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name: "Ted Cassidy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-cassidy"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 July 1932"
died: "16 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T05:21:31.197623+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ted Cassidy

Actor. Born 31 July 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 16 January 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 July 1932, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 16 January 1979
- **Also known as:** تد کسیدی
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cassidy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q717693, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144252/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9600

## Biography

Ted Cassidy was an American actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was raised in Philippi, West Virginia, and attended Stetson University, where he studied speech and drama. Before entering acting he worked as a radio announcer.

He is best known for playing Lurch in the television series *The Addams Family* (1964–1966). His other credits include appearances in *Star Trek* (1966), *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965) and *Batman* (1966), as well as the role of Harvey Logan in the film *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969). Cassidy provided the opening narration and the voice of the Hulk for the first two seasons of *The Incredible Hulk* (1977).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), Fi1m 84, as Harvey Logan — [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There?* (1997), as Angry Purple Guy
- *The Addams Family Album* (1992), as Lurch (archive footage)
- *Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All* (1982), as Prince Thun (voice)
- *Roar* (1981), as Additional Writing
- *Bride of the Incredible Hulk* (1980), as Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone* (1979), as Frankenstone (voice)
- *Goin' Coconuts* (1978), as Mickey
- *The Fantastic Four* (1978), series, as The Thing (voice)
- *Godzilla* (1978), series, as Godzilla
- *Challenge of the Super Friends* (1978), series, Actor
- *Jana of the Jungle* (1978), series, Actor
- *Dr. Strange* (1978), as Demon Balzaroth (voice) (uncredited)
- *The Flintstones: Little Big League* (1978), as Officer (voice)
- *The Return of the Incredible Hulk* (1977), as Narrator / Hulk (voice)
- *The Incredible Hulk* (1977), series, as Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited), Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Narrator / Hulk (voice)
- *Halloween with the New Addams Family* (1977), as Lurch
- *Man from Atlantis* (1977), series, as Canja
- *The Last Remake of Beau Geste* (1977), as Blindman
- *Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover* (1977), as Jake Tuttle
- *The Great Balloon Race* (1977), Actor
- *Harry and Walter Go to New York* (1976), as Leary
- *The Bionic Woman* (1976), series, Actor
- *Poor Pretty Eddie* (1975), as Keno
- *The Intruder* (1975), as Mr. Peterson
- *Chico and the Man* (1974), series, Actor
- *Planet Earth* (1974), as Isiah
- *The Six Million Dollar Man* (1974), series, as Bigfoot
- *Thunder County* (1974), as Renzo Gambini
- *The Slams* (1973), as Glover
- *Super Friends* (1973), series, as Brainiac / Black Manta (voice)
- *The Addams Family* (1973), series, as Lurch (voice)
- *The Harrad Experiment* (1973), Screenplay
- *Genesis II* (1973), as Isiah
- *The Limit* (1972), as Big Donnie
- *Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family* (1972), as Lurch (Voice)
- *Banacek* (1972), series, as Jerry Crawford
- *The New Scooby-Doo Movies* (1972), series, as Lurch (voice)
- *Catch the Black Sunshine* (1972), as Striker · Additional Dialogue
- *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), as Harvey Logan — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md)
- *Mackenna's Gold* (1969), as Hachita
- *The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1968), series, as Injun Joe
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor
- *Super President* (1967), series, as Spy Shadow (voice)
- *Birdman and the Galaxy Trio* (1967), series, as Meteor Man (voice)
- *Shazzan* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Herculoids* (1967), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, as Wrestler
- *Jack and the Beanstalk* (1967), as The Giant (voice)
- *Mr. Terrific* (1967), series, as Bojo
- *Space Ghost and Dino Boy* (1966), series, as Metallus / Tansut (voice)
- *Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles* (1966), series, Actor
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Balok's puppet (voice), Ruk, Gorn (voice) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *Tarzan* (1966), series, Actor
- *The Pruitts of Southampton* (1966), series, as Maxie
- *Batman* (1966), series, as Lurch (uncredited)
- *I Dream of Jeannie* (1965), series, as Habib, Hamid
- *Laredo* (1965), series, Actor
- *Lost in Space* (1965), series, as Slave
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Gentle Sam
- *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Edgar
- *The Addams Family* (1964), series, as Lurch
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, Actor
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Garth

## Gallery

- ![Ted Cassidy](https://film.one/media/person/1243809/gallery-aef8e81cb2b0.jpg) Ted Cassidy — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Ted_Cassidy_Cheeta_Storybook_Squares_1969_cropped.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ted Cassidy on air at WCOA Pensacola January 1959](https://film.one/media/person/1243809/gallery-8ca7caa39131.jpg) Ted Cassidy on air at WCOA Pensacola January 1959 — Nathan Woodruff, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/WCOA_Pensacola_January_1959_20230917_0004_small%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ted Cassidy on air at WCOA Pensacola January 1959](https://film.one/media/person/1243809/gallery-5ba1d9d65bac.jpg) Ted Cassidy on air at WCOA Pensacola January 1959 — NathanWoodruff, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/WCOA_Pensacola_January_1959_20230917_0004_small.jpg/1280px-WCOA_Pensacola_January_1959_20230917_0004_small.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Ted Cassidy as Tarzan and Cheeta from the television game show Storybook Squares. Cassidy was best known for his role as Lurch the butler on The Addams](https://film.one/media/person/1243809/gallery-428a95bbb50a.jpg) Photo of Ted Cassidy as Tarzan and Cheeta from the television game show Storybook Squares. Cassidy was best known for his role as Lurch the butler on The Addams — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Ted_Cassidy_Cheeta_Storybook_Squares_1969.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ted Cassidy](https://film.one/media/person/1243809/gallery-542457f3f402.jpg) Ted Cassidy — Image via TMDB
- ![Ted Cassidy](https://film.one/media/person/1243809/gallery-d4c7dc6fae5e.jpg) Ted Cassidy — Image via TMDB

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