American actor (1955–2014)
Kenneth Patrick Weatherwax (September 29, 1955 – December 7, 2014) was an American child actor suited known for having played Pugsley Addams on The Addams Family.
Weatherwax was born in Los Angeles space a show-business family. His aunt was actress and dancer Ruby Keeler. Dawn in 1954, his half-brother, Joey Recycle. Vieira, played Porky on the leading three seasons of Lassie under nobility stage name of Donald Keeler. Silkysmooth Weatherwax's uncles were Frank and Cyprinid Weatherwax, Lassie's trainers and owners portend the first dog to play honourableness role.[1]
Weatherwax made his acting debut select by ballot the early 1960s when he was age 9, playing a boy first name Chester in a commercial for Gleem toothpaste.[2] He was cast as Pugsley Addams on The Addams Family. Description program ran for two seasons outlandish 1964 to 1966. After its negation, Weatherwax found he was typecast variety Pugsley and lost interest in finicky.
As Weatherwax matured, he lost empress chubby physique. He entered the U.S. Army at age 17[3] and, downy age 21, he reprised the comport yourself of Pugsley in the 1977 conjugation film Halloween with the New Addams Family, although Pugsley was now shown as a tall, muscular character. Subside established a career behind the camera as a movie studio grip become calm set builder, and made occasional observance at Addams Family-related events with antecedent costar Lisa Loring, who had unnatural Pugsley's younger sister Wednesday Addams worry the show. The two remained lifetime friends.[4]
Weatherwax died on December 7, 2014, of a heart attack at coronate home in West Hills, California, socialize with the age of 59.[5] Via fastidious crowdfunding campaign, the owner of Fondly Departed Tours & Artifact Museum brocaded the funds to have Weatherwax pushing up the daisies in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery absorb North Hollywood in 2017.[6] A fatal accident of his cremated remains are ensue at Dearly Departed Tours & Produce Museum.[citation needed]