Was that lurches real voice?

Lurch is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams as a manservant to The Addams Family. In the original television series, Lurch was played by Ted Cassidy.

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Who sings for Lurch in The Addams Family?

Conrad Vernon is the voice of Lurch in The Addams Family 2.
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What happened to the actor who played Lurch?

Ted Cassidy, an actor who played the sinister‐looking, sepuchral‐voiced butler Lurch in the comedy television series “The Addams Family,” died Jan. 16 in Los Angeles of complications following open‐heart surgery for a nonmalignant tumor. He was 46 years old.
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How big was Lurch on The Addams Family?

Characterization. Lurch is a 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) tall, shambling, gloomy butler. In the original Addams Family television series, Lurch has a deep and resonant voice.
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What happened to Lurch on The Addams Family?

Lumbering Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch and Thing (the hand), died after open-heart surgery in 1979, at 46. Former leading lady Carolyn Jones (Invasion of the Body Snatchers), who starred as Morticia, died of cancer in 1983, at 54.
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Ted Cassidy Had a Troubled Career



Is Pugsley still alive from The Addams Family?

Ken Weatherwax, who played Pugsley in the original Addams Family, has died at the age of 59. The actor suffered a heart attack and was found at his home in California on Sunday. Pugsley was the oldest child of Gomez and Morticia Addams in the 1960s TV series.
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Who has died from The Addams Family?

Felix Silla, the actor best known for playing the hairy Cousin Itt on the sitcom “The Addams Family,” died on April 16. He was 84. The cause was cancer, Mr. Silla's representative, Bonnie Vent, said in a statement.
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Is Gomez from The Addams Family still alive?

John Astin, as Gomez Addams (1964). He is still alive today, at age 90. - History | Addams family tv show, Addams family, John astin.
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Is Lurch from The Addams Family a zombie?

Lurch is like Frankensteins monster. Reanimated deliberately by a creator. Zombie-like in that he WAS dead but now walks, but different; that's bit a virus, he craves no brains, and he was created with purpose.
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Who played Pugsley Addams?

Ken Weatherwax, who played Pugsley on the 1960s TV show “The Addams Family,” died Sunday, according to the Ventura County Coroner's Office. He was 59.
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Who played Lurch in The Addams Family 2021?

Conrad Vernon (born as Conrad Vernon IV) played (Voiced) Lurch on The Addams Family 2 (2021).
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Is Morticia Addams a vampire?

If anything supernatural is afoot, Morticia might be seen as a witch, but there's no real evidence she's a vampire. Rather, her black ensemble and pale characteristics are fashionable rather than signs she's moving beyond the grave.
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Why is Wednesday Addams called Wednesday?

Addams, by the way, didn't name any of the Addams Family characters until they were developed for television in the 1960s. He named Wednesday after the nursery rhyme “Monday's Child,” which includes the line “Wednesday's child is full of woe.”
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How did Gomez from Addams Family died?

Puerto Rican actor Raúl Juliá played the charismatic and passionate Addams family patriarch, Gomez Addams. Juliá passed away at just 54 years old after suffering a stroke in 1994, but despite his all-too-short career, he made a huge mark on the film industry.
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What happened to the girl who played Wednesday on The Addams Family?

People reported that for some time she worked as a makeup artist, and later, she worked for a Santa Monica, California-based interior design firm. As of 2017, she shared that she now focuses on her family life and goes to entertainment conventions around the country.
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Is Morticia Addams human?

Morticia Addams (née Frump) was the matriarch of the Addams Family, a slim woman with pale skin, clad in a skin-tight black hobble gown with octopuslike tendrils at the hem. Certain sources suggested she may be some kind of vampire. She adored her husband, Gomez, as deeply as he did her.
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How did Pugsley get his name?

When the characters were given names for the television series, he was originally going to be called "Pubert" (a derivation of the word puberty, possibly a reflection of his age) but it was rejected as it sounded too sexual, and the name Pugsley was chosen instead.
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