"You rang?"
— as Lurch, in The Addams Family
Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor and voice actor best known for playing Lurch, the family butler in The Addams Family sitcom from the 1960s. He's also known for providing the Opening Narration to the 1970s Incredible Hulk television series along with providing the growls and roars of the Hulk for the pilots and first two seasons. He was notable for his tall stature (6′9″) and his deep, bass voice.
He died at the age of 46 through complications of a tumor surgically removed from his heart, something he had developed from his acromegaly.
Film and TV Roles
- The Addams Family: Lurch (1964-1966)
- Star Trek: The Original Series: Ruk, Balok's Puppet and the Gorn (1966-1967)
- Frankenstein Jr.: Frankenstein Jr. (1966-1967)
- The Galaxy Trio: Meteor Man (1967-1968)
- The Fantastic Four: Galactus (1967)
- The Beverly Hillbillies: Mr. Ted (1967)
- Daniel Boone: Gentle Sam (1968)
- Mackenna's Gold: Hachita (1969)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Harvey Logan (1969)
- Black Rage: Striker (1972)
- Genesis II: Isiah (1973)
- The Six Million Dollar Man: Bigfoot (1976-1977)
- The Bionic Woman (1976)
- Superfriends: Black Manta, Brainiac and various voices (1976-1978)
- Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: Phobeg (1976-1979)
- The Incredible Hulk (1977): Opening narrator and first voice of the Hulk (1977-1979)
- The Godzilla Power Hour: Godzilla (1978-1981)
- Jana of the Jungle: Montaro (1978)
- Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All: Thun (posthumous release, 1982)
