What is Ted Cassidy?
[[File:New Adv of Huck Finn Ted Cassidy 1968.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Cassidy in 1968]] '''Ted Cassidy''' ([[July 31]], [[1932]] - [[January 16]], [[1979]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[actor]]. He was best known for his roles as Lurch and Thing on ''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]''. Cassidy died of surgery-related problems to remove a tumor from his [[heart]] on January 16, 1979.<ref name=obtupi>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Hour (newspaper)|The Hour]] |location=Norwalk, Connecticut |title=Ted Cassidy's death almost unreported |agency=UPI |date=January 24, 1979 |page=6 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uKs0AAAAIBAJ&pg=5751%2C4125057 |access-date=May 13, 2016 |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928133638/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uKs0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=Am4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5751%2C4125057 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=delse>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rBBPAAAAIBAJ&pg=3856%2C1264401 |newspaper=Toledo Blade |location=Ohio |agency=Associated Press |title=Deaths elsewhere: Ted Cassidy |date=January 24, 1979 |page=12 |access-date=May 13, 2016 |archive-date=September 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200928133639/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rBBPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ggIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3856%2C1264401 |url-status=live }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{imdb name|id=0144252|name=Ted Cassidy}} {{US-actor-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cassidy, Ted}} [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American stage actors]] [[Category:American voice actors]] [[Category:Actors from Pittsburgh]] [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from surgical complications]] [[Category:Deaths from heart cancer]]