Lurch (Ted Cassidy)

Lurch (first... or last... name is unknown) is the fictional manservant to The Addams Family created by cartoonist Charles Addams. He is a tall, shambling, lugubrious butler who somewhat resembles Frankenstein's monster (as played by Boris Karloff) and (on the television series) has a deep, resonant voice unlike Herman Munster on the show's competitor, The Munsters. Although fully capable of normal speech, Lurch sometimes communicates via simple inarticulate moans, which, much like the dialogue of Cousin Itt, his employers have no trouble understanding. Ironically, the Addamses often comment that Lurch is eloquent and vivacious.