Zappa (2020) featured a cast of 98 tracked actors. Of these, 35 (63%) are still alive today and 21 have passed away. The oldest surviving cast member is Bunk Gardner, age 93. This film starred Frank Zappa and Mike Keneally.
63% still with us· verified cast36% of full cast · incl. 42 unverified
Survivorship
Cast Reunion Index: 62% still living
Avg. Age at Death: 67.2 yrs
Deaths by Year
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Cast98 members
| Person | Character | Status | DOB | Age | DOD | Age in 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Frank Zappa Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 21/12/1940 | 52 | 04/12/1993 | 80 |
Mike Keneally Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988 | Self - Played with Zappa 1987-1988 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Pamela Des Barres Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs | Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs | Living | 09/09/1948 | 78 | — | 72 |
Lonnie Lardner Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage) | Self - Newscaster for Action News (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Patrice Zappa Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage) | Self - Frank Zappa's Sister (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Rose Zappa Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage) | Self - Frank Zappa's Mother (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Francis Zappa Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage) | Self - Frank Zappa's Father (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Edgard Varèse Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 22/12/1883 | 81 | 06/11/1965 | 137 |
 Don Van Vliet Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart) | Self (archive footage) (as Captain Beefheart) | Deceased | 15/01/1941 | 69 | 17/12/2010 | 79 |
The Mothers of Invention Themselves (archive footage) | Themselves (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Johnny Guitar Watson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 03/02/1935 | 61 | 17/05/1996 | 85 |
Pamela Zarubica Self - Zappa's Roommate | Self - Zappa's Roommate | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Carlo Zappavigna Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage) | Self - Frank Zappa's Brother (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Bunk Gardner Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969 | Self - Played with Zappa 1966-1969 | Living | 02/05/1933 | 93 | — | 87 |
 Ian Underwood Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975 | Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1975 | Living | 22/05/1939 | 87 | — | 81 |
 Ruth Underwood Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976 | Self - Played with Zappa 1967-1976 | Living | 23/05/1946 | 80 | — | 74 |
Gail Zappa Self - Frank Zappa's Wife | Self - Frank Zappa's Wife | Deceased | 01/01/1945 | 70 | 07/10/2015 | 75 |
Tom Wilson Self - Music Producer (archive footage) | Self - Music Producer (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Euclid James 'Motorhead' Sherwood Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage) | Self - Baritone Saxophone / Percusion (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Roy Estrada Self - Bass (archive footage) | Self - Bass (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ray Collins Self - Vocal (archive footage) | Self - Vocal (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Don Preston Self - Keyboards (archive footage) | Self - Keyboards (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Jimmy Carl Black Self - Drums (archive footage) | Self - Drums (archive footage) | Deceased | 01/02/1938 | 70 | 01/11/2008 | 82 |
Arthur Dyer Tripp III Self - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp) | Self - Percusion (archive footage) (as Art Tripp) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Cal Schenkel Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Jimi Hendrix Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 27/11/1942 | 27 | 18/09/1970 | 78 |
 Moon Unit Zappa Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 28/09/1967 | 59 | — | 53 |
 Ronald Reagan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 06/02/1911 | 93 | 05/06/2004 | 109 |
 Nancy Reagan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 06/07/1921 | 94 | 06/03/2016 | 99 |
 David Bowie Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 08/01/1947 | 69 | 10/01/2016 | 73 |
 Mick Jagger Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 26/07/1943 | 83 | — | 77 |
Joni Mitchell Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Dweezil Zappa Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 05/09/1969 | 57 | — | 51 |
 Alice Cooper Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 04/02/1948 | 78 | — | 72 |
Howard Kaylan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 22/06/1947 | 79 | — | 73 |
 Mark Volman Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 19/04/1947 | 78 | 05/09/2025 | 73 |
Aynsley Dunbar Self - Drums (archive footage) | Self - Drums (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Jeff Simmons Self - Bass (archive footage) | Self - Bass (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 George Duke Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage) | Self - Keyboards / Trombone (archive footage) | Deceased | 12/01/1946 | 67 | 05/08/2013 | 74 |
