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'The Addams Family' Franchise
[est. 1938]
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The delightfully macabre Addams Family cartoons by Charles Addams [1912-88] first appeared in The New Yorker Magazine in 1938 and have been adapted The Addams Family Credo: Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc (We gladly feast on those who would subdue us.)
as television series (1964, 1973, 1992, 1998, 2022), as five feature films (1991, 1993, 1998, 2019, 2021), as a Broadway musical stageplay (2010),
as a series of video games - and as the usual themed merchandise.
— from "The Addams Family Movie" [1991]
The more recent "The Addams Family" animated feature film appeared in 2019, with voices of Oscar Isaac & Charlize Theron; its sequel "The Addams Family 2" appeared in 2021. The live action hit cable TV series "Wednesday" [2022-23] has been streaming on Netflix; within three weeks of release, "Wednesday" became the second-most-watched English-language Netflix series; the second season has been ordered. The series is exec-produced by Tim Burton; "Wednesday" has made a star of Jenna Ortega.
'The Addams Family' entry at Wikipedia
JAD's Unofficial Addams Family World Wide Web Site {last update 10/2021
search for books on keywords 'addams+family' {returns 500+ titles} at Amazon
Tee & Charles Addams Foundation [est. 1999]
Charles Addams entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Charles Addams Store {24 titles} at Amazon
Charles Addams credits [since 1964] at Internet Movie Database
The Cartoons and Books
browse books at the Charles Addams Store {24 titles} at Amazon
search for books on keywords 'addams+family' {returns 500+ titles} at Amazon
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 | "Drawn and Quartered: An Album of Drawings" [1942, re-issue 1962] by Charles Addams
"Here for the first time in paperback format, is Chas. Addams's Cartoon Collection #1: 115 Memorable, Tremorable Masterpieces" Pocket mass pb [1964] out of print/used Bantam mass pb [1946] out of print/used Simon & Schuster hardcover [10/62] out of print/used The World Publng Co. hardcover [1942] out of print/used |
 | "Addams and Evil" second cartoon collection [1947] Cartoons by Charles Addams, Introduction by Wolcott Gibbs [1902-58] Pocket Books mass pb [1965] out of print/scarce Simon & Schuster hardcover [1947] out of print/scarce Hamish Hamilton, Ltd. hardcover [1947] out of print/scarce |
 | "Afternoon In The Attic" [1950] Stories by John Kobler, Pictures by Chas Addams tales of 'eccentrics who work or play in the nether realms that lie just beyond the prosaic core of everyday lives' 135-page Dodd, Mead & Co. hardcover [1950] out of print/scarce |
 | "Monster Rally" third cartoon collection [Simon & Schuster 1950] by Charles Addams, Foreword by John O'Hara 91-page Simon & Schuster/Fireside pb [11/75] out of print/used Pocket Books mass pb [1965] out of print/scarce Hamish Hamilton, Ltd. hardcover [1951] out of print/used |
 | "Homebodies" fourth cartoon collection [1954] by Charles Addams "Even if you don't watch television, you'll have a subliminal liking {sic} for that unspeakable Addams Family, and the many others lurking within these pages." 128-page Pocket Cardinal mass pb [1965] out of print/used 128-page Pocket Cardinal mass pb [1965] out of print/used Simon & Schuster hardcover [1954] out of print/used 90-page Simon & Schuster hardcover [1954] out of print/used |
 | "Nightcrawlers" fifth cartoon collection [1957] by Charles Addams 128-page Pocket mass pb [1964] out of print/used 96-page Simon & Schuster hardcover [1957] out of print/used |
 | "Dear Dead Days: A Family Album" [1959] by Charles Addams 'The private world of the creator of 'The Addams Family' • not a collection of his cartoons (although it reprints a few), this is a scrapbook-like compendium of vintage images (and occasional pieces of text) that appealed to Addams’ sense of the grotesque, including Victorian woodcuts, vintage medicine-show advertisements, and a boyhood photograph of Francesco Lentini, who had three legs Berkley Books mass pb [1966] out of print/scarce G.P. Putnam & Sons hardcover [1959] out of print/scarce |
 | "Black Maria" sixth cartoon collection [1960] by Charles Addams
Pocket Books mass pb [1964] out of print/used Simon & Schuster hardcover [1960] out of print/used |
 | "The Groaning Board" seventh cartoon collection [1964] by Charles Addams
Simon & Schuster/Verve hardcover [1965] out of print/used 88-page Simon & Schuster hardcover [1964] out of print/used |
 | "The Penguin Charles Adams" [1965] not listed on Amazon • |
 | "The Charles Addams Mother Goose" [ages 4-10; 1967; re-issued 2002] by Charles Addams
