Gomez Addams

Gomez Addams

Spanish-American sitcom character

Moustache type: Dandy's

Portrayed by John Astin in the American comedy series The Addams Family (1964-66)

Gomez Addams, the patriarch of The Addams Family was created, along with wife Morticia, daughter Wednesday and son Pugsley, for a comic strip in The New Yorker magazine in 1937 by Charles Addams. The family’s forenames, however, were not given to them until the TV series began in 1964.

Gomez is, like his kin, descended from a long line of freaks and ghouls. He has a monstrous butler called Lurch and keeps an animate severed hand called Thing. He is a millionaire and lawyer, albeit one who takes a perverse pleasure in losing his cases.

Gomez is a cigar smoking, sword fighting, knife throwing, juggling romantic. His amour for his wife is aroused by her smallest action, becoming especially ardent when she speaks French.

In the films of the early 1990s Gomez was played by Raúl Juliá.

Gomez’s always immaculate attire is capped off perfectly by his trademark black moustache.