Ted Cassidy, who played Lurch on the TV show, The Addams Family was a towering 6 feet and 9 inches tall. The role of Lurch as the butler was intended to be mute but when the actor spoke his first famous "You rang" line, the idea of being mute went out the window.

Also, besides being Lurch, Ted Cassidy played the role of "Thing" on the show, the hand without a body who helped out with the Addams family. Thus, with all his acting abilities, Ted helped the show to run for two seasons in 64 half-hour episodes from September 18, 1964 until September 2, 1966.

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