 Jean-Luc Ponty Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 29/09/1942 | 84 | — | 78 |
 Yoko Ono Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 18/02/1933 | 93 | — | 87 |
 John Lennon Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 09/10/1940 | 40 | 08/12/1980 | 80 |
 Jerry D. Good Self - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good) | Self - Producer, 200 Motels (archive footage) (as Jerry Good) | Deceased | — | — | — | — |
 Ringo Starr Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 07/07/1940 | 86 | — | 80 |
 Steve Vai Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982 | Self - Played with Zappa 1980-1982 | Living | 06/06/1960 | 66 | — | 60 |
 Ike Willis Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage) | Self - Played with Zappa 1978-1979 (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Bruce Bickford Self - Animator | Self - Animator | Deceased | 11/02/1947 | 72 | 28/04/2019 | 73 |
Tom Fowler Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Napoleon Murphy Brock Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock) | Self (archive footage) (as Napoleon Brock) | Living | 07/06/1945 | 81 | — | 75 |
 Ralph Humphrey Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Chester Thompson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 11/12/1948 | 77 | — | 72 |
Bruce Fowler Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 10/07/1947 | 79 | — | 73 |
 Patrick O'Hearn Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 27/11/1982 | 43 | — | 38 |
 Peter Wolf Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 31/05/1981 | 45 | — | 39 |
 Terry Bozzio Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 27/12/1950 | 75 | — | 70 |
 Tommy Mars Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Adrian Belew Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 23/12/1949 | 76 | — | 71 |
Scott Thunes Self - Played with Zappa 1981-1988 | Self - Played with Zappa 1981-1988 | Living | 20/01/1960 | 66 | — | 60 |
 Joe Travers Self | Self | Living | 20/08/1968 | 58 | — | 52 |
 John Belushi Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 24/01/1949 | 33 | 05/03/1982 | 71 |
Ray White Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984 | Self - Played with Zappa 1976-1984 | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Arthur Barrow Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Vinnie Colaiuta Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 05/02/1956 | 70 | — | 64 |
 Diva Zappa Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 30/07/1979 | 47 | — | 41 |
Sandi Freeman Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Mike Douglas Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Norman Seeff Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 05/03/1939 | 87 | — | 81 |
David Harrington Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Robin Denselow Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Kent Nagano Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 22/11/1951 | 74 | — | 69 |
 David Letterman Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 12/04/1947 | 79 | — | 73 |
 Ahmet Zappa Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 15/05/1974 | 52 | — | 46 |
 Pierre Boulez Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 26/03/1925 | 90 | 05/01/2016 | 95 |
 David Raksin Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 04/08/1912 | 92 | 09/08/2004 | 108 |
 Ted Koppel Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 08/02/1940 | 86 | — | 80 |
Susan Baker Self - PMRC Member (archive footage) | Self - PMRC Member (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Arsenio Hall Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 12/02/1955 | 71 | — | 65 |
Gary Iskowitz Self (voice) | Self (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
David Dondorf Self - Music Engineer (voice) | Self - Music Engineer (voice) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Kathleen Sullivan Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Václav Havel Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage) | Self - President of Czechoslovakia (archive footage) | Deceased | 05/10/1936 | 75 | 18/12/2011 | 84 |
Jamie Gangel Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Ensemble Modern Themselves (archive footage) | Themselves (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Arthur Brown Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Adam Curry Self | Self | Living | 03/09/1964 | 62 | — | 56 |
Hank Dutt Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Buzz Gardner Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Al Gore Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 31/03/1948 | 78 | — | 72 |
 Tipper Gore Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 19/08/1948 | 78 | — | 72 |
David Harrington Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Brian Jones Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 28/02/1942 | 27 | 03/07/1969 | 78 |
John Lofton Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
Miss Mercy Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
John Sherba Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Bill Wyman Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 24/10/1936 | 90 | — | 84 |
Sunny Yang Self | Self | Unverified | — | — | — | — |
 Charles Manson Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Deceased | 12/11/1934 | 83 | 19/11/2017 | 86 |
 Peter Wolf Self (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) | Living | 07/03/1946 | 80 | — | 74 |