Ken Weatherwax , who played Pugsley on the 1960s TV show `` The Addams Family , '' died Sunday , according to the Ventura County Coroner 's Office . He was 59 . According to the coroner 's office , he died of natural causes . His niece , Shanyn Vieira , posted on Facebook that he had a heart attack . Pugsley was the older of the two Addams children on the cheekily macabre comedy , based on Charles Addams ' darkly humored New Yorker cartoons . His father , Gomez , was played by John Astin , and mother Morticia was played by Carolyn Jones . Sister Wednesday ( Lisa Loring ) , Uncle Fester ( Jackie Coogan ) , butler Lurch ( Ted Cassidy ) , Grandmama ( Blossom Rock ) and the disembodied hand Thing rounded out the cast . The series ran from 1964 to 1966 . Weatherwax , who was about 9 when the show started , played the part for all 64 episodes . The show ( and its catchy , finger-snapping theme song ) were popular enough in reruns to spawn two movies in the 1990s and a 2009 Broadway musical . After the show left the air , Weatherwax -- who struggled to find other acting roles -- entered the Army . He later provided the voice of Pugsley on an animated `` Addams Family '' and worked as a grip and set builder in Hollywood , according to The Hollywood Reporter . Weatherwax was related to other showbiz figures , including actress Ruby Keeler and Lassie trainer Rudd Weatherwax . People we 've lost in 2014 .
Ken Weatherwax was part of TV 's `` Addams Family '' cast . Weatherwax , who played Pugsley , also voiced him in animated series . He worked as a set builder and grip in Hollywood in recent years .