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Ted Cassidy is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Additional Writing American born on 31 july 1932 at Pittsburgh (USA)

Ted Cassidy

Ted Cassidy
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Birth name Theodore Crawford Cassidy
Nationality USA
Birth 31 july 1932 at Pittsburgh (USA)
Death 16 january 1979 (at 46 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Theodore Crawford "Ted" Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor. Noted for his tall stature at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m), he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie. He is perhaps best known for the role of Lurch on The Addams Family.

Biography

Il est surtout connu pour avoir incarné Lurch, le majordome dans La Famille Addams, dont les traits et la stature rappellent le monstre de Frankenstein de James Whale. Grâce à sa grande taille (2,06 m) Ted Cassidy tient des rôles dans des séries fantastiques ou de science-fiction comme Star Trek, Jinny de mes rêves ou L'Homme qui valait trois milliards. Il ne se limite cependant pas au genre, et tient régulièrement des seconds rôles dans des productions télévisées de toutes sortes.

Outre son physique, Ted Cassidy était également connu pour sa voix grave et profonde, qui lui a permis de travailler dans le doublage de dessins animés et de tenir des rôles de narrateur en voix off.

Usually with

Stan Lee
Stan Lee
(3 films)
Tippi Hedren
Tippi Hedren
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ted Cassidy (18 films)

