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Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor. He tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction works such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie, and he played Lurch on The Addams Family in the mid-1960s. He also narrated The Incredible Hulk TV series and voiced The Hulk in the show's first 2 seasons. Early life Cassidy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Irish ancestry, and raised in Philippi, West Virginia. In his youth, he was academically gifted and attended third grade at age six. During his freshman year of high school, at age 11, he was on the football and basketball teams. After graduating from high school, Cassidy attended West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon, where he was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. He transferred to Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, where he played college basketball for the Hatters and was active in the student government. Career Cassidy graduated from Stetson University with a BA degree. Ted began his broadcast career at WCOA in Pensacola Summer of 1958 through fall of 1959. He then moved on to work as a DJ on WFAA in Dallas. He was an accomplished musician and moonlighted playing an organ for patrons of a Luby's Cafeteria in Dallas' Lochwood Shopping Center. He "was right in the middle of the excitement" on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated and was among the first to interview eyewitnesses W. E. Newman Jr. and Gayle Newman. Television Cassidy's height gave him an advantage in auditioning for unusual character roles. His best-known role is Lurch on The Addams Family, in which he feigned playing the harpsichord (although he was in fact an accomplished organist). He also played the character named Thing, though associate producer Jack Voglin would take over the role in scenes involving both characters. Though the character of Lurch was originally intended to be mute, Cassidy's ad-libbed "You rang?" in response to the butler call was an immediate hit. It became his signature line, and he was given more lines. Several episodes were written to feature Lurch. Cassidy reprised the role of Lurch in later appearances. In the Batman episode "The Penguin's Nest" (1966), he appears during the heroes' familiar climbing scene up the side of a building, as a tenant who is playing the Addams Family theme on a harpsichord prior to sticking his head out of the window and speaking to Batman and Robin. He voiced Lurch in an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972), and in the 1973 animated series adaptation of The Addams Family. According to Thomas "Duke " Miller, a TV/movie/celebrity expert, Cassidy also had a small role opposite George Peppard in one episode of the TV movie series Banacek. Cassidy played a worker in an auto scrapyard who attempted to kill Banacek because the investigator was trying to get a conviction on the brother of Cassidy's character. In addition to The Addams Family, Cassidy found steady work in a variety of other television shows. He had a prominent role on NBC's The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Injun Joe, the blood-enemy of Tom Sawyer and Huck. In the 1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. episode "The Napoleon's Tomb Affair", Cassidy played a henchman, Edgar, who kidnaps, tortures, and repeatedly tries to kill Napoleon and Illya. Cassidy also provided the voices of the more aggressive version of Balok in the Star Trek episode "The Corbomite Maneuver" and the Gorn in the episode "Arena", and played the part of the android Ruk in the episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?". Cassidy did more work with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry in the early 1970s, playing Isaiah in the postapocalyptic drama pilots Genesis II and Planet Earth. In the Lost in Space episode "The Thief from Outer Space", he played the Slave to the alien Thief (Malachi Throne), who threatens the Robinsons. In The Beverly Hillbillies episode "The Dahlia Feud" from 1967, he played Mr. Ted, a large, muscular gardener who plants dahlias for Mrs. Drysdale. In 1968, Cassidy appeared on Mannix in the episode "To Kill a Writer" as Felipe Montoya, on Daniel Boone in "The Scrimshaw Ivory Chart" as a pirate named Gentle Sam, and in two episodes of I Dream of Jeannie as the master of Jeannie's devious sister in the episode "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie?", and Jeannie's cousin in the episode "Please Don't Feed the Astronauts". In the two-part The Six Million Dollar Man episode "The Return of Bigfoot" (1976), Cassidy provided the body and vocal effects of Bigfoot (the role was originally played by professional wrestler André the Giant in a previous two-parter). Cassidy reprised the role in the 1977 episode "Bigfoot V". Cassidy also starred in Bonanza's "Decision in Los Robles" in 1970. Other film and TV work Concurrent with his appearances on The Addams Family, Cassidy began doing character voices on a recurring basis for the Hanna-Barbera Studios, culminating in the role of Frankenstein Jr., in Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles series, and even reprising Lurch on several occasions for Hanna-Barbera productions (most notably for the Addams Family animated series in 1973–74). He was the voice of Meteor Man in Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, as well as the hero in the Chuck