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John Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor
best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams
Family television series and similarly eccentric comedic
characters.
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland
and attended Johns Hopkins University, where he studied
mathematics and was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.
He has appeared in numerous films and television shows.
He started in theatre, doing voice-over
work for commercials. His first big break came in
a small but memorable part in the Oscar-winning West
Side Story in 1961. A few years later, he starred
in The Addams Family (1964-1966) as Gomez Addams,
the macabre head of the family.
He has continued to work, appearing
in a string of "Killer Tomatoes" films as
Professor Gangreen. He also tours the one-man play
Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight, written by
Paul Day Clemens and Ron Magid. Astin teaches method
acting and directing in the Writing Seminars Department
at his alma mater Johns Hopkins University.
He has three sons David, Allen and
Tom with his first wife Suzanne Hahn and two sons
Sean and Mackenzie, both successful actors, with his
second wife Patty Duke. Sean is not his biological
son, but John Astin legally adopted him. John Astin
is currently married to Valerie Ann Sandobal.
Selected Filmography
West Side Story (1961) Glad Hand, Social Worker Leading
Dance
The Addams Family (1964) (television) Gomez Addams
Evil Roy Slade (1972) Evil Roy Slade
Freaky Friday (1976) Bill Andrews
Teen Wolf Too (1987) Dean Dunn
Return of the Killer Tomatoes (1988) Professor Gangreen
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1993) (television)
Professor Albert Wickwire
Mr Boogedy (1986)
Night Court (1986) Former Mental Patient & Harry's
Father
Gremlins 2: The New Batch(1990) Janitor
Super Password Guest Star Himself
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