The Addams Family

The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. They are a bizarre family who delight in all things macabre and are never really aware of why people find them frightening.

Cast

• Gomez Addams (played by John Astin in the 1960s show, Raúl Juliá and then Tim Curry in the 1990s movies)
• Gomez Addams is Morticia's husband and the Addams Family head. Originally Granny's son, this was retconned later on to make him Granny's son-in-law. His brother (originally uncle-in-law) is Uncle Fester. He is portrayed as the ideal man: charming, handsome (in a gothic sort of way), and successful, yet takes a childlike eccentric enthusiasm to everything he does. For instance, his personal portrait depicts him as standing gleefully on his head. Generally he dresses in a dark pinstriped suit with short, slicked-back hair. He sports a pencil-thin mustache. Though a peaceful man he is known to be well-versed in many types of combat. He is extensively wealthy, and in the TV episodes is quite willing to contribute to charitable causes. His endless love for Morticia (he goes crazy whenever Morticia says something in French) shows that while the family is strange, they are good people on the inside.
• Morticia Addams (Carolyn Jones in the show, Anjelica Huston and Daryl Hannah in the movies)
• Morticia Addams is the second head of the Addams Family, serving as its heart and soul. Her original mother was Hester Frump (played by Margaret Hamilton in the show), but her origins were later retconned and she became Granny's daughter. (Granny subsequently became known as Esmerelda Frump) Morticia has a twin sister named Ophelia. In the ABC live-action series, her marriage brought her uncle Fester into the family. She is Wednesday and Pugsley's mother. She has pale skin and dresses very gothically, generally in long black dresses. She enjoys cutting the buds from roses, leaving only the thorny stems. She is portrayed as elegant, artistic, and musically inclined.
• Pugsley Addams (Ken Weatherwax in the show, Jimmy Workman and Jerry Messing in the movies)
• Wednesday Addams (Lisa Loring in the show, Christina Ricci and Nicole Fugere in the movies)
• Uncle Fester (Jackie Coogan in the show, Christopher Lloyd and Patrick Thomas in the movies).
• He seems to carry an electrical charge most of the time and can illuminate a light bulb by sticking it in his mouth.
• Grandmama (Blossom Rock in the show, Judith Malina in the 1991 movie, Carol Kane in the 1993 movie, Alice Ghostley in the 1998 movie)
• Grandmama is first known as Eudora Addams (Gomez's and Fester's mother). Later on she was retconned to be Esmerelda Frump (Morticia's mother). Grandmama is a witch who deals in potions, spells and hexes of all kinds. She even dabbles in fortune-telling. Granny often argues with Fester, and wins. Her trademarks are her shawl and frizzy hair.
• Lurch (Ted Cassidy in the show, Carel Struycken in the movies)
• Lurch is the shambling, groaning, eight-foot-tall Frankenstein's Monster-like butler to the Addams family. He tries to help around the house like any other butler, though occasionally he botches things up due to his great size and strength. Besides a headless doll named Marie Antoinette, he is Wednesday's best friend. Surprisingly, he is often seen playing the harpsichord with a great degree of skill. Gomez or Morticia can summon him with an ever-present bellpull with the end tied in a hangman's knot. When pulled, it produces a loud gong noise that shakes the house which Lurch will always instantly respond to. (Generally with the line, "You rang?") Much of Lurch's history, including his first name ("Lurch" was revealed to be his surname in an episode of the original TV series) or the nature of his relationship to any other Addamses is unknown.
• Thing (Ted Cassidy's hand in the show, except in nine episodes when Cassidy had to appear on screen at the same time with Thing, Assistant Director Jack Voglin would take over the role, Christopher Hart's hand in the movies)
• Thing is a disembodied hand. Was always credited as played by "?" in the TV series, where he would appear out of ubiquitous boxes or other convenient containers throughout the house. In the movies, Thing is an entirely mobile hand.
• Cousin Itt (Felix Silla on-screen and Tony Magro as Itt's voice in the show, John Franklin in the movies)
• Cousin Creep: A mysterious character from 1960?s television shows The Addams_Family. Cousin Creep was mentioned but never seen on screen. Mortisha was seen knitting a two headed sweater for Cousin Creep. The other mention came from Uncle Fester who claimed Pugsley vaporized Cousin Creep with his disintegrator gun.