Famous Faces on "The Addams Family" (Season One)!
America'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?"
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?"
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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 old-time film actress who convinced her to take a modeling course. Later, to help her with her modeling, she took dramatic lessons at the Ben Bard Playhouse and was "spotted" by a 20th Century-Fox talent scout in a Playhouse stage presentation. After several years at Fox, Anders turned freelancer, working in TV as well as starring in a string of modestly budgeted Western, science fiction and horror films.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 3
Fester's Punctured Romance (2 Oct. 1964)
"Miss Carver"- Actor
- Soundtrack
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 in with the pompous, wealthy snobs he specialized in playing. Joslyn was also an extremely busy radio actor, performing on over 3,000 shows."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)- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Del Moore was born on 14 May 1916 in Pensacola, Florida, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Nutty Professor (1963), Get Smart (1965) and The Phyllis Diller Show (1966). He was married to Gayle. He died on 30 August 1970 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 8
Green-Eyed Gomez (6 Nov. 1964)
"Lionel Barker"- Actor
- Director
George Petrie was born on 16 November 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 16 November 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 2
Morticia and the Psychiatrist (25 Sep. 1964)
"Dr. Harold Black"- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
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, Rickles continued acting, starring in films like X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963), Bikini Beach (1964), Enter Laughing (1967), and Kelly's Heroes (1970). In 1973, Don became a regular on Dean Martin's Celebrity Roasts.
From 1973-84, he appeared frequently on Dean's show, paying tribute to some of his friends, like Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, and was even the roast master on the roast for Dean Martin himself. In 1976, he had his own TV series CPO Sharkey (1976), which enjoyed a two year run. After 1984, he slowed down, appearing in a few minor film roles. In 1995, he made a comeback, appearing with Tom Hanks and Tim Allen in Toy Story (1995) in the role of the grouchy Mr. Potato Head. In 1999, he returned as Mr. Potato Head in Toy Story 2 (1999). He died on April 6, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, aged 90. He is interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California, in the Courts of Tanach.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
"Claude"- Actress
- Soundtrack
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 early age as part of the family act ("Troubles of Joy"). Her younger brother, Theodore Westman Jr., was also an actor/writer who died tragically at a very young age in 1927.
In her teens, Nydia grew in experience on the Orpheum, Ziegfeld and Keith circuits, and later made her Broadway debut with the comedy "Pigs" in 1924. A mainstay throughout the late 1920s, other prominent NY theater roles include "Two Girled Wanted" (1926), "Jonesy" (1929) and "Lysistrata" (1930). With the advent of sound, films soon became a viable medium for her as well. She began her movie career in 1932 featured in two dramas, Strange Justice (1932) and Manhattan Tower (1932) and, while she appeared in plenty more heavier material, including Success at Any Price (1934), Craig's Wife (1936) and The Gorgeous Hussy (1936), it was comedy that became her forte, lending cute and flighty foil support in Ladies Should Listen (1934) with Cary Grant, The Cat and the Canary (1939) with Bob Hope, The Remarkable Andrew (1942) with William Holden, and The Late George Apley (1947) with Ronald Colman, among others. Elsewhere, she gave her usual sparkle in the glossy musicals Sweet Adeline (1934), in which she joined Irene Dunne and others in the title song, Pennies from Heaven (1936), Hullabaloo (1940), The Chocolate Soldier (1941) and Hers to Hold (1943), playing assorted friends, maids, gossips and society types.
