Updated 04-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about TED CASSIDY!
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an american actor . he is best known for the role of Lurch on The Addams Family in the mid-1960 he played college basketball for the Hatters and was active in the student government . his acting career launched when he worked as a mid-day disc jockey on wFAA in Dallas . he also occasionally appeared “you rang” became his signature line, and more speaking parts were written for him . in the Batman episode “the Penguin’s Nest,” he appears as a tenant . he also played the character named Thing he voiced Lurch in an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972) and in the 1973 animated series adaptation of The Addams Family . Cassidy found steady work in a variety Cassidy played Isaiah in the post-apocalyptic drama pilots Genesis II and Planet Earth . in the Lost in space episode, he played the Slave to the alien Thief (Mal Cassidy reprised the role in the 1977 episode “Bigfoot V” he was the voice of Meteor Man in Birdman and the Galaxy Trio . he also voiced Ben Grimm (“the Thing”) Cassidy was the basis for the sinister voice of Black Manta . he was the original voice of Moltar and Metallus on Space Ghost from 1966 to 1968 . his final role was as King Thun in he co-wrote the screenplay of 1973’s The Harrad Experiment, in which he made a brief appearance . he also worked with noel Marshall on the adventure-comedy film he was readmitted to the same hospital, where he died on January 16, 1979, at age 46 . complications arose several days later, while he recuperated at home .