Ken Weatherwax, the child actor who played Pugsley in the original "Addams Family," died over the weekend at the age of 59. Weatherwax suffered a heart attack and was found by his half-brother in his Box Canyon, California, home on Sunday.

His most memorable role was playing Pugsley, the eldest child of Gomez and Morticia Addams in the 1960s television series. The family was a macabre version of the typically nuclear family, oblivious to their oddities and how they were off-putting to others. "The Addams Family" also had an iconic finger-snapping theme song.

The peculiar family was first created by cartoonist Charles Addams for the New Yorker magazine. His animated characters were made into a TV show for ABC which aired from 1964 to 1966 with 64 episodes. Weatherwax played Pugsley in the original live-action show, as well as voicing the same role in an animated version of the series in the 1970s. He also starred as Pugsley senior in a television special "Halloween With the New Addams Family" in 1977.

Unrelated to Weatherwax's involvement, there were two feature-length films made in 1991 and 1993 starring Angelica Huston, the late Raul Julia and Christopher Lloyd.

Following his role in "The Addams Family," Weatherwax was featured in many TV commercials and served in the Army. He also continued to work in show business on the other side of the camera. He found work with Universal Studios as a grip, someone who provides support to camera operators, according to his niece Shanyn Vieira.

In an interview with Fox News back in 2007, Weatherwax said he enjoyed playing the role of Pugsley but found it hard after the show was done finding other roles due to typecasting. He also said that as a child, he had been teased at school about his character's name.

According to his niece, he had retired a few years ago for medical reasons.