Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are certain things we know for certain about actor Al Lewis: he was born (though when is a major bone of contention), he ...

The cast of the CBS television situation comedy 'The Munsters' including (clockwise from top) Al Lewis (as Grandpa, a vampire), Fred Gwynne (1926 - 1993) (as Herman Munster, a moster created from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The show, of course, stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, patriarch and in essence Frankenstein's monster; Yvonne De Carlo as his ...

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Al Lewis, who was born 102 years ago on April 30, 1923*, will be forever remembered for the classic 1960s TV series Car 54, Where Are You? and The Munsters — but he was also well known for his ability ...

Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa from the television sitcom, died Feb.

L to R: Pat Priest, Fred Gwynne, Butch Patrick, Al Lewis and Yvonne De Carlo on 'The Munsters,' circa 1964 The CBS sitcom lasted only two seasons, but it quickly became a classic. Premiering on Sept.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa from the television ...

The Munsters may have lasted only two seasons, but it still managed to become a 1960s TV classic. Premiering in on CBS in 1964, the show was a campy mashup of classic Universal Pictures monsters with ...

It's hard to imagine The Munsters without Fred Gwynne's booming voice, Yvonne De Carlo's gothic glamour or Butch Patrick's pint-sized werewolf charm. But before the beloved monster family debuted on ...