JOHN ALLEN ASTIN.
He studied mathematics at Johns Hopkins University, but he discovered a passion for theatre 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 the famous "Gomez Addams".
Appeared in the offbeat-Bunny O'Hare(1971).Also playing a grizzled but not too bright gunfighter in the western spoof Evil Roy Slade(1972).Disney's comedy Freaky Friday(1976).National Lampoon's European Vacation(1985).
His comedic talents led to a series of roles as "Dr Gangreen "in several "Killer Tomato' movies
Has been involved with more productions of "The Addams Family"than any other actor in history.From playing the family patriarch,Gomez Addams, on "the Addams Family(1964),Halloween with the New Addams Family(1977),The Addamas Family(1992),the grandfather on The New Addams Family(1998)and even in a way himself who loves and will always be associated with 'The Addams Family",in films with the spoofs like The Silence of the Hams."(1994).
