There are certain things we know for certain about actor Al Lewis: he was born (though when is a major bone of contention), he starred in the classic TV series Car 54, Where Are You? and, more notably ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa from the television ...

Commentator Andrei Codrescu offers his memory of actor Al Lewis, who has died at age 82. Lewis played Grandpa on the 1960s TV comedy The Munsters. Codrescu says that Lewis gained fame in the ...

Munsters'' -- has died at the age of 95. In Dracula get-up, he became a pop-culture icon as the irascible father-in-law of Herman Munster, played on the T-V show by Fred Gwynne. He and Gwynne had ...

Before they were America’s spookiest (and most lovable) family, the cast of The Munsters were just a group of talented actors doing their best to make it through long shooting days, heavy makeup and ...

Between 1964 and 1966, The Munsters were arguably America's favorite TV family. They and The Addams Family took the traditional sitcom and gave it a ghoulish twist.

NEW YORK — Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of “The Munsters” whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa from the television sitcom ...

Al Lewis role as Grampa on televisions The Munsters has ensured him permanence in the American collective consciousness Although he has performed in every entertainment medium in this century ...

In this obituary on actor Al Lewis, The Associated Press erroneously reported his age as 95. Lewis was 82, his son, Ted Lewis, said. NEW YORK -- Al Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of "The Munsters ...