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Dark haired, usually mustachioed US actor with a cheeky grin who achieved pop culture status through his portrayal of the kooky patriarch "Gomez Addams" in the hit TV series The Addams Family (1964). John Astin standing at a height of 5' 11" (1.8 m) was born March 30, 1930 (Aries), in Baltimore, MD as John Allen Astin to Allen V. Astin and Margaret Astin with a brother Alexander Astin. He is an American actor, voice actor and director. He attended Washington, Jefferson College and Johns Hopkins University where he studied mathematics. However he discovered a passion for the theater and began performing in minor plays and doing voice-over work for commercials. Married Suzanne Hahn on March 26, 1956, had 3 sons: David Aston (born 1953), Allen J. Astin (born March 23, 1961) and Thomas E. Astin (born March 19, 1965), then divorced June 14, 1972. He first got noticed in a small role in West Side Story (1961), then appeared in several other films, That Touch of Mink (1962), Move Over Darling (1963), before being cast as "Gomez Addams". While "The Addams Family (1964–1966)" was initially a huge hit, its popularity petered out after two years, and Astin moved on to other work including the offbeat Bunny O'Hare (1971), playing a grizzled but not particularly bright gunfighter in the western spoof Evil Roy Slade (1972), an appearance in the Disney comedy Freaky Friday (1976), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and dual roles in National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Teen Wolf Too (1987) and The Frighteners (1996). Married Patty Duke on August 5, 1972, had 2 sons: Mackenzie Astin (born May 12, 1973) and adopted Sean Astin (born February 25, 1971), when he was 3 years old, then divorced November 3, 1985. Roughly four years later, he married Valerie Ann Sandobal on March 19, 1989 and is still presently married. He has since lent his comedic talents to numerous appearances as "Dr. Gangreen" in several corny "Killer Tomato" movies, and has contributed his voice to recreate "Gomez Addams" in the animated series The Addams Family (1992), and then played "Grandpa Addams" in the short-lived TV series The New Addams Family (1998). In addition, Astin has contributed voices to several animated shows, and is still active (1957-present) regularly appearing in films. Currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland with current wife. Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short Prelude (1968).
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30 October 1977
The original TV Addams Family members prepare for Halloween.
18 February 1972
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean.
14 June 1962
Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud.
22 April 1988
Crazy old Professor Gangreen has developed a way to make tomatoes look human for a second invasion.
15 June 1990
Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo.
13 August 1995
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron.
07 January 1975
A college president becomes the president of a record company, and finds himself enmeshed in a payola scandal.
31 October 1962
A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own.
04 December 1974
A girl decides that she will only date married men, and she runs into a bachelor who tells women that he is married in order to avoid long-term commitments.
14 November 1991
Police assitant Boyle along with tomatologist Kennedi Johnson look into investigations about Killer Tomato attacks, and discover Gangrene plans to brainwash people via TV talk shows to take over the world! Will Gangrene be stopped?
06 December 1962
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
18 November 1992
After being busted out of jail by his tomatoes, Professor Mortimer Gangrene begins a new plot to take over the world by inserting his hapless lackey Igor into the throne of the King of France.
14 November 1963
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market.
11 March 1994
The federal agent Joe Dee Foster is currently investigating a serial killer, helped by doctor Animal who is isolated in a maximum security jail.
24 February 1993
Todd Dougherty has an imagination driven by comic books. So when he accuses his soon-to-be stepmother of being a monster, no one believes him.
19 February 2005
At Fallbrook Middle School, the annual student-elected Teacher of the Year award is held. And every year for the last 43 years Norman Warner or most fondly called Stormin' Norman Warner has won the award.
13 December 1961
In the slums of the upper West Side of Manhattan, tensions are high as a gang of Polish-Americans compete against a gang of recently immigrated Puerto Ricans, but this doesn't stop two romantics from each gang falling in love.
01 February 1960
A detective investigating the murder of a heroin addict discovers that there is a connection between the junkie and his fiance, who is his boss' daughter.
18 July 1996
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife.
21 November 1986
M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!).
25 July 1985
The Griswolds win a vacation to Europe on a game show, and so pack their bags for the continent. They do their best to catch the flavor of Europe, but they just don't know how to be be good tourists.
19 January 1974
The passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8,500 feet in the air.
02 November 1971
An outgoing young girl and a square stockbroker meet on a park bench in Boston and are mistaken for international spies and chased by both sides.
01 December 1969
In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group of men across the border and recaptures the Alamo - international hijinks ensue!
24 November 1998
Documentary about the making of the 1996 horror-comedy.
19 May 1977
A couple of resourceful, free-wheeling criminal attorneys with an eye for the ladies confront a no-nonsense judge while trying to clear an heiress in the slaying of her husband, although her explanation of a mysterious intruder provides them with a rather weak case.
20 November 1987
Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he's paying for school with an athletic scholarship that he will lose should he not fare well in an upcoming boxing tournament.
16 May 1973
The O'Toole Brothers are Eastern con men, exceptionally good at talking their way out of tight situations.
30 October 1987
Variety magic and comedy.
01 January 1968
Prelude is 1968 short film directed by John Astin. In the film, a man meets his dream girl. When he can't win her over, he learns to appreciate his reality.
14 June 1972
An Englishwoman turns nanny and kidnaps the son of an Italian gangster who took over her dancing school.
18 October 1971
Bette Davis handles the title role in this highly offbeat crime comedy about two aging hippies who elect to rob a bank to restore Bunny O'Hare's financial affairs after she's been unjustly evicted and rendered homeless.
20 April 1986
A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300 years previously.
17 December 1976
School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel.
17 December 1968
A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.
01 January 1972
A man struggling to support his family on the meager wages of his menial job has always dreamed of running his own business.
07 June 1972
A young businessman goes to a magic expert to learn hardness and skill with his cynical and greedy collaborators.
09 September 1989
Simon Templar uses twin sisters and a rare Russian necklace to trap a ruthless American in Paris.
20 February 1974
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist.
27 October 1991
1991's NBC Halloween special with John Astin and Rhonda Shear. Features clips from classic horror movies with commentary.
26 April 2005
An out-of-this-world comedy cast stars in this spaced-out futuristic family comedy. Welcome to Betaville, the world’s most exclusive summer camp, where the world’s leaders send their children.
30 October 1986
Mystery Magical Special is an American television special aired on Nickelodeon. Advertised as a Halloween-themed program, the special was originally produced in 1986, but continued air, often multiple times, every October for several years afterward.
07 July 1967
When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets blamed for the destruction caused by three unruly ghosts.
02 February 1994
Taking place in the 1990's, Huck and his card shark friend, Jim, travel from California to Nevada searching for Huck's long-lost grandpa.
16 September 1958
The Kiss is a 1958 short film written and produced by John Hayes. The film was nominated for the 1958 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
19 December 1963
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific.
12 February 1974
Backwoods officers try to uncover clues about the mysterious death of a young woman at a dude ranch.
18 September 1989
Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it.
23 September 1972
With the Mystery Machine stuck in mud, Mystery Inc. ends up becoming housekeepers for the Addams Family while Gomez and Morticia go on vacation to the Okefenokee Swamp.
07 February 2023
The movies, the cartoon, the toys and more with the cast and crew behind it all! Hosted by Screaming Soup!'s own Deadwest.
12 August 1994
Angie, Mary, and Laura are teenage girls who are fed up with their bland and unexciting small town lives.
27 August 1993
The feature-length pilot episode follows Brisco County Jr. is hired by the attorney of a group of robber barons to track down and apprehend the infamous John Bly and his gang, a job that was previously entrusted to his late father Brisco County Sr.
