fester, and Wednesday for a fiendishly funny and altogether ooky experience. It's time to pay a call and say "You Rang?"
1. Merry Anders
Actress | Tickle Me
Merry Anders practically grew up in local bijous watching films and their accompanying stage shows with her movie-crazy mother and grandmother. The family relocated to Los Angeles in 1949 and, while attending John Burroughs Junior High School, Anders made the acquaintance of Rita La Roy, an ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 3 Fester's Punctured Romance (2 Oct. 1964) "Miss Carver"
2. Allyn Joslyn
Actor | I Wake Up Screaming
Allyn Joslyn, the son of a Pennsylvania mining engineer, made his stage debut at 17. He was soon appearing regularly in Broadway productions, and headed for Hollywood in 1936, making his debut in They Won't Forget (1937). His nervous, at times dyspeptic demeanor and somewhat aristocratic looks fit ...
"Sam L. Hilliard"
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 4
Gomez, the Politician (9 Oct. 1964)
3. Del Moore
Actor | The Nutty Professor
Del Moore was born on May 14, 1916 in Pensacola, Florida, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Nutty Professor (1963), Get Smart (1965) and Batman (1966). He was married to Gayle. He died on August 30, 1970 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 8 Green-Eyed Gomez (6 Nov. 1964) "Lionel Barker"
4. George Petrie
Actor | Planes, Trains & Automobiles
George Petrie was born on November 16, 1912 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987), The Day After (1983) and Leave It to Beaver (1957). He was married to Patricia Pope. He died on November 16, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2 Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964) "Dr. Harold Black"
5. Don Rickles
Actor | Kelly's Heroes
Donald Jay Rickles was born May 8, 1926 in New York. Following the Golden Era of Hollywood, he remained active until early 2017. He got his start in night clubs, toiling for over 20 years, until 1958, when he made his film debut in Run Silent Run Deep (1958). The movie was a big hit. Afterward, ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7 Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964) "Claude"
6. Nydia Westman
Actress | The Cat and the Canary
This adorable character actress tended to play older than she really was on stage, screen and TV. Petite and quite pretty in her youth, Nydia Westman was born in 1902 to vaudevillian parents, actor-composer Theodore Westman and actress-playwright Lily Wren, and was thrust into the limelight at an ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1 The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964) "Miss Morrison"
7. John Astin
Actor | The Frighteners
Dark-haired, usually-mustachioed American actor with a cheeky grin, who achieved pop culture status through his portrayal of the kooky patriarch "Gomez Addams" in the hit TV series The Addams Family (1964), John Astin was born on March 30, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied mathematics at ...
"Gomez Addams"
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2
Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 3
Fester's Punctured Romance (2 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 4
Gomez, the Politician (9 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 8
Green-Eyed Gomez (6 Nov. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 9
The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (13 Nov. 1964)
8. Marie Blake
Actress | Calling Dr. Gillespie
Edith MacDonald was the second daughter of Daniel and Anne MacDonald; her father was a contractor and politician. Early on, her older sister Elsie, younger sister Jeanette MacDonald, and she were given theatrical training. Blossom and Jeanette played Philadelphia vaudeville houses while still ...
"Grandmama Addams"(as Blossom Rock)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2
Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 4
Gomez, the Politician (9 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 9
The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (13 Nov. 1964)
9. Ted Cassidy
Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ted Cassidy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Philippi, West Virginia. He was a well respected actor who portrayed many different characters during his film and television career. His most notable role was Lurch, the faithful butler on the television series The Addams Family (1964)....
"Lurch / Thing"
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2
Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 3
Fester's Punctured Romance (2 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 4
Gomez, the Politician (9 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 8
Green-Eyed Gomez (6 Nov. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 9
The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (13 Nov. 1964)
10. Jackie Coogan
Actor | Oliver Twist
Jackie Coogan was born into a family of vaudevillians; his father was a dancer and his mother had been a child star. On the stage by age 4, Jackie was touring at age 5 with his family in Los Angeles, California.
While performing on the stage, he was spotted by Charles Chaplin, who then and there ...
"Uncle Fester Frump"
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2
Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 3
Fester's Punctured Romance (2 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 4
Gomez, the Politician (9 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 8
Green-Eyed Gomez (6 Nov. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 9
The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (13 Nov. 1964)
11. Carolyn Jones
Actress | The Man Who Knew Too Much
Carolyn Jones was born April 28, 1930, in Amarillo, Texas. Her mother was Jeannette and her sister was Bette (Moriarty). She was an imaginative child, much like her mother. In 1934, her father abandoned the family and her mother moved them in with her parents, also in Amarillo. As a child Carolyn ...