In the post WWII years, Nydia veered away from filming and concentrated instead on stage and TV work. On Broadway, she appeared in "The Madwoman of Chaillot" (1948), "The Emperor's New Clothes" (1953) and "The Sleeping Prince" (1956), and went on to win an Obie Award for her off-Broadway eccentrics in Samuel Beckett's "Endgame" (1958). On TV, the small, round matron was featured in a number of showcase-type dramas and comedies and was a fluttery, twinkle-eyed delight on such programs as The Donna Reed Show (1958), Perry Mason (1957), The Addams Family (1964), The Munsters (1964), F Troop (1965), Family Affair (1966) and Bewitched (1964). She also appeared with relative frequency on the revamped Dragnet 1967 (1967) series in the 1960s. Nydia died of cancer in 1970 and was survived by her daughter.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 1
The Addams Family Goes to School (18 Sep. 1964)
"Miss Morrison"- Actor
- Director
- Writer
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 Johns Hopkins University, but he discovered a passion for the theater and began to perform in minor plays and do voice-over work for commercials. He first got noticed thanks to a small role in West Side Story (1961), then appeared in several other films before being cast as "Gomez Addams". While "The Addams Family" was initially a huge hit, its popularity petered out after two years, and Astin moved on to other work including the offbeat Bunny O'Hare (1971), playing a grizzled but not- particularly-bright gunfighter in the Western spoof Evil Roy Slade (1972), an appearance in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976) and dual roles in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985).
He has since lent his comedic talents to numerous appearances as "Dr. Gangreen" in several corny "Killer Tomato" movies, and has contributed his voice to recreate "Gomez Addams" in the animated series The Addams Family (1992), then played "Grandpa Addams" in the successful TV series The New Addams Family (1998). In addition, Astin has contributed voices to several animated shows, and he still appears in films regularly."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)- Actress
- Soundtrack
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 youngsters.
Edith went to New York where she wed Clarence Rock in 1926; they toured in vaudeville for three years. When vaudeville died, she toured with her husband in "Grand Hotel" and, in 1936, played a streetwalker in "Dead End". The MGM talent agent who saw her in this signed her to the same studio as her now-famous sister Jeanette. Re-named Marie Blake, she debuted in Joan Crawford's Mannequin (1937) and, in 1938, she became established as "Sally" the phone operator in the Dr. Kildare series. After the last of these in 1947, she left MGM, changed her stage name to "Blossom Rock", freelanced, and doing bit parts. She appeared in television often, becoming widely known through the part of "Grandmama" in The Addams Family (1964) series.
Her husband was night manager at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for fifteen years, dying in 1960. After retiring, she lived at the Motion Picture Country Home."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)- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
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). His most memorable dialogue as Lurch would be, "You rang?", whenever someone summoned him. Due to his large size, (6ft. 9in.) he portrayed larger than life characters. His deep voice, was used for narrations and for dubbing certain character's voices. His acting career spanned three decades. Ted Cassidy died in 1979 from complications following open-heart surgery. His live-in girlfriend had his remains cremated, then buried in the backyard of their Woodland Hills home."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)- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
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 planned a film in which he and Jackie would star. To test Jackie, Chaplin first gave him a small part in A Day's Pleasure (1919), which proved that he had a screen presence. The movie that Chaplin planned that day was The Kid (1921), where the Tramp would raise Jackie and then lose him. The movie was very successful and Jackie would play a child in a number of movies and tour with his father on the stage.
By 1923, when he made Daddy (1923), he was one of the highest- paid stars in Hollywood. He would leave First National for MGM where they put him into Long Live the King (1923). By 1927, at age 13, Coogan had grown up on the screen and his career was going through a downturn. His popular film career would end with the classic tales of Tom Sawyer (1930) and Huckleberry Finn (1931).
In 1935, his father died and his mother married Arthur Bernstein, who was his business manager. When he wanted the money that he made as a child star in the 1920s, his mother and stepfather refused his request and Jackie filed suit for the approximately $4 million that he had made. Under California law at the time, he had no rights to the money he made as a child, and he was awarded only $126,000 in 1939. Because of the public uproar, the California Legislature passed the Child Actors Bill, also known as the Coogan Act, which would set up a trust fund for any child actor and protect his earnings.
