John Astin

ActorDirectorProducerWriter Mar 30 (age 95) Baltimore, Maryland, USA 1955–2026 (71 year career)

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Biography

Dark haired, usually mustachioed US actor with a cheeky grin who achieved pop culture status through his portrayal of the kooky patriarch "Gomez Addams" in the hit TV series The Addams Family (1964). John Astin standing at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born March 30, 1930 (Aries), in Baltimore, MD as John Allen Astin to Allen V. Astin and Margaret Astin with a brother Alexander Astin. He is an American actor, voice actor and director. He attended Washington, Jefferson College and Johns Hopkins…

Known For

Film

West Side Story

Glad Hand (uncredited)

Film

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

Janitor

Film

The Frighteners

The Judge

Film

The Addams Family

Gomez Addams

Film

Murder, She Wrote

Director

Film

National Lampoon's European Vacation

Kent

Film

Taz-Mania

Bull Gator (voice)

Film

Night Gallery

Director

Filmography

Acting (129)

Movies (53)

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence

2026

as Prof. Mortimer Gangreen

4.0

Screaming Soup Presents: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Retrospective

2023

as Self

School of Life

as Norman Warner

Betaville

as President Sender

The Making of 'The Frighteners'

as Himself

The Frighteners

as The Judge

Harrison Bergeron

as Golf Announcer

Runaway Daughters

as Fred

The Silence of the Hams

1994

as The Ranger

4.8

Huck and the King of Hearts

as Zach

Stepmonster

as Minister

Killer Tomatoes Eat France!

1992

as Prof. Mortimer Gangreen

5.5

The Addams Family Album

1992

as Self / Gomez Addams (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash

1991

Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!

1991

as Jeronahew/Prof. Gangreen

4.9

Gremlins 2: The New Batch

as Janitor

Night Life

as Verlin Flanders

The Saint: The Blue Dulac

1989

as George Lafosse

Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

1988

as Prof. Gangreen

5.6

Mystery Magical Special

1988

as John Astin

8.0

Harry Anderson's Sideshow

1987

as Self

Teen Wolf Too

as Dean Dunn

Mr. Boogedy

as Neil Witherspoon

Body Slam

as Scotty

National Lampoon's European Vacation

1985

as Kent

6.2

Halloween with the New Addams Family

as Gomez Addams

Freaky Friday

as Bill Andrews

The Dream Makers

as Manny Wheeler

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

as Self

Skyway to Death

as Andrew Tustin

Hard Day at Blue Nose

1974

as Greenburg

Only with Married Men

1974

as Dr. Harvey Osterman

5.0

Brothers O'Toole

1973

as Michael O'Toole

5.2

Every Little Crook and Nanny

1972

as Vito Garbugli

Get to Know Your Rabbit

as Mr. Turnbull

Evil Roy Slade

as Evil Roy Slade

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

1972

as Gomez Addams (Voice)

Wacky Taxi

as Pepper

Bunny O'Hare

as Ad O'Hare

Two on a Bench

as Dr. Stanley Remington

Viva Max!

as Sergeant Valdez

Candy

as T.M. Christian / Jack Christian

5.1

Prelude

1968

The Spirit Is Willing

as Dr. Frieden

Move Over, Darling

as Clyde Prokey

The Wheeler Dealers

as Hector Vanson

Billy Rose's Jumbo

as Pilot

Period of Adjustment

as Smoky Anderson (uncredited)

5.8

That Touch of Mink

1962

as Mr. Everett Beasley

6.4

West Side Story

1961

as Glad Hand (uncredited)

The Pusher

as Detective

The Kiss

as Male Necker

The Night America Trembled

1957

as Reporter

7.5

Television (76)

Justice League Action

2016

as Uncle Dudley (voice)

7.1

As Told by Ginger

2000

as Dave Bishop (voice)

Becker

as Richard Wilson

The Wild Thornberrys

as The Great Bangaboo (voice)

The Hughleys

as Mr. Crump

Recess

as Supt. Skinner (voice)

7.7

Pinky and the Brain

1995

7.7

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

1995

as (voice)

7.6

Duckman

1994

as Terry Duke Tetzloff (voice)

7.1

Burke's Law

1994

as Alexander the Great

Rebel Highway

as Minuteman (Fred)

The Nanny

as Dr. Roberts

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

1993

as Prof. Albert Wickwire

7.0

Problem Child

1993

as Additional Voices (voice)

Mad About You

as John Astin

The Addams Family

as Gomez Addams (voice)

Step by Step

as George Humphries

Taz-Mania

as Bull Gator (voice)

7.0

Eerie, Indiana

1991

as Radford

7.5

They Came from Outer Space

1990

as Neville Nessen

7.0

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

1990

as Dr. Gangreen (voice)

Tales from the Crypt

as Nelson Halliwell

The Charmings

Otherworld

Mary

as Ed LaSalle

Murder, She Wrote

as Ross Hayley

Night Court

as Kenny

Charles in Charge

as Uncle Joe

Riptide

as Baxter Bernard

St. Elsewhere

as Kevin

Simon & Simon

The Facts of Life

Diff'rent Strokes

The Love Boat

as David Crothers

Operation Petticoat

as Lt. Commander Matthew Sherman

Welcome Back, Kotter

The Bob Crane Show

Police Woman

as Donny

Police Story

Ghost Story

as Fred Colby

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972

as Gomez Addams (voice)

Temperatures Rising

as Russo

McMillan & Wife

as Sykes

Night Gallery

as Jonathan (segment "Pamela's Voice")

The Odd Couple

as Beau Biffingham

The Partridge Family

as Millionaire Sidney Rose

Love, American Style

as Alfred

The Doris Day Show

as Jim Keatley

The Flying Nun

He & She

as Dr. Melvin Krillman

4.5

Batman

1966

as The Riddler

7.3

The Pruitts of Southampton

as Rudy Pruitt

CBS Playhouse

Occasional Wife

Hey Landlord!

The Wild Wild West

The Addams Family

as Gomez Addams

The Danny Kaye Show

as Self

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Bartley

The Virginian

as Slick Driscoll

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

1962

as Harry Dickens

6.7

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Hazel

as Hal Gordon

Ben Casey

87th Precinct

as Cassidy

The Asphalt Jungle

Route 66

as Benson

Checkmate

as Jim Poole

Outlaws

Peter Loves Mary

as Joe

The Twilight Zone

as Charlie

Dennis the Menace

77 Sunset Strip

as Martin Grosch

The Donna Reed Show

Maverick

as Joe Lambert

Gunsmoke

as Hard-Luck Henry Haggen

6.6

Crew (12)

Movies (5)

Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women

1977

Director

Wacky Taxi

1972

Director

4.3

Prelude

1968

Director

Prelude

1968

Producer

Prelude

1968

Writer

Television (7)

Murder, She Wrote

Director

Just Our Luck

Director

Mr. Merlin

Director

CHiPs

Director

Lanigan's Rabbi

Director

McMillan & Wife

Director

Night Gallery

Director