Lurch (The Addams Family) Lurch is a 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) tall, shambling, gloomy butler who somewhat resembles a cross between Frankenstein's monster (as played by Boris Karloff) and a zombie. In the original "Addams Family" television series, Lurch has a deep and resonant voice unlike that of Herman Munster, a character on the show's main competitor, "The Munsters". Although fully capable of normal speech, Lurch often communicates via simple inarticulate moans, which, much like the dialogue of Cousin Itt, his employers have no trouble understanding. Like any butler, Lurch tries to help around the house, but occasionally his great size and
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