Lumbering Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch and Thing (the hand), died after open-heart surgery in 1979, at 46. Cassidy worked extensively in the years following The Addams Family and had roles on a wide variety of TV series throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including Star Trek: The Original Series and I Dream of Jeannie.

Wednesday (TV Series 2022– ) - George Burcea as Lurch - IMDb.

Lurch is a tall, shambling, lugubrious butler who somewhat resembles Frankenstein's monster and, on film, has a deep, resonant voice. In his first appearance in a cartoon by Charles Addams, he had a black beard, but in later incarnations he was clean-shaven.

Uncle Fester Uncle Fester Wednesday doesn't trust a lot of adults. But she does put her faith in eccentric Uncle Fester. He's a master of the dark arts and always ready to work some magic to help out Wednesday in her detective work.

It was stated in Addams Family Reunion that Lurch is part Addams. This plays into his being a creation similar to Frankenstein's monster. The only definite body part that is from an Addams is his heart.

Wednesday Addams is a typically young girl (in the original series, she is about six, in the two original movies and animated movies, she is 13, in the Netflix series, she is 15 and 16) who is obsessed with death and is described as brilliant, with a penchant for doing odd scientific experiments.

There are a few potential reasons for Lurch's eye change on Wednesday. Firstly, Lurch's eyes could have changed due to a simple continuity error in production. Or the color change could be part of some Adams family tradition or unique habit of Lurch's in which he swaps eyes.

Ted Cassidy Ted Cassidy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Philippi, West Virginia. He was a well respected actor who portrayed many different characters during his film and television career. His most notable role was Lurch, the faithful butler on the television series.

Uncle Fester In the Netflix show Wednesday, Uncle Fester is played by Fred Armisen. He helped Wednesday on solving her mysteries of the town of Jericho and Nevermore Academy by revealing to Wednesday that the mystery monster she encountered was a Hyde.

Lucas Beineke Her darkness and sociopathic traits have been toned down, and she is in love with (and revealed to be engaged to) Lucas Beineke.

The canon of The Addams Family has been done and redone since Charles Addams first put ink to paper in The New Yorker. But despite people believing that Lurch is some kind of zombie or monster, and that Fester was some kind of non-human, it's simply not the case. They are human, but of the aberrant sort.

Wednesday is rated TV-14 for violence, fear, and profanity, which means it may not be suitable for children under 14 years old. Keep in mind that age ratings are simply suggestions - your child might be able to handle the show before age 14, or you may have a child older than 14 who finds it too scary.