In 1937, Jackie married Betty Grable; the marriage lasted 3 years. During World War II, he served in the Army; he returned to Hollywood after the war. Unable to restart his career, he worked in B-movies, mostly in bit parts and usually playing the heavy. In the 1950s he started to appear on television, and he acted in as many shows as he could. By the 1960s he would be in two completely different television comedy series.. The first one was McKeever and the Colonel (1962), where he played Sgt. Barnes in a military school from 1962 to 1963. The second series was the classic The Addams Family (1964), where he played Uncle Fester from 1964 to 1966. After that, he continued to make appearances on television shows and a handful of movies. He died of a heart attack in 1984."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)- Actress
- Soundtrack
Carolyn Sue Jones was born in 1930, in Amarillo, Texas, to homemaker Chloe (or Cloe) Jeanette Southern (1906-1979), and Julius Alfred Jones (1897-1979), a barber. Her sister was Bette (later Mrs. Moriarty). Carolyn was an imaginative child, much like her mother; she and her mother shared the same birthday (April 28).
In 1934, her father abandoned the family and her mother moved them in with her own parents, also in Amarillo. As a child, Carolyn suffered from severe asthma. Although she loved movies, she was often too sick to attend, so she listened to her favorites, Danny Kaye and Spike Jones and read as many movie fan magazines as she could. She dreamed of attending the famed Pasadena Playhouse and received many awards at school for speech, poetry, and dramatics. In 1947, she was accepted as a student at the Pasadena Playhouse, and her grandfather agreed to pay for her classes. She worked in summer stock to supplement her income, graduating in 1950.
She gave herself a complete head-to-toe makeover, including painful cosmetic nose surgery to make herself ready for movie roles. Working as an understudy at the Players Ring Theater, she stepped in when the star left to get married. She was seen by a talent scout from Paramount and given a screen test, which went well. She made her first appearance in The Turning Point (1952). She did some other work during her 6-month contract, but when it ended, Paramount, suffering from television's impact, let it lapse. She quipped, "They let me and 16 secretaries go!"
She started working in television but kept busy on stage as well. There, she met a fellow Texan, a young man named Aaron Spelling, and they became a couple. She made a breakthrough in the 3-D movie House of Wax (1953) and garnered excellent reviews. Aaron was still struggling, so he felt he wasn't able to propose to Carolyn; she finally proposed to him. They were married in April 1953. Neither was earning much, but they really enjoyed each other and their life. Many saw them as an ideal couple. She decided against having children as she felt she could not juggle the demands of both a career and a family.
Columbia Pictures saw her and wanted to test her for the part of prostitute Alma Burke in From Here to Eternity (1953), but she got extremely sick with pneumonia and the part went to Donna Reed, nine years older, who won an Academy Award. Jones did, however, achieve success in the science-fiction classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), a subtle allegory of the times (McCarthyism). And the famous filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock cast her in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) opposite James Stewart and Doris Day. Meanwhile, Aaron had little success as an actor and Carolyn pushed him to become a writer, even threatening to leave him. She constantly promoted his scripts whenever she could and he was ultimately hired by Dick Powell. Carolyn, meanwhile, was successful once more in The Bachelor Party (1957) (famous line, "Just say you love me--you don't have to mean it!"). For this role, she surprised cast members by dyeing her hair black and cutting it short. This stunning look served her well for a number of roles. For her eight minutes on screen, she received glowing reviews and was nominated for an Academy Award but lost. However, she did win the Golden Globe Award and the Laurel Award for Marjorie Morningstar (1958). She followed this with an impressive appearance in King Creole (1958), generally regarded as Elvis Presley's best film. She then gave arguably her best performance ever in Career (1959), but the film was not commercially successful. She played a serious role in this, leaving the kooky role she might have played to Shirley MacLaine.
As Aaron's career soared, the marriage started to fail. They separated in October 1963 and amicably divorced in August 1965, with Carolyn asking for no alimony. They remained friends. She worked at various roles including two episodes of Burke's Law (1963) for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. Soon, she got the part for which she will best be remembered, that of Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1964). She spent two years in this role. Her costume was designed to copy the cartoon drawings and no doubt inspired such imitators as Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark). The show went head-to-head with The Munsters (1964) and Bewitched (1964).
