Italian-American
actor
Felix
Silla,
widely
known
for
playing
the
mysterious
and
hairy
Cousin
Itt
on
The
Addams
Family
passed
away
at
the
age
of
84.
According
to
reports,
he
succumbed
to
pancreatic
cancer
after
a
long
battle.
Felix's
25th
Century
co-star
Gil
Gerard
took
to
Twitter
on
Friday
afternoon
(ET)
and
confirmed
the
sad
news.
Gil
said
he
was
sad
to
see
his
friend
lose
his
cancer
battle,
but
was
glad
to
know
that
Felix
is
no
longer
suffering.
The
tweet
read,
"Felix
died
just
a
few
hours
ago
and
the
only
good
I
can
draw
from
his
passing
is
that
he
didn't
suffer
any
longer.
I
will
miss
him
terribly,
especially
the
great
time
we
had
at
our
panels.
Just
him
telling
me
to,
go
'
f
'
myself."
Felix
Silla
born
in
Rome,
Italy
in
January
1937,
had
moved
to
the
United
States
in
1955.
Before
joining
Hollywood
he
was
a
trained
circus
performer
and
toured
with
the
Ringling
Bros.
and
Barnum
&
Bailey
Show.
He
was
best
known
for
his
recurring
role
as
the
costumed
character
of
Cousin
Itt
on
the
1960s
sitcom
The
Addams
Family.
His
skills
as
a
tumbler,
bareback
rider
and
trapeze
artist
had
often
landed
him
stuntman
roles.
Some
of
his
films
include
the
1963
comedy
A
Ticklish
Affair,
The
Towering
Inferno
(1974)
and
Battlestar
Galactica
(1978).
He
also
appeared
in
well-established
franchises
like
Star
Trek,
and
Star
Wars:
Episode
VI,
in
which
he
played
an
Ewok.