Butch Patrick's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Munsters Eddie Wolfg… Lidsville Mark TV Land Confidential Butch Patrick The Headmaster Ritchie

Main Movie Roles

BIOGRAPHY:

As a youngster, Patrick played Eddie Munster on "The Munsters" and starred in the Krofft Saturday morning series "Lidsville". He tried retiring from show business, but when money ran short, he returned with a musical group called Eddie and the Monsters. He also worked with MTV to create "The Basement Tapes", a program designed to give exposure to unsigned musical acts.


TRIVIA:

• Attended the 2007 Twilight Zone Convention at the Hilton Hasbrouck Heights, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, August 4-5, 2007.
• Ranked #45 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
• Best friends of former child actors: 'Brandon Cruz (I)' (qv), 'Danny Bonaduce' (qv) and 'Bill Mumy' (qv).
• Usually booked solid for Halloween parties and events due to his "Munsters" association.
• Butch's stepfather is former pro baseball player Ken Hunt.
• Formed a band called "Eddie and the Monsters" in 1983 and got a mild hit off the novelty song "What Ever Happened to Eddie?" The video got some airplay and was the instigator for MTV's "The BasementTapes," which was a showcase for unsigned bands.
• Has a half-sister named Kerry Lynn Sprick (formerly Kerry Lynn Hunt).
• Once played himself on an episode of "The Simpsons"