In The Munsters Today episode 'Its My Party and I'll Die if I Want To', Grandpa celebrates his 402nd birthday. Grandpa declares his age as 378 years in the episode 'Grandpa's Lost Wife', placing his date of birth around 1588. Grandpa talks of having personally known various figures throughout history, including Nero, King Arthur, Richard the Lionheart and Jack the Ripper. A running gag in both the original series and follow up The Munsters Today is his extreme age-his car, the DRAG-U-LA, bearing his gravestone, reads 'born 1367–?'. The character's full name is given as 'Sam Dracula, Count of Transylvania'. The role was later played by Howard Morton in the 1980s television series The Munsters Today. He is an undead vampire and the doting, irritable, and sarcastic father of Lily Munster.
' Munster Masquerade' (September 24, 1964)Ĭount Sam Dracula, commonly known as Grandpa, is a fictional character from the American sitcom The Munsters, originally played by Al Lewis.
