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Known for:	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Car 54, Where Are You?, My Grandfather Is a Vampire
Birth name:	Albert Meister
Birthday:	30 April 1910, New York, New York, USA

Ran as Green Party candidate for Governor of New York in 1998. June 30, 2003: Had his third angioplasty at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. Complications developed, necessitating the amputation of his right leg below the knee and the toes on his left foot. was a hot dog vendor at Ebbets Field, the former ballpark for the then Brooklyn Dodgers. He claims to have read a different book every day of his life. Former basketball player at Thomas Jefferson High School, achieved notoriety as a basketball talent scout. Has three sons and four grandchildren. Worked as a salesman, waiter, pool room owner, store detective, circus clown and vaudeville performer. Although he claimed to have a Ph.D. in child psychology from Columbia University, the university has no record of it, under his stage name or his real name. Had a local New York City radio show up until his death in 2006. After his death, his son announced that Lewis had in fact been born on April 30, 1923, not 1910 as the actor had previously claimed. Obituarist Dan Barry wrote in an article in the February 11, 2006 New York Times that almost every claim Lewis made about his early life - his birthdate and place of birth, his wartime adventures in the merchant marine, his education - was unverifiable and possibly false. He may have adjusted his birthdate to land the role of Grandpa Munster, as he was in reality one year younger than Yvonne Decarlo, the actress who was to play his daughter. Lewis's place of birth is also in question. He claimed to have been born in Wolcott, New York, but the local records contain no reference to his birth, and it is thought (although no proof has been published) that he was born in Brooklyn, New York. His character on "The Munsters" was often incorrectly referred to as "Grandpa Munster" even though his name was Sam Dracula. Munster was the surname of his son-in-law.

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