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The series combined witty dialogue with moments of slapstick comedy. Astin played Harry Dickens to Ingels's Arch Fenster, as two trouble-prone carpenters. In 1961, Astin appeared in the final episode of the ABC police drama The Asphalt Jungle.ĭuring the 1962–63 television season, Astin had his first lead in a television series, the ABC sitcom I'm Dickens, He's Fenster, co-starring with Marty Ingels.
His first big break in film came with a small role in West Side Story (1961).ĭuring this period, his talent for also playing comedy was spotted by actor Tony Randall, leading to guest starring roles on the sitcom Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North The Donna Reed Show and Harrigan and Son, starring Pat O'Brien, the first carried on CBS and the latter two carried on ABC.
Career Īstin started in theater, making his first Broadway appearance as an understudy in Major Barbara, and also did voice-over work for commercials. He studied mathematics at Washington & Jefferson and then drama at Johns Hopkins he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Johns Hopkins. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1952, after transferring from Washington & Jefferson College. At that time, Astin and his family resided on Battery Lane in Bethesda, Maryland. Allen Varley Astin, who was the director of the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology). His second wife was actress Patty Duke, and Astin is the adoptive father of Duke's son, actor Sean Astin.Īstin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Margaret Linnie (née Mackenzie) and Dr. Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short Prelude (1968). Other notable film roles include West Side Story (1961), That Touch of Mink (1962), Move Over, Darling (1963), Freaky Friday (1976), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Teen Wolf Too (1987) and The Frighteners (1996).
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He is best known for starring in The Addams Family (1964–1966), as patriarch Gomez Addams, reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993).Īstin starred in the cult classic TV film Evil Roy Slade (1972). John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles.
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