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Television: The First Fifty Years (1999) featured a cast of 71 tracked actors. Of these, 14 (20%) are still alive today and 57 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Doc Severinsen, age 99. This film starred Walter Cronkite and Carol Burnett.
20% still with us· verified cast
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 20% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 79.2 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast71 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Walter Cronkite Self | Self | Deceased | 04/11/1916 | 92 | 17/07/2009 | 83 |
 Carol Burnett Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 26/04/1933 | 93 | — | 66 |
 Jay Leno Self | Self | Living | 28/04/1950 | 76 | — | 49 |
 Phyllis McGuire Self | Self | Deceased | 14/02/1931 | 89 | 29/12/2020 | 68 |
 Doc Severinsen Self | Self | Living | 07/07/1927 | 99 | — | 72 |
 Dick Van Patten Self | Self | Deceased | 09/12/1928 | 86 | 23/06/2015 | 71 |
 Ed McMahon Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 06/03/1923 | 86 | 23/06/2009 | 76 |
 Alan Young Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage) | Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/11/1919 | 96 | 19/05/2016 | 80 |
 Dick Powell Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 14/11/1904 | 58 | 02/01/1963 | 95 |
 Sheree North Self | Self | Deceased | 17/01/1932 | 73 | 04/11/2005 | 67 |
 Patrick Macnee Self / John Steed (archive footage) | Self / John Steed (archive footage) | Deceased | 06/02/1922 | 93 | 25/06/2015 | 77 |
 Ron Howard Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage) | Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage) | Living | 01/03/1954 | 72 | — | 45 |
 Frank Gorshin The Riddler (archive footage) | The Riddler (archive footage) | Deceased | 05/04/1933 | 72 | 17/05/2005 | 66 |
 Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 14/10/1890 | 78 | 28/03/1969 | 109 |
 Sid Caesar Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 08/09/1922 | 91 | 12/02/2014 | 77 |
 Ringo Starr Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | Living | 07/07/1940 | 86 | — | 59 |
 John Lennon Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/10/1940 | 40 | 08/12/1980 | 59 |
 George Harrison Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | Deceased | 25/02/1943 | 58 | 29/11/2001 | 56 |
 Paul McCartney Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | Self – The Beatles (archive footage) | Living | 18/06/1942 | 84 | — | 57 |
 Linda Ellerbee Self | Self | Living | 15/08/1944 | 82 | — | 55 |
 Eddie Albert Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage) | Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage) | Deceased | 22/04/1906 | 99 | 26/05/2005 | 93 |
 David Hasselhoff Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage) | Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage) | Living | 17/07/1952 | 74 | — | 47 |
 Ethel Merman Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 16/01/1908 | 76 | 15/02/1984 | 91 |
 Betsy Palmer Self | Self | Deceased | 01/11/1926 | 88 | 29/05/2015 | 73 |
 Desi Arnaz Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) | Deceased | 02/03/1917 | 69 | 02/12/1986 | 82 |
 Lucille Ball Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage) | Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage) | Deceased | 06/08/1911 | 77 | 26/04/1989 | 88 |
 Imogene Coca Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 18/11/1908 | 92 | 02/06/2001 | 91 |
 Bob Hope Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/05/1903 | 100 | 27/07/2003 | 96 |
 Nancy Marchand Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/06/1928 | 71 | 18/06/2000 | 71 |
 Edward R. Murrow Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 25/04/1908 | 57 | 27/04/1965 | 91 |
 Victoria Principal Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage) | Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage) | Living | 03/01/1950 | 76 | — | 49 |
 David Nelson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 24/10/1936 | 74 | 11/01/2011 | 63 |
 Tony Randall Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 26/02/1920 | 84 | 17/05/2004 | 79 |
 Gene Siskel Self | Self | Deceased | 26/01/1946 | 53 | 20/02/1999 | 53 |
