His deep voice as Lurch was no imitation. That was his naturally deep voice. A lot of people may not be aware that he worked in radio before television. He was employed at a radio station in Dallas and was one of the reporters covering the Kennedy asassination.
One of Cassidy's voice roles as the Incredible Hulk in the 1970s TV series. I could hear it was human, but it was so deep it sounded like it was changed with a pitch-control device and/or blended with an animal. Nope, apparently it was 100% organic, and it was Ted Cassidy.
Yes, indeed a shame. My father passed away at a very young age as well, 44. Second heart surgery, 98 percent chance of living and still didn't pull through. He would have been 79 next August. He definitely suffered a heart attack during surgery.
@@baileylynn6481 Not everyone good dies young. I have a few TikTok videos exposing big pharma companies and their unwillingness to cure diabetes. They want war, well they have war.
Cilly Honey orange shag carpet, green rotary wall phone, cool people had the dark brown bar with the classy bar in the dens, w/ lamp over head like in Pizza Huts back in the day..cool lamps over head in every booth. Good ole days. Macrame hanging plant holders hung from the hook in the ceiling too. Almost forgot.
Periodically, my father would wash the walls in our house (which was only fair since he was primarily responsible for most of the smoke that coated them) and the amount of yellow/brown film removed was incredible. The walls instantly became several shades brighter and whiter. Naturally, he died of emphysema. Nearly all of the males - and a few of the females - in my family died of smoking-related diseases from the 1950s until the 1990s.
@@aaronflowers8881 JEJ IS the GOAT with voiceovers, so I don't even have to mention him; he's the standard bearer from which others follow. David and Haysbert, I forgot about them, but their voiceover work is very solid and good.
The man was brilliant, humble and underrated because he did so many things that people aren’t aware of. Had he lived he would have gone on to be a successful director/producer. R.I.P.
In 1967 (I believe that was the year), he did a promotional tour and came to Little Rock where he visited kids in hospitals. My brother (who's fine now) was in a body cast due to Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD). He was only eight at the time. Cassidy was apparently moved to tears after visiting with my brother, though apparently didn't show he was upset in front of him. Big guy, big heart.
Quick facts about Ted Cassiby (Lurch): 1. He was married from age 24 to 43. Had two kids. 2. He money money mostly doing voices while not seen. 3. He had a hit song and appears dancing that song on TH-cam. 4. He was born in Pennsylvania on July 31, 1932. 5. He died on January 16, 1979. 6. He died after a heart operation at the age of 46 7. He was 6 feet nine inches tall. 8. He was cremated and his ashes put in the backyard of the house where he did this intervew. 9. The last movie he did Flash Gordon was released in theaters three years after he died. 10. He was seven inches shorter than wrestler Andre The Giant and four inches taller than Herman Monster (Fred Gwynne).
Both of them were larger than life (height wise) and had deep voices. I absolutely love The Munsters...and while I couldn't really get into the Addams Family I would watch Ted Cassidy's parts as Lurch.
I hadn't realized what a comedic genius Ted Cassidy was until I watched "Addams Family" recently. They gave him so little to do on that show, but he shone through with comic brilliance. I wish I could have met him!
@@domainofthesun4400 The first time I heard that in the episode "Morticia and the Psychiatrist", I was laughing so hard, Like that whole episode was a big laugh.
1967 + 5 years for the book to screenplay makes this interview about 1972 which is about the time of his Honey Crunchers. He is 39 in this (man was he young when he did Lurch) and 7 years later he just passes away. He always seemed like a nice guy.
Dude, this is fantastic! I've always wondered if there was any kind of interview with him talking in his normal voice. Thanks for sharing this brother!
The guy suffered from an overactive pituitary gland. It caused his height of 6'9 and it caused his voice to be like that. If you don't believe me then listen to Andre the Giant, Richard Kiel, Geoffrey Holder, and Peter Steele(the guy also has 4 octaves)'s voices
@@TheKing-uu7jn Ol' Lurch sure lo oks different with a mustac- he & a different hair style. Hi s voice may be deep, but he doesn't stack up to JD Sum ner. PS. Did you know he na- rrated the opening theme to the old t.v. series The Incred ible Hulk?
