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Ted Cassidy
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Actor Born: July 31, 1932 in Pittsburgh, PA Death: January 16, 1979 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:An unusually bright child, "Ted Cassidy" was in the third grade by the time he was six years old. This alone was enough to set "Cassidy" apart from his classmates, but there was something else that made him "different": By the time he was an 11-year-old high school freshman, he was 6'1". A natural for the school's football and basketball team, "Cassidy" was also the target of harassment from his older, smaller fellow students. Developing an interest in dramatics while attending college, he went out of his way to play characters of all physical types and sizes; he may well have been the only 6'9" Falstaff in theatrical history. Though offered a singing job with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, "Cassidy" decided on a career as a radio announcer. Upon returning to acting, he landed the first role for which he auditioned: Lurch, the lumbering, monosyllabic butler on the TV comedy series "The Addams Family"... Full Biography
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