Career Īstin started his performing career in theater, making his first Broadway appearance as an understudy in Major Barbara, in 1954 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).
#Mr jones graveyard shift celebrity tv#
After the death of Lisa Loring on January 28, 2023, Astin is the last surviving main cast member of The Addams Family.Īstin starred in the TV film Evil Roy Slade (1972).
#Mr jones graveyard shift celebrity series#
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). John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles.
0 kommentar(er)
