# Cousin Itt (Adams Family) aka Felix Silla died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 17, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210 "2021-04-17T13:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210/1 "2021-04-17T13:40:47Z")
Felix was 3" 11" and a former circus acrobat. I can’t recall ever seeing the person inside the Cousin Itt costume. It was a cool costume and memorable character. I remember Felix better as Twiki the robot on Buck Rogers. RIP > **[Addams Family star Felix Silla who played Cousin Itt dead at 84](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-9480931/Addams-Family-star-Felix-Silla-played-Cousin-Itt-original-1960s-TV-dead-84.html)** > > Felix Silla, who played Cousin Itt on the original 1960s TV version of The Addams Family, died this Friday in Las Vegas. He was 84 years old and had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210/2 "2021-04-17T14:10:05Z")
Rest in peace, Itt guy! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210/3 "2021-04-17T15:19:52Z")
He was a Talosian in the first _ **Star Trek** _ pilot. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210/4 "2021-04-17T15:37:03Z")
All I have to say is this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f2ajHEdsdU4/hqdefault.jpg "Cousin Itt") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ajHEdsdU4) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210/5 "2021-04-17T16:02:42Z")
Here is his IMDb entry. Reading it, I said “He played THAT character?” more than once. [Felix Silla - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0798061/?ref_=fn_al_nm_2) ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210/6 "2021-04-17T17:32:09Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I can’t recall ever seeing the person inside the Cousin Itt costume. It was a cool costume and memorable character. [![](https://i.redd.it/pmhif984tthz.png) ](https://i.redd.it/pmhif984tthz.png) ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210/7 "2021-04-17T18:36:54Z")
He was ubiquitous in film and TV for any diminutive character. One character not really publicized that he played was Gollum in Ralph Bakshi’s 1978 Lord of the Rings. Sharon Baird played Frodo and Billy Barty played Sam (and Bilbo). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cousin-itt-adams-family-aka-felix-silla-died/940210/8 "2021-04-17T18:46:06Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > All I have to say is this: Sounds like gibberish sped up. 🙂But I never was good with accents.