The show was a hit and she received all the fame she had craved. However, the network decided to cancel the show, despite its success, after only two years. Typecast as Morticia but without the income that a few more years would have provided, she found life difficult and roles few. While acting on the road, she married her voice coach, Herbert Greene, a well-known and respected Broadway conductor and musical director, and they moved together to Palm Springs, California. After seven years, she left him and returned to Hollywood, determined to try to restart her career. She was surprisingly successful and performed in several shows, including Wonder Woman (1975), where she played Hippolyta, the mother of Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter) and Wonder Girl (Debra Winger). She also appeared in the landmark miniseries Roots (1977). She appeared in four episodes of Fantasy Island (1977) and one episode of The Love Boat (1977), two shows produced by her former husband, Aaron Spelling. In 1979, both of Jones's parents died; her mother from pancreatic cancer. She took on the role of Myrna Clegg on the soap Capitol (1982) from 1982 to 1983, despite having been diagnosed with colon cancer in 1981. She underwent aggressive treatment for the cancer, but it returned during her time on the show and she was told it was terminal.
She played some scenes despite being confined to a wheelchair and working in great pain. Knowing time was short, she married her boyfriend of five years, Peter Bailey-Britton, in September 1982. She died on August 3, 1983, aged 53. She had told her sister Bette that she wanted her epitaph to be "She gave joy to the world." She certainly had many friends who loved her greatly, and many fans who enjoyed her wonderful performances."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)- Actress
- Make-Up Department
- Writer
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 featured a wealthy aristocratic clan who took delight in the macabre. Wednesday was the perpetually gloomy daughter of the family in the comic strip. Loring's version of the character was sweet-natured, but eccentric. This version of Wednesday owned a collection of decapitated dolls, and named her favorite doll after Marie Antoinette, the executed Queen of France. Wednesday raised spiders as a hobby.
In 1958, Loring was born on the Kwajalein Atoll, the southernmost of the Marshall Islands. The island is located about 2,100 nautical miles (3,900 kilometers; 2,400 miles) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. It has hosted an American naval base since World War II. Her parents were both personnel of the United States Navy. Loring's parents separated shortly after her birth, and Judith Loring (Loring's mother) received custody of Loring. Lisa Loring was initially raised in Hawaii, before moving with her mother to Los Angeles.
In 1961, Loring started working as a child model. She eventually took a few acting roles, and reportedly guest starred in a 1964 episode of the medical drama "Dr. Kildare". When cast to play Wednesday in "The Addams Family", Loring was only 6-years-old. It was her first regular role in television. The series lasted for 2 seasons and 64 episodes, ending in 1966.
Loring was cast in the role of Susan "Suzy" Pruitt in the short-lived sitcom "The Pruitts of Southampton" (1966-1967). The sitcom was the brainchild of David Levy, who had previously produced "The Addams Family". The series used much of the former cast of "The Addams Family". The premise of this sitcom was that the Pruitts were a formerly wealthy family who still lived in an aristocratic mansion in the Hamptons. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had found out about their loss of wealth, but instructed them to maintain their pretensions of great wealth in order to avoid a potential loss of confidence in the financial system. Episodes revolved about the family's efforts to raise money while maintaining secrecy.
In 1973, aged 15, Loring married her boyfriend Farrell Foumberg. She gave birth to her daughter Vanessa that year. The couple divorced in 1974. Judith Loring died in 1974 from alcoholism. Lisa Loring had to provide for herself. She appeared infrequently in television films during the late 1970s. Loring was cast as Wednesday Sr. in the television film "Halloween with the New Addams Family" (1977). Wednesday was depicted in the film as having a look-alike younger sister, known as Wednesday junior (played by Jennifer Surprenant). In 1980, Loring joined the cast of the soap opera "As the World Turns". She portrayed Cricket Montgomery, a half-sister of the regular character Margo Montgomery Hughes. Loring continued appearing in the series until 1984.