@@donroy7039 no. If he had gigantism. He'd would've been a lot bigger. With a similar body type to Andre the giant, much larger hands and possibly a much bigger head.
i had no idea his voice actually sounded like that! i used to think maybe he exaggerated his voice to get that deep tone. Holy cow... RIP Ted, loved all your great work...
I knew little about Ted Cassidy,name included, before realising he was the voiceover for the Hulk intro.Radio, TV, film and basketball were all his ! A giant voice to match the giant stature, I wish I had met him. I raise my glass to you Mr Cassidy!
I was listening to this interview and hearing the voice of Ted Cassidy and trying to remember where I have heard that voice before? Well a very similar voice is that of Robert Mitchum. Certainly not the same, but similar.
Ted Cassidy also did the opening narration for The Incredible Hulk series."Dr. David Banner: physician; scientist. Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have."
+Allen He was also the voice of Metallus in Hanna-Barbera's "Space Ghost", Meteor Man in Hanna-Barbera's "The Galaxy Trio", "Galactus" in 1966's "The Fantastic Four", and the voice of God in "The Ten Commandments" with Charlton Heston.
Most guys who are that tall, do have deep voices. Just like people who are very short have very high voices. The problem is most of us are not used to people who have such "extreme" heights.
Ted where ever he went for sure be known as super tall looking down as we looking up. the icon that is dearly missed gave excellent acting in what ever he did! RIP T.C.
PatrioticPirate I've always been a HUGE fan of The Addams Family, but I had no clue that it was his ACTUAL voice that he used on that show. He's the original Alan Rickman.
His normal speaking voice reminds me alot of Fred Gwynne's (original Herman from the Munsters), speaking voice. If you put the 2 of them together, they sound like they could've been brothers.
Dang what a cool guy wudda have loved to have met this such iconic voice . Such a bummer he had to go Each one ogf the characters on the original Addams fam or the Munsters could ever be duplicated . Ted Cassidy was awesum cant wait to meet him in the after life
I wonder when how exactly soon before his death in 79 this was made. It looks late 70s. He also did the narration at the first of the Incredible Hulk tv show opening theme, and the hulk's growls the first year or so before his death. He was a very talented man, who left us way too early.
He mentioned a movie called Black Charcoal (was actually named Charcoal Black) that was about to be released. It was released in 1972, so this interview was probably in 1971.
he was also in one of my fave movies Mackenna's Gold, also stared Julie Newmar & Telly Savalas & Gregory Peck & Omar Sharif , Lurch , Catwoman ,& Kojack all in the same movie very cool flick
Thank you for sharing. I never thought I've seen or heard him out of Lurch makeup and voice. He was in Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid. Nice looking guy with a.great voice
Love this guy.. Always thought he had such a mystique about him and one of the coolest and most recognizable voices in TV history. I would have dug getting to know more about him in real life but salute to his work and I hope to discover more gems he was involved in. I loved hearing his voice in The Incredible Hulk TV Show Intro..RIP Ted Cassidy
Big Addams Family and Munsters fan here who owns all episodes of both shows short lived history. Its so odd to see Ted smile as he does in this video which im sures quite rare. Ive never seen him in anything else other than the A.F. series and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Anyone else realize Uncle Fester was also the small boy with Charlie Chaplin in the silent early 20th century film, The Kid?
Many people confuse Ted with Richard Kiel.. "Jaws" from 007 fame. and Longest Yard... Both played in many type cast roles in the 70's... Richard passed away in 2014.. sadly..
Awesome actor!! Too bad he died at such a young age>. The movie and television roles he could of played had he lived longer... Not to put down James Earl Jones, but Ted Cassidy would of made great "voice of Darth Vader"...
I worked with Don Pietromonaco, aka "Johnny Rabbit" in the 80s doing voice work. Don was a hoot to work with. He knew every trick in getting the best out of me. I attended his voice over workshops. He is on one of my tapes from that era. We worked with some seriously talented people and fun people. He is so young in this interview with Ted. If I could turn back the clock I'd get with Don again and do some fun stuff. Miss him.
