How Many The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) Cast Members Are Still Alive?

Name: The Philco Television Playhouse
Released: 1948
Cast: Bert Lytell, Tonio Selwart, John Marley, Nydia Westman, Walter Brooke

The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) featured a cast of 353 tracked actors. Of these, 9 (3%) are still alive today and 338 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Eva Marie Saint, age 102. This TV series starred Bert Lytell and Tonio Selwart.

3% still with us· verified cast3% of full cast · incl. 3 unverified

Survivorship

Cast Reunion Index: 3% still living

Avg. Age at Death: 77.5 yrs

Deaths by Year

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Cast353 members

Person	Character	Status	DOB ▲▼	Age	DOD ▲▼	Age in 1948 ▲▼
Bert Lytell Self - Host	Self - Host	Deceased	—	—	28/09/1954	—
Tonio Selwart		Deceased	09/06/1896	106	02/11/2002	52
John Marley		Deceased	17/10/1907	76	22/05/1984	41
Nydia Westman		Deceased	19/02/1902	68	23/05/1970	46
Walter Brooke		Deceased	13/10/1914	71	20/08/1986	34
Margaret Wycherly		Deceased	26/10/1881	74	06/06/1956	67
Madeleine Carroll		Deceased	26/02/1906	81	02/10/1987	42
Hugh Reilly		Deceased	30/10/1915	82	17/07/1998	33
Jerome Cowan		Deceased	06/10/1897	74	24/01/1972	51
Paul McGrath		Deceased	11/04/1904	74	13/04/1978	44
Joseph Anthony		Deceased	24/05/1912	80	20/01/1993	36
Madeleine Sherwood Tweed's daughter	Tweed's daughter	Deceased	13/11/1922	93	23/04/2016	26
Natalie Schafer		Deceased	05/11/1900	90	10/04/1991	48
Dorothy Peterson		Deceased	25/12/1897	81	03/10/1979	51
Phyllis Kirk Dolly	Dolly	Deceased	18/09/1927	79	19/10/2006	21
Robert Keith		Deceased	09/02/1898	68	22/12/1966	50
Buster Crabbe		Deceased	07/02/1908	75	23/04/1983	40
Brandon De Wilde		Deceased	09/04/1942	30	06/07/1972	6
Gerald S. O'Loughlin		Deceased	23/12/1921	93	31/07/2015	27
Vanessa Brown		Deceased	24/03/1928	71	21/05/1999	20
Nancy Kelly		Deceased	25/03/1921	73	02/01/1995	27
John Ireland		Deceased	31/01/1914	78	21/03/1992	34
Joey Adams Bill Dix	Bill Dix	Deceased	06/01/1911	88	02/12/1999	37
Sylvia Sidney		Deceased	09/08/1910	88	01/07/1999	38
Carlos Montalbán Saguro	Saguro	Deceased	05/06/1903	87	28/03/1991	45
Robert Ellenstein Dr. Lehmbruck	Dr. Lehmbruck	Deceased	18/06/1923	87	28/10/2010	25
Tom Tully Major Avery	Major Avery	Deceased	21/08/1908	73	27/04/1982	40
Lenka Peterson		Presumed Deceased	16/10/1925	95	24/09/2021	23
Geoffrey Horne		Living	22/08/1933	93	—	15
John Cassavetes		Deceased	09/12/1929	59	03/02/1989	19
Joan Lorring		Deceased	17/04/1926	88	30/05/2014	22
Jeffrey Lynn		Deceased	16/02/1909	86	24/11/1995	39
Peter Brandon		Deceased	11/07/1926	57	27/11/1983	22
Terry Becker		Deceased	05/08/1921	93	30/12/2014	27
Edna Best		Deceased	03/03/1900	74	18/09/1974	48
Charlton Heston		Deceased	04/10/1923	84	05/04/2008	25
Frank Albertson		Deceased	02/02/1909	55	29/02/1964	39
Ruth McDevitt		Deceased	13/09/1895	80	27/05/1976	53
Enid Markey		Deceased	22/02/1894	87	15/11/1981	54
Hugh Marlowe		Deceased	30/01/1911	71	02/05/1982	37
Dane Clark		Deceased	26/02/1912	86	11/09/1998	36
Cyril Ritchard		Deceased	01/12/1897	80	18/12/1977	51
Claude Dauphin		Deceased	19/08/1903	75	16/11/1978	45
John Qualen Gus Gruntle	Gus Gruntle	Deceased	06/12/1899	87	12/09/1987	49
Ward Costello Investigator Robert Wheelock	Investigator Robert Wheelock	Deceased	05/07/1919	89	04/06/2009	29
William Smithers		Deceased	10/07/1927	98	26/05/2026	21
Patrick O'Neal Cliff	Cliff	Deceased	26/09/1927	66	09/09/1994	21
Mark Roberts		Deceased	09/06/1921	85	05/12/2006	27
Charlotte Rae		Deceased	22/04/1926	92	05/08/2018	22
Lee Meriwether		Living	27/05/1935	91	—	13