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Lurch is a 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) tall, shambling, gloomy butler.In the original Addams Family television series, Lurch has a deep and resonant voice. Although fully capable of normal speech, Lurch often communicates via simple inarticulate moans, which, much like the dialogue of Cousin Itt, his employers have no trouble understanding.
Theodore Crawford Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor. He tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction works, such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie, and he played Lurch on the live-action The Addams Family TV series of the mid-1960s.
After Lurch answers the door, he removes the hats of male visitors, usually crushing them in the process. He is frequently seen with a feather duster. Cassidy made a cameo appearance as Lurch on an episode of the Batman TV series, and on TV music shows while promoting the pop song of the era "The Lurch" (and the dance which it accompanied).
Lurch (cards), in card games like Cribbage when a player or team loses with a particularly low score; a synonym for Lourche, a lost 17th century French board game, surviving only in the phrase "left in the lurch"
The Addams Family is a fictional family created by American cartoonist Charles Addams.They originally appeared in a series of 150 standalone single-panel comics, about half of which were originally published in The New Yorker between 1938 and their creator's death in 1988.
‘Sitting on their piles of gold’: This adult son is outraged his parents, who are worth $10M, haven’t offered to help him financially — is he being entitled or left in the lurch?
Morticia suggests that Lurch act like the man of the house, and Gomez and Morticia will act as his servants. Once Lurch's mother arrives, Gomez and Morticia sense their mistake. While Lurch takes only too well to the concept of being head of household, the old woman treats Gomez and Morticia poorly. She even goes so far as to have Lurch fired them.
Will some home buyers be left in the lurch? When a buyer makes an offer on a home, it's common to put down a deposit that's held in escrow until the transaction is completed — a process that ...