Menville pixillated short film Blaze Glory, in which his already-deep voice was enhanced with reverb echo to give the character an exaggerated super-hero sound. Cassidy also voiced Ben Grimm ("The Thing") in The New Fantastic Four. Cassidy went on to perform the roars and growls for Godzilla in the 1979 cartoon series that Hanna-Barbera co-produced with Toho, and was also the voice of Montaro in the Jana of the Jungle segments that accompanied Godzilla during its first network run. His voice was the basis for the sinister voice of Black Manta, as well as Brainiac and several others on Super Friends. Cassidy was the original voice of Moltar and Metallus on Space Ghost from 1966 to 1968. Cassidy's final role was as King Thun of the Lion Men in the television animated feature film Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All. That particular role was originally recorded shortly before Cassidy's death in 1979, until the decision was made to use the footage for a television series, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon. As such, Cassidy's death necessitated his role being recast for the series with Allan Melvin. After the series' conclusion, the original feature film and soundtrack were reassembled using Cassidy's performance and broadcast in prime time in 1982. In live-action productions for the TV series The Incredible Hulk, he provided narration of the title sequence, and the Hulk's growls and roars. In deleted scenes from the original Battlestar Galactica TV pilot movie, "Saga of a Star World", Cassidy can be heard providing temporary voice tracks of the Cylon Imperious Leader, before actor Patrick Macnee was contracted to voice the character. Other film work includes Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (.... Discover the Ted Stetson popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ted Stetson books.
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The Lost Ship
Ted StetsonDuring a space jump to another solar system a space ship encounters unforeseen problems.
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Anytime
Ted StetsonLaura's car breaks down on the way to the reunion. She is rescued by a stranger who turns out to be someone she knew.
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Way Out
Ted StetsonStefan just started work and when he's alone in his office he hears beautiful music sounds coming from a hole in the wall. When he investigates he smells wonderful aromas. He start...
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Someday
Ted Stetson1 She's moving to a new city and her pet gets lost.2 Shelley's moving, driving through the mountains and takes a bad turn.3 She comes home from work and finds a naked man in her ho...
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Oregon Sunshine
Ted StetsonJudy is going home from work when it starts raining.It is night and all the stores are closed.She is hurrying to her car when she twists her ankle.Her ankle hurts so much she can't...
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A Mary Christmas
Ted StetsonAn imaginative tale loosely based on the characters from Dickens classic story.
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Summer Wind
Ted StetsonShe went for a walk in the sand, the sun was setting and so was a chapter in her life. Was a new chapter opening?
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Father Christmas
Ted StetsonIn 19th century London Father Christmas grants a wish to a special little boy.
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Sometime
Ted StetsonWhen Naomi Wheeler started work in the rest home she was told about Sarah. For years she'd waited in the lobby with her bags packed, but everyone knew she wasn't leaving the rest h...
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The Choice
Ted StetsonA young woman progressing in her career is forced to move back home to help her parents. A dangerous situation turns into a blessing and her life changes.
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The Storm
Ted StetsonHe has gone fishing a little to far out to sea, when the weather turns he is caught in his little boat in a monster storm and had to fight for his life to make it shore.
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Pilgrims
Ted StetsonPilgrims travel to a time honored place to pray for the ancients to return.
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Something Blue
Ted StetsonAfter she'd been thrown out and discarded like she was trash, she wandered around afraid of what would happen next, then she met Charlie.
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Rocket Man
Ted StetsonShe met him on the beach and he's not what she expected. She thought there was something different about him and then he took her for a ride in his car.
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The Magic Pen
Ted StetsonPeter finds a magic pen and uses it to get into trouble. One things leads to another and it keeps getting worse.
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The Lost Space Station
Ted StetsonAndy's father is drafted and the truancy police are after him. Andy must find a way off this world and back to his mother on a different planet. He lucks into a job on a space frei...
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Halloween Date
Ted StetsonKate was nervous about her blind date. It had been arranged by a scheming friend. Of course it was a trick, but not what she expected.