Windmill Books pb [1977] out of print/used 64-page Simon & Schuster Children's Publng 12½x9½ hardcover [9/2002] for $45.00 56-page Windmill Books hardcover [1967] out of print/used |
 | "My Crowd: A Deliciously Diabolical Collection of Cartoons Featuring The Original Addams Family" eighth cartoon collection [1970] by Charles Addams
Fireside mass pb [11/91] out of print/used Fireside mass pb [10/90] out of print/used Barnes & Noble Books hardcover [2003] out of print/used Simon & Schuster hardcover [9/70] out of print/used |
 | "Favorite Haunts" ninth cartoon collection [1976] by Charles Addams
96-page Simon & Schuster hardcover [10/76] out of print/used |
 | "Creature Comforts" tenth cartoon collection [1981] by Charles Addams
Simon & Schuster pb [1983] out of print/used Simon & Schuster hardcover [1981] out of print/used |
 | "The World of Chas Addams" [1991] by Charles Addams A retrospective collection of the humorous, macabre artwork of Charles Addams featuring black-and-white drawings and full-color covers from The New Yorker Magazine, a selection spanning more than fifty years in Addams' long career posthumously compiled from among works owned by his third wife & widow 'Tee' Addams Alfred A. Knopf 11¾x9½ pb [9/93] out of print/used Alfred A. Knopf 12x10 hardcover [11/91] out of print/used |
 | "The Addams Family Album" [1992] by Charles Addams Hamish Hamilton, Ltd. 10¾x7¾ pb [2/92] out of print/used Hamish Hamilton, Ltd. 10¾x7¾ pb [2/92] out of print/used |
 | "Chas Addams Half-Baked Cookbook: Culinary Cartoons For The Humorously Famished" [2005] by Charles Addams Addams discovered and compiled some bizarre recipes from antiquated and out-of-the-way sources, then added very Addams-like names, such as 'Mushrooms Fester' or 'Hearts Stuffed'; featuring many previously-unpublished Addams drawings. Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster [6/2008] for $9.99 Simon & Schuster 9¼x7½ pb [5/2012] for $9.99 Simon & Schuster 9¼x7½ hardcover [9/2005] out of print/used |
 | "Chas Addams Happily Ever After: A Collection of Cartoons To Chill The Heart of Your Loved One" [2006] by Charles Addams "Love ... passion ... pain ... revenge. Charles Addams shows how to keep a relationship on the rocks." Many of these cartoons are previously-unpublished gems. Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster [6/2008] for $12.99 Simon & Schuster 9¼x7½ pb [8/2012] for $15.59 Simon & Schuster 9¼x7¾ hardcover [1/2006] out of print/used |
 | "The Addams Family: An Evilution" [2010] Cartoons & Text by Charles Addams, Text by H. Kevin Miserocchi (Addams Foundation) ten chapters exploring each Addams Family character, as well as their mansion; more than 200 cartoons, many in color, approximately 50 published here for the first time Pomegranate Commns 10¼x8¼ hardcover [3/2010] for $35.96 |
 | "La Famille Addams, Illustrated" [2016] by Charles Addams
possibly a translation of "The World of Chas Addams" [1991] French-language Huginn Muninn 10¼x8¼ pb [10/2016] import/scarce |
 | "The Addams Family: Meet The Family (I Can Read Level 2)" [ages 4-8; 2019] by Alexandra West, Illustrated by Lissy Marlin story excerpted from the animated movie HarperCollins 9x6 pb [9/2019] out of print/used "The Addams Family: A Frightful Welcome (I Can Read Level 3)" [ages 4-8; 2019] by Alexandra West, Illustrated by Lissy Marlin The Addams Family's first meeting with their new neighbors is terribly awkward . . . HarperCollins 9x6 pb [9/2019] out of print/scarce |
 | "Addams' Apple: The New York Cartoons of Charles Addams" [2020] Foreword by Sarah M. Henry (Museum of The City of New York), Preface by Lucy Sante more than 150 cartoons by Charles Addams, including some previously unpublished Pomegranate Commns 10x8 hardcover [4/2020] for $22.88 |
Movies & Television
Charles Addams credits [since 1964] at Internet Movie Database
"The Addams Family" TV series [MGM/Filmways/ABC-TV 1964-66]
 | All 64 ½-hour episodes filmed in b&w; in Spanish-speaking countries, the series title is translated as "Los Locos Addams" (The Crazy Addamses); the Spanish-dubbed version of the series has Gomez called 'Homero', Uncle Fester is 'Tío Lucas', Pugsley is 'Pericles', Wednesday is 'Merlina', and Lurch is 'Largo' • Developed for television & exec-produced by David Levy; line pro-ducer Nat Perrin; based on characters created by Charles Addams; music by Vic Mizzy; regular cast includes: John Astin {as Gomez}, Carolyn Jones {as Morticia}, Jackie Coogan {as Uncle Fester}, Ted Cassidy {as Lurch}, Marie Blake aka 'Blossom Rock' {as Grandmama}, Lisa Loring {as Wednesday}, Ken Weatherwax {as Pugsley}, Jack Voglin {as Thing T. Thing}, Felix Silla & Roger Arroyo & Anthony Magro {as Cousin Itt*}, Margaret Hamilton {as Granny Frump}, announcer's voice by Bill Baldwin & Bob LeMond, lions Zamba & Clarence {as Kitty-Cat};
