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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 Addams Family TV series of the mid-1960s. He also narrated the intro sequence for the 1977 live-action The Incredible Hulk TV series and provided the growls and roars for the Hulk for the first two seasons before his death, with actor Charles Napier providing the title character's vocals for the remainder of the series. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Ted Cassidy is the 3,069th most popular actor (down from 2,854th in 2024), the 5,191st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,415th in 2019) and the 1,462nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Ted Cassidy ranks 3,069 out of 13,578. Before him are Claire Danes, Emily Deschanel, Rhonda Fleming, Kate Walsh, Flóra Kádár, and Brunhilde Pomsel. After him are Dagmara Domińczyk, John Kricfalusi, Jackie Earle Haley, George Burns, Sam Wanamaker, and Edward Furlong.

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Among people born in 1932, Ted Cassidy ranks 251. Before him are Mehmood, Siegfried Rauch, Franca Raimondi, Max Gallo, John Glen, and Patsy Cline. After him are Joanna Chmielewska, Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, Joe Engle, Banharn Silpa-archa, Robert Anton Wilson, and Phyllida Law. Among people deceased in 1979, Ted Cassidy ranks 143. Before him are Pedro Arico Suárez, Immanuel Velikovsky, Aleksei Kapler, Amedeo Nazzari, George Seaton, and Ludwig Renn. After him are Henri Anspach, Evald Ilyenkov, Jayaprakash Narayan, Joan Blondell, Antonina Makarova, and Zeppo Marx.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ted Cassidy ranks 5,191 out of 20,380. Before him are Rhonda Fleming (1923), Jackson Showalter (1860), Kate Walsh (1967), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Albert George Wilson (1918), and Philip Morrison (1915). After him are Ken Walsh (1945), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), George Burns (1896), Sam Wanamaker (1919), and Brandon Sanderson (1975).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ted Cassidy ranks 1,462. Before him are Solange Knowles (1986), Diahann Carroll (1935), Claire Danes (1979), Emily Deschanel (1976), Rhonda Fleming (1923), and Kate Walsh (1967). After him are Jackie Earle Haley (1961), George Burns (1896), Sam Wanamaker (1919), Edward Furlong (1977), Chester Conklin (1886), and Connie Britton (1967).

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