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Biography

John Astin was born to a father who had a knack for numbers (his father was the Director of the National Bureau of Standards).…more

Born

3/30/1930, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (10)

Role
- The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
  Additional Voices
  - S 2: Ep 8 Wet Paint
    11/25/95
  - S 2: Ep 7 News Blues
    11/25/95
  - S 2: Ep 6 Copycat
    11/25/95
  - S 2: Ep 4 Swedish Meatballs
    11/18/95
  - S 2: Ep 1 Gross Ghost
    11/11/95
  - + 24 More Credits
- The Addams Family (1992-93)
  Gomez Addams
  - S 2: Ep 8 A Girl and a Ghoul / A Little Bit of Pugsley / Ask Granny
    11/6/93
  - S 2: Ep 7 Camp Addams / Little Doll Lost / King of the Polycotton Blues
    10/30/93
  - S 2: Ep 6 Then Came Granny / Pet Show Thing / Fester Sings the Fester Way
    10/23/93
  - S 2: Ep 5 Double O Honeymoon
    10/16/93
  - S 2: Ep 4 Sweetheart of a Brother
    10/9/93
  - + 15 More Credits
- Taz-Mania
  voice of Bull Gator
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Outer Taz-Manian Zone / Here Kitty, Kitty, Kitty, Part II
    10/17/92
  - S 2: Ep 4 Taz-Manian Theatre / The Bushrats Must Be Crazy
    10/3/92
  - S 2: Ep 3 Oh, Brother / Taz Babies
    9/26/92
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Amazing Shrinking Taz And Co.
    9/19/92
  - S 2: Ep 1 Boys Just Wanna Have Fun / Unhappy Together
    9/12/92
  - + 60 More Credits
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
  voice of Dr. Putrid T. Gangreen
  - S 2: Ep 8 The Great Tomato Wars
    11/23/91
  - S 2: Ep 7 Tomatotransformation
    11/9/91
  - S 2: Ep 6 Ultra-tomato III
    11/2/91
  - S 2: Ep 5 As the Worms Turn
    10/19/91
  - S 2: Ep 4 Stemming the Tide
    10/5/91
  - + 16 More Credits
- Mary
  Ed LaSalle
  - S 1: Ep 13 Steppin' Out with Mary Brenner
    4/8/86
  - S 1: Ep 12 Little Jo
    4/1/86
  - S 1: Ep 11 And the Winner Is
    3/25/86
  - S 1: Ep 10 Mr. Lucky
    2/19/86
  - S 1: Ep 9 Table for Two
    2/12/86
  - + 8 More Credits
- Operation Petticoat
  Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Sherman (1977-1978)
  - S 1: Ep 22 Claire Voyant
    5/18/78
  - S 1: Ep 21 Matt On A Hot Pink Sub
    5/6/78
  - S 1: Ep 20 In Gossett We Trust
    2/25/78
  - S 1: Ep 19 Gallardo Joins Up
    2/18/78
  - S 1: Ep 18 Tostin Times Two
    2/11/78
  - + 18 More Credits
- McMillan & Wife
  Sykes
  - S 2: Ep 7 Two Dollars on Trouble to Win
    4/1/73
  - S 2: Ep 3 Cop of the Year
    11/19/72
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Night of the Wizard
    9/24/72
- The Pruitts of Southampton
  Rudy Pruitt (1967)
  - S 1: Ep 30 The House is Not a Zoo
    4/7/67
  - S 1: Ep 29 Phyllis the Beauty Queen
    3/31/67
  - S 1: Ep 28 Krump, the Playboy
    3/24/67
  - S 1: Ep 27 My Sister-in-Law Phyllis
    3/17/67
  - S 1: Ep 26 Goddess of Love
    3/10/67
  - + 25 More Credits
- The Addams Family
  Gomez Addams
  - S 2: Ep 30 Ophelia's Career
    4/8/66
  - S 2: Ep 29 Lurch's Grand Romance
    4/1/66
  - S 2: Ep 28 The Addams Policy
    3/25/66
  - S 2: Ep 27 Lurch's Little Helper
    3/18/66
  - S 2: Ep 26 Cat Addams
    3/11/66
  - + 59 More Credits
- I'm Dickens--He's Fenster
  Harry Dickens
  - S 1: Ep 32 Hotel Fenster
    5/10/63
  - S 1: Ep 31 King Archibald the First
    5/3/63
  - S 1: Ep 30 Big Opening at the Hospital
    4/26/63
  - S 1: Ep 29 Number One Son
    4/12/63
  - S 1: Ep 28 Kick Me, Kate
    4/5/63
  - + 27 More Credits
Recurring Role (6)

Role
- Duckman
  Terry Duke Tetzloff
  - S 4: Ep 20 My Feral Lady
    6/21/97
  - S 4: Ep 18 Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts
    5/24/97
  - S 3: Ep 5 Sperms of Endearment
    2/10/96
  - S 3: Ep 3 Grandma-ma's Flatulent Adventure
    1/20/96
