Lurch....things most didn't know about him.

[Cranky]

 

[Sixpaksteve]

Very interesting! Thanks for posting this, I didn't realize he played both cowboys and Native Americans in the westerns he was in.

 

[Ron H]

Wow - he got dealt a short deck 46 years and gone, sad to say. A lot of memorable performances more than I remembered or knew. At my age thankful to be still around; but this get's you to enduring the loss of more relatives and friends from old age or those that get their number pulled at a young age. RIP

 

[Budnicks]

wow he died really young at 46, in 1979

he did a lot in them 46 years, gifted child
in HS by 11

some of that stuff I never knew

 

[440Coronet500]

Very interesting, I didn't realize he was in so many films and was quite voice actor too! 440'

 

[towtruckAl]

thanks i never new he was that talented . good character actor

 

[Timmayy]

I remember him in so many parts over the years. I always loved the Addams Family though.

 

[Richard Cranium]

From the comments....


I am Sean Cassidy, Ted's son. This is a very nice tribute, but contains some misstatements. His death was not related to his size, and he was not ill during his last years. He had a congenital heart tumor which was discovered only weeks before his death. It is unknown where his cremains were buried. After hearing that his cremains may be buried in his backyard, my sister and I searched the yard but found nothing. After his death my sister and I returned to college, and we were surprised to hear about the alleged burial. We long ago accepted that likely we will never know what became of his cremains. And to expand on the "You rang?" story it was during his audition that he both improvised the infamous line AND decided to buck the director's instruction to play the character with bent at the waist posture (hence the name Lurch) and decided to play it with perfect posture, a more refined look. ..Miss and love you, dad, every day.

 

[Cranky]

Kinda thought death due to his size was a bit odd along with his 'cremains' being buried in a back yard. I would assume that there are regulations about that like there is in Texas but I know of people that do not follow them....it's like how would they know anyways.

 

[Hey-O]

Thanks for sharing, to young to go, sad.

 

[Richard Cranium]

his 'cremains' being buried in a back yard.