In 1981, Loring married the soap opera actor Doug Stevenson. They had daughter Marianne early in their marriage, but received a divorce in 1983. Loring's acting career was in hiatus until she agreed to play in the slasher film "Blood Frenzy" (1987). Its premise was that a killer stalked the patients of psychiatrist Dr. Barbara Shelley (played by Wendy MacDonald) during their trip through a desert. The film's plot reportedly combined plot elements from the earlier films "Ten Little Indians" (1974) and "Friday the 13th" (1980). The film was an early attempt by pornographic film producer Hal Freeman to create his own horror films.
Loring was an uncredited co-writer in the pornographic film "Traci's Big Trick" (1987). She was introduced to porn actor Jerry Butler (born Paul David Siederman; 1959-2018), and they started dating. They were married within 1987, but their relationship was tumultuous. They divorced each other in 1992, following failed a number of failed attempts in reconciliation.
In 1988, Loring co-starred in the slasher film "Iced". Its premise was that a group of old friends has received invitations to a new ski resort. They reunite there, but are stalked by a killer who has mysterious ties to their past. Loring's performance and humorous dialogue were reportedly among the highlight of the film. But the film has a relatively poor reputation among horror fans, due to soap opera-like plot elements and an inconclusive ending to its mystery. It was her last notable role for several years.
By the early 1990s, Loring was feeling depressed due to the decline of her career and her poor relationship with her husband. She tried to self-medicate her condition, leading to a drug addiction. In 1991, Loring was the first person to discover the corpse of her friend Kelly Van Dyke, who had committed suicide by hanging. Loring was in a fragile state of mind. She made a suicide attempt not long after. In 1992, she went to rehab and beat her addiction. She gave a few interviews in the mid-1990s, but semi-retired from acting. She resumed her acting career in the mid-2010s, with appearances in two different horror films. In 2023, Lisa Loring died, aged 64."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)- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Soundtrack
Ken Weatherwax was born on 29 September 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 7 December 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)- Actor
- Stunts
George Barrows was born on 7 February 1914 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Robot Monster (1953), The Magical World of Disney (1954) and Mesa of Lost Women (1953). He died on 17 October 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"- Peter Brooks was born on 7 March 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" - Pattee Chapman was born on 21 April 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 18 April 2011 in Glendora, California, USA.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 8
Green-Eyed Gomez (6 Nov. 1964)
"Mildred" (as Pattee Chapman) - Actor
- Soundtrack
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, Hole created a variety of characters in hundreds of roles.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
"Prof. Simms"- Actor
- Director
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 Skippy, Ralph Bellamy and Shirley Booth. Recreating his role of Emil Bruchner, he received excellent reviews for his chilling portrayal of a callous Nazi youth this time opposite Fredric March and Betty Field.
The fair, oval-faced, tousled-haired blond remained an often troublesome, unsympathetic teen in post-war films such as Boys' Ranch (1946) as an incorrigible character named "Knuckles," but he also displayed his charms with his jitterbugging title teen in Arthur Takes Over (1948) and likable young character in Mickey (1948).
Growing into adult roles (now billed as Skip Homeier or G.V. Homeier), he continued at a more menacing pace in movie westerns and crime dramas, notably Halls of Montezuma (1951), The Gunfighter (1950) (as Gregory Peck's nemesis), Cry Vengeance (1954) (as an albino hit man), Stranger at My Door (1956) and The Tall T (1957).
As Homeier's film career began to bog down in the late 1950's, he turned more and more to TV parts playing a few good guys at times just as a change of pace. In addition to a number of guest roles in such anthology series such as "Schlitz Playhouse," "Playhouse 90," "Zane Grey Theatre," "The Alcoa Hour," "Lux Video Theatre," "Armstrong Theatre," "Robert Montgomery Presents" and "Studio One in Hollywood" and "Science Fiction Theatre," Skip starred in a brief TV series as Dan Raven (1960).
