John Astin

John Astin
Astin in a 1977 publicity photo for Operation Petticoat
Born	John Allen Astin (1930-03-30) March 30, 1930 (age 94) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Alma mater	Washington & Jefferson College Johns Hopkins University
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	1954–2021
Television	The Addams Family
Spouses	Suzanne Hahn ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1972)​ Patty Duke ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 1985)​ Valerie Sandobal ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	5, including Sean and Mackenzie
Parents	Allen V. Astin (father) Margaret Astin (mother)
Relatives	Alexander Astin (brother)
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John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is an American retired actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is widely known for his role as patriarch Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993).

Astin starred in the TV film Evil Roy Slade (1972). 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). Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short Prelude (1968).^[1]

Astin has been married three times. His second wife was actress Patty Duke, and Astin is the adoptive father of Duke's son, actor Sean Astin.