John Astin

Born: 1930-03-30

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 University where he studied mathematics. However he discovered a passion for the theater and began performing in minor plays and doing voice-over work for commercials. Married Suzanne Hahn on March 26, 1956, had 3 sons: David Aston (born 1953), Allen J. Astin (born March 23, 1961) and Thomas E. Astin (born March 19, 1965), then divorced June 14, 1972. He first got noticed in a small role in West Side Story (1961), then appeared in several other films, That Touch of Mink (1962), Move Over Darling (1963), before being cast as "Gomez Addams". While "The Addams Family (1964–1966)" was initially a huge hit, its popularity petered out after two years, and Astin moved on to other work including the offbeat Bunny O'Hare (1971), playing a grizzled but not particularly bright gunfighter in the western spoof Evil Roy Slade (1972), an appearance in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and dual roles in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Teen Wolf Too (1987) and The Frighteners (1996). Married Patty Duke on August 5, 1972, had 2 sons: Mackenzie Astin (born May 12, 1973) and adopted Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971), when he was 3 years old, then divorced November 3, 1985. Roughly four years later, he married Valerie Ann Sandobal on March 19, 1989 and is still presently married. He has since lent his comedic talents to numerous appearances as "Dr. Gangreen" in several corny "Killer Tomato" movies, and has contributed his voice to recreate "Gomez Addams" in the animated series The Addams Family (1992), and then played "Grandpa Addams" in the short-lived TV series The New Addams Family (1998). In addition, Astin has contributed voices to several animated shows, and is still active (1957-present) regularly appearing in films. Currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland with current wife. Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short Prelude (1968).


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Released: 1990-06-15

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and...

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National Lampoon's European Vacation

as Kent
Released: 1985-07-25

The Griswalds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent....

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West Side Story

as Glad Hand (uncredited)
Released: 1961-12-13

In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of...

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The Frighteners

as The Judge
Released: 1996-07-18

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To...

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Candy

as T.M. Christian / Jack Christian
Released: 1968-12-17

A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations...

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Teen Wolf Too

as Dean Dunn
Released: 1987-11-20

Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he's paying for...

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Freaky Friday

as Bill Andrews
Released: 1976-12-17

School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter,...

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School of Life

as Norman Warner
Released: 2005-02-19

At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And...

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Return of the Killer Tomatoes!

as Prof. Gangreen
Released: 1988-04-22

Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.

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Halloween with the New Addams Family

as Gomez Addams
Released: 1977-10-30

The original TV Addams Family members prepare for Halloween.

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Viva Max!

as Sergeant Valdez
Released: 1969-12-01

In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group...

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That Touch of Mink

as Mr. Everett Beasley
Released: 1962-06-14

Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip...

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Move Over, Darling

as Clyde Prokey
Released: 1963-12-19

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles,...

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The Wheeler Dealers

as Hector Vanson
Released: 1963-11-14

Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a...

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The Silence of the Hams

as The Ranger
Released: 1994-03-11

The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor...

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Runaway Daughters

as Fred
Released: 1994-08-12

Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small...

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Killer Tomatoes Eat France!

as Prof. Mortimer Gangreen
Released: 1992-11-18

After being busted out of jail by his tomatoes, Professor Mortimer Gangrene begins a new plot to...

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The Spirit Is Willing

as Dr. Frieden
Released: 1967-07-07

When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets...

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Harrison Bergeron

as Golf Announcer
Released: 1995-08-13

"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is...

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Get to Know Your Rabbit

as Mr. Turnbull
Released: 1972-06-07

A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and...

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Night Life

as Verlin Flanders
Released: 1989-09-18

Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids...

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Mr. Boogedy

as Widow Marian
Released: 1986-04-20

A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of...

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Evil Roy Slade

as Evil Roy Slade
Released: 1972-02-18

Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for...

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The Pusher

as Detective
Released: 1960-02-01

A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection...

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Two on a Bench

as Dr. Stanley Remington
Released: 1971-11-02

An outgoing young girl and a square stockbroker meet on a park bench in Boston and are mistaken...

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Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!

as Jeronahew/Prof. Gangreen
Released: 1991-11-14

Police assitant Boyle along with tomatologist Kennedi Johnson look into investigations about...

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Billy Rose's Jumbo

as Pilot
Released: 1962-12-06

The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man...

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Stepmonster

as Minister
Released: 1993-02-24

Todd Dougherty has an imagination driven by comic books. So when he accuses his soon-to-be...

