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Yvonne De Carlo, Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Butch Patrick, and Pat Priest in The Munsters (1964)

The Munsters(1964–1966)

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    • Approved
    • 30m
    • January 1, 1964(United States)
    • TV Series
    • 7.8/10 (18K)
ComedyFamilyFantasy
  • Seasons
    • 2
    • 1
  • Years
    • 1966
    • 1965
    • 1964
  • A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

  • Creators
    • Ed Haas
    • Norm Liebmann
  • Stars
    • Fred Gwynne
    • Al Lewis
    • Yvonne De Carlo
  • Awards
    • 5 nominations total
  • Reviews
    • 64 User reviews
    • 21 Critic reviews
  • Photos & videos
    • 646 Photos
    • 1 Video

Cast

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  • Fred Gwynne in The Munsters (1964)
    Fred Gwynne
    Fred Gwynne
    Herman Munster
    /Charlie Munster
    • 1964–1966
  • Al Lewis
    Al Lewis
    Al Lewis
    Grandpa
    • 1964–1966
  • Yvonne De Carlo in The Munsters (1964)
    Yvonne De Carlo
    Yvonne De Carlo
    Lily Munster
    • 1964–1966
  • Butch Patrick
    Butch Patrick
    Butch Patrick
    Eddie Munster
    • 1964–1966
  • Pat Priest in The Munsters (1964)
    Pat Priest
    Pat Priest
    Marilyn Munster
    • 1964–1966
  • Beverley Owen in The Munsters (1964)
    Beverley Owen
    Beverley Owen
    Marilyn Munster
    • 1964
  • Chet Stratton
    Chet Stratton
    Chet Stratton
    Clyde Thornton
    /Leonard's Accomplice
    /...
    • 1964–1966
  • Edward Mallory in Death Valley Days (1952)
    Edward Mallory
    Edward Mallory
    Jack
    /The Young Man
    • 1964–1965
  • Harvey Korman
    Harvey Korman
    Harvey Korman
    Dr. Leinbach
    /Lennie Bates
    /...
    • 1964–1966
  • Paul Lynde
    Paul Lynde
    Paul Lynde
    Dr. Edward Dudley
    • 1964–1965
  • Pat McCaffrie
    Pat McCaffrie
    Police Officer
    /Policeman
    /...
    • 1964–1966
  • John Fiedler in Bewitched (1964)
    John Fiedler
    John Fiedler
    Warren Bloom
    • 1964
  • John Carradine
    John Carradine
    John Carradine
    Mr. Gateman
    • 1965–1966
  • Jane Withers in The North Star (1943)
    Jane Withers
    Jane Withers
    Fanny Pike
    /Pamela Thornton
    • 1964–1966
  • Val Avery
    Val Avery
    Val Avery
    Marty
    /The Commissar
    • 1964–1965
  • Willis Bouchey
    Willis Bouchey
    Willis Bouchey
    Mr. Bradley
    /The Judge
    • 1965–1966
  • John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    John Hoyt
    Barney Walters
    /George Spelvin
    • 1964–1965
  • Irwin Charone in The Monkees (1965)
    Irwin Charone
    Irwin Charone
    Lester
    /Mr. Howell
    • 1964–1965
  • Claire Carleton
    Claire Carleton
    Claire Carleton
    Yolanda Cribbins
    • 1964
  • Henry Beckman in Dennis the Menace (1959)
    Henry Beckman
    Henry Beckman
    'Leadfoot' Baylor
    /Ralph, the Husband
    • 1965
  • Marge Redmond
    Marge Redmond
    Marge Redmond
    Miss Hazlett
    /Mrs. Stewart
    • 1965
  • Gene Blakely in Hazel (1961)
    Gene Blakely
    Gene Blakely
    Big Leo
    /Jerry
    • 1965
  • Johnny Silver
    Johnny Silver
    Johnny Silver
    Blinky
    /Jerry
    • 1964–1966
  • Pat Harrington Jr. in One Day at a Time (2017)
    Pat Harrington Jr.
    Pat Harrington Jr.
    Sonny Harkness
    /Thatcher
    • 1964–1965
  • Frank Maxwell in Ada (1961)
    Frank Maxwell
    Frank Maxwell
    Coach Roger Denman
    /The Desk Sgt.
    • 1965
  • Bryan O'Byrne in Bewitched (1964)
    Bryan O'Byrne
    Bryan O'Byrne
    Calvin
    /Uriah
    • 1965
  • Richard Reeves
    Richard Reeves
    Richard Reeves
    Gil Craig
    /The First Policeman
    • 1964–1965
  • Joyce Jameson in The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
    Joyce Jameson
    Joyce Jameson
    Lou
    /Miss Valentine
    • 1965–1966
  • Jackie Minty
    Jackie Minty
    Jack McGinty
    /Tommy
    • 1965–1966
  • Bill Quinn in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
    Bill Quinn
    Bill Quinn
    Attendant
    /Mr. White
    • 1965
  • Alma Murphy
    Alma Murphy
    Susan
    /The Little Old Lady
    • 1965
  • Walter Woolf King
    Walter Woolf King
    Walter Woolf King
    George Washington
    /Mr. Hadley
    • 1964
  • Helen Kleeb in The Waltons (1972)
    Helen Kleeb
    Helen Kleeb
    The 1st Woman
    /The Manager's Wife
    • 1965–1966
  • Dennis Cross
    Dennis Cross
    Policeman
    /Sgt. Stockwell
    • 1965–1966
  • Bella Bruck
    Bella Bruck
    Momma
    /Ninotchka
    • 1965
  • Henry Hunter in Wagon Train (1957)
    Henry Hunter
    Henry Hunter
    The Mayor
    /The Older Man
    • 1964–1965
  • Ronnie Dapo in Three Wise Boys (1963)
    Ronnie Dapo
    Ronnie Dapo
    Roger
    /The 1st Boy
    • 1965
  • J. Edward McKinley
    J. Edward McKinley
    J. Edward McKinley
    Mayor Handley
    /Mr. Murdock
    • 1965
  • Frank Gardner
    Frank Gardner
    Ralph
    /The 1st G.I.
    • 1965–1966
  • Bob Harvey
    Bob Harvey
    The Customer
    /The Photographer
    • 1965–1966
  • Elsie Baker
    Elsie Baker
    Elsie Baker
    Grandma Farber
    /The 2nd Woman
    • 1964–1965
  • Gary Owens at an event for The 6th Annual TV Land Awards (2008)
    Gary Owens
    Gary Owens
    Dick Willet
    /Zombo's Announcer
    • 1965–1966
  • Ray Montgomery in Lassie (1954)
    Ray Montgomery
    Ray Montgomery
    Father
    /The 1st Man
    • 1965
  • Michael Ross
    Michael Ross
    Michael Ross
    Police Officer
    /The Campus Policeman
    • 1964–1966
  • William Shatner and Joan Marshall in Star Trek (1966)
    Joan Marshall
    Joan Marshall
    Phoebe Munster
    • 1964
  • Nate Derman
    Nate Derman
    Edward 'Eddie' Wolfgang Munster
    • 1964
  • Jean Willes
    Jean Willes
    Jean Willes
    Mrs. Cartwright
    • 1964
  • Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    Richard Deacon
    Borden T. Pike
    • 1964
  • Arch Johnson
    Arch Johnson
    Arch Johnson
    Mr. Taggert
    • 1964
  • Sid Melton in Make Room for Granddaddy (1970)
    Sid Melton
    Sid Melton
    Diamond Jim
    • 1964
Full cast & crew

