John Astin Actor, Director, Professor
John Astin Reads The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe
John Astin, Mackenzie Astin, and Jason Michael Maur
John Astin - No Returning
- Date of Birth: 30 March, 1930
- Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland , U.S.
- Biography: John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television shows, and is best known for the role of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, and other similarly eccentric comedic characters.
Filmography
- Starship II: Rendezvous with Ramses (2008)
- What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole (2006)
- School of Life (2005)
- Out of Habit (2002)
- Betaville (2001)
- Kid Quick (2000)
- Becker All the Rage (2000)
- The Frighteners (1996)
- The Nanny Your Feets Are Too Big (1996)
- The Nanny Tattoo (1996)
- The Twisted Adventures of Felix the Cat (1995)
- Harrison Bergeron (1995)
News
Baltimore celebrates the life of Edgar Allan Poe with a funeral fit for the master of the macabre
baltimoresun.com –
2009-10-02
Edgar Allan Poe is finally getting the send-off he always deserved -- from a city that has spent decades claiming him as one of its own. ... Full Article
Stage performances
freep.com –
2009-07-09
"Alice in Wonderland": A modern-day version of Lewis Carroll's classic tale, final performances 10:30 a.m. Thu.-Sat. Hilberry Theatre, 4743 Cass, Detroit. 313-577-2972. www.hilberry.com . $8, $5 kids. ... Full Article
'Gomez Addams' playing Poe
upi.com –
2009-01-18
WESTMINSTER, Md., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- Actor John Astin says he's been a loyal fan of the 19th century author Edgar Allen Poe , who he is portraying in tribute events in Baltimore. ... Full Article
Happy 200th Edgar Allan Poe!
baltimoresun.com –
2009-01-15
While your 2009 calendar is still fresh, starts saving the dates for the area's top literary events. One year-long celebration kicks off next weekend, as Baltimore marks the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth, but there are many other... ... Full Article
John Astin adopts a stern and grave decorum at Poe's burial site. (Baltimore Sun photo by Doug Kapustin / January 14, 2009)
baltimoresun.com –
2009-01-14
A lthough not a victim of premature burial, the fate he so chillingly conceived for several of his fictional characters, Edgar Allan Poe still shows remarkable signs of life from beyond his own grave in Westminster Burial Ground, where his... ... Full Article
Evil Roy Slade was a 1972 made-for-TV western spoof (with John Astin, of The Addams Family fame, Mickey Rooney and Milton Berle) that relatively few people have seen and most have never heard of. And yet, sometime in the late-80s, ... Full Article