 He entered the U.S. Army at seventeen, and at the age of 21, he reprised the role of Pugsley in the 1977 reunion film "Halloween with the New Addams Family".He established a career behind the camera as a movie studio grip and set builder, while making occasional appearances at "Addams Family"-related events with former costar Lisa Loring, who had played Pugsley's younger sister Wednesday Addams on the show.Weatherwax died on December 7, 2014, of a heart attack at his home in West Hills, California, at the age of 59.