 Roger Ebert Self | Self | Deceased | 18/06/1942 | 70 | 04/04/2013 | 57 |
 Ray Walston Self | Self | Deceased | 02/11/1914 | 86 | 01/01/2001 | 85 |
 Adam West Self / Batman (archive footage) | Self / Batman (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/09/1928 | 88 | 09/06/2017 | 71 |
 Burt Ward Self / Robin (archive footage) | Self / Robin (archive footage) | Living | 06/07/1945 | 81 | — | 54 |
 Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Stuart Bailey (archive footage) | Stuart Bailey (archive footage) | Deceased | 30/11/1918 | 95 | 02/05/2014 | 81 |
 George Burns Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 20/01/1896 | 100 | 09/03/1996 | 103 |
 Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/01/1913 | 81 | 22/04/1994 | 86 |
 David McCallum Illya Kuryakin (archive footage) | Illya Kuryakin (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/09/1933 | 90 | 25/09/2023 | 66 |
 Kay Kyser Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 18/06/1905 | 80 | 23/07/1985 | 94 |
 Linda Gray Self / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage) | Self / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage) | Living | 12/09/1940 | 86 | — | 59 |
 Dick Elliott Bartender (archive footage) | Bartender (archive footage) | Deceased | 29/04/1886 | 75 | 22/12/1961 | 113 |
 Buddy Ebsen Jed Clampett (archive footage) | Jed Clampett (archive footage) | Deceased | 02/04/1908 | 95 | 06/07/2003 | 91 |
 Jerry Mathers Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage) | Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage) | Living | 02/06/1948 | 78 | — | 51 |
 Diana Douglas Elly May Clampett (archive footage) | Elly May Clampett (archive footage) | Deceased | 22/01/1923 | 92 | 03/07/2015 | 76 |
 Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 08/12/1925 | 64 | 16/05/1990 | 74 |
 Jed Allan Self | Self | Deceased | 01/03/1935 | 84 | 09/03/2019 | 64 |
 Tom Arnold Self | Self | Living | 06/03/1959 | 67 | — | 40 |
 Billy Barty Self | Self | Deceased | 25/10/1924 | 76 | 23/12/2000 | 75 |
 Milton Berle Self | Self | Deceased | 12/07/1908 | 93 | 27/03/2002 | 91 |
 William Boyd Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage) | Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage) | Deceased | 04/06/1895 | 77 | 12/09/1972 | 104 |
 William Demarest Charlie O'Casey (archive footage) | Charlie O'Casey (archive footage) | Deceased | 27/02/1892 | 91 | 28/12/1983 | 107 |
 Bing Crosby Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 03/05/1903 | 74 | 14/10/1977 | 96 |
 Joyce Brothers Self | Self | Deceased | 20/10/1927 | 85 | 13/05/2013 | 72 |
 Wally Cox Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage) | Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage) | Deceased | 06/12/1924 | 48 | 15/02/1973 | 75 |
 John Wayne Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 26/05/1907 | 72 | 11/06/1979 | 92 |
 Bob Crosby Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 23/08/1913 | 79 | 09/03/1993 | 86 |
 Charlton Heston Self | Self | Deceased | 04/10/1923 | 84 | 05/04/2008 | 76 |
 Arte Johnson Self / Wolfgang (archive footage) | Self / Wolfgang (archive footage) | Deceased | 20/01/1929 | 90 | 03/07/2019 | 70 |
 Allan Lane Mister Ed (archive audio) | Mister Ed (archive audio) | Deceased | 22/09/1909 | 64 | 27/10/1973 | 90 |
 Dick Martin Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 30/01/1922 | 86 | 24/05/2008 | 77 |
 Barry Morse Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage) | Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage) | Deceased | 10/06/1918 | 89 | 02/02/2008 | 81 |
 Hugh O'Brian Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/04/1925 | 91 | 05/09/2016 | 74 |
 Donna Reed Donna Stone (archive footage) | Donna Stone (archive footage) | Deceased | 27/01/1921 | 64 | 14/01/1986 | 78 |
 George Reeves Superman (archive footage) | Superman (archive footage) | Deceased | 05/01/1914 | 45 | 16/06/1959 | 85 |
 Red Skelton Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage) | Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage) | Deceased | 18/07/1913 | 84 | 17/09/1997 | 86 |
 Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz (archive footage) | Ethel Mertz (archive footage) | Deceased | 26/07/1909 | 70 | 17/08/1979 | 90 |
 Henry Winkler Self | Self | Living | 30/10/1945 | 80 | — | 54 |