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Skyway to Death

as Andrew Tustin
Released: 1974-01-19

The passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8,500 feet in the air.

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Period of Adjustment

as Smoky Anderson (uncredited)
Released: 1962-10-31

A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own.

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Body Slam

as Scotty
Released: 1986-11-21

M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent...

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Wacky Taxi

as Pepper
Released: 1972-01-01

A man struggling to support his family on the meager wages of his menial job has always dreamed...

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The Making of 'The Frighteners'

as Himself
Released: 1998-11-24

Documentary about the making of the 1996 horror-comedy.

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Huck and the King of Hearts

as Zach
Released: 1994-02-02

Taking place in the 1990's, Huck and his card shark friend, Jim, travel from California to...

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Only with Married Men

as Dr. Harvey Osterman
Released: 1974-12-04

A girl decides that she will only date married men, and she runs into a bachelor who tells women...

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Bunny O'Hare

as Ad O'Hare
Released: 1971-10-18

Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies...

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Mystery Magical Special

as John Astin
Released: 1986-10-30

Mystery Magical Special is an American television special aired on Nickelodeon. Advertised as a...

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Brothers O'Toole

as Michael O'Toole
Released: 1973-05-16

The O'Toole Brothers are Eastern con men, exceptionally good at talking their way out of tight...

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The Kiss

as Male Necker
Released: 1958-09-16

The Kiss is a 1958 short film written and produced by John Hayes. The film was nominated for the...

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Betaville

as President Sender
Released: 2005-04-26

An out-of-this-world comedy cast stars in this spaced-out futuristic family comedy. Welcome to...

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Harry Anderson's Sideshow

as Self
Released: 1987-10-30

Variety magic and comedy.

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The Saint: The Blue Dulac

as George Lafosse
Released: 1989-09-09

Simon Templar uses twin sisters and a rare Russian necklace to trap a ruthless American in Paris.

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Every Little Crook and Nanny

as Vito Garbugli
Released: 1972-06-14

An Englishwoman turns nanny and kidnaps the son of an Italian gangster who took over her dancing...

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The Dream Makers

as Manny Wheeler
Released: 1975-01-07

A college president becomes the president of a record company, and finds himself enmeshed in a...

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Halloween Monster Bash

as uncredited
Released: 1991-10-27

1991's NBC Halloween special with John Astin and Rhonda Shear. Features clips from classic...

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Hard Day at Blue Nose

as Greenburg
Released: 1974-02-12

Backwoods officers try to uncover clues about the mysterious death of a young woman at a dude ranch.

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Batman

as The Riddler
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Harry Pierce
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Fritz Randall
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Ross Hayley
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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The Love Boat

as David Crothers
First aired: 1977-09-24

Passengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...

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St. Elsewhere

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-26

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...

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Recess

as Supt. Skinner (voice)
First aired: 1997-09-13

Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Twilight Zone

as Charlie
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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Maverick

as Joe Lambert
First aired: 1957-09-22

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...

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The Virginian

as Slick Driscoll
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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Night Court

as Kenny
First aired: 1984-01-04

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on...

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Night Court

as Buddy Ryan
First aired: 1984-01-04

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on...

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The Addams Family

as Gomez Addams
First aired: 1964-09-18

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric...

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Mad About You

as John Astin
First aired: 1992-09-23

Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while...

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The Wild Wild West

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-17

The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television...

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Becker

as Richard Wilson
First aired: 1998-11-02

Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to...

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The Wild Thornberrys

as The Great Bangaboo (voice)
First aired: 1998-09-01

The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.

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Tales from the Crypt

as Nelson Halliwell
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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Simon & Simon

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-11-24

Simon & Simon is an American detective television series that originally ran from November 24,...

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Route 66

as Gas Attendant
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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Route 66

as Benson
First aired: 1960-10-07

Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...

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The Facts of Life

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-08-24

The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from...

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Ghost Story

as Fred Colby
First aired: 1972-09-15

Ghost Story is an American television anthology series that aired for one season on NBC from...

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Love, American Style

as Alfred
First aired: 1969-09-29

An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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The Donna Reed Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-24

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a...

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Duckman

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-03-05

Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man is an American animated sitcom that aired from 1994–1997,...

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Hazel

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-28

Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers,...

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Taz-Mania

as Bull Gator (voice)
First aired: 1991-09-07

The wildest teenager south of the Equator, Taz lives to party. With his insatiable appetite, he...

