<P> The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters starring Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein 's monster - type head - of - the - household Herman Munster , Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife , Lily Munster , Al Lewis as Grandpa , the over-the - hill vampire who relishes in talking about the `` good old days '' , and Beverly Owen ( later replaced by Pat Priest ) as their teenage niece whose all - American beauty made her the family outcast and Butch Patrick as their half - vampire , half - werewolf son Eddie Munster . The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and the wholesome family fare of the era , and was produced by the creators of Leave It to Beaver . It ran concurrently with the similarly macabre themed The Addams Family ( that aired on ABC ) and achieved higher figures in the Nielsen ratings . </P>
<P> The Munsters is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters starring Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein 's monster - type head - of - the - household Herman Munster , Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife , Lily Munster , Al Lewis as Grandpa , the over-the - hill vampire who relishes in talking about the `` good old days '' , and Beverly Owen ( later replaced by Pat Priest ) as their teenage niece whose all - American beauty made her the family outcast and Butch Patrick as their half - vampire , half - werewolf son Eddie Munster . The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and the wholesome family fare of the era , and was produced by the creators of Leave It to Beaver . It ran concurrently with the similarly macabre themed The Addams Family ( that aired on ABC ) and achieved higher figures in the Nielsen ratings . </P>
who played herman munster on the tv show the munsters
who played herman munster on the tv show the munsters
Fred Gwynne
Fred Gwynne