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John Astin

Actor John Astin

Profession: Actor

Nationality:
United States of America
American

Biography: John Astin is an American actor and director, best known for playing Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964-1966) as well as voicing the same character in the animated series The Addams Family (1992-1993).

Astin has also starred in a number of film roles, including West Side Story (1961), Freaky Friday (1976), and The Frighteners (1996). Additionally he took on tour the one-man play Edgar Allan Poe: Once Upon a Midnight (1998-2004).

Upon retiring, Astin worked as a theater director and professor at Johns Hopkins University from 2001 to 2021.

Born: March 30, 1930
Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Age: 94 years old

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Aries


Married Life

  • 1972-08-05 American "The Addams Family" actor John Astin (42) weds American actress Patty Duke (25); divorce 1985

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