guest actors include: Vito Scotti, Don Rickles, Ellen Corby, Skip Homeier, Jesse White, Fred Clark, Peter Bonerz, Jeff Donnell, Marty Ingels, Robby the Robot, muscleman Jack LaLanne, Virginia Gregg, Roland Winters, Allyn Joslyn, Jimmy Cross, Rolfe Sedan, Leonard Bremen, George Petrie, Hugh Sanders, Natalie Masters, Loyal T. Lucas, Ray Kellogg, Barry Kelley, Richard Reeves
series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia not available on Amazon Prime in USA because of licensing restrictions complete series: DVD [11/2007] 9 disks for $20.49 complete series: DVD [11/2007] 9 disks for $20.49 Volume 1: Warner Bros./MGM b&w DVD [10/2006] 3 disks for $9.99 Volume 1: Fox Home Media b&w DVD [2016?] 3 disks for $39.65 Volume 2: Warner Bros./MGM b&w DVD [7/2020] 3 disks for $9.87 Volume 3: Warner Bros./MGM b&w DVD [7/2009] 3 disks for $13.99 |
"Lurch Learns To Dance" [Season 1, Episode 13 Dec 1964] /tt0505431/
watch full episode with ads [10/2019 upload; 25:41] online at YouTube
"Lurch's Little Helper" [Season 2, Episode 27 March 1966] /tt0505434/
watch full episode in 9 parts [3/2022 upload] online at 'Robbie Robot' YouTube Channel
 | "The Addams Chronicles" [1981, rev 1998] by Stephen Cox
A behind-the-scenes look at television's "Addams Family" tracing the Addams family tree from Aunt Anemia to Uncle Tic; includes cast interviews, never-before-published private photos, plot details for every episode, and more "Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Addams Family" [1981] HarperCollins mass pb [1993] out of print/used Perennial pb [1991] out of print/used "An Altogether Ooky Look At The Addams Family" [1998] Foreword by John Astin Kindle Edition from Cumberland House Publng [1998 2nd edition] for $15.99 Cumberland House Publng 2nd edition 9¾x8 pb [10/98] out of print/used |
"The New Scooby-Doo Movies" [1972-73] single episode #3 "Wednesday Is Missing" [Sept 1972] /tt0659612/
featuring voices of John Astin, Carolyn Jones, actress Jodie Foster {at age 10-11} as Pugsley Addams, Cindy Henderson, Jackie Coogan,
Janet Waldo, Ted Cassidy, John Stephenson
"The Addams Family Fun-House" TV special [Viacom/ABC-TV Aug 1973] /tt4476420/
pilot rejected by ABC-TV; the Addams Family hosts a variety show; starring Jack Riley, Liz Torres, Butch Patrick, Noelle Von Sonn,
Stubby Kaye, Pat McCormick, Felix Silla
"The Addams Family" 16-episode animated TV series [1973-74] /tt0069554/
Produced by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera; series created by David Levy; directed by Charles Nichols; featuring voices of Lennie Weinrib, Janet Waldo,
actress Jodie Foster {at age 11-12} as Pugsley Addams, Cindy Henderson, Jackie Coogan, Janet Waldo, Ted Cassidy, John Stephenson
"Halloween With The New Addams Family" TV movie [1977] /tt0126771/
starring John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Ken Weatherwax, Lisa Loring, Jackie Coogan, Jane Rose, Ted Cassidy, Felix Silla
"The Addams Family" [1991] /tt0101272/
directed by Barry Sonnenfeld; starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Jimmy Workman, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, Judith Malina,
Carel Struycken, Christopher Hart, John Franklin, Dan Hedaya
"The Addams Family" 21-episode animated TV Series [1992-93] /tt0222517/
featuring voices of John Astin, Nancy Linari, Jeannie Elias, Debi Derryberry, Rip Taylor, Carol Channing, Jim Cummings, Pat Fraley
"Addams Family Values" [1993] /tt0106220/
starring Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Jimmy Workman, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd, Carol Kane, Carel Struycken, Christopher Hart,
John Franklin, Ian Abercrombie, Matthew Beebe, Chris Ellis, Ryan Holihan, Kaitlyn Hooper, Kristen Hooper, Dana Ivey
"Honey Nut Cheerios: The Addams Family" short [1994] /tt13315822/
"Addams Family Reunion" TV Movie [1998] /tt0146402/
starring Tim Curry, Daryl Hannah, Nicole Fugere, Jerry Messing, Carel Struycken, Patrick Thomas, Alice Ghostley, Christopher Hart, Phil Fondacaro
http://www.amazon.com/Addams-Family-Reunion-Daryl-Hannah/dp/0790736977/ VHS Tape
http://www.amazon.com/Addams-Family-Values-Daryl-Hannah/dp/0790736985/ VHS Tape
"The New Addams Family" 65-episode live-action TV series [Fox Family Channel 1998-99] /tt0172031/
starring Michael Roberds, John DeSantis, Steven Fox, Nicole Fugere, Ellie Harvie, Betty Phillips, Brody Smith, Glenn Taranto, David Mylrea, Paul Dobson
"The Addams Family" stop-motion feature film [abandoned 2013]
Illumination Entertainment, in partnership with Universal Pictures, acquired the film rights to the characters based on Charles Addams' original drawings in 2010;
they planned to produce an entirely stop-motion animated feature; Tim Burton was set to co-write & co-produce the film, with the possibility to direct as well;
the project was cancelled in July 2013.
