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John Astin. John Allen Astin (born March 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and director who has appeared in numerous stage, television and film roles, primarily in character roles. He is best known for starring in The Addams Family (1964–1966), as patriarch Gomez Addams, reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New ...
Manifesting Greatness: A Conversation with John Astin by Jay Blotcher. I am calling this mid-May morning for veteran TV, film and stage actor John Astin. But the phone is answered by John Astin the academic, who, since 2001, has been teaching drama at Johns Hopkins University in his hometown of Baltimore.
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Feb 17, 2024 · John Astin’s Contributions to Theatrical Education. Astin’s tenure at Johns Hopkins University was more than just a job; it was a continuation of his life’s work. There, he nurtured the next generation of actors, imparting wisdom only a seasoned professional could offer.
- March 30, 1930
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The newly dubbed John Astin Theatre sits inside the Merrick Barn, a 19th-century dairy cattle barn turned student center that now houses the Undergraduate Program in Theatre Arts and Studies. Astin, A&S '52, is a longtime character actor and, of course, the star of TV's The Addams Family. He returned to Johns Hopkins in 2001 as a visiting ...
When Astin, A&S '52, returned to campus in 2001 ("It was the day the Ravens won the Super Bowl," he marvels) at the tender age of 70, the campus's stage-scape was ripe for the taking—if only because Johns Hopkins had become a wasteland for drama, a Waiting for Godot of uncertainty (to name-drop one of Astin's favorite plays). Theater at Johns ...
John Astin. Our theatre is named for John Astin, A&S ’52, the longtime Director of JHU Theatre. Astin had a long and distinguished acting career, on Broadway, as a character actor in TV and film, and as the star of TV’s The Addams Family. Astin returned to Johns Hopkins and served as Homewood Professor of the Arts, and Director of Theatre ...
Oct 29, 2012 · Johns Hopkins Professor John Astin, who famously starred as Gomez Addams in TV's The Addams Family in the 1960s, was featured by ABC News on Friday night as its Person of the Week. "On the show that turned Halloween upside-down," the ABC News profile begins, "he was the monster of ceremonies, turning horror into ha ha."