Skip went on to appear in a host of guest roles on such 60's series as "Wanted: Dead or Alive," "The Millionaire," "The Loretta Young Show," "The Deputy," "The Rifleman," "The Defenders," "The Addams Family," "The Virginian," "Branded," "Perry Mason," "Burke's Law," "Combat!," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Bonanza," "Star Trek," "Lassie," "The Wonderful World of Disney," "Mannix" and "Mission: Impossible." A few film roles did come his way co-starring with Beverly Garland in the chiller Stark Fear (1962), and supporting Audie Murphy in the westerns Showdown (1963) and Bullet for a Badman (1964) and Don Knotts in the slapstick comedy The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
The remainder of Skip's career stuck closely to TV. He had a regular role as a doctor in the drama series The Interns (1970), and was a continuing guest star on a host of popular TV programs such as "Owen Marshall," "Police Woman, "The Blue Knight," "The Streets of San Francisco," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "The Bionic Woman," "Barnaby Jones," "Fantasy Island" and "Quincy." TV-movies and mini-series work included Two for the Money (1972), Voyage of the Yes (1973), Helter Skelter (1976), Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977) and The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979).
Skip phased out his career and retired completely following a featured role in the western film Quell and Co. (1982). Little was heard from him until his death on June 25, 2017 at the age of 86 from spinal myelopathy in Indian Wells, California. He was survived by his second wife, former actress Della Sharman and two sons from his first marriage.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 7
Halloween with the Addams Family (30 Oct. 1964)
"Marty"- 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 television career peaked during the 1950s and 1960s but continued through the 1980s.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 6
Morticia Joins the Ladies League (23 Oct. 1964)
"Oscar Webber" - Actor
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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 patented vocal catchphrase ("Eeeeee-yeeeeeeesss?") went on to tickle the audience funny bone on film, TV, radio and in voiceovers for over six decades. These distinct mannerisms and personality quirks would often be parodied on TV and in animated features. Seen here, there and everywhere, especially in the 50s and 60s TV, Frank usually playing a sardonic, pop-eyed, hot-tempered foil to the likes of TV's top comedic crème de la crème like Jack Benny and Lucille Ball.
Born Frank Brandon Nelson on May 6, 1911, he would start on Denver radio as an announcer at age 15. At age 18, Nelson decided to try his luck in Hollywood and found immediate work in local radio dramatic shows, usually playing the leading man! His first popular effort that reached a national market was in 1932 with the sitcom radio program "Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel" which starred Groucho Marx and Chico Marx. Other "leading man" vocals included "The Three Musketeers" and "Calling All Cars."
In 1936, Frank entered films playing uncredited announcer parts in such films as in Fugitive in the Sky (1936), Black Legion (1937), Hold 'Em Navy (1937), International Crime (1938) and Gang Bullets (1938), however little came from it and he kept his focus on war-time radio. After scores and scores of radio voices, Frank's malleable mug finally earned "second banana" popularity as the put-upon foil to Jack Benny on Benny's highly popular radio show. Nelson first started working on the show years earlier in the late 1930's but eventually was given a regular role playing various flustered or disdainful customer service types. He provided a wide range of vocals on the finest radio shows of the day such as "The Great Gildersleeve," "Burns and Allen Show," ''Fibber McGee and Molly," "The Bing Crosby Show," "The Eddie Cantor Show," "The Bob Hope Show" and "Abbott and Costello," each and every one making jolly use of his droll, squealing voice and "slow burn" comic takes. He could be a standout in even the tiniest of servile/professional roles
Despite obvious talents in dramatic fare, on camera, Frank would be best known for his comic support. Often appearing as a fastidious clerk, agent, boss, neighbor or, of course, announcer), post WWII films would include Down Memory Lane (1949), The Milkman (1950), You Never Can Tell (1951), Bonzo Goes to College (1952), Remains to Be Seen (1953), It Should Happen to You (1954) and Kiss Them for Me (1957). In 1949, he appeared in the short film So You Want to Get Rich Quick (1949) and added his special brand of hilarity to several others in the Joe McDoakes "So You Want to..." comedy series starring George O'Hanlon.
