John Astin

John Astin's biography

John Astin is 92 years old actor born at Baltimore. He was born on Sunday 30th of March 1930. According to year of birth 1930 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 30th of March means he is Aries. Aries is the most active sign of Zodiac, one born with this sign is a very quick learner, aggressive and passionate.

He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be actor. You can know him also as university teacher, stage actor, television actor, film actor, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer. He is recently known as film director.

John Astin's family

John Astin's ex spouse

Patty Duke

John Astin and Patty Duke have been together since 1972 for 13 years. Patty is known as television actor. His ex spouse was born on Saturday 14th of December 1946. His ex spouse died on Tuesday 29th of March 2022 in Coeur d'Alene. Patty Duke was 92 years old, when this happened.

He has 2 sons.

John Astin's son: Sean Astin

John Astin's son's name is Sean Astin. Sean is known as actor. His son was born on Thursday 25th of February 1971.

John Astin's son: Mackenzie Astin

John Astin's son's name is Mackenzie Astin. He is known as actor. His son was born on Saturday 12th of May 1973 in Los Angeles.

John Astin's schools

We found 3 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Johns Hopkins University, Washington & Jefferson College, Woodrow Wilson High School.

Detailed informations about his schools

• Attended Washington and Jefferson College, graduated from Johns Hopkins University and did graduate work at the University of Minnesota.

John Astin's career

His main focus is to be actor.

Awards and competitions

John Astin's Nominations

• He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film

John Astin's quotes

• [on filming The Addams Family (1964)] Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing.
• I figure I basically am a ghost. I think we all are.
• I get into certain yoga positions at times, when I'm working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it.
• Poe was a student of many things, and among those things he read and referred to in his work was the Bible.
• People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us.
• I think people really want to be happy.
• I love to play for audiences that are simply made of people rather than so-called special people.
• There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings. And to Poe... well, a great logician could be an enemy to him, what he called conventional world reason.
• One life is worth the universe. Poe was able to go right into the very depth of life and to demonstrate this.
• I think Poe had a mission to tell us what it's all about. To answer some of the great questions of life.
• We are running ourselves into a damaged earth. But I am optimistic. I believe that we can change; we must change. As a human race, we are very young and quite primitive. The sooner we learn the greatness of humanity the better off we will all be.
• The feedback that I get from my association with Gomez is heartwarming. It is very difficult for me to take anything but a positive view of the Gomez phenomenon.
• People are smarter than you might think.
• One of the great things about being recognized is that you receive this feedback from people. It is easy to see how sincere people are. It's nothing fake or jive. They're giving sincere appreciation. And it's not that easy to express.
• At a certain point he was very popular, from "The Raven". He was never fully appreciated, never made the money, and you know he was looked upon with admiration by some people, but also as an oddball. But that was his point.
• My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.
• There was one where Gomez was on a Trapeze hanging by the legs upside down. I remember how much the backs of my knees would hurt until I got used to it. It was hard.
• United Artists wanted to do records with me. I had no idea, what a rare thing that was... to make an album. And they put a guy with me working on songs, and I got busy with films. I just kind of let it slide. Isn't that amazing?
• I guess one of the reasons I'm doing the Poe piece is that I think Poe demonstrates that no matter how difficult things are, if you continue to move forward in life, you can eventually become victorious, even if it's later in life.
• The themes Poe used were universal and timeless. As long as the English language exists at all, we will be able to appreciate what he did. It will not age! It will not become dated!
• My background is basically scientific math. My dad was a physicist, so I have it in my blood somewhere. Scientific method is very important to me. I think anything that contradicts it is probably not true.
• Sometimes when I see a performance that really takes me, I struggle. How can I express this to this person, I want this person to know how I felt. I want to get this across, and it's not very easy.
• It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm.
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John Astin's body shape

Lets describe how John Astin looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.