Scripted series · CBS
The Munsters
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Fred Gwynne
Herman Munster
70 eps
Yvonne De Carlo
Lily Munster
70 eps
Butch Patrick
Eddie Munster
70 eps
Al Lewis
Grandpa
70 eps
Claire Carleton
Yolanda Cribbins
38 eps
Pat Priest
Marilyn Munster
46 eps
Beverley Owen
Marilyn Munster
13 eps
Bill Quinn
Mr. White
2 eps
Herbie Faye
1 eps
Vito Scotti
1 eps
Bonnie Franklin
1 eps
Tommy Farrell
1 eps
Paul 'Mousie' Garner
1 eps
Walter Brooke
1 eps
Forrest Lewis
1 eps
Zalman King
1 eps
Stuart Nisbet
1 eps
Mabel Albertson
Agnes Daly
1 eps
John Fiedler
Warren Bloom - Mailman
1 eps
Elliott Reid
1 eps
Emmaline Henry
1 eps
Joan Staley
1 eps
Jane Withers
Fanny Pike
2 eps
Bing Russell
1 eps
Walter Burke
1 eps
Bryan O'Byrne
2 eps
Frank Gorshin
1 eps
Bert Freed
1 eps
John Mitchum
1 eps
Charles Lane
1 eps
Kimberly Beck
The Little Girl
1 eps
Peter Robbins
Elmer
1 eps
Paul Reed
1 eps
Allan Hunt
1 eps
Richard Hale
1 eps
Val Avery
The Commissar
2 eps
Dave Willock
1 eps
Charlie Callas
1 eps
Gary Owens
2 eps
John Hoyt
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Munsters actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Munsters reads strongest on Humour, World Building and Character Depth.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Munster Masquerade
Marilyn’s boyfriend, Tom Daily, invites the Munster clan to a masquerade. Eddie remains at home with Mrs. Morton as his sitter. Marilyn goes as Priscilla, Lily is Little Bo Peep, Grandpa is Napoleon and Herman is King Arthur in a suit of shining armor.
- Directed by Lawrence Dobkin
- Written by Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Chris Hayward
Showrunner
Allan Burns
Creator
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Bob Mosher
Creator
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Irving Paley
Executive producer
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Dick Conway
Writer
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Joe Connelly
Writer
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Richard Baer
Writer
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Tom Adair
Writer
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Norm Liebmann
Writer
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George Tibbles
Writer
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Ed Haas
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Irving PaleyExecutive Producer
- Joe ConnellyProducer
- Bob MosherProducer
Writing
- Dick ConwayWriter
- Joe ConnellyWriter
- Richard BaerWriter
- Tom AdairWriter
- Bob MosherWriter
- Norm LiebmannWriter
Direction
- Norman AbbottDirector
- Lawrence DobkinDirector
- Gene ReynoldsDirector
- Earl BellamyDirector
- Ezra StoneDirector
- Jerry ParisDirector
Cinematography
- Lionel LindonDirector of Photography
- Enzo A. MartinelliDirector of Photography
- Fred MandlDirector of Photography
- John L. RussellDirector of Photography
- Benjamin H. KlineDirector of Photography
Music
- Jack MarshallOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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