A charter member of AFRA (American Federation of Radio Artists) in 1937 (before it became AFTRA (AmericanFederation of Radio and Television Artists), Frank served as AFTRA's president from 1954 to 1957 and was a guiding force in securing decent pension plans for actors. Frank tackled many sitcoms in his time, which culminated in his fifteen-year stay as a regular on The Jack Benny Program (1950) and as a returning guest artist year after year on I Love Lucy (1951). He also amusingly appeared as several different characters on several episodes of Our Miss Brooks (1952), The Danny Thomas Show (1953) and Sanford and Son (1972). Moreover, for the first few years of I Love Lucy (1951), he appeared in various beleaguered roles, but towards the end of the series' run, Frank and another prominent voice from radio's "Golden Age," Mary Jane Croft, were hired for recurring roles as the Ricardo's Connecticut neighbors, Frank and Betty Ramsey. He also guested on such popular comedy shows as "Blondie," "Private Secretary," "The Real McCoys," "Pete and Gladys," "The Lucy Show," "The Addams Family," "Petticoat Junction" and "Alice."
As for vocal animation, Frank offered various voices for such 60's cartoons as "Mr. Magoo," but was best utilized by the Hanna-Barbera team, notably The Flintstones (1960) and The Jetsons (1962). He also provided the voice of "Uncle Dudley" in the 70's Dinky Dog (1978) animated series, while adding brief vocal flavor to such cartoons as "Calvin and the Colonel," "Bozo the Clown," "The Smurfs" and "Garfield and Friends." Towards the end of his life, Frank's voice appeared frequently on the 80's animated series Snorks (1984)
The veteran voice's well-known catchphrase was utilized in McDonald's commercials during the 1980s. Frank married twice -- to character actresses, Mary Lansing (whom he met on radio and bore him two children), and then Veola Vonn, who also appeared on Lucy's sitcom. Diagnosed with cancer during the late summer of 1985, Frank died a year later in Los Angeles on September 12, 1986, at age 75. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
"Cecil B. Pomeroy"- Actress
- Soundtrack
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 proved to be a lovely fresh-faced by-product of the innocent early 60s.
Born Cynthia Anne Culpepper in Hollywood, California on September 4, 1940, she was drawn early to an acting career by her parents, vaudeville and night club entertainer Jack Pepper (nee Edward Jackson Culpepper, 1902-1979)) and his second wife Dawn (Stanton) Pepper (1913-2006), a former dancer who once worked for showman Billy Rose. Her father Jack, who first worked with his two sisters, Helen and Winnie Mae, in a family act and then a song-and-dance act with Frank Salt called "Salt and Pepper", before headlining as a solo act, also appeared as a character comedian in films. He was previously married and divorced from Ginger Rogers.
Cynthia started out in New York, at the tender age of three, as a Conover child model. A year or so later, she briefly appeared on Broadway in a tiny part in "It's a Gift", starring Julie Harris. Outside of an unbilled part, at age 10, in the movie, Cheaper by the Dozen (1950), Cynthia did not actively pursue acting until returning to Los Angeles and graduating from Hollywood High School. A year later, the 19-year-old married Buck Edwards (nee Mervyn L. Edwards), who was also in the business, behind the scenes.
TV opened its doors once she found an agent. One of her first sightings was as a "malt shop girl" in the comedy series, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959), starring Dwayne Hickman. Following that, she found work on two popular ABC detective series of 1960, Bourbon Street Beat (1959) with Richard Long, and 77 Sunset Strip (1958) with Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, and the hair-combing Edd Byrnes [aka Kookie].