I encountered Ted Cassidy in a Sears department store candy line in Glendale, California. I lived "next door" in Eagle Rock. It was in 1970. My good friend "John" (who was just ahead of me in line) had excitedly whispered over to me, "Hey Marty, look how tall that guy who just walked up behind you in line is, he's a giant!" I didn't want to just turn around and disrespectfully stare right up at the guy, so I decided I'd turn around and pretend to 'just be looking for a wall clock to see what time it was getting to be(stores had wall clocks back then!). When I glanced up, I right away saw "Lurch" without any makeup on or wearing his costume! I recognized him right away, who wouldn't? Well, I suppose my friend didn't, he just said some "giant guy", ha! I wanted to say something to "Lurch", but I couldn't think of a single thing to say that wouldn't sound kind of stupid. Well, Sears always gave out free bags of popcorn to kids just so their mouths were full and they wouldn't be able to pester their parents to buy buy buy them things, so I just threw a "fun-knee" joke up to him by saying, "HEY KID... YOU HERE TO GET FREE POPCORN TOO?!" Mr. Cassidy's eyes grew a sparkle in them, letting me know that he thought what I had asked him was humorous, TINY me calling GIANT him a "kid" and all. Then he humored me kindly by slowly groaning out, in true Lurch fashion, " UUUUUUH....PEEEEENUT.... MMMMMM & MMMMMMS!". I laughed to let him know I thought what he had just said and done for me was "really cool". Then we talked for a couple of minutes more. I told him I was there with my mother and two sisters just to get new school clothes, he told me he was just browsing, but that he might pick up some new tools while he was there. Maybe buy a new washing machine because his old one was giving him trouble all the time now. That was on a Sunday afternoon. On Monday, I had the best "bragging rights" story to share before school, during short breaks between classes, at lunch and after school let out too. And I had a good friend to back up my story when other kids tried calling me a liar! I was only 13, and just starting 7th grade, and I was going to a school in Eagle Rock that was both Junior and Senior high, grades 7-12. Even the big kids wanted to hear every detail of what me and Lurch talked about, and specially where we had met so maybe they might visit there and encounter him later on just like I had. The Addams Family show had already ended production by then, 1970. But they still showed reruns at the time, every afternoon even.
He was also a reporter at WFAA radio in Dallas immediately before taking the role of "Lurch" and was reporting there the day that JFK was assassinated.
I remember as a kid I recognized him on the Star Trek episode "what little girls are made of" I believe.. my friends said I was wrong until I showed them the credits at the end then waited a week for addams family to compare.
Appeared in 3 Star Trek episodes: Ruk in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?, plus the voice of Balok in "The Corbomite Maneuver" and the voice of the Gorn in "Arena."
His deep voice as Lurch was no imitation. That was his naturally deep voice. A lot of people may not be aware that he worked in radio before television. He was employed at a radio station in Dallas and was one of the reporters covering the Kennedy asassination.
It's something, I normally have the deepest voice in the room... if Ted came into a room, I would sound like a girl, lol.
One of Cassidy's voice roles as the Incredible Hulk in the 1970s TV series. I could hear it was human, but it was so deep it sounded like it was changed with a pitch-control device and/or blended with an animal. Nope, apparently it was 100% organic, and it was Ted Cassidy.
Just imagine the voiceover work he'd be doing if he were still alive .... RIP Ted Cassidy
When I was a kid, I thought he was Herman Munster, too, because their voices are so similar.
Lon Chaney Jr's face and voice were for real too.....no make - up or voice-over 😮😮❤❤
It's really cool to see him just in a casual conversation. Seems like a nice guy.
+Jason White What a smooth baritone voice reminds me of Thurl Ravenscroft, he sings the Grinch who stole christmas melodies.
+kleyon11 Didn't Thurl do the voice of Tony The Tiger as well?
PaullyBB GRRRRRRREAT !!!
@@DazedNConfuzed58 Yes he did.
@@Dominion-1 Ted's voice is too deep to be a baritone; I'd call him a bass.
What a sweetheart he was. Sad that we lost him so young.