  - S 1: Ep 10 Cellar Beware
    5/21/94
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
  Professor Albert Wickwire
  - S 1: Ep 27 High Treason (2)
    5/20/94
  - S 1: Ep 26 High Treason (1)
    5/13/94
  - S 1: Ep 13 Steel Horses
    11/19/93
  - S 1: Ep 8 Senior Spirit
    10/15/93
  - S 1: Ep 5 Socrates' Sister
    9/24/93
  - + 1 More Credits
- Eerie, Indiana
  Radford
  - S 1: Ep 17 Zombies in P.J.s
    4/12/92
  - S 1: Ep 18 Reality Takes a Holiday
    4/11/92
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Loyal Order of Corn
    3/22/92
  - S 1: Ep 14 Mr. Chaney (a.k.a. Mr. Talbot)
    3/8/92
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Hole in the Wall Gang (a.k.a. The Hole in the Head Gang / The Gun and the Toaster)
    3/1/92
- Night Court
  Buddy
  - S 7: Ep 24 The Blues of the Birth
    5/2/90
  - S 7: Ep 18 Melvin and Harold
    2/28/90
  - S 7: Ep 14 Futureman
    1/24/90
  - S 7: Ep 6 For Love or Money
    11/8/89
  - S 7: Ep 1 Life With Buddy
    9/27/89
  - + 5 More Credits
- Password Plus
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 216 PWP-97
    11/3/80
  - S 2: Ep 111 PWP-371
    6/9/80
  - S 2: Ep 31 PWP-291
    2/18/80
  - S 1: Ep 221 PWP-221
    11/12/79
  - S 1: Ep 196 PWP-196
    10/8/79
- Insight
  Recurring Role
Guest Star (107)

Role
- Higglytown Heroes
  Santa Claus
  - S 3: Ep 18 'Tis the Season to Be Ducky / Bingo Bongos
    12/1/07
  - S 1: Ep 12 Twinkle's Wish
    12/12/04
- Good Morning America
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 217 October 31, 2006
    10/31/06
- My First Time
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Something About Mary
    6/28/06
- Biography
  Himself
  - S 10: Ep 1 Carolyn Jones: Morticia and More
    5/9/02
- As Told By Ginger
  Dave Bishop
  - S 2: Ep 3 Piece of My Heart
    11/11/01
  - S 1: Ep 14 Blizzard Conditions
    4/22/01
- Becker
  Richard
  - S 2: Ep 15 All The Rage
    2/7/00
- The Strip (2000)
  Orson Bates
  - S 1: Ep 9 I Wear My Sunglasses At Night
    1/11/00
- Recess
  Voice of Supt. Skinner
  - S 4: Ep 11 Prickly is Leaving
    10/3/99
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Spy Who Came In from the Playground
    9/13/99
  - S 1: Ep 26 Kids in the Mist
    1/10/98
- The Wild Thornberrys
  Bangaboo
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Great Bangaboo
    3/23/99
- The New Addams Family
  Grampapa Addams
  - S 1: Ep 40 Fester and Granny vs. Grandpapa Addams
    3/8/99
- The Hughleys
  Unknown
  - S 1: Ep 17 Storm o' the Century
    2/16/99
- Recess
  Voice of the Judge
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Story of Whomps
    1/9/99
- The New Addams Family
  Grandpapa Addams
  - S 1: Ep 6 Grandpapa Addams Comes to Visit
    10/26/98
- Pinky and the Brain
  voice of Grover Whalen
  - S 3: Ep 16 Mice Don't Dance
    9/26/97
- Johnny Bravo
  Uber Mass salesman
  - S 1: Ep 10 Jumbo Johnny / The Perfect Gift / Bravo, James Bravo
    9/8/97
- Homeboys in Outer Space
  Rhymer
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Adventures of Ratman and Gerbil or, Holy Homeboys in Outer Space
    5/13/97
- The Nanny
  Dr. Roberts
  - S 4: Ep 9 Tattoo
    11/20/96
  - S 3: Ep 20 Your Feets Too Big
    2/19/96
- Step By Step
  George
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Fight Before Christmas
    12/15/95
- Murder, She Wrote
  Fritz Randall
  - S 11: Ep 16 Film Flam
    2/19/95
- Step By Step
  George Humphries
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Ice Cream Man Cometh
    11/18/94
- Aladdin
  Sydney
  - S 1: Ep 36 The Animal Kingdom
    10/24/94
- Mad About You
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 23 Up All Night
    5/12/94
- Burke's Law (1994)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 Who Killed Alexander the Great?