Cynthia's career gained major momentum, when she won a regular role in the all-male My Three Sons (1960) sitcom. As the girlfriend of oldest son Mike (played by Tim Considine), Pepper was sweet and irresistible, ideally suited to represent the squeaky-clean "Camelot" era on the small screen. On the strength of her "My Three Sons" role, the actress was able to move front-and-center as the star of her own lightweight series, Margie (1961). Twenty-one at the time, she was cast as "Roaring 20s" teen flapper Margie Clayton, the powers-that-be smartly placed her comedy in the time slot directly following "My Three Sons" to kickstart the series. Despite the efforts, however, the series ended after only one season, the comedy proving perhaps a bit too mild and meek to satisfy audience tastes.
There was still promise on the horizon for Cynthia, as 20th Century-Fox was planning to build another TV series around her. However, the financial debacle of Cleopatra (1963) changed all plans and, instead, the studio had to let her go. Filmwise, Pepper had the pleasure of appearing in support of Sandra Dee in the frothy comedy, Take Her, She's Mine (1963), before winning the co-starring role of PFC Midge Riley, opposite Elvis Presley, in one of his more ingratiating vehicles, Kissin' Cousins (1964). Later that year, Pepper returned to the "My Three Sons" set to film one final closure appearance as Considine's (now) former girlfriend. In it, her character learns that Mike has become engaged to another woman (Meredith MacRae).
Two subsequent pilots failed to sell and soon Cynthia was being seen with less and less frequency. Assorted TV guest parts, during this period, included such shows as Perry Mason (1957), The Addams Family (1964), Julia (1968) and The Flying Nun (1967). Following a guest part on The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971) in 1972, Cynthia moved completely out of the limelight, save for a lone appearance in the TV-movie, Crisis in Mid-air (1979).
As for her personal life, Cynthia and husband Mervyn gave birth to their son Michael in 1965, but three years later, she and her husband divorced. Cynthia remarried the following year (1969) to James Pazillo and she abandoned her career to focus on this marriage and raising her son.
These days, Cynthia can be spotted, from time to time, at Elvis gatherings or signing autographs at film/TV nostalgic conventions. One can also spot Cynthia visibly recalling her film experience with "The King" in a couple of his video documentaries. Out of nowhere, she made a rare appearance in the film, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005), starring Sandra Bullock.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 9
The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family (13 Nov. 1964)
"Amanda Peterson"- Actor
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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 managing the family act. Booked in such top places as the Orpheum Theatre, the kids eventually took a screen test for Mack Sennett but only Eddie was chosen. Beginning with the short film A Love Sundae (1926), Eddie would make nearly 20 two-reeler shorts with Sennett.
Freelancing a couple of years later, he played the lead in The Godless Girl (1928) and The Sophomore (1929) and received a contract at Pathe Studios, but he wasn't really leading-man material what with his rubbery face and short stature. Nevertheless, his high energy and sharp comedy instincts earned him many support roles in such films as Big Money (1930), Girl Crazy (1932), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) and The Grapes of Wrath (1940), to cite some of his more popular films.
Discouraged with playing simple roles such as bellhops, soda jerks, et al., he continued on in "B" pictures until Sensation Hunters (1945), when his film career finally fell away. He owned and operated a bowling alley for a time but eventually returned to the film industry, with middling results and infrequent appearances, among them Brigadoon (1954). Light-hearted fluff also came his way in the next decade with The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), Angel in My Pocket (1969) and How to Frame a Figg (1971), but his contributions were relatively minor. His career experienced a minor resurgence during the 1960s and 1970s on TV when he guested on such series as Mannix (1967), Lucas Tanner (1974), Police Story (1973), and Baretta (1975). A close friendship with actor Michael Landon led to work for Eddie in several of Landon's TV vehicles, including Little House on the Prairie (1974) and Father Murphy (1981) and "Highway to Heaven" (1984)_.
The never-married Eddie died in Burbank, California of cancer in 1990 at age 83, and was interred at the San Fernando Mission Cemetery in Mission Hills.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 4
Gomez, the Politician (9 Oct. 1964)
"George Bass"- Kim Tyler was born on 17 April 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 10 February 2021 in Hollywood, California, USA.The Addams Family: Season 1, Episode 5
The Addams Family Tree (16 Oct. 1964)
"Harold Pomeroy"