John Astin

Astin's acting career began in the theater, he first appeared on Broadway as a substitute for the Grand Barbara, and was working as a voice in commercials. His first major breakthrough in the film was a small role in the West Side Story (1961).

During this period, his talent for acting in comedy was discovered by actor Tony Randall. Then he starred in the comedy Dennis, playing Jay North. Donna Reid said that Harrigan and his son, Pat O'Brien, were the first to perform CBS and the latter conduct ABC. In 1961, he appeared in the last episode of the ABC police drama "Asphalt Jungle". Between 1962 and 1963, Astin and Marty Ingels starred in the unusual ABC series I am Dickens. He played Fenster, which lasted 31 episodes. From 1964 to 1966, he starred in Gomez Addams of the Adams family, the head of the terrifying family. In 1998, he appeared in the TV series The New Adams Family as Grandpa Adams, along with the role Gomez Addams played by Glenn Taranto.

In 1964, Astin and Carolyn Jones played Gomez and Morticia Addams in the Adams family.

Astin joined the reorganized The Pruitts of Southampton (renamed the Phyllis Diller Show) for the second half of the 1966-1967 season, playing Diller's brother-in-law, Angus Pruitt. He also played Riddler in Batman 2 (the third and final season of Frank Gorshin's return.) He also played submarine commander Matthew Sherman in the 1970s TV series Operation Petticoat. He also played the evil sheriff Harry Pierce in the popular murder mystery TV series Murder, She Wrote. He played Buddy, the eccentric former psychopath and father of the protagonist Harry Stone in the sitcom "Night Court." In the 1985-86 TV season, he also played the role of Ed LaSalle in the short-lived Mary Taylor Moore sitcom "Mary". He has guest appearances in a large number of TV series, including Gunsmoke in 1967 as Festus Haggen's cousin Henry, Jack Palance's ABC circus drama, The Greatest Show on Earth, Duckman and Homeboys in Outer Space.

Astin received an Oscar nomination from Prelude, a short film he wrote, produced, and directed. He also said that the role of Bull Gator is in the animated series Crash. Astin served on the board of the American Writers Association for four years and was active in community affairs in Los Angeles and Santa Monica.

He continued to work in acting, appearing in a series of Tomato Killer movies and Professor Gangreen's Adventures in Briscoe County by Professor Wick Wyre Jr. He also visited Edgar Allan Poe in the one-man show: There used to be a midnight, written by Paul Day Clemens and Ron Magid. In an interview with the examiner in Baltimore in December 2007, Astin said about his acting experience:

"We are all struggling, I have a lot, but I have a good time. I have done hundreds of TV shows and 30 to 40 movies, I love acting. I am very happy to have made this article. It's great NS."

Austin serves as a board member of the Columbia Theater Arts Center.

There is a handprint of John Astin in front of the Hollywood Hills Amphitheatre in Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Walt Disney World.

Astin has five sons; three sons (David, Allen and Tom) live with his first wife, Suzanne Hahn; two sons live with his second wife, actress Patty Duke Together, one of them is adopted (Sean, Patty's son in an earlier marriage, adopted after they got married) and the other is related by blood (Mackenzie). In 2007, Astin and Valerie Ann Sandobal married and lived in Baltimore. He believes in Buddhism and is a member of Soka Gakkai International, World Buddhist Association.

His younger brother, Alexander Astin, is an emeritus professor at the University of California, Los Angeles .

He has six women: Alexandra, Elizabeth, Isabella, Sedona, Jaya and Dov.