The good die young...😢
@@baileylynn6481 Yep.
Yes, indeed a shame. My father passed away at a very young age as well, 44. Second heart surgery, 98 percent chance of living and still didn't pull through. He would have been 79 next August. He definitely suffered a heart attack during surgery.
@@baileylynn6481 Not everyone good dies young. I have a few TikTok videos exposing big pharma companies and their unwillingness to cure diabetes. They want war, well they have war.
@@proudhunter85dirtyI'm so sorry for your loss
Wow! I never realized how handsome Ted was! Saw him in makeup as Lurch, Bigfoot, or a pirate. Love that deep voice too. Smooth!
Ahhhhh the seventies, when everybody's house was a dark smoky cave.
Cilly Honey lol. Good call. Ours was certainly one.
Cilly Honey orange shag carpet, green rotary wall phone, cool people had the dark brown bar with the classy bar in the dens, w/ lamp over head like in Pizza Huts back in the day..cool lamps over head in every booth. Good ole days. Macrame hanging plant holders hung from the hook in the ceiling too. Almost forgot.
Periodically, my father would wash the walls in our house (which was only fair since he was primarily responsible for most of the smoke that coated them) and the amount of yellow/brown film removed was incredible. The walls instantly became several shades brighter and whiter. Naturally, he died of emphysema. Nearly all of the males - and a few of the females - in my family died of smoking-related diseases from the 1950s until the 1990s.
@@christinec.2372
", w/ lamp over head like in Pizza Huts back in the day"
I was thinking more like Ruby Tuesday
mine still is HAHAHAHAHA
I could literally hear this man talk all day, and not get bored
Such a handsome man, and a great actor. I wish he could have lived longer. I love him as Lurch. He was amazing, and so funny!
Smoking can sometimes shorten people's lives...
Or Stunt their growth.
Yes he may have been about 7' 2" if he hadn't smoked! lol
Renshen1957
Or would make their wee-wee too small.
But I don't think that was Lerch's problem.
It's more like my own problem.
@@Renshen1957 LOL!
What an amazing guy! Handsome, thoughtful and a great interview. Very much missed.
He had a wonderful voice. We don't have many distinctive voices like his anymore.
He would have made a fortune using that great voice alone: as an announcer or perhaps reading books
James Earl Jones, Keith David, Dennis Haysbert???
@@aaronflowers8881 JEJ IS the GOAT with voiceovers, so I don't even have to mention him; he's the standard bearer from which others follow. David and Haysbert, I forgot about them, but their voiceover work is very solid and good.
His voice was a symptom of the condition that eventually killed him though.
@@parlie13 That's so sad because he was so talented .... RIP Ted Cassidy
The man was brilliant, humble and underrated because he did so many things that people aren’t aware of. Had he lived he would have gone on to be a successful director/producer.
R.I.P.
Thanks for posting this. I never saw him in an interview before. He was actually well spoken and handsome, who knew! lol
Ted was a very handsome man. wasn't he?
He sure was.
Very much so
TimeRider762, didn't know lurch smoked cigarettes
@@davidvance6367 Everyone smoked back then....
@@davidvance6367 Red Apple nonfiltered
In 1967 (I believe that was the year), he did a promotional tour and came to Little Rock where he visited kids in hospitals. My brother (who's fine now) was in a body cast due to Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCPD). He was only eight at the time. Cassidy was apparently moved to tears after visiting with my brother, though apparently didn't show he was upset in front of him. Big guy, big heart.
thank goodness someone did a interview with ted..very talented actor ..made an impact with his mannerism and voice and acting..went to soon
Awesome speaking voice: ...very attractive man & so talented as well.
He very so underrated as an actor...
Died much to young..
