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Theodore Crawford "Ted" Cassidy (July 31, 1932 – January 16, 1979) was an American actor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】The New York Times">title=Ted Cassidy )〕 Noted for his tall stature at ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ted Cassidy Biography - Television Actor (1932–1979) )〕 (A result of acromegaly) he tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction series such as ''Star Trek'' and ''I Dream of Jeannie''.〔 He is perhaps best known for the role of Lurch on ''The Addams Family''.〔 == Early life and career == Cassidy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but raised in Philippi, West Virginia. In his youth, Cassidy was an academically gifted individual. He attended third grade at age 6.〔 During his freshman year of high school, at age 11, Cassidy was on the basketball and football team.〔 Despite this, he was a frequent target of bullying by his much older peers, having already reached a height of by then.〔 After graduating from high school, Cassidy moved to attend West Virginia Wesleyan College, where he was a member of the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. He later attended Stetson University. At Stetson, Cassidy was active in the student government and〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://archives.stetson.edu:8888/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fyearbook&CISOPTR=8420&REC=2&CISOBOX=Cassidy ) 〕 played basketball for the Hatters, averaging 17 points and 10 rebounds in his three seasons as a player (1952–55). In 1952, Cassidy became a member of the Ormond Beach, Florida Life Saving Corps and worked as a lifeguard in the Ormond/Daytona Beach area. After graduating with a degree in speech and drama, he married Margaret Helen in 1956, and they moved to Dallas, Texas. His acting career took off when he worked as a mid-day disc jockey on WFAA in Dallas. He also occasionally appeared on WFAA-TV Channel 8, playing Creech, an outer space creature on the "Dialing for Dollars" segments on Ed Hogan's afternoon movies. Incidentally, he gave an in-studio report from WFAA radio station on the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated, and was among the first to interview eyewitnesses W.E. Newman, Jr. and Gayle Newman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J7H1gdg8Ug )〕 An accomplished musician, Cassidy moonlighted at Luby's Cafeteria in the Lochwood, Dallas, Texas shopping center in Dallas, playing the organ to entertain patrons. In 1957, Margaret gave birth to their son, Sean; in 1960, daughter Cameron was born. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ted Cassidy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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