The Munsters' Eddie Actor Reveals Classic Sitcom That Influenced His Role As Only Child

Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The Munsters star Butch Patrick reveals another classic sitcom that influenced his role as Eddie. Patrick played the werewolf-like Eddie and the only child of the Munster family in 71 episodes of the classic sitcom that aired from 1964 to 1966. Other than Patrick as Eddie, The Munsters cast and family also included Fred Gwynne as Herman, Yvonne De Carlo as Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa, and Beverley Owen/Pat Priest as Marilyn.

During a recent interview with Remind Magazine, Patrick reflected on his time on The Munsters and revealed another classic sitcom that influenced his role as Eddie. The actor, now 70 years old, says that Leave It To Beaver was crucial in the making of The Munsters and inspired how Eddie was portrayed. Read what Patrick shared below:

Leave It to Beaver is one of the key ingredients of the success of The Munsters. That was the first sitcom about life from a kid’s point of view and was very well done. Those same people were behind The Munsters, but instead of it being Wally and the Beaver, it is just Eddie as the only kid, which was OK with me. It was just me being me. I could do dialogue well and was a quick study.

How Leave It To Beaver Influenced The Munsters Leave It To Beaver, which ran for six seasons, was a highly influential sitcom. As Patrick points out, it was the first sitcom told through the perspective of a kid – Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver. Fresh off the success of Leave It To Beaver in 1963, the sitcom's creators and writers, Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, developed and produced The Munsters starting in 1964.

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