Ted Cassidy

Jul 31, 1932 - Jan 16, 1979 (46 years old) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Known For

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Mannix

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Star Trek

Gorn (voice)

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Bonanza

Garth

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Batman

Lurch (uncredited)

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Ironside

Wrestler

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The Beverly Hillbillies

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The Six Million Dollar Man

Bigfoot

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I Dream of Jeannie

Habib

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Lost in Space

Slave

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The Incredible Hulk

Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)

Credits

Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There? 1997

Angry Purple Guy

★ NR
The Addams Family Album 1992

Lurch (archive footage)

★ NR
Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All 1982

Prince Thun (voice)

★ 6
Bride of the Incredible Hulk 1980

Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone 1979

Frankenstone (voice)

★ 7.6
Goin' Coconuts 1978

Mickey

★ 3.8
Godzilla 1978

Godzilla

★ 7.9
Jana of the Jungle 1978

★ 5
Challenge of the Super Friends 1978

★ 6.9
The Fantastic Four 1978

The Thing (voice)

★ 7.6
Dr. Strange 1978

Demon Balzaroth (voice) (uncredited)

★ 6
The Flintstones: Little Big League 1978

Officer (voice)

★ 7.4
The Return of the Incredible Hulk 1977

Narrator / Hulk (voice)

★ 5.9
The Incredible Hulk 1977

Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Halloween with the New Addams Family 1977

Lurch

★ 5.8
Man from Atlantis 1977

Canja

★ 6.5
The All-New Super Friends Hour 1977

★ 7.4
The Last Remake of Beau Geste 1977

Blindman

★ 5.5
Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover 1977

Jake Tuttle

★ NR
The Great Balloon Race 1977

★ NR
Harry and Walter Go to New York 1976

Leary

★ 5.6
The Bionic Woman 1976

★ 7
Poor Pretty Eddie 1975

Keno

★ 4.9
The Intruder 1975

Mr. Peterson

★ 5.1
Chico and the Man 1974

★ 5.8
Planet Earth 1974

Isiah

★ 5.7
The Six Million Dollar Man 1974

Bigfoot

★ 7.3
Thunder County 1974

Renzo Gambini

★ 3
The Slams 1973

Glover

★ 6.4
Super Friends 1973

Brainiac / Black Manta (voice)

★ 7.6
Genesis II 1973

Isiah

★ 5.7
The Limit 1972

Big Donnie

★ NR
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family 1972

Lurch (Voice)

★ 8
Banacek 1972

Jerry Crawford

★ 8.6
The New Scooby-Doo Movies 1972

Lurch (voice)

★ 7.7
Catch the Black Sunshine 1972

Striker

★ 4
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969

Harvey Logan

★ 7.6
Mackenna's Gold 1969

Hachita

★ 6.6
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1968

Injun Joe

★ 5.1
Mannix 1967

★ 6.7
Super President 1967

Spy Shadow (voice)

★ NR
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio 1967

Meteor Man (voice)

★ 7.3
The Herculoids 1967

★ 7.4
Shazzan 1967

★ 7.2
Ironside 1967

Wrestler

★ 6.8
Jack and the Beanstalk 1967

The Giant (voice)

★ 7.1
Mr. Terrific 1967

Bojo

★ 7.5
Space Ghost and Dino Boy 1966

Metallus / Tansut (voice)

★ 7.5
Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles 1966

★ 6.8
Tarzan 1966

★ 6.7
Star Trek 1966

Gorn (voice)

★ 8
The Pruitts of Southampton 1966

Maxie

★ 5.3
Batman 1966

Lurch (uncredited)

★ 7.3
I Dream of Jeannie 1965

Habib

★ 7.8
Laredo 1965

★ 6.3
Lost in Space 1965

Slave

★ 7.1
Daniel Boone 1964

Gentle Sam

★ 7
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1964

Edgar

★ 7.1
The Addams Family 1964

Lurch

★ 8
Shindig! 1964

Self

★ 6.2
The Beverly Hillbillies 1962

★ 6.9
Bonanza 1959

Garth

★ 7.5

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