"Morticia Frump Addams"
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2
Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 3
Fester's Punctured Romance (2 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 4
Gomez, the Politician (9 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 8
Green-Eyed Gomez (6 Nov. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 9
The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (13 Nov. 1964)
12. Lisa Loring
Actress | The Addams Family
Lisa Loring was an American actress and former child model. She is primarily known for having played Wednesday Addams in the comedy-horror sitcom "The Addams Family" (1964-1966). The sitcom was the first screen adaptation of the comic strip "The Addams Family" (1938-1988) by Charles Addams, which ...
"Wednesday Addams"
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2
Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 3
Fester's Punctured Romance (2 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
13. Ken Weatherwax
Actor | The Addams Family
Ken Weatherwax was born on September 29, 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Addams Family (1964), Unlawful Entry (1992) and Wagon Train (1957). He died on December 7, 2014 in West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
"Pugsley Addams"
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2
Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 3
Fester's Punctured Romance (2 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964)
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
14. George Barrows
Actor | Robot Monster
George Barrows was born on February 7, 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Robot Monster (1953), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and Frankenstein's Daughter (1958). He died on October 17, 1994 in Oxnard, California, USA.
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964)
"Gorgo the Gorilla"
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
"Policeman"
15. Peter Brooks
Actor | Girl Happy
Peter Brooks was born on March 7, 1944 in Lincoln, UK. He is an actor, known for Girl Happy (1965), Gidget Goes to Rome (1963) and The Girls on the Beach (1965). He has been married to Lauren Brooks since 2014.
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 9 The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (13 Nov. 1964) "Hubert Peterson"
16. Pattee Chapman
Actress | The Bob Cummings Show
Pattee Chapman was born on April 21, 1926 in Holly Hill, Florida, USA. She was an actress, known for The Bob Cummings Show (1955), A Modern Marriage (1950) and Playhouse 90 (1956). She died on April 18, 2011 in Glendora, California, USA.
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 8 Green-Eyed Gomez (6 Nov. 1964) "Mildred" (as Pattee Chapman)
17. Jonathan Hole
Actor | Petticoat Junction
Jonathan Hole (August 13, 1904 - February 11, 1998) was an American actor whose entertainment career covered five genres over 50 years. From his early days on the vaudeville stage and in legitimate theater, through radio, television and feature-length films that took his career up to the 1990s, ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5 The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964) "Prof. Simms"
18. Skip Homeier
Actor | The Gunfighter
A prolific young performer, child/juvenile Skippy Homeier was born George Vincent Homeier on October 5, 1930. Beginning on radio in his native Chicago at age six ("Portia Faces Life"), he came to films at age 14 with Tomorrow, the World! (1944), which was originally a 1943 Broadway drama starring ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7 Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964) "Marty"
19. Peter Leeds
Actor | The Atomic Kid
A popular character actor who played straight man to, among other comic greats, Bob Hope, Milton Berle, Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin, Jack Benny, and Red Skelton, Leeds accompanied Hope on 14 international USO tours. Appeared on Broadway with Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller in "Sugar Babies." Leeds' long...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6 Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964) "Oscar Webber"
20. Frank Nelson
Actor | The Milkman
Frank Nelson was a versatile character talent who had one of those instantly identifiable faces which could made you laugh as soon as you saw him, then he would open his mouth and you would start laughing all over again! The short statured comedic veteran with his trademark trimmed mustache and ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5 The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964) "Cecil B. Pomeroy"
21. Cynthia Pepper
Actress | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Though her TV life was relatively short, baby boomer fans still hold a strong, sentimental fondness for actress Cynthia Pepper. An irresistible Barbie Doll TV version of Sandra Dee at the time of her brief small screen reign, the pert, pretty and pixieish actress with the cutest slight overbite ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 9 The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (13 Nov. 1964) "Amanda Peterson"
22. Eddie Quillan
Actor | Mutiny on the Bounty
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 31, 1907, Eddie Quillan was seven years old and already performing in vaudeville with his sister and three brothers in an act called "The Rising Generation." His parents, Joseph Quillan and Sarah Quillan, were well-known performers with Joseph himself ...
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 4 Gomez, the Politician (9 Oct. 1964) "George Bass"
23. Kim Tyler
Actor | Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Kim Tyler was born on April 17, 1954 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965), My Favorite Martian (1963) and The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1955). He was married to Michelle Dixon. He died on February 10, 2021 in Hollywood, California, USA.
The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5 The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964) "Harold Pomeroy"
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