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John Astin

Known for
The Addams Family (1964), The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993), Night Gallery (1969), The Addams Family (1992)

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John Astin is an actor best known for The Addams Family, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and Night Gallery.

12 Interesting Facts About John Astin

  1. #001

    John Astin is a great admirer of Edgar Allan Poe's works and studies them intensively. He regularly attended Poe's annual birthday celebrations in Baltimore.

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    During a speech at Booker High School in Sarasota, Florida, John Astin told the crowd of students that he had never seen any of the new Addams Family films and never would. He did not explain why.

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  3. #005

    John Astin played the same character (Gomez Addams) in three different series: The Addams Family (1964), The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) and The Addams Family (1992).

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  4. #008

    John Astin played the Riddler in a two-part episode of the Batman (1966) television series, replacing Frank Gorshin.

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  5. #009

    John Astin is the only surviving regular cast member of The Addams Family (1964).

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  6. #010

    John Astin and his son Sean appeared in films that won the Best Picture award forty years apart. John had a small role in West Side Story (1961), while Sean starred in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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  7. #011

    John Astin appeared in three separate episodes of Night Gallery (1969). His character is killed in each episode, and in two of them the character finds himself in Hell. He also directed three episodes of the series.

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  8. #015

    John Astin and his wife Valerie are the leaders of a Buddhist group in Santa Monica, California.

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  9. #017

    John Astin is best remembered by the public for his role as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964).

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  10. #019

    After the death of Lisa Loring (who played Wednesday Addams) on 28 January 2023, John Astin (who played Gomez Addams) is the last surviving member of the original cast of The Addams Family (1964).

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  11. #020

    He and his wife Valerie have lived in the Tuscany-Canterbury area of Baltimore, Maryland for the past five years.

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  12. #021

    In 1984 he attended the private funeral of Jackie Coogan, former lead actor of The Addams Family.

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