Ted Cassidy was a reporter for WFAA in November 22, 1963 during the Kennedy Assassination broadcast
Quick facts about Ted Cassiby (Lurch):
1. He was married from age 24 to 43. Had two kids.
2. He money money mostly doing voices while not seen.
3. He had a hit song and appears dancing that song on TH-cam.
4. He was born in Pennsylvania on July 31, 1932.
5. He died on January 16, 1979.
6. He died after a heart operation at the age of 46
7. He was 6 feet nine inches tall.
8. He was cremated and his ashes put in the backyard of the house where he did this intervew.
9. The last movie he did Flash Gordon was released in theaters three years after he died.
10. He was seven inches shorter than wrestler Andre The Giant and four inches taller than Herman Monster (Fred Gwynne).
Andre the Giant was 6’9. Him being 7’4 is a WWE myth
Also apparently was a TV correspondent that did interview following JFK’s assassination
@@veracity5977 True it was a myth, but his true height was 7'1" in his prime👍✌️
To me he sounds a lot like the late Fred Gwynne, another magic voice and talent.
Fred was a pretty tall drink o water his own self. I think he was like at least 6’ 5” in his socks.
@@kukuri007 Made a pretty good Herman Munster, didn' t he?
I think he sounds more like Michael Dorn.
i can see the similarities with Fred Gwynne, in size, voice, and appearances in certain spooky tv shows
Both of them were larger than life (height wise) and had deep voices.
I absolutely love The Munsters...and while I couldn't really get into the Addams Family I would watch Ted Cassidy's parts as Lurch.
I hadn't realized what a comedic genius Ted Cassidy was until I watched "Addams Family" recently. They gave him so little to do on that show, but he shone through with comic brilliance. I wish I could have met him!
"You rannnngg?"
@@domainofthesun4400 The first time I heard that in the episode "Morticia and the Psychiatrist", I was laughing so hard, Like that whole episode was a big laugh.
I was watching The Addams Family and wondered how deep his voice was naturally. It's amazing to listen to him.
Damn! He sounds like Lee Marvin.
yes he does...
More like Robert Mitchum...
Slugg0matic I was just thinking that too it's amazing
Or a tad deeper James Coburn
holy cow, now i can't unhear it
1967 + 5 years for the book to screenplay makes this interview about 1972 which is about the time of his Honey Crunchers. He is 39 in this (man was he young when he did Lurch) and 7 years later he just passes away. He always seemed like a nice guy.
Very charming person. This is the only interview of him ive found on yt. Thank you for posting.
Seems like a great guy. You scared the hell out of me as a kid. You are still missed.
Dude, this is fantastic! I've always wondered if there was any kind of interview with him talking in his normal voice. Thanks for sharing this brother!
That's a man's voice
The guy suffered from an overactive pituitary gland. It caused his height of 6'9 and it caused his voice to be like that. If you don't believe me then listen to Andre the Giant, Richard Kiel, Geoffrey Holder, and Peter Steele(the guy also has 4 octaves)'s voices
my voice is quite deep, but he makes me sound like mickey mouse.
@@TheKing-uu7jn Ol' Lurch sure lo oks different with a mustac- he & a different hair style. Hi s voice may be deep, but he doesn't stack up to JD Sum ner. PS. Did you know he na- rrated the opening theme to the old t.v. series The Incred ible Hulk?
@@TheKing-uu7jn Uh yep but Peter Steele could seriously sing. He was 6'8. Is that a form of gigantism u think...?
@@donroy7039 no. If he had gigantism. He'd would've been a lot bigger. With a similar body type to Andre the giant, much larger hands and possibly a much bigger head.
Handsome man and love his voice. Sad he is gone..
Not handsome.Very very very very very handsome.He and dolph lundgren are the most handsome Men ive saw in my Life.More perferct than perfect both.
i had no idea his voice actually sounded like that! i used to think maybe he exaggerated his voice to get that deep tone. Holy cow... RIP Ted, loved all your great work...
So sad we lost Mr. Cassidy at such a young age. Thank you for posting this.
HE Nice looking GUY And So TALL NICE DEEP VOICE TED CASSIDY
HE NICE LOOKING GUY AND SO TALL NICE DEEP VOICE LATE GREAT ONE TED CASSIDY RIP
that chin, the eyes, and height matched with the voice. One intimidating guy.
These are all symptoms of acromegaly actually!
