He was also not given a name until the 1960s TV series, where he was called Fester Addams and introduced as Morticia's uncle. In the 1991 and 1993 live-action films, Uncle Fester (played by Christopher Lloyd) was retconned as Gomez's long-lost older brother.
The movie ends with a coda, taking place seven months later at Halloween; the family has since figured out that Gordon was actually Fester the whole time, and had actually gone missing in the Bermuda Triangle, where he was found and adopted by Abigail.
Seven months later, it is revealed to the viewers that Gordon has been Fester all along, having suffered amnesia after being lost in the Bermuda Triangle and turning up in Miami, where Abigail had taken him in.
He is the older brother of Gomez Addams and the brother-in-law of Morticia Addams. He is also the older son of Grandmama Addams, and the uncle of Wednesday Addams and Pugsley Addams. Fester seems to have the ability to generate electricity as shown by putting a lightbulb in his mouth and it lighting up.
However, Uncle Fester did have the power to generate electricity in The Addams Family (1991), which he gained after being struck by lightning, and in the original 1960s sitcom.
Pugsley is depicted as a devious, young, brilliant boy in Charles Addams's original cartoons. He is often shown releasing sailboats in the park with other children, except his boats were more macabre in nature.
Former child actor Jackie Coogan (The Kid), who played Uncle Fester, died of a heart attack in 1984, at 69. Coogan's career stretched for decades before The Addams Family, and he continued to work on shows like Hawaii Five-O and The Brady Bunch after it ended.
Fester Addams suggests the reason why he didn't attend Nevermore with Gomez is that he was too troublesome and didn't have good grades, as he remarks that Gomez "got all the brains." Wednesday's Uncle Fester is a career criminal who commits armed robbery, is often arrested for his crimes, and even elected to get ...
Fred Armisen knows what's the first thing you're going to ask about playing Uncle Fester in Tim Burton's new Addams Family–themed series Wednesday. The answer is yes. “I shaved my head for it,” he confirms. “They really did such a great job with the makeup and everything.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (Barry Sonnenfeld, 1991 / 99 mins / PG) Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Adams Family's money.
Gomez calls Morticia "Cara Mia" which means "Beloved" in Italian. My love. Mon Cher. It's the masculine of Mon Cheri, and it means "My Darling" in French.
Armisen thinks Fester and Wednesday's closeness stems from the fact that they each see a kindred spirit in the other: a fellow outcast not only in the world, but also within their own family. “Even though it's a world of weirdos, she's an extra weirdo and so is he,” he reflects.
In the 1990s Addams Family films, familial relationships are changed for the characters of Grandmama and Fester. Grandmama is actually Morticia's mother, not Gomez's, while Fester is Gomez's brother, not Morticia's uncle.
The Addams Family picked up with an incomplete house, as Fester was seemingly lost at sea after a run-in with The Bermuda Triangle. For nearly 30 years, he had been missing, yet the Addams never stopped trying to contact him from beyond the grave.
While Nevermore Academy is a place meant for outcasts and proves to be a better fit than she had hoped, Wednesday is aggravated by her parents choice to send her and with her mother's hand in it specifically—she believes that Morticia wants them to be exactly alike, and is disgusted by this.
Clearly, Wednesday is a psychic but I also consider her a monster type of 'Mary Sue' or 'Main Character', which has invulnerability and the power to do what needs to be done. The whole family has the 'main character' type of powers.
Wednesday is the only daughter of Gomez and Morticia Addams and the sister of Pugsley Addams. Earlier adaptations depict her as the younger sibling, while later adaptations depict Wednesday as the elder Addams child.
It is later discovered that Gordon Craven is actually Uncle Fester, and that Abigail found him after his accident in the Bermuda Triangle, suffering from amnesia.
He is depicted as being of Castilian extraction and Spanish ancestry, which was first brought up in "Art and the Addams Family" on December 18, 1964; in the episode, Gomez says his "ancestral land" is Spain and Morticia refers to him as a "mad Castilian."
It is a curse that's been passed on over the centuries, protecting the Addams bloodline and those who marry into the family and become an Addams themselves. This is why the children always fail to kill each other even after the countless attempts.
While fans would instinctively know her name and look, they're often unaware of lesser-known aliases her father, Gomez lovingly bestowed on Wednesday, such as: 'My Little Viper' – this one is my favorite as it signals her slyness and ability to surprise opponents even when outnumbered!
What is the age difference between Wednesday and Pugsley?
Wednesday starts the show at 15. It's likely that Pugsley's 13 or 14, depending on his grade. Wednesday's roommate, Enid Sinclair, is likely the same age as her, 16, while Emma Myers is 20 years old. Enid is a young werewolf on the series.
Are they human? The Addams Family are humans, Gomez is descendant from Spanish Royalty on his mothers side and British Aristocracy on his fathers with some ancient Egyptian relatives such as Mahmoud khali pasha Addams "The firebug of the Bosphorus," .
