How Many Playwrights '56 (1955) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: Playwrights '56
Released: 1955
Cast: Frederick O'Neal, Joan Blondell, Tom Ewell, Bert Remsen, Janice Rule

Playwrights '56 (1955) featured a cast of 77 tracked actors. Of these, 2 (3%) are still alive today and 75 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Lee Grant, age 100. This TV series starred Frederick O'Neal and Joan Blondell.

3% still with us· verified cast

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 3% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 78.8 yrs

Deaths by Year

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Cast77 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1955 ▲▼
Frederick O'Neal		Deceased	27/08/1905	86	25/08/1992	50
Joan Blondell		Deceased	30/08/1906	73	25/12/1979	49
Tom Ewell		Deceased	29/04/1909	85	12/09/1994	46
Bert Remsen		Deceased	25/02/1925	74	22/04/1999	30
Janice Rule		Deceased	15/08/1931	72	17/10/2003	24
Sylvia Sidney		Deceased	09/08/1910	88	01/07/1999	45
Paul Douglas		Deceased	11/04/1907	52	11/09/1959	48
Robert Culp		Deceased	16/08/1930	79	24/03/2010	25
Thomas Gomez		Deceased	10/07/1905	65	18/06/1971	50
Frank Overton		Deceased	12/03/1918	49	24/04/1967	37
Estelle Winwood		Deceased	23/01/1883	101	20/06/1984	72
Michael Strong		Deceased	08/02/1918	62	29/09/1980	37
Lee Grant		Living	31/10/1925	100	—	30
Kurt Kasznar		Deceased	13/08/1913	65	06/08/1979	42
Patricia Smith		Deceased	20/02/1930	80	02/01/2011	25
Jack Mullaney		Deceased	18/09/1929	52	27/06/1982	26
Kim Stanley		Deceased	11/02/1925	76	20/08/2001	30
Steven Hill		Deceased	24/02/1922	94	23/08/2016	33
Lou Vernon		Deceased	26/06/1888	83	22/12/1971	67
Cyril Ritchard		Deceased	01/12/1897	80	18/12/1977	58
Phyllis Kirk		Deceased	18/09/1927	79	19/10/2006	28
Arleen Whelan		Deceased	01/09/1914	78	07/04/1993	41
Larry Blyden		Deceased	23/06/1925	49	06/06/1975	30
Sada Thompson		Deceased	27/09/1927	83	04/05/2011	28
Warren Stevens		Deceased	02/11/1919	92	27/03/2012	36
Nehemiah Persoff		Deceased	02/08/1919	102	05/04/2022	36
Geoffrey Toone		Deceased	15/11/1910	94	01/06/2005	45
Gene Saks		Deceased	08/11/1921	93	28/03/2015	34
Norman Fell		Deceased	24/03/1924	74	14/12/1998	31
Ralph Bellamy		Deceased	17/06/1904	87	29/11/1991	51
Ruth Hussey		Deceased	30/10/1911	93	19/04/2005	44
Mary Astor		Deceased	03/05/1906	81	25/09/1987	49
Elizabeth Patterson		Deceased	21/11/1874	91	31/01/1966	81
James Gregory		Deceased	23/12/1911	90	16/09/2002	44
Dewey Martin		Deceased	08/12/1923	94	09/04/2018	32
Paul Hartman		Deceased	01/03/1904	69	02/10/1973	51
Louis Jean Heydt		Deceased	17/04/1903	56	29/01/1960	52
Karl Swenson		Deceased	23/07/1908	70	08/10/1978	47
George Grizzard		Deceased	01/04/1928	79	02/10/2007	27
Jack Weston		Deceased	21/08/1924	71	03/05/1996	31
Rudy Bond		Deceased	10/10/1912	69	29/03/1982	43
Henry Jones		Deceased	01/08/1912	86	17/05/1999	43
Patrick Macnee		Deceased	06/02/1922	93	25/06/2015	33
Ethel Waters		Deceased	31/10/1896	80	01/09/1977	59
John Forsythe		Deceased	29/01/1918	92	01/04/2010	37
Russell Hicks Mr. More	Mr. More	Deceased	03/06/1895	61	01/06/1957	60
Frank Campanella		Deceased	12/03/1919	87	30/12/2006	36
Paul McGrath		Deceased	11/04/1904	74	13/04/1978	51
Dina Merrill Sarah	Sarah	Deceased	29/12/1923	93	22/05/2017	32
Meg Mundy		Deceased	04/01/1915	101	12/01/2016	40
Walter Abel		Deceased	05/06/1898	88	26/03/1987	57
Barbara Barrie		Living	23/05/1931	95	—	24
Paul Newman Ad Francis	Ad Francis	Deceased	26/01/1925	83	26/09/2008	30
Edmond O'Brien		Deceased	10/09/1915	69	09/05/1985	40
Dan Frazer		Deceased	20/11/1921	90	16/12/2011	34
Lillian Gish		Deceased	14/10/1893	99	27/02/1993	62
Tom Poston		Deceased	17/10/1921	85	30/04/2007	34
John C. Becher		Deceased	13/01/1915	71	20/09/1986	40
Nancy Walker		Deceased	10/05/1922	69	25/03/1992	33
Peter Mark Richman Jim	Jim	Deceased	16/04/1927	93	14/01/2021	28
Dick York		Deceased	04/09/1928	63	20/02/1992	27
James Whitmore		Deceased	01/10/1921	87	06/02/2009	34
Nina Foch		Deceased	20/04/1924	84	05/12/2008	31
Irving Mitchell		Deceased	18/03/1891	78	03/08/1969	64
J. Pat O'Malley MacLeod	MacLeod	Deceased	15/03/1904	80	27/02/1985	51
Alice Ghostley		Deceased	14/08/1923	84	21/09/2007	32
George Chandler		Deceased	30/06/1898	86	10/06/1985	57
David White		Deceased	04/04/1916	74	27/11/1990	39
Joe Silver		Deceased	28/09/1922	66	27/02/1989	33
Albert Dekker		Deceased	20/12/1905	62	05/05/1968	50
E.G. Marshall		Deceased	18/06/1914	84	24/08/1998	41
Arthur Malet		Deceased	24/09/1927	85	18/05/2013	28
Conrad Nagel Mr. President	Mr. President	Deceased	15/03/1897	72	24/02/1970	58
Steve McQueen		Deceased	24/03/1930	50	07/11/1980	25
Harry Dean Stanton		Deceased	14/07/1926	91	15/09/2017	29
Ann Harding Augusta	Augusta	Deceased	07/08/1902	79	01/09/1981	53
John McGiver		Deceased	05/11/1913	61	09/09/1975	42