"The Addams Family" episode #8 [Oct 2019] /tt11067952/ of the "Evolved" TV series [IMDb Originals 2018-2020] /tt9052400/
5-minute short written & produced by Scott Brooks + http://www.imdb.com/video/vi59359001/
"The Addams Family" animated feature film [MGM/UA Oct 2019] /tt1620981/
voices of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Bette Midler, Snoop Dogg, Conrad Vernon, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Kroll, Finn Wolfhard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Ug863S8dQ trailer 2:43
 | "The Addams Family: An Original Picture Book - Includes Lyrics To The Iconic Song!" [ages 4-8; 2019] Music & Lyrics by Vic Mizzy, Illustrated by Lissy Marlin book says there is an ebook edition, but not found on Amazon (1/2023) 32-page HarperCollins movie tie-in 11x9½ hardcover [9/2019] for $17.99 |
"The Addams Family: The Junior Novel" [Sep 2019] by Calliope Glass
http://www.amazon.com/Addams-Family-Junior-Novel/dp/006294682X/
http://www.amazon.com/Addams-Family-Deluxe-Junior-Novel/dp/0062946811/
"The Addams Family Strokes / Orgy" [2019] short films /tt12497242/
viewed by almost 20 million viewers as counted June 2020 on streaming service Pornhub
"The Addams Family 2" [2021] /tt11125620/
voices of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Snoop Dogg, Conrad Vernon, Bette Midler, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Kroll, and Javon 'Wanna' Walton
http://www.universalpictures.co.uk/micro/the-addams-family-2#iframe1
"Tim Burton's Wednesday" hit cable TV series [MGM-TV/Netflix streaming 2022-23]
 | Filmed in Romania; Wednesday Addams is sent away to Nevermore Academy, a school for all kinds of misfits, and finds herself investigating an on-campus murder . . . • Executive produced by Tim Burton, Kevin Miserocchi (Addams Foundation), several others; directed by Tim Burton, James Marshall, Gandja Monteiro; exec produced & written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Kayla Alpert; written by April Blair & Matt Lambert; based on characters created by Charles Addams; music by Chris Bacon & Danny Elfman; starring Jenna Ortega {title role}, Catherine Zeta-Jones {as Morticia}, Luis Guzmán {as Gomez}, Isaac Ordonez {as Pugsley}, George Burcea {as Lurch}, Victor Dorobantu {as Thing}, Fred Armisen {as Uncle Fester}, Karina Varadi {as 6-year-old Wednesday}, Lucius Hoyos {as young Gomez}, Gwen Jones {as young Morticia}, Christina Ricci {as Marilyn Thornhill}, Gwendoline Christie {as Principal Larissa Weems}, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Georgie Farmer, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Naomi J. Ogawa, Johnna Dias-Watson, Oliver Watson, Moosa Mostafa, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Daniel Himschoot, Iman Marson, Calum Ross, Cezar Grumazescu, Morgan Beale, Tommie Earl Jenkins, Islam Bouakkaz, William Houston, Rina Mahoney, Georgia Goodman, Murray McArthur, Oliver Wickham
series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia • official series homepage DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • watch the Season 2 announcement [0:55] free on YouTube |
Despite having COVID symptoms that day, Jenna Ortega delivered a memorable dance that has become the talk of social media; the dance scene
has gone so viral that the song "Goo Goo Muck" by The Cramps increased its Spotify streams by 9.5% since "Wednesday" debuted.
