John Astin

Dark haired, usually mustachioed US actor with a cheeky grin who achieved pop culture status through his portrayal of the kooky patriarch "Gomez Addams" in the hit TV series The Addams Family (1964). John Astin standing at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born March 30, 1930 (Aries), in Baltimore, MD as John Allen Astin to Allen V. Astin and Margaret Astin with a brother Alexander Astin. He is an American actor, voice actor and director. He attended Washington, Jefferson College and Johns Hopkins University where he studied mathematics. However he discovered a passion for the theater and began performing in minor plays and doing voice-over work for commercials. Married Suzanne Hahn on March 26, 1956, had 3 sons: David Aston (born 1953), Allen J. Astin (born March 23, 1961) and Thomas E. Astin (born March 19, 1965), then divorced June 14, 1972. He first got noticed in a small role in West Side Story (1961), then appeared in several other films, That Touch of Mink (1962), Move Over Darling (1963), before being cast as "Gomez Addams". While "The Addams Family (1964–1966)" was initially a huge hit, its popularity petered out after two years, and Astin moved on to other work including the offbeat Bunny O'Hare (1971), playing a grizzled but not particularly bright gunfighter in the western spoof Evil Roy Slade (1972), an appearance in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and dual roles in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Teen Wolf Too (1987) and The Frighteners (1996). Married Patty Duke on August 5, 1972, had 2 sons: Mackenzie Astin (born May 12, 1973) and adopted Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971), when he was 3 years old, then divorced November 3, 1985. Roughly four years later, he married Valerie Ann Sandobal on March 19, 1989 and is still presently married. He has since lent his comedic talents to numerous appearances as "Dr. Gangreen" in several corny "Killer Tomato" movies, and has contributed his voice to recreate "Gomez Addams" in the animated series The Addams Family (1992), and then played "Grandpa Addams" in the short-lived TV series The New Addams Family (1998). In addition, Astin has contributed voices to several animated shows, and is still active (1957-present) regularly appearing in films. Currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland with current wife. Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short Prelude (1968).

