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Butch Patrick played young werewolf Eddie Munster in the 1960s sitcom "The Munsters."
Butch Patrick played young werewolf Eddie Munster in the 1960s sitcom “The Munsters.”
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PHILADELPHIA — The child star who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster on TV has entered a drug- and alcohol-treatment facility. Butch Patrick’s agent said Thursday that the 57-year-old is in a private facility in New Jersey.

Agent Jodi Ritzen said Patrick is in rehab “to deal with a lifetime problem of substance abuse.”

Patrick moved to the Philadelphia area this year after resuming correspondence with a West Chester woman who was a penpal and fan of “The Munsters” back in the 1960s. She announced last week that they had split. The Associated Press

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