or treaters. At the end of the film, he joins the Addams Family in playing "Wake the Dead" where they work to awaken the zombies of the dead relatives. Lurch appears in the sequel Addams Family Values portrayed again by Struycken. He was present at the hospital when Morticia gives birth to Pubert Addams. In one of Wednesday and Pugsley's plots to dispose of Pubert, they drop him and a bowling ball off the roof where Pubert falls into Gomez' arms and the bowling ball hits Lurch on the head. When Debbie Jellinsky plans to kill the family, Lurch was among those strapped to the electric chair. At the end of the movie, Lurch plays "Happy Birthday" on the harpsichord for Pubert's first birthday party. Lurch appears in Addams Family Reunion portrayed again by Struycken, who was the only cast member from the first two films to return for the third, though he did not continue in the role in The New Addams Family TV series that followed. Lurch appears in the 2019 film adaptation of The Addams Family voiced by Conrad Vernon. This version is a patient from the abandoned State Asylum for the Criminally Insane who Gomez, Morticia, and Thing hit with their car after relocating to New Jersey. As Lurch recovers, Gomez and Morticia take him in as their butler. The abandoned asylum becomes the Addams Family's home. Lurch appears in The Addams Family 2 portrayed again by Vernon while his singing voice was provided by Dominic Lewis. He accompanies the Addams Family on a road trip while Grandmama keeps an eye on the house. Lurch later finds out that Wednesday is planning to meet with Cyrus Strange after Cyrus' lawyer Mr. Mustela claims that Wednesday is Cyrus' daughter. He and Wednesday were able to get a ride to Cyrus' house with help from some bikers who were impressed with Lurch's performance of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive". During the conflict with Cyrus Strange, it is revealed that Lurch knew Cyrus and Mustela's minion Pongo who was also in the same asylum with Lurch. Thanks to some gestures from Lurch, Pongo is persuaded to turn against Cyrus. After Cyrus was defeated, Lurch returns home with the Addams Family as Gomez makes plans for a trip around the world. Musical Lurch appears in the stage musical adaptation of The Addams Family portrayed by Zachary James in the original