My friend Conan is like this deep voice. 6 .8 tall and could play a heluva electric guitar
I knew little about Ted Cassidy,name included, before realising he was the voiceover for the Hulk intro.Radio, TV, film and basketball were all his ! A giant voice to match the giant stature, I wish I had met him. I raise my glass to you Mr Cassidy!
@nd Bigfoot on Six Million Dollar Man
I love that voice! I had no idea he was also known as a writer!
Imagine if Ted Cassidy and Fred Gwynne had ever done scenes together...
Well... I think 6 ft 9 Ted would make 6 ft 5 Fred look like a shrimp
So glad I’m not the only one who made that connection
For a big guy he had great posture. I .mean in Star Trek he was Cat like smooth. When he caught Captain Kirk in the Cave. This dude could move
Both had deep, resonating voices too.
He actually sounds very much like him here.
Thanks for this, he did have a wonderful voice.
Geez, I just realized that I remember the commercials he mentioned and the voice! The man had a golden throat.
I was listening to this interview and hearing the voice of Ted Cassidy and trying to remember where I have heard that voice before? Well a very similar voice is that of Robert Mitchum. Certainly not the same, but similar.
Yes....the voices were similar.
Thanks! He's one of my favorite actors from the 60s! :)
Beautiful voice. Ted we miss and love you
"Rules? In a Knife fight! No Rules!!" .....a great performer with many memorable rolls
Ted Cassidy also did the opening narration for The Incredible Hulk series."Dr. David Banner: physician; scientist. Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have."
Allen ....also voiced the Thing from the Fantastic 4 in the 70's cartoon...
+Allen He was also the voice of Metallus in Hanna-Barbera's "Space Ghost", Meteor Man in Hanna-Barbera's "The Galaxy Trio", "Galactus" in 1966's "The Fantastic Four", and the voice of God in "The Ten Commandments" with Charlton Heston.
+Allen In addition to the opening narration, Ted provided the voice for the show's Hulk character which consisted mostly of growls and grunts.
And 2nd Bigfoot on Six Million Dollar Man.
No kidding? cool...
Wish he was still around today.
We miss you Ted 💜
Such a gentle man
Ted Cassidy was a very interesting person. I never realized it before, but he sounds like Lee Marvin.
Even normal men height have Deep voices 👍👍👍👍
He did indeed !!
HIS VOICE 😍😍😍😍😍😍
He mentioned a book published in 1967 and it took 5 years to get it made into the movie.
So, making an educated guess, this was filmed in 1972.
wow this voice is deeeeeeeeeeeep!
+Boos Myller Meat Ginder Mike!
Most guys who are that tall, do have deep voices.
Just like people who are very short have very high voices.
The problem is most of us are not used to people who have such "extreme" heights.
great actor with the smooth voice . sadly missed .
Ted where ever he went for sure be known as super tall looking down as we looking up. the icon that is dearly missed gave excellent acting in what ever he did! RIP T.C.
Thoughtful, intelligent...Wish we could have seen more of that in the parts he was given.
Oh, dear GOD, listen to that voice..! DAMMIT I'm jealous.
PatrioticPirate Lee Marvin had a similiar voice
PatrioticPirate I've always been a HUGE fan of The Addams Family, but I had no clue that it was his ACTUAL voice that he used on that show.
He's the original Alan Rickman.
You rang?
He has one of the best speaking voices I've heard. He seemed like a very humble and intelligent man. RIP
Ted Cassiday was a talent. He left us way too soon
He's one of those guys with a million dollar voice. Ironic that his most famous role was as someone who just grunts and mumbles.
His normal speaking voice reminds me alot of Fred Gwynne's (original Herman from the Munsters), speaking voice. If you put the 2 of them together, they sound like they could've been brothers.
Great to see the late, great Ted Cassidy out of the Lurch character for a change. Nice interview
I totally agree ! Wonderful to see him relaxed & interviewed !
That voice can make a lot of money in today's contracts. What a great guy with great radio bass voice. He died soooo young.
Extremely articulate & a vast vocabulary. I'm sure he didn't have any trouble keeping a ladies attention at a party or dinner.
Hell I would liked to have sat and just talked to him about his career. I bet he would have some good stories.
