It allowed me to learn to deal with a little negativity in my world,” he says. Pat Priest, who was the second actress to play Lily’s human niece. The robotic character from the original sitcom marries Herman to Lily in The Munsters (2022), with Patrick’s voice being used for the officiant. "Going back into the public school system was tough. Patrick, who played the role of Herman and Lily’s werewolf son Eddie Munster, voices the Tin Can Man in Rob Zombie’s movie. Once the show ended, Patrick says he briefly struggled with “normal” life. The first time we walked into Universal Studios, and I saw the house, it was pretty impressive,” Patrick recalls. Butch Patrick’s portrayal of Eddie Munster. His character has a childish innocence and is generally unaware that his family is considered to be composed of monsters by the rest of the community. Eddie volunteers Herman for something which is clearly beyond Herman's capabilities, but one Herman nonetheless undertakes for Eddie's sake, in several episodes. He is very proud of his father, repeatedly bragging about Herman's abilities. Eddie is the only child of Herman and Lily Munster, and is depicted as a young werewolf. Eddie is a typical boy apart from being a werewolf. He was flown out to screen test with Yvonne DeCarlo, his eventual TV mother, but didn’t see the sets or meet the rest of his Munsters family until the first day of filming. Butch Patrick played the character Eddie Munster on the show. Patrick had just completed a role in “The Real McCoys” and was living with his grandmother in the Midwest. Patrick was actually third in line for the role of Eddie Munster after “Lost in Space” star Bill Mumy and Nate “Happy” Derman. I knew that he was a set director for "Pee Wee's Playhouse" and that he had a dimension that people weren't aware of.” “I knew Rob (Zombie) had the capability to do it. "I promised my girlfriend I'd watch the rest of it with her,” he says. Patrick provides the voice of a robot in the reboot, though he admits he’s only watched “the first third” of the new film. The new “Munsters” film on Netflix, written and directed by Rob Zombie, has sparked renewed interest in the campy original. He recently wrapped the film “Old Man Jackson" with local filmmaker Johnny Ray Gibbs. He often visited Houston and made the drive to Galveston. Patrick lived in Austin during the late ’80s and early ’90s. I was about a head smaller than the other kids, and they liked that because it played off Herman’s height.Butch Patrick and his replica of the Munster Koach. My teeth were so bad, that even when I closed my mouth they stuck out. But maybe it was because my fangs were my own teeth. When asked how he was selected to portray the role of Eddie, Butch Patrick recalled, “I had a lot of experience. Eddie attends elementary school, and aside from his pointed ears, severe widow’s peak, and Fauntleroy suit, he is a normal kid. He has a stuffed toy werewolf named Woof-Woof, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Lon Chaney, Jr.’s portrayal of Larry Talbot in the 1941 feature film, The Wolfman. Most noticeable is the fact that he sleeps in a chest of drawers. In fact, Eddie volunteering Herman for a heroic deed (which is clearly beyond Herman’s capabilities, but one Herman nonetheless undertakes for Eddie’s sake) is a central theme in many episodes. Eddie is very proud of his father, to the point of bragging about Herman’s abilities and deeds to his friends… although these boasts are often outright fabrications. He is a typical all-American boy apart from being a werewolf, all tho in some episodes, show him with some signs of being part vampire. He is the only child of Herman and Lily Munster. Male ♂ Eddie Munster is one of the main characters from The Munsters.
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