ACTOR

Ted Cassidy

1932 - 1979

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Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor. He tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction works, such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie, and he played Lurch on the live-action The Addams Family TV series of the mid-1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ted Cassidy has received more than 5,000,640 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ted Cassidy is the 2,858th most popular actor (up from 3,072nd in 2019), the 4,415th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,808th in 2019) and the 1,293rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ted Cassidy ranks 2,858 out of 13,578. Before him are Taheyya Kariokka, Ágnes Esterházy, Cobie Smulders, Patrick O'Neal, Jacques Sernas, and Jason Alexander. After him are Bernard Fox, Sandra Oh, Arthur O'Connell, John Finn, Claire Danes, and Billie Burke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Ted Cassidy ranks 236. Before him are Henri Nouwen, On Kawara, Yakir Aharonov, Henri Schwery, Eileen Brennan, and Geoff Bent. After him are Colville Young, Katarina Taikon, Donald Byrd, Chiquito de la Calzada, Carlo Maria Abate, and Anand Panyarachun. Among people deceased in 1979, Ted Cassidy ranks 138. Before him are Paul Dessau, Amedeo Nazzari, Ethel Smith, Juana de Ibarbourou, Dorothy Arzner, and István Örkény. After him are Immanuel Velikovsky, Amedeo Biavati, Zeppo Marx, Henri Anspach, Walter Legge, and I. A. Richards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Cassidy ranks 4,415 out of 20,380. Before him are Patrick O'Neal (1927), Kent Nagano (1951), Zora Neale Hurston (1891), Jason Alexander (1959), Moses Finley (1912), and Edward S. Curtis (1868). After him are Peter Straub (1943), Arthur O'Connell (1908), Cat Power (1972), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), John Finn (1952), and Claire Danes (1979).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ted Cassidy ranks 1,293. Before him are Norman Lloyd (1914), Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Lenny Montana (1926), Carol Lynley (1942), Patrick O'Neal (1927), and Jason Alexander (1959). After him are Arthur O'Connell (1908), John Finn (1952), Claire Danes (1979), Billie Burke (1884), Mayim Bialik (1975), and Bud Abbott (1897).

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Television and Movie Roles

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Harvey Logan
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all.
Sep 23rd 19697.61 / 10
The Incredible Hulk
Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
During an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever he becomes agitated. Unable to control his transformations, David Banner searches for a cure as he crosses the country, fugitive-style, with a dogged tabloid reporter on his trail.
7.203 / 10
The Addams Family
Lurch
A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.
8.051 / 10