    3/4/94
- Bonkers
  The Mole
  - S 3: Ep 23 Stressed To Kill
    2/23/94
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
  Professor Wickwire
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot (2 hrs)
    8/27/93
- Tales from the Crypt
  Nelson Halliwell
  - S 3: Ep 5 Top Billing
    6/26/91
- They Came From Outer Space
  Neville Nessen
  - S 1: Ep 20 Sex, Lies and UFOs (2)
    3/19/91
- Father Dowling Mysteries
  Manager of Gun Club
  - S 3: Ep 16 The Priest Killer Mystery
    2/14/91
- Webster
  Uncle Charles
  - S 6: Ep 13 Rich Man, Poor Man
    12/2/88
  - S 5: Ep 12 Simple Gifts
    12/14/87
- Charles in Charge
  Uncle Joe
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Pickle Plot
    2/10/88
- The Charmings
  Jack
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Witch is of Van Oaks
    10/1/87
- St. Elsewhere
  Kevin
  - S 5: Ep 14 Visiting Daze
    1/21/87
- Murder, She Wrote
  Sheriff Harry Pierce
  - S 2: Ep 10 Sticks and Stones
    12/15/85
- Murder, She Wrote
  Harry Pierce
  - S 2: Ep 7 A Lady in The Lake
    11/10/85
  - S 2: Ep 2 Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly
    10/6/85
- Otherworld
  Akin
  - S 1: Ep 7 Mansion of the Beast
    3/9/85
- Riptide
  Baxter Bernard
  - S 2: Ep 13 Baxter And Boz
    1/22/85
- Simon & Simon
  Uncle Ray Simon
  - S 4: Ep 12 Revolution #9 1/2
    12/13/84
- Super Password
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 55 Marcia Wallace, John Astin Episode 55
    12/7/84
  - S 1: Ep 54 Marcia Wallace, John Astin Episode 54
    12/6/84
  - S 1: Ep 53 Marcia Wallace, John Astin Episode 53
    12/5/84
  - S 1: Ep 52 Marcia Wallace, John Astin Episode 52
    12/4/84
  - S 1: Ep 51 Marcia Wallace, John Astin Episode 51
    12/3/84
- Night Court
  Kenny
  - S 2: Ep 9 Inside Harry Stone
    11/29/84
- Murder, She Wrote
  Ross Haley
  - S 1: Ep 4 Hooray for Homicide
    10/28/84
- Diff'rent Strokes
  C.W.