watch Netflix official dance clip with lyrics [1:22] online at YouTube
Stageplays, Other Media
"Out of This World" daily cartoon panel by Charles Addams
published from 1955-1957 in newspapers owned by the Bell-McClure/Nana Syndicate
article "The Addams Family Secret" in The New Yorker Magazine [July 2018]
how a massive painting by Charles Addams wound up hidden away in a university library
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"The Addams Family" Broadway musical comedy [2010-2011]
 | 35 previews & 722 performances at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on W. 46th Street in New York City, March 2010 to Dec 2011; written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice ("Jersey Boys"), award-winning composer/lyricist Andrew Lippa ("The Wild Party"), and directed by Julian Crouch and Tony Award®-winner Jerry Zaks; produced at the Mercury Theater of Chicago, Illinois in 2015 and awarded the Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Midsize Musical; Wednesday has grown up and fallen in love, so the Addams family hosts a dinner for her sweet & smart 'normal' boyfriend and his parents • credits at Internet Broadway Database • A musical in two acts; starring Tony Award®-winner Nathan Lane ("The Producers") as Gomez and Bebe Neuwirth as Morticia; Terrence Mann as Mal Beineke, Carolee Carmello as Alice Beineke, Kevin Chamberlin (Tony Award®-nominated for his performance as Uncle Fester), Jackie Hoffman as Grandma, Zachary James as Lurch, Adam Riegler as Pugsley, Wesley Taylor as Lucas Beineke, Krysta Rodriguez as Wednesday, Adam Riegler, Fred Inkley • not listed at IMDb •
stageplay entry at Wikipedia
DVD/Blu-ray not available • published playscript not found (1/2023) Verve audio CD [4/2010] 21 tracks for $13.98 Original Cast Recording MP-3 album [4/2010] 21 tracks for $9.49 |
"The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy" [May 2022]
presented by Hendrick Hudson High School in Montrose, New York
Directed by Clare Carey and Erica Denler; Meet the Cast
"The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy" [Oct 2022]
presented by Snow College Performing Arts of Ephraim, Utah
"The Old Dark House" comedy horror feature [Universal Pictures Oct 1932]
 | Charles Addams's whole career was inspired by this movie; five travellers seek shelter from a violent storm in the decaying Welsh country home of the eccentric Femm family • Produced by Carl Laemmle Jr.; directed by James Whale; screenplay by Benn W. Levy, from a novel by J.B. Priestley; additional dialogue by R.C. Sherriff; starring {Boris} Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond, Ernest Thesiger, Eva Moore, Raymond Massey, Gloria Stuart, Elspeth Dudgeon (portrayed male, billed as John Dudgeon), Brember Wills • This film was considered to be lost until director Curtis Harrington tracked down printable negative elements in 1968; restored at Eastman House
full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia Kino Video b&w DVD [9/2003] for $35.99 watch official trailer [9/2017 upload; 1:57] online at YouTube watch full movie [10/2017 upload; 1:12:02] online at YouTube |
 | "Benighted" [1927] by J.B. Priestley [1894-1984]
A couple and their friend seek shelter from a storm in an ancient, crumbling mansion inhabited by a strange and sinister family; Priestley's second novel; 2023 editions include Introduction by Orrin Grey Kindle Edition from Open Road Media [1/2023] for $2.99 Kindle Edition from Valancourt Books [3/2013] for $7.99 Valancourt Books 9x6 pb [7/2018] for $16.99 Bibliotech Press 9x6 pb [1/2023] for $18.66 Bibliotech Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2023] for $30.64 |
"The Old Dark House" comedy horror remake
[Hammer Films/Columbia Pictures Oct 1963]
 | The title sequence drawings were by Charles Addams, which also showed his hand; an American car salesman in England one stormy night finds an eccentric millionaire client murdered in the old, dark house that he shared with eccentric family members • Produced & directed by William Castle; screenplay by Robert Dillon, based on a novel by J.B. Priestley; starring Tom Poston, Robert Morley, Janette Scott, Joyce Grenfell, Mervyn Johns, Fenella Fielding, Peter Bull {dual role}, Danny Green, John Harvey, John Adams, Jack Arrow, Jim Brady, Amy Dalby, Joyce Everson, Angela Kay, Aileen Lewis, John Lynn, Harry Phipps
full credits at IMDb • Hammer Films official movie homepage Sony Pictures Ent. color DVD-R [9/2012] for $19.99 Encore Ent. color Castilian overdub VHS [7/2012] out of prodn/used watch official trailer [2/2019 upload; 2:47] online at YouTube watch full movie [1/2019 upload; 1:26:24] online at YouTube |
"Murder By Death" [Rastar/Columbia June 1976]
