How Old Is John Astin? John Astin Birthday
John Astin was born on March 30, 1930 and is 94 years old now.
Birthday: March 30, 1930
How Old - Age: 94
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John Astin - Biography
John Allen Astin (born on May 20, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American actor, voice actor, radio actor and stage actor who has appeared in numerous films and several famous television shows. Astin is also a television director and a voice artist who is perhaps best known for the most proiment roles of Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, Evil Roy Slade and many other similarly eccentric comedic characters. Astin was also the second actor who played a villain known as The Riddler on the second season of the 1960s Batman live-action TV series, replacing Frank Gorshin due to rumors of a dispute between the producers and Gorshin about money.
Astin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Margaret Linnie (née Mackenzie) and Dr. Allen Varley Astin, who was the director of the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology). At that time, Astin and his family resided on Battery Lane in Bethesda, Maryland. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1952, after transferring from Washington & Jefferson College. He studied mathematics at Washington & Jefferson and then drama at Johns Hopkins; he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity at Johns Hopkins.
Astin has five sons; three (David, Allen and Tom) with his first wife, Suzanne Hahn; two with his second wife, actress Patty Duke – one adopted (Sean, Patty's son from an earlier relationship, whom John adopted after their marriage) and one biological (Mackenzie). Astin is currently married to Valerie Ann Sandobal and lives in Baltimore. He practices Nichiren Buddhism as a member of the worldwide Buddhist association Soka Gakkai International.
