Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor who performed in television and films. At 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) in height, he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie. He is best known for playing the part of Lurch, the butler on the 1960s television series The Addams Family and performing the opening narration of the 1970s TV series The Incredible Hulk.

Filmography

• 1997Sledgehammer O'Possum - What's Going on Back There? — Angry Purple Guy
• 1992The Addams Family Album — Lurch (archive footage)
• 1982Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All — Prince Thun (voice)
• 1981Roar — Additional Writing
• 1980Bride of the Incredible Hulk — Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited)
• 1979The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone — Frankenstone (voice)
• Challenge of the Super Friends
• 1978Dr. Strange — Demon Balzaroth (voice) (uncredited)
• Godzilla — Godzilla
• 1978Goin' Coconuts — Mickey
• Jana of the Jungle
• The Fantastic Four — The Thing (voice)
• 1978The Flintstones: Little Big League — Officer (voice)
• 1977Benny & Barney: Las Vegas Undercover — Jake Tuttle
• 1977Halloween with the New Addams Family — Lurch
• Man from Atlantis — Canja
• 1977The Great Balloon Race
• The Incredible Hulk — Narrator / Hulk (voice) (uncredited), Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1977The Last Remake of Beau Geste — Blindman
• 1977The Return of the Incredible Hulk — Narrator / Hulk (voice)
• 1976Harry and Walter Go to New York — Leary
• The Bionic Woman
• 1975Poor Pretty Eddie — Keno
• 1975The Intruder — Mr. Peterson
• Chico and the Man
• 1974Planet Earth — Isiah
• The Six Million Dollar Man — Bigfoot
• 1974Thunder County — Renzo Gambini
• 1973Genesis II — Isiah
• Super Friends — Brainiac / Black Manta (voice)
• The Addams Family — Lurch (voice)
• 1973The Harrad Experiment — Screenplay
• 1973The Slams — Glover
• Banacek — Jerry Crawford
• 1972Catch the Black Sunshine — Striker, Additional Dialogue
• 1972Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family — Lurch (Voice)
• 1972The Limit — Big Donnie
• The New Scooby-Doo Movies — Lurch (voice)
• 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid — Harvey Logan
• 1969Mackenna's Gold — Hachita
• The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Injun Joe
• Birdman and the Galaxy Trio — Meteor Man (voice)
• Ironside — Wrestler
• 1967Jack and the Beanstalk — The Giant (voice)
• Mannix
• Mr. Terrific — Bojo
• Shazzan
• Super President — Spy Shadow (voice)
• The Herculoids
• Batman — Lurch (uncredited)
• Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles
• Space Ghost and Dino Boy — Metallus / Tansut (voice)
• Star Trek — Balok's puppet (voice), Ruk, Gorn (voice)
• Tarzan
• The Pruitts of Southampton — Maxie
• I Dream of Jeannie — Habib, Hamid
• Laredo
• Lost in Space — Slave
• Daniel Boone — Gentle Sam
• The Addams Family — Lurch
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Edgar
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• Bonanza — Garth

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Shindig! — Self