In 1938, cartoonist Charles Addams couldn't have imagined how his life would be impacted when he began drawing his macabrely funny, single-panel The Addams Family comics for The New Yorker. Or how ...

Mackenzie Astin, son of Addams Family star John Astin, signed on to star in a terrible movie before his father had a chance ...

Back in the 1960s, the cast of The Addams Family original series brought to life the characters that had been appearing in artist Charles Addams' one-panel comic strips in The New Yorker since 1938.

Dark haired, usually mustachioed US actor with a cheeky grin who achieved pop culture status through his portrayal of the kooky patriarch "Gomez Addams" in the hit TV series The Addams Family (1964).

BALTIMORE (AP) — A renovated theater at Johns Hopkins University has been renamed for "The Addams Family" actor John Astin. Astin starred as Gomez Addams in the television show from 1964 to 1966. He ...

As the "first family of goth," The Addams Family was created by cartoonist Charles "Chas" Addams as an inversion to the "ideal" American Dream. The characters premiered in a 1938 cartoon strip in The ...

They’re mysterious and spooky, and The Addams Family will soon be celebrating 60 years of charming audiences come September. While its clever setups — thanks to producer and head writer Nat Perrin, ...

The Addams Family (1964) Season 1 is a supernatural black comedy sitcom that follows the eccentric and macabre Addams family. Based on Charles Addams’ cartoons published in The New Yorker, the show ...

Charles "Chas" Addams began working as a cartoonist for the New Yorker in 1932, regularly turning out single-panel cartoon strips, typically with a macabre edge. In 1938, he drew a strip with a ...