Al Lewis: Grandpa on The Munsters Dies at 82

Al Lewis was an American actor and political activist best known as Grandpa on The Munsters. Born Abraham Meister on April 30, 1923, in New York City (the year is disputed).

He played Officer Leo Schnauser on Car 54, Where Are You? and then Grandpa on The Munsters from 1964 to 1966. In the 1980s he hosted horror movies on television and ran a Greenwich Village restaurant, Grampa's Bella Gente.

Lewis ran for governor of New York as the Green Party candidate in 1998. He was married to Marge Domowitz until 1977 and then to Karen Ingenthron. He died of natural causes in New York City on February 3, 2006, at age 82.

Achievements: Role of Grandpa on The Munsters, Green Party candidate for governor of New York (1998).

Birth: April 30, 1923 - New York City.

Profession: Actor and activist.

Interesting Facts: He often claimed to be older than he was.