  - S 7: Ep 1 A Haunting We Will Go
    9/29/84
- The Facts Of Life
  Vito Miles
  - S 6: Ep 1 The Summer of '84
    9/26/84
- Password Plus
  Guest
- Fantasy Island
  Charles D. Preston
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Beachcomber / The Last Whodunit
    9/30/78
- The Love Boat
  Dave, The Hermit
  - S 2: Ep 1 Marooned
    9/16/78
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 191 July 5, 1978
    7/5/78
  - S 4: Ep 34 October 28, 1977
    10/28/77
- Insight
  Guest Star
  - S 18: Ep 31 Second Chorus
    4/2/78
  - S 15: Ep 20 The One-Armed Man
    1/12/74
  - S 13: Ep 23 Truck Stop
    2/4/73
  - S 12: Ep 23 Death of an Elephant
    2/13/72
- Tattletales
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 14 December 5, 1977
    12/5/77
  - S 4: Ep 29 March 22, 1977
    3/22/77
  - S 4: Ep 15 December 14, 1976
    12/14/76
  - S 4: Ep 2 September 13, 1976
    9/13/76
  - S 3: Ep 7 October 13, 1975
    10/13/75
  - + 4 More Credits
- Welcome Back, Kotter
  museum curator
  - S 2: Ep 5 The Museum
    10/28/76
- Police Story
  Dr. Milford
  - S 3: Ep 18 Firebird
    2/6/76
- Insight
  Patrick Grogan
  - S 16: Ep 18 For the Love of Annie
    1/4/76
- The Bob Crane Show
  Lowen
  - S 1: Ep 9 A Case of Misdiagnosis
    5/8/75
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 155 April 22, 1975
    4/22/75
  - S 10: Ep 109 February 28, 1973
    2/28/73
  - S 9: Ep 170 June 7, 1972
    6/7/72
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Martin Gannard
  - S 6: Ep 22 The Unindicted Wife
    2/25/75
- Police Woman (1978)
  Donny
  - S 1: Ep 18 Nothing Left to Lose
    2/14/75
- Get Christie Love
  Quinn
  - S 1: Ep 15 Our Lady in London
    1/29/75
- Insight
  Harry
  - S 15: Ep 18 Out of the Depths
    12/29/74
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
  Dr. Irv Kellerman
  - S 2: Ep 5 Miss Kline, We Love You
    2/27/74
- The Partridge Family
  Sidney Rose
  - S 3: Ep 24 Diary of a Mad Millionaire
    3/16/73
- Ghost Story
  Fred Colby
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Graveyard Shift
    2/16/73
- Love, American Style
  Charlie Mancini
  - S 4: Ep 25 Love and the Happy Medium
    10/27/72
- Temperatures Rising
  Russo
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Muscle And The Medic
    10/10/72
- Night Gallery
  Munsch
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
    10/1/72
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies
  Gomez Addams
  - S 1: Ep 3 Wednesday is Missing
    9/23/72
- Ken Berry's 'Wow' Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 1 7/15/72
    7/15/72
- Love, American Style
  Rex Bickers
  - S 3: Ep 86 Love and the Newscasters
    2/25/72
- Arnie
  Salesman
  - S 2: Ep 15 The Only Way to Go
    1/8/72
- Love, American Style
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 53 Love and the Intruder
    12/31/71
  - S 2: Ep 21 Love and the Intruder
    12/4/70
- Night Gallery
  Randy Miller
  - S 2: Ep 29 Hell's Bells
    11/17/71
- The Virginian
  Slick
  - S 9: Ep 24 Jump-Up
    3/24/71
- The Doris Day Show
  Keatley
  - S 3: Ep 25 The Father-Son Weekend
    3/8/71
- The Odd Couple
  Beau Buffingham
  - S 1: Ep 21 Oscar's New Life
    3/5/71
- Night Gallery
  Jonathan
  - S 1: Ep 13 Pamela's Voice
    1/13/71
- Bonanza
  Abner Willoughby
  - S 11: Ep 13 Abner Willoughby's Return
    12/21/69
- CBS Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Experiment
    2/25/69
- Death Valley Days
  Guest Star
  - S 16: Ep 20 The Gold Mine on Main Street
    3/15/68
- He & She
  Dr. Melvin Krillman
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Coming Out Party
    11/15/67
- Gunsmoke
  Henry Haggen
  - S 13: Ep 7 Hard Luck Henry
    10/23/67
- The Flying Nun
  Father Lundigan
  - S 1: Ep 6 Flight of a Dodo Bird
    10/12/67
- Hey Landlord
  Emile Kuchek
  - S 1: Ep 28 Czech Your Wife, Sir?