Production Companies

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  • CBS
  • Kayro-Vue Productions

Distributors

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  • CBS
    • (World-wide, 1964)(TV)
  • Canal+
    • (France, 1986)(TV)
  • Elephant Films
    • (France, 2016)(DVD)
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD)
    • (West Germany, 1987)(TV)
  • BBC Two
    • (United Kingdom, 1965)(initial UK airing, TV)
  • Channel 4 Television
    • (United Kingdom, 1982)(TV)
  • Hessischer Rundfunk (HR)
    • (Germany, 1991-1993)(TV)
  • Koch Media
    • (Germany, 2008)(DVD)
  • Mainostelevisio (MTV3)
    • (Finland, 2007)(TV)
  • The Program Exchange [us]
    • (United States, 2000-2016)(seasons 1 & 2, TV)
  • Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)
    • (United States, 2005)(season 2, DVD)
  • Universal Studios Home Video
    • (United States, 2004)(season 1, DVD)
  • Universal Television
    • (United States)(TV)

Other Companies

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  • General Mills
    • (original sponsor, Cheerios, Betty Crocker cake mixes, Gold Medal flour)
  • Vortexx
    • (funding)

Storyline

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The Munsters are a weird but honest family. Herman (the father) is Frankenstein's monster. Lily (his wife) and Grandpa (her father) are vampires. Eddie (their little son) is a werewolf. Marilyn (their niece) is the only normal one (that is the ugly duck of the family). —Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>
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  • Plot summary
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  • Taglines
    • Cross their welcome mat and you're apt to die laughing! Monstrous fun with Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, Al Lewis. (season 1)
  • Genres
    • Comedy
    • Family
    • Fantasy
    • Horror
  • Certificates
    • Argentina:Atp
    • Australia:G
    • Canada:PG(DVD rating)
    • Canada:G(Quebec)
    • France:Tous publics
    • Germany:6(DVD rating)
    • Norway:7(recommended rating)
    • United Kingdom:12(DVD rating)
    • United Kingdom:U(some episodes)
    • United Kingdom:PG(some episodes)
    • United Kingdom:12(some episodes)
    • United States:Not Rated(DVD rating)
    • United States:TV-PG(TV rating)
    • United States:Approved(original rating)
  • Parents guide

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    The first season opening credits were an outrageous parody of the opening credits of The Donna Reed Show (1958), which always began with Donna Reed lovingly passing out lunches to her departing family members as they left the house one by one. Yvonne De Carlo, as Lily Munster, did the same thing.
  • Goofs
    The Munsters regard their niece Marilyn (who looks like the ideal beauty of non-monster people) as ugly and deformed, yet everyone else in the town of Mockingbird Heights basically looks like Marilyn. The Munsters also watch movies and regard then-popular stars such as Frank Sinatra and Rock Hudson as ideal men, and Grandpa's beauty potions always conjure up a beauty who looks something like Marilyn. Shouldn't their concept of beauty be horrible monsters, in accordance with the premise that Marilyn is an ugly duckling? Nor do the Munsters seem to be aware that they look radically different from non-monster people, despite interacting with them on a daily basis.
  • Quotes

    Lily: Eddie! You better start dawdling, or you're going to be on time for school!

  • Crazy credits
    The episode titles are shown on screen following the opening credits sequence. Even in modern sitcoms, this is rare.
  • Connections
    Featured in The Wonder Years: Buster (1991)

Details

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  • Release date
    • January 1, 1964 (United States)
  • Country of origin
    • United States
  • Language
    • English
  • Also known as
    • Meet the Munsters
  • Filming locations
    • Wrigley Field - 42nd Place & Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA(ballpark scenes)
  • Production companies
    • CBS
    • Kayro-Vue Productions
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Technical specifications

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  • Runtime
    • 30m(Argentina)
    • 30m(70 episodes)
  • Color
    • Black and White

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