A kid I knew in Georgia, his Mom dated Ted Cassidy back in the day. He had pics of them together. I found that cool as a kid 😂
He also did the talking opening for the 1979 television show The INCREDIBLE Hulk and did the roar and growling for Lou Ferrigno as the Hulk.
What a GREAT actor he was. Watch his dramatic work. EXCELLENT
Amazing. I JUST found out he was the one who not only voice The Hulk but did the opening credits narration for the 1970s Incredible Hulk show!
He was a top 40 DJ in Dallas in the early sixties. Also made an appearance on the original Star Trek.
Too bad he was so typecast. He had some real range when given the opportunity. RIP Mr. Cassidy!
Can't be easy to write ordinary parts for a guy who's extraordinarily tall.
He hated being typecast too. He wanted to do other things. It's a shame he wasn't around long enough to have more opportunities. RIP.
So true ! I have a notion to second that emotion !! :-)
Wow, what an awesome and amazing voice!
such a sexy guy, wish he were still with us!
First time I’ve ever seen him in and interview. Pretty cool.
I too had never seen an interview with him till now...
Que lindo hombre, su sonrisa y voz lo hacían muy interesante. Un gran artista ☺️
smoking stunted his growth ;-)
I can still remember eating chocoholic cigarettes and hearing that . Glad I started when I was 10 now I am protected from chemtrails.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣...Yeah!!!
Dude he is 6'9"
Dang what a cool guy wudda have loved to have met this such iconic voice . Such a bummer he had to go Each one ogf the characters on the original Addams fam or the Munsters could ever be duplicated . Ted Cassidy was awesum cant wait to meet him in the after life
I wonder when how exactly soon before his death in 79 this was made. It looks late 70s. He also did the narration at the first of the Incredible Hulk tv show opening theme, and the hulk's growls the first year or so before his death. He was a very talented man, who left us way too early.
He mentioned a movie called Black Charcoal (was actually named Charcoal Black) that was about to be released. It was released in 1972, so this interview was probably in 1971.
1972 about 1 min 50 sec mark he talks about a book written in 67 and says 5 yrs ago
he was also in one of my fave movies
Mackenna's Gold, also stared Julie Newmar & Telly Savalas & Gregory Peck & Omar Sharif , Lurch , Catwoman ,& Kojack all in the same movie very cool flick
I remember him most from STAR TREK & BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID.
A real mensch! A good actor! A great person gone tragically too soon!
Reporter - "You should quit cigarettes. Smoking stunts your growth, dude."
Thank you for sharing. I never thought I've seen or heard him out of Lurch makeup and voice. He was in Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid.
Nice looking guy with a.great voice
Legend actor and fantastic man so so genuine.
Great interview.
So sad Ted died so long ago.
I like the overhead light! Nice looking shade.
Love this guy.. Always thought he had such a mystique about him and one of the coolest and most recognizable voices in TV history. I would have dug getting to know more about him in real life but salute to his work and I hope to discover more gems he was involved in. I loved hearing his voice in The Incredible Hulk TV Show Intro..RIP Ted Cassidy
Big Addams Family and Munsters fan here who owns all episodes of both shows short lived history. Its so odd to see Ted smile as he does in this video which im sures quite rare. Ive never seen him in anything else other than the A.F. series and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Anyone else realize Uncle Fester was also the small boy with Charlie Chaplin in the silent early 20th century film, The Kid?
Yes! Addams and Munsters! I have only found one place where Addams and Munsters fans gather lol. On Tumblr! :D
HBliss oh? I wasnt aware. Whats tumbler?
Dee Ray It's blogs! You share pictures, gifs, stories. It's really fun! A lot of different fandoms are in it.
Many people confuse Ted with Richard Kiel.. "Jaws" from 007 fame. and Longest Yard... Both played in many type cast roles in the 70's... Richard passed away in 2014.. sadly..
Awesome actor!! Too bad he died at such a young age>. The movie and television roles he could of played had he lived longer... Not to put down James Earl Jones, but Ted Cassidy would of made great "voice of Darth Vader"...
Agree. And he was academically gifted as well.