 | Detective spoof written by playwright Neil Simon: Five famous literary detectives and their sidekicks are invited by an eccentric millionaire for dinner and a 'murder at midnight' performance; but before midnight, the butler is found dead, and then other murders follow. James Coco portrays the Hercule Poirot spoof 'Milo Perrier', and Elsa Lanchester portrays the Miss Marple spoof 'Miss Jessica Marbles'; David Niven & Maggie Smith portray the Nick & Nora spoofs 'Dick & Dora Charleston'; Peter Falk portrays the Sam Spade spoof 'Sam Diamond'; and Peter Sellers portrays the Charlie Chan spoof 'Sidney Wang' with Richard Narita as his #1 son Willie; DVD extras include trailers & Neil Simon interview; the anim-ated cutout seen at the beginning and end of the movie was made by Charles Addams • Co-produced by Ray Stark; directed by Robert Moore; also starring Truman Capote, Alec Guinness; W.G.A. nom for Best Original Script
Sony widescreen color DVD [12/2001] for $9.99 Sony color VHS [6/94] out of prodn/many used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Murder By Death: A Conversation with Neil Simon" [1999]
credits at IMDb • produced & directed by Michael Gillis
watch full interview [7/2017 upload; 10:21] online at YouTube
Pinball and Video Games
Games Category at Addams Family Wiki
"The Addams Family" pinball game [Midway/Bally March 1992]
 | Manufactured by Midway under the Bally brand name and released in 1992; game table consists of twelve rooms in the mansion and a bookcase that hides a secret vault; one of the most-popular pinball machines from its release and still so today, a huge collector favorite
Addams Family arcade pinball game page at Addams Family Wiki detail entry & photos at Internet Pinball Database refurbished arcade pinball machine for $16,000 on pre-order watch 20-minute game with sound [10/2015 upload; 21:45] at YouTube |
 | "Elvira Canaveral Illuminates Your Tour of The Addams Family Pinball Mansion: A PINball COMic BOok Guide To The Most Popular Pinball Game of All Time" [2019] by Elvira Canaveral and Ryan N.S. Richards authors are cultish pinball geeks, with connections to others on Twitch 40-page Kindle Edition from PinComBo [1/2019] for $9.69 48-page PinComBo 11x8½ pb [1/2019] for $15.23 |
 | "{Uncle} Fester's Quest" video game [Sunsoft Sept 1989] Fester Addams must defeat space alien invaders who abducted the entire population of the city bare credits at IMDb • game entry at Wikipedia Sunsoft/Amazon Renewed for NES [4/2020] for $14.99 Fester's Quest 1989 video game page at Addams Family Wiki |
"The Addams Family handheld" video game [1991]
 | "The Addams Family" video game [Ocean Software 1992] produced for Master System, Sega Genesis, SNES, Amiga, Atari ST, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Gear, Game Boy, Commodore 64, and other platforms; Abigail Craven and her lawyers scheme to obtain The Addams Family's secret wealth; Gomez Addams must stop them; tension increases when Abigail kidnaps other Addams Family members game credits not found at IMDb • game entry at Wikipedia America Game cartridge for Sega Genesis [12/2019] - availability unknown Nintendo/Amazon Renewed refurbished cartridge for Super NES [9/2020] for $74.99 CrebbaTECH 16-bit game card [10/2020] for SNES - availability unknown The Addams Family 1992 video game page at Addams Family Wiki |
 | "The Addams Family: Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt" video game [Ocean Software 1992] 46-pin cartridge was produced for NTSC Game Player, Super Nintendo, Game Boy Wednesday sends Pugsley to find six items in the six rooms of their haunted mansion home bare credits at IMDb • game entry at Wikipedia Royal Retro 16-bit Big Gray Game Card [2/2021] for NTSC for $26.49 CrebbaTECH 16-bit game card [10/2020] for SNES - price unknown Addams Family Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt 1992 video game page at Addams Family Wiki |
 | "Addams Family Values" video game [Ocean Software 1994] produced for SNES & Sega Mega Drive (in Europe only); Fester searches for his recently-kidnapped baby nephew Pubert E. Addams game credits not found at IMDb • game entry at Wikipedia CrebbaTECH refurbished game card [10/2020] for SNES - price unknown Nintendo/Amazon Renewed refurbished game card [9/2006] for SNES - price unknown Addams Family Values 1994 video game page at Addams Family Wiki |
 | "The New Addams Family Series" for Game Boy Color [7th Sense 2001]
The Addams Family Mansion has been bought by a company called 'Funnyday' that wants to tear down the house and surrounding grounds and build an amusement park none for sale on Amazon (1/2023), try eBay or Etsy New Addams Family for Game Boy page at Addams Family Wiki |
 | "The Addams Family Mystery Mansion" video game [PixOwl/Animoca 2019]
for Android and iOS operating systems; developed by PixOwl Inc and released by Animoca Brands none for sale on Amazon (1/2023), try eBay or Etsy Addams Family Mystery Mansion 2019 video game page at Addams Family Wiki |