Known For: Acting

Born: Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1930-03-30

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1958	The Kiss	Male Necker	57
2	1960	The Pusher	Detective	57
3	1961	West Side Story	Glad Hand (uncredited)	72
4	1962	That Touch of Mink	Mr. Everett Beasley	64
5	1962	Period of Adjustment	Smoky Anderson (uncredited)	57
6	1962	Billy Rose's Jumbo	Pilot	56
7	1963	The Wheeler Dealers	Hector Vanson	62
8	1963	Move Over, Darling	Clyde Prokey	66
9	1967	The Spirit Is Willing	Dr. Frieden	54
10	1968	Prelude		0
11	1968	Candy	T.M. Christian / Jack Christian	52
12	1969	Viva Max!	Sergeant Valdez	55
13	1971	Bunny O'Hare	Ad O'Hare	56
14	1971	Two on a Bench	Dr. Stanley Remington	50
15	1972	Wacky Taxi	Pepper	43
16	1972	Evil Roy Slade	Evil Roy Slade	62
17	1972	Get to Know Your Rabbit	Mr. Turnbull	51
18	1972	Every Little Crook and Nanny	Vito Garbugli	0
19	1972	Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family	Gomez Addams (Voice)	100
20	1973	Brothers O'Toole	Michael O'Toole	53
21	1974	Skyway to Death	Andrew Tustin	43
22	1974	Hard Day at Blue Nose	Greenburg	0
23	1974	The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute	Self	77
24	1974	Only with Married Men	Dr. Harvey Osterman	50
25	1975	The Dream Makers	Manny Wheeler	0
26	1976	Freaky Friday	Bill Andrews	61
27	1977	Halloween with the New Addams Family	Gomez Addams	59
28	1985	National Lampoon's European Vacation	"Pig in a Poke" Host - Kent	62
29	1986	Mr. Boogedy	Widow Marian	63
30	1986	Mystery Magical Special	John Astin	80
31	1986	Body Slam	Scotty	48
32	1987	Harry Anderson's Sideshow	Self	0
33	1987	Teen Wolf Too	Dean Dunn	41
34	1988	Return of the Killer Tomatoes!	Prof. Gangreen	57
35	1989	The Saint: The Blue Dulac	George Lafosse	0
36	1989	Night Life	Verlin Flanders	54
37	1990	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Janitor	65
38	1991	Halloween Monster Bash		0
39	1991	Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!	Jeronahew/Prof. Gangreen	50
40	1992	Killer Tomatoes Eat France!	Prof. Mortimer Gangreen	55
41	1993	Stepmonster	Minister	45
42	1993	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Prof. Albert Wickwire	0
43	1994	Huck and the King of Hearts	Zach	55
44	1994	The Silence of the Hams	The Ranger	49
45	1994	Runaway Daughters	Fred	60
46	1995	Harrison Bergeron	Golf Announcer	68
47	1996	The Frighteners	The Judge	69
48	1998	The Making of 'The Frighteners'	Himself	88
49	2005	School of Life	Norman Warner	64
50	2005	Betaville	President Sender	30
51	2023	Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective	Self	0
52		Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence	Prof. Mortimer Gangreen	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Hard-Luck Henry Haggen	66
2	1957	Maverick	Joe Lambert	68
3	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
4	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Martin Grosch	67
5	1959	The Twilight Zone	Charlie	85
6	1959	Dennis the Menace		65
7	1960	Checkmate	Jim Poole	41
8	1960	Outlaws		62
9	1960	Insight	Harry	60
10	1960	Route 66	Gas Attendant	63
11	1960	Route 66	Benson	63
12	1960	Peter Loves Mary	Joe	50
13	1961	The Asphalt Jungle		50
14	1961	87th Precinct	Cassidy	75
15	1961	Hazel		68
16	1961	Ben Casey		56
17	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	54
18	1962	The Virginian	Slick Driscoll	65
19	1962	I'm Dickens, He's Fenster	Harry Dickens	67
20	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth	Bartley	50
21	1963	The Danny Kaye Show	Self	63
22	1964	The Addams Family	Gomez Addams	80
23	1965	The Wild Wild West		75
24	1966	Batman	The Riddler	73
25	1966	The Pruitts of Southampton	Rudy Pruitt	53
26	1966	Hey Landlord!		50
27	1966	Occasional Wife		75
28	1966	CBS Playhouse		70
29	1967	He & She	Dr. Melvin Krillman	47
30	1967	The Flying Nun		63
31	1968	The Doris Day Show	Jim Keatley	53
32	1969	Love, American Style	Alfred	61
33	1969	Love, American Style	Charlie Mancini	61
34	1970	The Odd Couple	Beau Biffingham	78
35	1970	Night Gallery	Munsch	78
36	1970	Night Gallery	Jonathan (segment "Pamela's Voice")	78
37	1970	Night Gallery	Randy Miller	78
38	1971	McMillan & Wife	Sykes	69
39	1972	The New Scooby-Doo Movies	Gomez Addams (voice)	77
40	1972	Temperatures Rising	Russo	50
41	1972	Ghost Story	Fred Colby	71
42	1973	Police Story		69
43	1974	Police Woman	Donny	63
44	1975	The Bob Crane Show		55
45	1975	Welcome Back, Kotter		72
46	1977	Operation Petticoat	Lt. Commander Matthew Sherman	70
47	1977	The Love Boat	David Crothers	63
48	1978	Diff'rent Strokes		70
49	1979	The Facts of Life		70
50	1981	Simon & Simon		67
51	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
52	1984	Riptide	Baxter Bernard	67
53	1984	Night Court	Kenny	74
54	1984	Night Court	Buddy Ryan	74
55	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Harry Pierce	75
56	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Fritz Randall	75
57	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Ross Hayley	75
58	1984	Charles in Charge	Uncle Joe	61
59	1985	Otherworld		50
60	1985	Mary	Ed LaSalle	50
61	1987	The Charmings		48
62	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Nelson Halliwell	80
63	1990	Attack of the Killer Tomatoes		72
64	1990	They Came from Outer Space	Neville Nessen	70
65	1991	Taz-Mania	Bull Gator (voice)	70
66	1991	Eerie, Indiana	Radford	76
67	1992	The Addams Family	Gomez Addams (voice)	68
68	1992	Mad About You	John Astin	67
69	1993	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Prof. Albert Wickwire	71
70	1993	Problem Child	Additional Voices (voice)	45
71	1994	Burke's Law	Alexander the Great	67
72	1994	Duckman		72
73	1995	Pinky and the Brain		77
74	1995	The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat	(voice)	75
75	1997	Recess	Supt. Skinner (voice)	77
76	1998	The Wild Thornberrys	The Great Bangaboo (voice)	69
77	1998	The Hughleys		68
78	1998	Becker	Richard Wilson	72
79	2000	As Told by Ginger		66
80	2000	As Told by Ginger	Dave Bishop (voice)	66
81	2016	Justice League Action	Uncle Dudley (voice)	70

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