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2022
Ted StetsonThe world is coming to an end. Scientists recalculated the Mayan calendar and discovered the date the world to end: 2022. At first the world did nothing, then everything spiraled o...
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The Great Man
Ted StetsonJohn Williams is on a plane that suddenly detours to his hometown. When he gets off he finds the town has really changed. Instead of it being a sleepy quiet town it is bustling wit...
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The Subway
Ted StetsonAfter being fired from his job, Colin buys a watch from an old man and takes the subway ride of his life.
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2012
Ted StetsonEveryone said it's the last day of Earth and he went outside and waited.A short story about the apocalypse.
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Mysterio the Great
Ted StetsonFranklin Mysterio has been a magician a long time. He hasn't been very successful until he discovers a new trick. Soon afterward a stranger appears and offers to help him. Then thi...
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You Again
Ted StetsonShe escapes her car being caught in a flood. She is given a ride by someone she knew long ago in high school, but in high school he wasn't so handsome.
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Flying
Ted StetsonChris goes asleep watching the meteor shower and falls off the roof of the Elliptic Skye building. Lilly thinks she's the only one who can fly and wants to be a superhero. Chris ke...
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A Liquid Sky
Ted StetsonIn the future man has to live under the sea until the environment changes.
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Merry Ryder
Ted StetsonMerry takes him home and help his lose his mind, but she is not there.
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Something Happened
Ted StetsonMadison swore she'd never let Claire rope her into another date, but here she is, at the party and it looks like he's a no show. Again. Disgusted, she rushes out to her car and run...
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The Legend of Sweetwater
Ted StetsonLongview, a cattle baron, has hired gunfighters to kill Martha's husband, Jeremy Goodman. He's even hired Gentry's gang, but Will Gentry on seeing how good they are to his son can'...
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Endangered Species
Ted StetsonJim's friends at the spaceport love the blue trout the distant world is famous for.He goes fishing and discovers he discovers he's the bait.
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Gentry
Ted StetsonThe Civil War scattered many families this is the story of Will Gentry's search for his wife and son.It begins with an attack by three bushwhackers In Dry Gulch.
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Something
Ted StetsonHer car breaks down in a snowstorm and she gets a second chance.
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Hidden Threads in Sherlock Holmes, Volume 1
Ted Stetson & Gail StetsonHidden Threads in Sherlock Holmes is a fresh approach to the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.Arthur Conan Doyle hid scores of topics in the Sherlock Holmes adventures on subjects as dive...
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Misty
Ted StetsonShe leaves her old life behind and moves to a new location. Then she realizes she lost her cat. She searches for her cat and finds love.
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Unforgettable
Ted StetsonWill her knight ever come for her?
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Fatal Events
Ted StetsonA coming of age short story during the time of the Kennedy assassination.
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Crossing the Wasteland
Ted StetsonA boy takes a dangerous journey with his father. During the journey they go through a war zone and the boy sees many things he does not understad.
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Fathers and Sons
Ted StetsonA man comes to terms with his father and his son. It was raining and his car stopped working in traffic, then someone from the past offers him a helping hand and something really s...
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Second Chance
Ted StetsonSamantha wasn't sure about the move, but at least she'd get away from all the women calling for Ray.
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Yesterday
Ted StetsonWhen Jim returned from the service he hoped things had changed.Everything stayed the same except they hadn't.She said her feelings were the same, but they were . . . different.Can ...
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Softly
Ted StetsonIt was tens years ago he disappeared and since then Beth has lived her life on a thin thread of hope. Will the nightmare finally be over?
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Someone
Ted StetsonA tender romance where Rachel meets John and what looks like a problem only brings them closer.
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Never Surrender
Ted StetsonEarth is being attacked. Jake goes to the space station to ask the general to give him another chance before his medical report arrives.
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Tiny Toy
Ted StetsonA short short loosely based on characters from the Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol.'
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Payback
Ted StetsonMike owes Frankie a debt, but this is not how he expected to repay him. A ride in the country so Al can settle old debts.
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The Handsome Stranger
Ted StetsonAllison has given up looking for Mr. Right. Then she turns and in the checkout line behind her is a handsome stranger.
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Sexy Sadie
Ted StetsonFor years she lived her life like it was a one night stand, looking for love in all the wrong places, until she met Mike.