30 Facts About Uncle Fester

Uncle Fester is a member of the fictional Addams Family and has been played by numerous actors, beginning with Jackie Coogan in the television series The Addams Family.

Uncle Fester is incorrigible and, except for the good nature of the family and the ignorance of the police, would ordinarily be under lock and key.

Uncle Fester keeps falcons on the roof which he uses for hunting.

Uncle Fester is fat with pudgy little hands and feet.

Uncle Fester is a completely hairless, hunched, and barrel-shaped man with dark, sunken eyes and often a deranged smile.

Uncle Fester has severe migraines at times but appears to enjoy them.

Uncle Fester relieves the migraines by placing his head in a large screw press and tightening it to levels that normal people would not be able to withstand.

Uncle Fester's known ancestry dates back to his Great-Grandfather Blob, who received the gift of a sacred ruby after he had pried it from the head of a Hindu.

The ruby remained in the family until Uncle Fester unthinkingly used his slingshot to hurl it at a yowling stray cat.

Per the 1960s sitcom, little is known of Uncle Fester's childhood, save that his father was an excruciatingly strict man who severely disciplined him, paddling him even when he was good and paying him to stay out of public.

Uncle Fester refused to allow Fester to even touch a battleaxe until he was eight.

Uncle Fester maintained a treehouse in the Addams yard and frequently retreated to his closet to think.

Uncle Fester wanted to be like the versions of Fester played by Jackie Coogan and Christopher Lloyd rather than reinventing the character.

Uncle Fester helped Wednesday on solving her mysteries of the town of Jericho and Nevermore Academy by revealing to Wednesday that the mystery monster she encountered was a Hyde.

Wednesday had to use Eugene Otinger's bee house for Uncle Fester to hide out in after he robbed a bank and is advised by her not to eat any of Eugene's bees.

Uncle Fester voiced that same character on an episode of The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

Uncle Fester would allow other members to harm him any way they can, but his greatest fondness was blowing himself up.

Uncle Fester was believed to have been lost in the Bermuda Triangle for 25 years.

In Gomez's childhood home movies, Uncle Fester is shown to be hairless as a child.

Uncle Fester, again played by Lloyd, appears in the 1993 sequel Addams Family Values.

Uncle Fester becomes attracted to Debbie Jellinsky, whom Gomez and Morticia have hired as a nanny to care for their children.

Some time later, Uncle Fester becomes attracted to Dementia, a nanny whom Cousin Itt and his wife have hired to look after their baby.

Uncle Fester again appears in the direct-to-video film Addams Family Reunion, portrayed by Patrick Thomas.

Uncle Fester is portrayed as a mad scientist reminiscent of old Grade-B horror films.

Uncle Fester is voiced by Nick Kroll in the 2019 animated adaptation of The Addams Family and its sequel where he has a Gilbert Gottfried-type voice.

Uncle Fester was later played by Brad Oscar, Blake Hammond, Russell Dykstra, and Shaun Rice.

Uncle Fester seems to communicate with the ancestors throughout the show more than the other characters.

Uncle Fester has appeared in several Addams Family video games as a playable character.

Uncle Fester is the protagonist of Fester's Quest, a NES game, and the main playable character in the Addams Family Values SNES game.

Uncle Fester is the main character in "Electrifying" arcade machine, where simulated "electrical shocks" are passed through the player as they hold on to two handles.