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Actor

Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Superhero films, Space opera
Actors Robert Ridgely, Bob Holt, Diane Pershing, Vic Perrin, David Opatoshu, Melendy Britt
Roles Prince Thun (voice)
Rating74% 3.7134253.7134253.7134253.7134253.713425
The story takes place during World War II. Flash Gordon is on a mission in Warsaw, which is suffering heavy bombing. He arrives too late and his contact, who is near death, says he has a message for Doctor Zarkov, but can utter only one word, "Mongo," before he dies.
Bride of the Incredible Hulk, 1h35
Directed by Kenneth Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action
Actors Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, Mariette Hartley, Brian Cutler, Meeno Peluce
Roles Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.578863.578863.578863.578863.57886
David Banner se rend à Hawaï afin de consulter le Dr Caroline Fields, une psychiatre spécialisée dans le contrôle émotionnel. Lors d'une séance d'hypnose, David se transforme sous les yeux ébahis du docteur Fields qui apprend ainsi la véritable identité de Hulk.
Goin' Coconuts, 1h36
Directed by Howard Morris
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Donny Osmond, Marie Osmond, Herb Edelman, Kenneth Mars, Ted Cassidy, Marc Lawrence
Roles Mickey
Rating40% 2.048362.048362.048362.048362.04836
While performing with Donny in Hawaii, Marie acquires a lovely necklace, unaware that it's coveted by a group of thieves and by a mysterious woman.
Dr. Strange, 1h33
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Clyde Kusatsu, Anne-Marie Martin, Peter Hooten, Jessica Walter, John Mills, Bob Delegall
Roles Demon Balzaroth (voice)
Rating51% 2.570892.570892.570892.570892.57089
The film opens in Hell, where The Nameless One (David Hooks) discusses with Morgan le Fay (Jessica Walter) her failure five hundred years ago to overcome a wizard to allow the demon access to our world. The demon tells le Fay that the wizard is now old and weak, and must transfer his position and powers to his successor. Le Fay has three days either to defeat the wizard or kill his successor.
The Return of the Incredible Hulk, 1h35
Directed by Alan J. Levi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action
Actors Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, Lou Ferrigno, John McLiam, William Daniels, Gerald McRaney
Roles Narrator / Hulk (voice)
Rating74% 3.728243.728243.728243.728243.72824
Au cours de sa fuite David Banner trouve refuge dans la propriété d'une jeune fille riche. Banner apprend que sa belle-mère conspire avec le médecin et la gouvernante et ses hommes de mains pour empoisonner la jeune fille afin d'hériter de sa fortune. David lui vient en aide.
The Last Remake of Beau Geste, 1h25
Directed by Marty Feldman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes French war films
Actors Marty Feldman, Michael York, Ann-Margret, Avery Schreiber, Peter Ustinov, James Earl Jones
Roles Blindman
Rating59% 2.9975952.9975952.9975952.9975952.997595
Spoofing the classic Beau Geste and a number of other desert motion pictures, the film's plotline revolves around the heroic Beau Geste and his brother Digby's misadventures in the French Foreign legion out in the Sahara, and the disappearance of the family sapphire, sought after by their money-hungry stepmother.
Halloween with the New Addams Family, 1h14
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror
Actors John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Ken Weatherwax
Roles Lurch
Rating56% 2.8100952.8100952.8100952.8100952.810095
Gomez's brother, Pancho, is staying with the family while Gomez goes to a lodge meeting in Tombstone, Arizona. Gomez is jealous of his brother, who once courted Morticia. Halloween is nigh, and Pancho tells the legend of Cousin Shy, who distributes gifts and carves pumpkins. A gang of crooks have bugged the Addamses' home and plan to take advantage of Gomez's absence to steal the family fortune. The lead crook "Bones" Lafferty sends an associate named Mikey to investigate. Wednesday (Senior) is home from music academy, where she studies the piccolo (she breaks glass with it). Pugsley (Senior) is home from Nairobi medical school, where he is training to be a witch doctor. Mikey panics and flees after treading on the tail of the family's pet lion Kitty Kat. The crooks have a fake Gomez and Morticia to help in their plans, along with two strong-arm goons, Hercules and Atlas. Gomez returns home for the Halloween party and trimming of the scarecrow. Lafferty poses as Quincy Addams (from Boston) to get in. He has his men tie up Gomez and Morticia and his doubles take their places, confusing Pancho, who is still in love with Morticia. Lurch scares off the thugs and terrifies the assistant crook Louie the Lard (who was dressed as Little Bo Peep). Fester, trying to be nice, puts Lafferty on the rack. Lafferty tries to escape through the secret passage and steps on Kitty Kat's tail. When the police arrive upon responding to a noise complaint, Lafferty and his gang surrender. The Addams Family are then free to celebrate Halloween happily.
Harry and Walter Go to New York, 1h55
Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Buddy films, Heist films
Actors James Caan, Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Michael Caine, Charles Durning, Lesley Ann Warren
Roles Leary
Rating54% 2.7058052.7058052.7058052.7058052.705805
Harry Dighby (Caan) and Walter Hill (Gould) are struggling vaudevillians who are sent to jail when Dighby is caught robbing audience members. They become roommates to a cultured, wealthy, and charming bank robber named Adam Worth (Caine). Worth plans to rob the Lowell Bank and Trust, both to avenge himself on the bank manager who had arranged his capture and because his ego cannot resist the temptation of robbing a bank reputed to be perfectly secure. Though in jail, he procures detailed diagrams of the bank's security systems.
Poor Pretty Eddie, 1h26
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Leslie Uggams, Shelley Winters, Slim Pickens, Ted Cassidy, Dub Taylor
Roles Keno
Rating54% 2.7008452.7008452.7008452.7008452.700845
Liz Wetherly is a popular black singer in need of a break from her hectic schedule. When her car breaks down, she ends up stuck in a remote southern town that‘s been left for dead “ever since they put in the interstate.”
The Harrad Experiment, 1h37
Directed by Ted Post, Steven Hilliard Stern
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors James Whitmore, Tippi Hedren, Don Johnson, Bruno Kirby, Laurie Walters, Robert Middleton
Roles the diner patron
Rating46% 2.308752.308752.308752.308752.30875
À l'université mixte de Harrad les étudiants éprouvent une politique d'université de la liberté sexuelle. On enseigne les étudiants des classes sur le soumis...
The Slams
The Slams (1973)
, 1h31
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Origin USA
Genres Action, Crime
Actors Judy Pace, Frank DeKova, Ted Cassidy, Dick Miller, Quinn K. Redeker, Jan Merlin
Roles Glover
Rating59% 2.956082.956082.956082.956082.95608
Curtis Hook (Jim Brown) is caught by the police after a heist. In jail, Curtis has to deal with people who want to know where he stashed the loot while also trying to get out of jail in time to get the money before its hiding place is demolished.
Genesis II
Genesis II (1973)
, 1h14
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodriguez, Harvey Jason, Titos Vandis
Roles Isiah
Rating59% 2.9508052.9508052.9508052.9508052.950805
In 1979, NASA scientist Dylan Hunt (Alex Cord) is working on "Project Ganymede", a suspended animation system for astronauts on long-duration space flights. As chief of the project he volunteers for the first multi-day test. He places himself in chemically induced hibernation deep inside Carlsbad Caverns; while there, his lab is buried in an earthquake. The monitoring equipment is damaged and fails to awake him at the intended end of the test. He awakens instead in 2133, emerging into a chaotic post-apocalyptic world. An event called "The Great Conflict" (a third and final World War) destroyed the civilization of Hunt's time. Various new civilizations have emerged in a struggle for control of available resources. Those with the greatest military might and the will to use it have the greatest advantage.
Planet Earth, 1h14
Directed by Marc Daniels
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors John Saxon, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy, Diana Muldaur, Majel Barrett, Aron Kincaid
Roles Isiah
Rating57% 2.857482.857482.857482.857482.85748
Un groupe d'humains, Dylan Hunt le commandant, Harper-Smythe la scientifique et Baylok le spécialiste des communications sont réveillés de l'animation suspendue et se retrouvent au 22e siècle sur Terre. Alors qu'ils parcourent la surface de la planète dans un engin motorisé, ils découvrent une civilisation où les femmes contrôlent la planète et les hommes sont devenus des esclaves. D'abord capturé, leur chef Hunt est vendu comme esclave puis prend la tête de la révolte masculine.
Catch the Black Sunshine, 1h42
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Ted Cassidy
Roles Striker
Rating42% 2.1483252.1483252.1483252.1483252.148325
Two slave brothers, African-American Levi (Anthony Scott) and albino Sunshine (Chris Robinson), discover a treasure map while digging on the plantation of their master Striker (Ted Cassidy). Though Striker initially takes the map from them, they take it back and escape, determined to find the treasure in order to set themselves free. Striker pursues them, eventually stopping at a seedy bar to recruit helpers who will aid him in his pursuit; he recruits a mysterious bounty hunter, as well as the bartender (Robert Leslie). The two slaves follow the map continuously through the woods and swamps, regularly confronting and escaping various dangers from snakes to a group of rednecks. They briefly find refuge in an escaped slaves' camp, but Striker and his men follow the trail straight to the camp and run out the population. Striker is noticeably disturbed at the bartender for killing a woman and an old man, and briefly pulls his own gun on the man.
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1h50
Directed by George Roy Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Western
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films, Chase films, Gangster films
Actors Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Henry Jones, Cloris Leachman, Ted Cassidy
Roles Harvey Logan
Rating79% 3.9981053.9981053.9981053.9981053.998105
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) is the affable, clever, talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot "Sundance Kid" (Robert Redford). The two return to their hideout at Hole-in-the-Wall (Wyoming) to discover that the rest of the gang, irked at Butch's long absences, have selected Harvey Logan (Ted Cassidy) as their new leader. Harvey challenges Butch to a knife fight over the gang's leadership. Butch defeats him using trickery, but embraces Harvey's idea to rob the Union Pacific Overland Flyer train on both its eastward and westward runs, agreeing that the second robbery would be unexpected and likely reap even more money than the first.