    4/9/67
- Batman
  The Riddler
  - S 2: Ep 46 A Riddling Controversy
    2/9/67
  - S 2: Ep 45 Batman's Anniversary
    2/8/67
- The Wild Wild West (1969)
  Count Sazanov
  - S 2: Ep 19 The Night of the Tartar
    2/3/67
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 38 October 26, 1966
    10/26/66
  - S 13: Ep 55 November 15, 1974
    11/15/74
  - S 13: Ep 54 November 14, 1974
    11/14/74
- Occasional Wife
  Frank Mastin
  - S 1: Ep 5 I Do, We Don't
    10/11/66
- Shivaree
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 18 Show 50: January 8, 1966
    1/8/66
- The Danny Kaye Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 11 December 1, 1965
    12/1/65
- Hollywood A Go-Go
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 Show 48: November 20, 1965 (Syndicated Show 42)
    11/20/65
- Destry
  Pete Daley
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Infernal Triangle
    5/1/64
- The Farmer's Daughter
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 22 Bless Our Happy Home
    2/19/64
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 9 An Echo of Faded Velvet
    11/12/63
- Route 66
  The gas station attendant
  - S 3: Ep 2 Journey to Nineveh
    9/28/62
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Martin Gorsch
  - S 4: Ep 36 Dress Rehearsal
    5/25/62
- Ben Casey
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 29 Preferably, the Less-Used Arm
    4/30/62
- The Gertrude Berg Show
  Dr. Carmichael
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Bird
    4/5/62
- Route 66
  Benson
  - S 2: Ep 23 Go Read the River
    3/16/62
- Dennis the Menace
  Policeman
  - S 3: Ep 21 A Quiet Evening
    2/25/62
- 87th Precinct
  Cassidy
  - S 1: Ep 21 King's Ransom
    2/19/62
- Hazel
  Hal Gordon
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Investment Club
    2/15/62
- Checkmate
  Jim Poole
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Yacht Club Gang
    1/31/62
- The Bob Newhart Show (1961)
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 10 Show No. 10
    12/20/61
- Outlaws
  Pete
  - S 2: Ep 3 My Friend the Horse Thief
    10/19/61
- The Donna Reed Show
  Eric
  - S 4: Ep 4 Mouse at Play
    10/5/61
- The Asphalt Jungle
  Arnold Penn
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Scott Machine
    6/25/61
- The Twilight Zone
  Charlie
  - S 2: Ep 23 A Hundred Yards over the Rim
    4/7/61
- Shirley Temple Theatre
  The Coachman
  - S 1: Ep 18 The Terrible Clockman
    1/29/61
- Peter Loves Mary
  unknown
  - S 1: Ep 10 Wilma's Phantom Lover
    12/14/60
- Maverick
  Joe Lambert
  - S 4: Ep 3 The Town That Wasn't There
    10/2/60
Director (11)

Role
- Murder, She Wrote
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 10 Stage Struck
    12/14/86
- Just Our Luck
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 11 King Kahommi's Curse
    12/20/83
  - S 1: Ep 5 Uncle Harry
    10/25/83
  - S 1: Ep 4 Photo Finish
    10/18/83
  - S 1: Ep 3 Transition
    10/4/83
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Shabelles
    9/27/83
  - + 1 More Credits
- CHiPs
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 17 Brat Patrol
    2/27/83
  - S 6: Ep 4 Rock Devil Rock
    10/31/82
  - S 6: Ep 1 Meet the New Guy
    10/10/82
- Scared Silly
  Director
- Mr. Merlin
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    10/7/81
- Getting There
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    2/12/80
- Operation Petticoat
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 2 Yeoman Hunkle, Yeoman Hunkle (2)
    9/24/77
  - S 1: Ep 1 Yeoman Hunkle, Yeoman Hunkle (pt1)
    9/17/77
  - S 1: Ep 0 Operation Petticoat
    9/4/77
- Lanigan's Rabbi
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 3 Say It Ain't So, Chief
    4/14/77
- Holmes and Yoyo
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 11 Connection, Connection II
    12/11/76
  - S 1: Ep 10 Dead Duck
    12/4/76
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Hostages
    11/20/76
  - S 1: Ep 7 The K-9 Caper
    11/13/76
- McMillan & Wife
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 4 Death Is a Seven Point Favorite
    12/8/71
  - S 1: Ep 1 Murder by the Barrel
    9/29/71
- Night Gallery
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Dark Boy
    11/24/71
  - S 2: Ep 12 A Fear of Spiders
    10/6/71
  - S 1: Ep 9 The House
    12/30/70

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Trivia
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- John dislikes laugh tracks on sit-coms. He finds them to be "a really stupid convention."
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- When John first auditioned for The Addams Family, producers intended him to play Lurch--the butler.
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- John was given he choice of first names for his Addams family character, Gomez or Repelli. He chose Gomez.
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- John (On his absence from the "Addams Family" DVD commentary): I wish I'd been able to comment on the shows, but my teaching schedules were tough to work around, so I was left off. The shows speak for themselves, although I may do my own personal book on the series some day.
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- John: My father was shocked when I told him I was going to become an actor. It really disappointed him, I know. But he was wonderful about it. He and my mother were faithful in their attendance at my performances in the theater. They would drive many miles. It was very encouraging.
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- John: There is something good about the character of Gomez. I wouldn't trade the association with him for anything or any role that I might have missed.
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