Ted Cassidy Had a Troubled Career Tragic Death
Ted Cassidy was born in Pennsylvania but was raised in Phillip, West Virginia. Even when he was young, he was always tall. By the time he was a teenager, he had already surpassed six feet. He was remarkably gifted as a student and also loved played football and basketball in his school years. The other kids picked on him, not only for being tall but also for being one of the youngest kids in his class. He didn t let these taunts and jabs hold him back from chasing his dream though. In college, he studied acting and speech and later landed a job as a DJ at a local radio station in Dallas, Texas. It was while he was working at the station that he made his first appearance on local TV. That entrylevel role led to a small part in the film The Angry Red Planet, where he played a towering Martian. A couple of years after his first film role he joined the cast of The Addams Family in what was his most iconic role, Lurch.
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