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Kenneth Patrick Weatherwax (September 29, 1955 – December 7, 2014) was an American child actor best known for having played Pugsley Addams on The Addams Family.

Ken Weatherwax
A 1964 publicity still for The Addams Family
Born	Kenneth Patrick Weatherwax (1955-09-29)September 29, 1955 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	December 7, 2014(2014-12-07) (aged 59) West Hills, California, U.S.
Resting place	Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–1966, 1977
Family	Ruby Keeler (aunt), Joey D. Vieira (half-brother)

Biography

Weatherwax was born in Los Angeles, California, into a show-business family. His aunt was actress and dancer Ruby Keeler, while his half-brother, Joey D. Vieira, played "Porky" on the first three seasons of Lassie under the stage name of Donald Keeler, beginning in 1954. His uncles were Frank and Rudd Weatherwax, Lassie's trainers and owners of the first dog to play the role.[1]

Career

Weatherwax made his acting debut in the early 1960s when he was nine years old, playing a boy named "Chester" in Gleem toothpaste commercials alongside Alice Pearce.[2] He was then cast as Pugsley Addams on The Addams Family, after successfully auditioning with stars Carolyn Jones and John Astin. The program ran for two seasons from 1964 to 1966. After its cancellation, Weatherwax found he was typecast as Pugsley and lost interest in acting. He entered the U.S. Army at seventeen,[3] and at the age of 21, he reprised the role of Pugsley in the 1977 reunion film Halloween with the New Addams Family. He established a career behind the camera as a movie studio grip and set builder, while making occasional appearances at Addams Family-related events with former costar Lisa Loring, who had played Pugsley's younger sister Wednesday Addams on the show. The two remained lifelong friends until Weatherwax's death.[4]

Death

Weatherwax died on December 7, 2014, of a heart attack at his home in West Hills, California, at the age of 59.[5] The staff at Dearly Departed Tours & Artifact Museum raised the funds to have Weatherwax interred in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood in 2017.[6] A portion of his remains are located at Dearly Departed Tours & Artifact Museum.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964–1966	The Addams Family	Pugsley Addams	64 episodes
1977	Halloween with the New Addams Family	Pugsley Sr	TV movie (final film role)

References

External links

• Ken Weatherwax at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] Ken Weatherwax

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[es] Ken Weatherwax

Ken Weatherwax (Los Ángeles, 29 de septiembre de 1955 - West Hills, 7 de diciembre de 2014)[1] fue un actor estadounidense, conocido por trabajar en la serie de televisión The Addams Family, donde hizo el papel de "Pugsley Addams" ("Pericles Addams" en Latinoamérica) entre 1964 y 1966.

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[ru] Везервакс, Кен

Кеннет Патрик «Кен» Везервакс (англ. Kenneth Patrick "Ken" Weatherwax; 29 сентября 1955, Лос-Анджелес — 7 декабря 2014, Уэст-Хиллз) — американский актёр, наиболее известный по роли Пагсли Аддамса в телесериале «Семейка Аддамс», а также в телевизионном фильме 1977 года «Хэллоуин с новой семейкой Аддамс». Умер 7 декабря 2014 года от сердечного приступа, в своем доме в Уэст-Хиллз, штат Калифорния, в возрасте 59 лет[1]. Он был похоронен на кладбище Мемориального парка Валгалла[2].

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