Ted Cassidy

Acting

Ted Cassidy

Born 1932-07-31 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor who performed in television and films. At 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) in height, he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie. He is best known for playing the part of Lurch, the butler on the 1960s television series The Addams Family and performing the opening narration of the 1970s TV series The Incredible Hulk.

Acting credits

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid poster
7.6

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

Mackenna's Gold poster
6.6

A bandit kidnaps a Marshal who has seen a map showing a gold vein on Indian lands, but other groups are looking for it too, while the Apache try to keep the secret location undisturbed.

Mackenna's Gold

1969

Dr. Strange poster
6.1

A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.

Dr. Strange

1978

Bride of the Incredible Hulk poster
6.7

In one of the saga's most emotional stories, David Banner travels to Hawaii to find Dr. Caroline Fields, a psychiatrist who has developed a hypnotherapy technique that could cure him. Discovering they share the burden of an incurable condition—Caroline suffers from a terminal illness—the two fall in love and marry, offering Banner a glimpse of happiness. However, tragedy looms when Jack McGee's relentless pursuit and a devastating hurricane threaten their brief moment of peace.

Bride of the Incredible Hulk

1980

Genesis II poster
5.9

A scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.

Genesis II

1973

The Intruder poster
5.1

The lust for gold and the reading of a will brings eleven visitors to a remote island retreat, but an unseen, seemingly unstoppable evil follows to stalk them one by one. The bodies don't stop dropping until the final shattering conclusion. Who - or what - is the intruder? One thing is for certain: it will not stop until it kills them all.

The Intruder

1975

Harry and Walter Go to New York poster
5.7

Two hopelessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the 19th century — by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank robber in the world and the affection of a crusading newspaperwoman.

Harry and Walter Go to New York

1976

Thunder County poster
4.7

Four women escape from a prison and wind up stranded in a swamp with a lecherous redneck after them. Meanwhile, an federal agent tracks a ring of heroin smugglers through the same swamp.

Thunder County

1974

The Return of the Incredible Hulk poster
6.1

Continuing his solitary flight, David Banner arrives in a small town where he saves the life of a young heiress, the target of a deadly conspiracy orchestrated by her stepmother and a corrupt physician. While working undercover to protect the girl and dismantle the plot, Banner must struggle to contain the beast within, especially when the arrival of reporter Jack McGee threatens to expose his secret to the world.

The Return of the Incredible Hulk

1977

Planet Earth poster
5.8

The time: the 22nd century. The place: the Confederacy, a matriarchy where men are enslaved and impotent. The hero: Dylan Hunt, a handsome, vigorous 20th-century scientist awakened from suspended animation - just the "breeder" a Confederacy dominatrix has been waiting for! Can Hunt defy the Confederacy and free his downtrodden fellow males, or is he doomed to slavery on Planet Earth? A sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II.

Planet Earth

1974

The Last Remake of Beau Geste poster
5.7

Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned to Fort Zinderneuf, where Markoff tries to break their spirit, aware of a dark family secret concerning a fabulous jewel one of them carries. As tensions rise, Arabs attack the fort and rivalries must be thrown aside in a desperate battle for life.

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

Poor Pretty Eddie poster
5.2

A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a cocksure, volatile country singer.

Poor Pretty Eddie

1975

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family poster
5.9

With the Mystery Machine stuck in mud, Mystery Inc. ends up becoming housekeepers for the Addams Family while Gomez and Morticia go on vacation to the Okefenokee Swamp. A giant vulture like super villain known as the Vulture threatens the Addams house and Wednesday goes missing, so Scooby and the gang go to find her and stop the Vulture.

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

1972

Halloween with the New Addams Family poster
5.8

The original TV Addams Family members prepare for Halloween.

Halloween with the New Addams Family

1977

Jack and the Beanstalk poster
7.1

A delightful retelling of the classic fairytale by Hanna-Barbera, using live action and animation.

Jack and the Beanstalk

1967

The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone poster
7.5

The Flintstones and the Rubbles win a trip on "Make a Deal or Don't" to Count Rockula's castle in Rocksylvania, where they have an unpleasant meeting with the Count and his servant, Frankenstone.

The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone

1979

The Flintstones: Little Big League poster
7.0

Fred manages a little league baseball team that seems absolutely hopeless, except for a player that he blindly refuses to recognize.

The Flintstones: Little Big League

1978

Catch the Black Sunshine poster
10.0

After reclaiming a stolen treasure map, two brothers flee into the wilderness with a ruthless foreman and bloodthirsty bounty hunters on their heels. Just as they are cornered for a final showdown, a shocking betrayal by their pursuer changes everything—but will it be enough to get them out alive?

Catch the Black Sunshine

1972

Goin' Coconuts poster
4.3

The toothsome singing duo, Donny and Marie Osmond, head for Hawaii in this comedy. The trouble begins when Marie acquires a lovely necklace without realizing that it is coveted by a group of thieves. An enigmatic woman is also after the necklace. Mayhem, music, and sibling rivalry ensue.

Goin' Coconuts

1978

The Slams poster
6.5

Rival prison factions surround a Los Angeles convict who has $1.5 million stashed on the outside.

The Slams

1973

Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There? poster
NR

Seeking refuse from the cold, Sledgehammer O'Possum takes up living in a post box, but doesn't sit well with an angry letter carrier.

Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There?

1997

Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All poster
6.5

Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov travel to the planet Mongo to fight the evil emperor Ming the Merciless.

Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All

1982

Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover poster
8.0

Two undercover cops find their avocation -- a musical act -- helpful in tapping informants on the Las Vegas Strip regarding the alleged kidnapping of a top entertainer in this pilot for a series that never materialized.

Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover

1977

The Limit poster
10.0

In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff McMillan. One afternoon, Mark has a run-in with a gang known as The Virgins, whose leader, Big Donnie, is taken aback by the policeman's understanding, dignified demeanor despite the gang's constant derision. When Mark advises Donnie not to continue to allow his heavily pregnant girl friend, Judy, to ride a motorbike, the gang leader agrees. Later, after Donnie actively seeks Mark out for advice, the Virgins' second-in-command, Kenny, reacts with outrage.

The Limit

1972

Behind the camera