Lee marvin
Cassidy supplied the Hulk's animal-like roars.
Both voices are baritone like ... but James E. Jones ... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!
Absolutely! He'd have done Mufasa just as well.
Thank you for this interview ... he was a fine man...
I worked with Don Pietromonaco, aka "Johnny Rabbit" in the 80s doing voice work. Don was a hoot to work with. He knew every trick in getting the best out of me. I attended his voice over workshops. He is on one of my tapes from that era. We worked with some seriously talented people and fun people. He is so young in this interview with Ted. If I could turn back the clock I'd get with Don again and do some fun stuff. Miss him.
What a voice.
Ted was brilliant in Star Trek as Ruk.
At 6 years old he was in the 3rd grade not because of his height, but advanced intelligence.
He's a brilliant actor
He actually started off in radio, and you can see (or hear) why.
And he did the Narration for The Incredible Hulk Series starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno 😊. May he Rest In Peace 🙏.
I encountered Ted Cassidy in a Sears department store candy line in Glendale, California. I lived "next door" in Eagle Rock. It was in 1970. My good friend "John" (who was just ahead of me in line) had excitedly whispered over to me, "Hey Marty, look how tall that guy who just walked up behind you in line is, he's a giant!" I didn't want to just turn around and disrespectfully stare right up at the guy, so I decided I'd turn around and pretend to 'just be looking for a wall clock to see what time it was getting to be(stores had wall clocks back then!). When I glanced up, I right away saw "Lurch" without any makeup on or wearing his costume! I recognized him right away, who wouldn't? Well, I suppose my friend didn't, he just said some "giant guy", ha! I wanted to say something to "Lurch", but I couldn't think of a single thing to say that wouldn't sound kind of stupid. Well, Sears always gave out free bags of popcorn to kids just so their mouths were full and they wouldn't be able to pester their parents to buy buy buy them things, so I just threw a "fun-knee" joke up to him by saying, "HEY KID... YOU HERE TO GET FREE POPCORN TOO?!" Mr. Cassidy's eyes grew a sparkle in them, letting me know that he thought what I had asked him was humorous, TINY me calling GIANT him a "kid" and all. Then he humored me kindly by slowly groaning out, in true Lurch fashion, " UUUUUUH....PEEEEENUT.... MMMMMM & MMMMMMS!". I laughed to let him know I thought what he had just said and done for me was "really cool". Then we talked for a couple of minutes more. I told him I was there with my mother and two sisters just to get new school clothes, he told me he was just browsing, but that he might pick up some new tools while he was there. Maybe buy a new washing machine because his old one was giving him trouble all the time now. That was on a Sunday afternoon. On Monday, I had the best "bragging rights" story to share before school, during short breaks between classes, at lunch and after school let out too. And I had a good friend to back up my story when other kids tried calling me a liar! I was only 13, and just starting 7th grade, and I was going to a school in Eagle Rock that was both Junior and Senior high, grades 7-12. Even the big kids wanted to hear every detail of what me and Lurch talked about, and specially where we had met so maybe they might visit there and encounter him later on just like I had. The Addams Family show had already ended production by then, 1970. But they still showed reruns at the time, every afternoon even.
You could close your eyes and think it was Lee Marvin talking
He was also a reporter at WFAA radio in Dallas immediately before taking the role of "Lurch" and was reporting there the day that JFK was assassinated.
Totally cool - NEVER saw him 'look like this' - Seems that he was a very cool guy - THX for posting!!!
What a magnificent voice.
I remember as a kid I recognized him on the Star Trek episode "what little girls are made of" I believe.. my friends said I was wrong until I showed them the credits at the end then waited a week for addams family to compare.
Appeared in 3 Star Trek episodes: Ruk in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?, plus the voice of Balok in "The Corbomite Maneuver" and the voice of the Gorn in "Arena."
TED CASSIDY HAS NICE DEEP VOICE SO TALL NICE GUY
ROBIN Rhodie 6'9" 250pds.
I loved him and his voice
Watched an old (as if there are any that aren't old) Beverly Hillbillies episode this morning featuring Mr. Cassidy as a gardener named Mr. Ted.