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As Told by Ginger

as uncredited
First aired: 2000-10-25

As Told by Ginger focuses on middle schooler Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to...

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As Told by Ginger

as Dave Bishop (voice)
First aired: 2000-10-25

As Told by Ginger focuses on middle schooler Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to...

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The Odd Couple

as Beau Biffingham
First aired: 1970-09-24

Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual....

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Night Gallery

as Munsch
First aired: 1970-12-16

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...

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Night Gallery

as Jonathan (segment "Pamela's Voice")
First aired: 1970-12-16

Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a...

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Gunsmoke

as Hard-Luck Henry Haggen
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Charles in Charge

as Uncle Joe
First aired: 1984-10-03

Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey,...

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McMillan and Wife

as Sykes
First aired: 1971-09-29

McMillan & Wife is a lighthearted American police procedural that aired on NBC from September...

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The New Scooby-Doo Movies

as Gomez Addams (voice)
First aired: 1972-09-09

Aside from doubling the length of each episode, The New Scooby-Doo Movies differed from its...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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Dennis the Menace

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-04

This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family,...

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Outlaws

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-26

Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank...

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The Flying Nun

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-07

Young Sister Bertrille uses her ability to become airborne to help others, whether they want it...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Martin Grosch
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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Burke's Law

as Alexander the Great
First aired: 1994-01-07

Burke's Law, a revival of the 1960s cop television series of the same name, aired on CBS from...

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Pinky and the Brain

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-09-09

Pinky and Brain are genetically enhanced laboratory mice who reside in a cage in the Acme Labs...

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The Hughleys

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-09-22

The Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000...

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The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

as Prof. Albert Wickwire
First aired: 1993-08-27

A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from...

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Justice League Action

as Uncle Dudley (voice)
First aired: 2016-12-16

Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman lead the DC Super Heroes against their most infamous foes.

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Eerie, Indiana

as Radford
First aired: 1991-09-15

Teenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with...

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The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-09-16

The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an American animated television series produced by Film...

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The Doris Day Show

as Jim Keatley
First aired: 1968-09-24

The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from...

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The Addams Family

as Gomez Addams (voice)
First aired: 1992-09-12

The Addams Family is an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters...

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Checkmate

as Jim Poole
First aired: 1960-09-17

Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot,...

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Riptide

as Baxter Bernard
First aired: 1984-01-03

The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer...

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87th Precinct

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-25

87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...

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Mary

as Ed LaSalle
First aired: 1985-12-11

Mary is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1985-86 television season. The series...

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The Danny Kaye Show

as Self
First aired: 1963-09-25

The Danny Kaye Show is an American variety show hosted by Danny Kaye that aired on CBS from 1963...

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Welcome Back, Kotter

as uncredited
First aired: 1975-09-09

Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young...

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Occasional Wife

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-13

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I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-09-28

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster is an American sitcom that ran on ABC during the 1962-63 season, and...

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Problem Child

as Additional Voices (voice)
First aired: 1993-10-31

Problem Child is an animated series produced by Universal Cartoon Studios and based on the...

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The Charmings

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-03-20

The Charmings is an American fantasy sitcom that aired from March 1987 to February 1988 on ABC....

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Otherworld

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-01-26

Otherworld is an American science fiction series that aired for only eight episodes from January...

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They Came from Outer Space

as Neville Nessen
First aired: 1990-10-01

They Came from Outer Space is an American science fiction comedy series that aired in...

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He & She

as Dr. Melvin Krillman
First aired: 1967-09-06

He & She is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network as part of its 1967-1968...

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The Asphalt Jungle

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-04-02

Police adventure series set in a modern American metropolis, concerning the problems of a...

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Diff'rent Strokes

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-11-03

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African...

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Operation Petticoat

as Lt. Commander Matthew Sherman
First aired: 1977-09-17

During World War II, a Navy officer commands a pink sub with a crew of five rescued Army nurses...

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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-09-08

A group of people thwart a mad scientist trying to take over the world with evil mutated...

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Hey Landlord!

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-11

Hey, Landlord is an American sitcom appearing on NBC during the 1966-1967 season, sponsored by...

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Insight

as Harry
First aired: 1960-10-02

Insight is an American religious-themed weekly anthology series that aired in syndication from...

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The Pruitts of Southampton

as Rudy Pruitt
First aired: 1966-09-06

An audit by the Internal Revenue Service about overdue taxes reveals that the supposedly...

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