The Best Episodes Directed By Sidney Lanfield
Every TV Episode Directed by Sidney Lanfield Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Sidney Lanfield Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Sidney Lanfield is "Halloween with the Addams Family", rated 6.8/10 from 5 user votes. It was "written by Phil Leslie". "Halloween with the Addams Family" aired on 10/30/1964 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Uncle Fester's Toupee".
6.8/10 5 votes#1 - Halloween with the Addams Family
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1964
Two bank robbers accept an unknowing invitation and visit Morticia and Gomez on Halloween, in order to avoid being caught.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie
6.7/10 3 votes#2 - Uncle Fester's Toupee
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 4/30/1965
Fester's penpal drops by unexpectedly, so he must assume the false personality he has been pretending to be.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler
6.5/10 4 votes#3 - Christmas with the Addams Family
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1965
Uncle Fester is chosen to slide down the chimney dressed as Santa Claus to prove the existence of St. Nick to the children. Fester gets stuck in the chimney, so Gomez, Lurch, Cousin Itt, and even Morticia and Grandmama each don a red suit and appear to the children.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler
6.3/10 3 votes#4 - The Addams Family Meet the VIPs
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1964
Visitors from another country regret labelling the Addams gang uncultured.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie
6.3/10 3 votes#5 - Lurch Learns to Dance
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1964
Morticia and Gomez are supportive of Lurch and encourage him to follow his gut feeling and take dance lessons.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Jay Dratler
6.3/10 3 votes#6 - Uncle Fester's Illness
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/22/1965
Lately, Uncle Fester's been a bit rundown, literally unable to maintain his wattage. Since Dr. Mbogo, the reliable family witch doctor, is too busy to leave Africa, the Addamses must take their chances by engaging the services of a local physician, who pays them a house call.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Bill Lutz
6.3/10 3 votes#7 - The Addams Family Splurges
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1965
The Addams family hopes to vacation on the moon, but needs to raise a billion dollars. Using Gomez's new supercomputer, the family schemes to make the money by betting on horse races.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Lou Huston
6.3/10 3 votes#8 - Crisis in the Addams Family
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/12/1965
Uncle Fester applies for a job as an insurance salesman with the same company which is threatening to cancel the Addams' policy.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Sloan Nibley
6.3/10 3 votes#9 - The Addams Family and the Spacemen
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/2/1965
With reports of UFOs in the area, the Addams believe they have been visited by two Martians. Vito Scotti appears as Professor Altshuler.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler
6.3/10 3 votes#10 - My Son, the Chimp
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/9/1965
The family believes that Pugsley has been turned into a chimp.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Henry Sharp
6.3/10 3 votes#11 - Morticia's Favorite Charity
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/16/1965
Morticia's favorite charitable organization is holding a fundraising bazaar, so Morticia persuades her family to part with their belongings in order to donate them to the charity auction.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Jameson Brewer
6.3/10 3 votes#12 - Progress and the Addams Family
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/23/1965
The Addams Family ignores notices from Arthur Henson that their house is to be condemned to make way for a freeway.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Ben Gershman
6.3/10 3 votes#13 - My Fair Cousin Itt
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1965
All the world's a stage for Itt, Fester, and Lurch as they vie for the lead in Gomez's new play.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie
6.3/10 3 votes#14 - Morticia's Romance (1)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1965
On Morticia and Gomez's thirteenth wedding anniversary, Morticia tells the children a bedtime story of how she and Gomez met.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler
6.3/10 3 votes#15 - Morticia's Romance (2)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1965
Wednesday and Pugsley refuse to go to sleep until they are told the rest of the story of their parents' romance.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler
6.3/10 3 votes#16 - Morticia Meets Royalty
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1965
Gomez's aunt Princess Millicent visits with her hand maiden Lady Fingers, who is a perfect match for Thing.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Leo Rifkin
6.3/10 3 votes#17 - Cousin Itt's Problem
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1965
Cousin Itt is shedding hair, and the family is worried that he'll lose his great good looks along with his hair. Fester gets out his chemistry set to produce a batch of hair restorer and prevent a disaster.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Carol Henning
6.3/10 3 votes#18 - Morticia, the Writer
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1965
When Morticia begins writing twisted tales for children, Gomez tries to sabotage her career.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler
6.3/10 3 votes#19 - Gomez, the Reluctant Lover
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1965
A smitten Pugsley sends one of Morticia's love letters to his schoolteacher, resulting in her believing Gomez sent the letter.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Charles R. Marion
6.3/10 3 votes#20 - Feud in the Addams Family
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1965
The Courtneys make social advances toward the Addams Family, mistakenly believing that the socially prominent Abigail Quincy Adams resides there.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Rick Richardson
6.3/10 3 votes#21 - Gomez, the Cat Burglar
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1965
Gomez is having some sleepwalking issues brought on by Grandma's famous yak stew. The house descends into chaos when a connection is made between a recent spat of cat burglaries and Gomez's nighttime adventures. Morticia goes on the search for a cure before Gomez gets caught and branded a criminal.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie
6.3/10 3 votes#22 - Pugsley's Allowance
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1966
Pugsley wants to find a job to the horror of his parents.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Harry Winkler
6.3/10 3 votes#23 - Happy Birthday, Grandma Frump
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1966
Granny Frump mistakenly believes that Gomez and Morticia are sending her to a home for the aged for her birthday.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Elroy Schwartz
6.3/10 3 votes#24 - Ophelia Visits Morticia
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1966
Ophelia's upset that her latest beau, Montrose, has gone off to join the Peace Corps. His looking so much like Uncle Fester gives Fester the idea to join the Peace Corps as well. Ophelia's all excited that Fester, once in, can look for her Monstrose, but can Fester pass the entrance exam?
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Arthur Weingarten
6.3/10 3 votes#25 - Lurch's Little Helper
Season 2 Episode 27 - Aired 3/18/1966
Morticia's concern that Lurch is overworked leads Gomez to the operating table to assemble a custom-built secondary butler. Lurch lets the robot do all the work and then begins to feel that he isn't needed anymore.
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Writer: Phil Leslie