 | "The Addams Family: Mansion Mayhem" video game [Outright Games Sept 2021] produced for Playstation-4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam platforms; 1-4 players, ages 10 & up; Wednesday, Pugsley, Gomez, and Morticia must save the Addams Family Mansion . . . voice director Margaret Tang; featuring voices of Jocelyn Blue, Paul Castro Jr., Kaiser Johnson, Alexa Kahn, Bill Rogers, Jonathan Lipow, Cristina Valenzuela, Kellen Goff full credits at IMDb • official movie site • watch official trailer [1:31] online at YouTube Outright Games for Nintendo Switch [9/2021] for $19.99 Outright Games for Playstation4 [9/2021] for $23.99 Outright Games for Xbox One [9/2021] for $18.99 |
Board Games
 | "The Addams Family" TV series tie-in board game [Ideal Toy Corp. 1964]
game set includes game board, Thing spinner, family cards, Thing cards, plastic markers none for sale on Amazon (1/2023), try eBay or Etsy Addams Family TV 1964 board game page at Addams Family Wiki |
 | "The Addams Family" TV series tie-in card game [Milton Bradley 1964]
for ages 7-15; includes 64 cards that are 6 inches tall none for sale on Amazon (1/2023), try eBay or Etsy Addams Family TV 1964 card game page at Addams Family Wiki |
 | "The Addams Family" board game [Milton Bradley, Target Games 1974]
for 2-4 players, ages 7-12; other details hard to find none for sale on Amazon (1/2023), try eBay or Etsy bare entry on BoardGameGeek website |
 | "The Addams Family Family Board Game" [Brand Makers/Pressman Toy Corp. 1991]
for 2-4 players; other details hard to find • none for sale on Amazon (1/2023), try eBay or Etsy bare entry on BoardGameGeek website |
 | "The Addams Family Creepy Mansion Action Game" [Pressman Toy Corp. 1992]
for 2-4 players, ages 6 & up • none for sale on Amazon (1/2023), try eBay or Etsy Addams Family 1992 Creepy Mansion game page at Addams Family Wiki |
 | "The Addams Family: A Delightfully Frightful Creepy Board Game" [2021] For 2 to 7 players, ages 13 and up; choose from 3 levels of play: Frightful, Dreadful, or Grotesque!; includes 1 board (16x16 inches), 1 rulebook, 48 cards, 35 tokens, 7 character playing pieces with stands, 7 character icons, and 2 dice Pomegranate Commns 8½x8½x2-inch box [11/2021] for $29.95 |
Merchandise
search on keywords 'Addams+Family+merchandise' {returns over 4,000 items} at Amazon
 | "Pomegranate The Addams Family 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle" [2022]
finished puzzle measures 20x27 inches Pomegranate Commns puzzle in 13x10x2-inch box [8/2022] for $22.95 |
 | "The Addams Family Fortune" scratchers [2022] 
California Lottery ticket launched 8/2022: price $2, top prize $30,000, 'win up to 15 times !' Mississippi Lottery ticket launched 10/2022: price $5, top prize $100,000, 'win up to 15 times !' other versions sold in Pennsylvania, Vermont watch 9/2022 official MS Lottery promo [0:30] online at YouTube |
 | Netflix Wednesday 3-D Printed Miniature Figure [12/2022] 3-D printed plastic figure comes in two sizes: 4" tall & 8" tall; prices vary for unpainted ($9.99 or $19.99) and painted ($59.99 or $139.99) versions not available at Amazon (1/2023) • available from Dream Walker Studios on Etsy |
Principal Characters
Gomez Addams
Morticia Frump Addams
Wednesday Friday Addams
Pugsley Addams
Lurch the Butler
Uncle Fester is Morticia's uncle
Grandmama Addams
Cousin Itt*
Thing the Hand
created in movie & TV shows by various actors and special effects crew; his full name is Thing T. Thing (the T stands for 'Thing'); his Spanish-language name is
'Dedos', which translates into English as 'Fingers'; also Fester's affectionate nickname for Thing is 'Fingers'. Thing was played by Victor Dorobantu, a magician
in the 1964 TV series; Christopher Hart, also a magician, played Thing in "The Addams Family" [1991] and "Addams Family Values" [1993].
Thing in the German version is called 'Eiskaltes Händchen', which translates into English as 'ice cold little hand'.
Minor Characters
baby nephew Pubert E. Addams
Abigail Craven and her lawyers
Ophelia Frump, Morticia's older sister
Pugsley and Gomez created a computer named Whizzo (portrayed by a UNIVAC mainframe)
and a robot named Smiley (played by Robby the Robot)
the occasional role of Granny Frump was played by Margaret Hamilton
Miss Weems was the name of the family babysitter
Principal Larissa Weems runs the Nevermore Academy school in the "Wednesday" cable series
Gomez's stockbroker's name is Blucher (prounounced 'blooker')
the Addams family doctor is a witch doctor named Dr. Mbogo Mbogo
Margaux Needler is the villain in the 2019 animated film
Pets and Toys
the family pet vulture is named Zelda
the family pet Lion is named Kitty Cat
Pugsley's pet Octopus is named Aristotle
the tree near the Addams' house is named Ichabod
Wednesday's pet octopus in the 2019 film is named Socrates
Wednesday's pet black widow spider is named Homer
Wednesday's pet scorpion was named Nero
Wednesday's headless doll is named Marie Antoinette (or possibly Anne Boleyn)
the polar bear rug that growls whenever someone walks on it is named Bruno
Morticia's man-eating plant is named Cleopatra
