<Li> Gomez Addams ( portrayed by John Astin ) -- Gomez is passionately in love with his wife , often referring to her in Spanish as `` Querida '' and `` Cara Mía '' . His ardor is greatly intensified when she speaks French ( a quirk that first appears in the eleventh episode , `` The Addams Family Meet the V.I.P.s '' ) . Before that his ardor was aroused when she called him `` Bubbeleh '' , a German - Bavarian and Yiddish word meaning `` darling '' or `` sweetie '' . Gomez is very wealthy as a result of owning numerous companies and stocks ( in a pre-debut promotional spot , Gomez tells an interviewer that the family is independently wealthy , having `` made a killing in the stock market , back in 1929 '' ( a reference to the famous Wall Street Crash of 1929 ) . He does not seem to regard money itself as a priority and squanders money in a cavalier manner while remaining wealthy . Gomez spends a great deal of time with his family and does not go out to work . Even at home he consistently dresses in a dark , double - breasted , loud pin - striped suit and a black tie . He keeps a pair of thick - lensed reading glasses ( pince - nez ) on a black fabric lanyard in his coat 's left inside breast pocket . In the outer breast pocket , he stores lit cigars and a watch linked to a long gold chain that is attached to the coat 's left lapel . Occasionally , when his family ventures outdoors at night to frolic in the nearby swamp or to `` moon bathe '' in their home 's front yard , Gomez does change his clothing . He either dons safari outfits or wears a horizontal striped full - torso swimsuit , the antique type once worn by men in the 1890s and early 1900s . With regard to his personal genealogy , he refers to Spain as his `` ancestral home '' with his family background referenced as `` Castilian '' , and at times he uses Spanish words and phrases . Gomez can perform rapid and complicated calculations in his head . He is remarkably acrobatic and can easily dismount from a trampoline or from a hanging position upon a chandelier . One of his hobbies is Zen - Yogi , apparently a weird blend of acrobatics and yoga . Another hobby consists of gleefully dynamiting model trains as they are about to collide with each other , by using a hand detonator . In `` The Addams Family in Court , '' episode , it is revealed that Gomez works as a lawyer who has yet to win a case in his career . </Li>
<Li> Gomez Addams ( portrayed by John Astin ) -- Gomez is passionately in love with his wife , often referring to her in Spanish as `` Querida '' and `` Cara Mía '' . His ardor is greatly intensified when she speaks French ( a quirk that first appears in the eleventh episode , `` The Addams Family Meet the V.I.P.s '' ) . Before that his ardor was aroused when she called him `` Bubbeleh '' , a German - Bavarian and Yiddish word meaning `` darling '' or `` sweetie '' . Gomez is very wealthy as a result of owning numerous companies and stocks ( in a pre-debut promotional spot , Gomez tells an interviewer that the family is independently wealthy , having `` made a killing in the stock market , back in 1929 '' ( a reference to the famous Wall Street Crash of 1929 ) . He does not seem to regard money itself as a priority and squanders money in a cavalier manner while remaining wealthy . Gomez spends a great deal of time with his family and does not go out to work . Even at home he consistently dresses in a dark , double - breasted , loud pin - striped suit and a black tie . He keeps a pair of thick - lensed reading glasses ( pince - nez ) on a black fabric lanyard in his coat 's left inside breast pocket . In the outer breast pocket , he stores lit cigars and a watch linked to a long gold chain that is attached to the coat 's left lapel . Occasionally , when his family ventures outdoors at night to frolic in the nearby swamp or to `` moon bathe '' in their home 's front yard , Gomez does change his clothing . He either dons safari outfits or wears a horizontal striped full - torso swimsuit , the antique type once worn by men in the 1890s and early 1900s . With regard to his personal genealogy , he refers to Spain as his `` ancestral home '' with his family background referenced as `` Castilian '' , and at times he uses Spanish words and phrases . Gomez can perform rapid and complicated calculations in his head . He is remarkably acrobatic and can easily dismount from a trampoline or from a hanging position upon a chandelier . One of his hobbies is Zen - Yogi , apparently a weird blend of acrobatics and yoga . Another hobby consists of gleefully dynamiting model trains as they are about to collide with each other , by using a hand detonator . In `` The Addams Family in Court , '' episode , it is revealed that Gomez works as a lawyer who has yet to win a case in his career . </Li>
who played gomez in the addams family tv show
who played gomez in the addams family tv show
John Astin
John Astin