Most Recent Role: Narrator (uncredited) on The Incredible Hulk
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Birthday: 7-31-1932
Birth Name: Theodore Crawford Cassidy
Date of Death: 6-16-1979
Cause of Death: Los Angeles California, USA (complications following open-heart surgery)
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, PA
Birthday: 7-31-1932
Birth Name: Theodore Crawford Cassidy
Date of Death: 6-16-1979
Cause of Death: Los Angeles California, USA (complications following open-heart surgery)
Ted Cassidy was born on July 31st 1932. He was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA. His birthname was Theodore Crawford Cassidy. By the time he was in the third grade he was 6 years old. By the time he was 11 he was in the freshmen class at the height of 6'1". He was on the football and basketball team. He was offered a singing job with Paul Whitemen, but chose to be a radio announcer.
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Most Recent Appearance
Death of the Incredible Hulk (2 hrs)
Sunday 18 February 1990 on CBS
In a desperate attempt to find a cure, David works as a janitor at a research laboratory in Portland, Oregon. While pretending to be simple-minded, he anonymously guides the genetic research of Dr. Ronald Pratt. After being discovered by Dr. Pratt, David admits to his true identity, and explains...
Ted's final work, a voice-over for the animated TV-movie "Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure Of All," was not shown until 3 years after his death.
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Ted co-starred with Donny and Marie Osmond in Goin' Coconuts (1978).
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Ted co-starred with James Earl Jones and Peter Ustinov in The Last Remake Of Beau Geste (1977).
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Ted was the voice of the demon Balzaroth in the 1978 tv movie of the Marvel Comics character "Dr. Strange," though he received no on-screen credit for the part.
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Ted had two children, his son Sean, born in 1957 and his daughter, Cameron, born in 1960. They are both attorneys.
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Other Appearances
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Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
Meteor Man |
Challenge of the SuperFriends
Black Manta/Brainiac |
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Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles
voice of Frankenstein, Jr. |
Genesis II
Isiah |
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Space Ghost and Dino Boy
Metallus |
The Addams Family
Lurch |
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American Bandstand
The Mojo Men / Barry Young / Ted Cassidy Lurch |
Banacek
Ten Thousand Dollars a Page Jerry Crawford |
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Bonanza
Decision at Los Robles Garth |
Chico and the Man
Help Wanted Bruno |
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Cos
Bigfoot/Cookie Pilferage Bigfoot |
Daniel Boone
The Scrimshaw Ivory Chart Gentle Sam |
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