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Felix Silla was an actor and stuntman known for roles including the hairy Cousin Itt on TV’s “The Addams Family.”Silla, who was 3 feet 11 inches tall, began his career as a circus performer in his native country of Italy. He began doing stunt work, coming to Hollywood and sometimes standing in for children in films including “The Towering Inferno” and “Battlestar Galactica.” When Silla began acting, audiences couldn’t always recognize him.

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The Addams Family, has died from pancreatic cancer, aged 84.Silla’s death was confirmed by his friend and fellow actor Gil Gerard in a tweet on Friday evening (April 16). The pair starred together in sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.“Felix died just a few hours ago and the only good I can draw from his passing is that he didn’t suffer any longer,” Gerard said.

Felix Silla, who worked inside a body-length hairpiece, behind a pair of sunglasses and underneath a bowler hat in his guise as the mumbling Cousin Itt on the 1960s ABC comedy The Addams Family, has died. He was 84.

Felix Silla, best known as the gibberish-spouting Cousin Itt on the 1960s TV sitcom The Addams Family, died today from pancreatic cancer. He was 84 and died in Las Vegas, according to a tweet from Gil Gerard, who costarred with him on the 1979-81 NBC series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

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