Principal Humans
Fred Armisen in "Wednesday" TV series
John Astin as Gomez Addams
Ted Cassidy as Lurch the Butler
Kevin Chamberlin on Broadway
Carol Channing
Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester
Tim Curry as Gomez Addams
Debi Derryberry
voice of John DeSantis
Snoop Dogg
Jeannie Elias
actress Jodie Foster {at age 10-11} voiced Pugsley Addams
on the Scooby-Doo TV series in 1972 and on "The Addams Family" TV series in 1973
Pat Fraley
John Franklin
Nicole Fugere + voice
Alice Ghostley
Luis Guzmán in "Wednesday" TV series
Cindy Henderson
Anjelica Huston as Morticia
Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams
Daryl Hannah
voice of Ellie Harvie
Jackie Hoffman on Broadway
Anjelica Huston as Morticia Addams
Oscar Isaac
Zachary James on Broadway
Raul Julia
Carol Kane
Stubby Kaye
Nick Kroll
Nathan Lane on Broadway as Gomez Addams
Nancy Linari as Morticia Addams
Christopher Lloyd
Lisa Loring [1958-2023]
as Wednesday Addams in the 1964 TV show and again in the 1977 TV film "Halloween With The New Addams Family"
Judith Malina
Pat McCormick
Jerry Messing
Bette Midler
Chloë Grace Moretz as Wednesday Addams
Bebe Neuwirth on Broadway as Morticia Addams
Isaac Ordonez in "Wednesday" TV series
Jenna Ortega {title role} in "Wednesday" TV series
Butch Patrick
voice of Betty Phillips
Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams
Adam Riegler on Broadway
Jack Riley
voice of Michael Roberds
Blossom Rock as Grandmama Addams
Krysta Rodriguez on Broadway
Jane Rose
Felix Silla as Cousin Itt*
voice of Brody Smith
Carel Struycken
voice of Glenn Taranto
Rip Taylor
Charlize Theron {live action & voice} as Morticia Addams
Patrick Thomas
Liz Torres
Conrad Vernon
Noelle Von Sonn
Janet Waldo
Javon 'Wanna' Walton
Ken Weatherwax as Pugsley Addams
Lennie Weinrib as Gomez Addams
Finn Wolfhard
Jimmy Workman
Catherine Zeta-Jones in "Wednesday" TV series as Morticia Addams
The Author
Charles Samuel Addams [1912-88]
Born in 1912 in Westfield, New Jersey; worked as an art editor and published his cartoons in The Weathervane, the Westfield High School student;
literary magazine; moved to Sagaponack, New York in 1985, where he named his estate 'The Swamp'; his ashes are buried there.
He managed to publish twelve hundred drawings in The New Yorker Magazine; cartoons not printed in The New Yorker were often in Collier’s and TV Guide
He received the Yale Humor Award in 1954 and a Special Edgar Award in 1961 for Cartoonist of the Macabre from the Mystery Writers of America,
for the full body of his work - the first non-novelist to receive this distinction; he was given an honorary doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania;
in 2020, he was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame; he was posthumously inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in November 2022.
Charles Addams entry at Wikipedia
browse books at the Charles Addams Store {24 titles} at Amazon
Charles Addams credits [since 1964] at Internet Movie Database
first wife Barbara Jean Day Addams Hershey [1919-2007]
married in 1942, divorced in 1950; married author John Hersey [1914-2003] in 1958
second wife Barbara Estella Barb Addams Hopkinson [] married in 1954 - divorced in 1956
in the divorce settlement she was awarded copyright to some of his work; she married Henry Lennox D'Aubigne Hopkinson,
1st Baron Colyton [1902-96] in December 1956, giving her the title "Lady Colyton"
third wife Marilyn Matthews Miller 'Tee' Addams [1926-2002] - married in a pet cemetery, widowed 1988
"The Man From The South" [aired Aug 7, 1955] s4 episode 6 /tt0535633/ of Cameo Theatre [NBC-TV 1950-55] /tt0365990/
Directed by Albert McCleery; story by Roald Dahl [1916-90], adapted by Peter Kortner; narrated by Charles Addams
"Cartoons of Loriot" (1967–1972)
/tt1134129/ ep 3 s1 + /tt0391586/ series
Director Peter Kleinknecht, writer Vicco von Bülow; featuring Vicco von Bülow, Alexander Störk, Charles Addams
"The Dick Cavett Show" (1975–1982) episode dated 6 April 1978 /tt7229704/
Director: Richard Romagnola | Stars: Charles Addams, George Booth, Dick Cavett, Lee Lorenz
"Funny Business: An Inside Look At The Art of Cartooning" TV movie [2010] /tt18160810/
A documentary on the cartoonists of the New Yorker; Director: Lyda Ely | Stars: Charles Addams, George Booth, Roz Chast, Julie Dengel
 | "Charles Addams: A Cartoonist's Life" [2021] by Linda H. Davis
first biography, written with exclusive access to Charles Addams’s private archives Kindle Edition from Turner [10/2021] for $14.49 Turner 8¾c5¾ pb [10/2021] for $20.99 Turner 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2021] for $31.99 |
Image Gallery
L i n k s
'The Addams Family' entry at Wikipedia
JAD's Unofficial Addams Family World Wide Web Site {last update 10/2021
Charles Addams credits [since 1964] at Internet Movie Database
Westfield, New Jersey celebrates AddamsFest [October 2022 = #5]
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