Television: The First Fifty Years Cast and Crew

Television: The First Fifty Years

Plot: Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.

Release Date: Friday, January 1 1998
26 years ago

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Cast

Walter Cronkite. Walter Cronkite was 82 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Sat, Nov 04 1916 –
Died: Fri, Jul 17 2009

Carol Burnett. Carol Burnett was 65 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Apr 26 1933

Jay Leno. Jay Leno was 48 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Fri, Apr 28 1950

Phyllis McGuire. Phyllis McGuire was 67 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Sat, Feb 14 1931 –
Died: Tue, Dec 29 2020

Doc Severinsen. Doc Severinsen was 71 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 07 1927

Dick Van Patten. Dick Van Patten was 70 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Sun, Dec 09 1928 –
Died: Tue, Jun 23 2015

Ed McMahon. Ed McMahon was 75 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Mar 06 1923 –
Died: Tue, Jun 23 2009

Alan Young. Alan Young was 79 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Nov 19 1919 –
Died: Thu, May 19 2016

Dick Powell. Dick Powell would have been no older than 58 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 14 1904 –
Died: Wed, Jan 02 1963

Sheree North. Sheree North was 66 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Sun, Jan 17 1932 –
Died: Fri, Nov 04 2005

Patrick Macnee. Patrick Macnee was 76 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / John Steed (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Feb 06 1922 –
Died: Thu, Jun 25 2015

Ron Howard. Ron Howard was 44 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Mar 01 1954

Frank Gorshin. Frank Gorshin was 65 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'The Riddler (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Apr 05 1933 –
Died: Tue, May 17 2005

Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dwight D. Eisenhower would have been no older than 78 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 14 1890 –
Died: Fri, Mar 28 1969

Sid Caesar. Sid Caesar was 76 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Sep 08 1922 –
Died: Wed, Feb 12 2014

Ringo Starr. Ringo Starr was 58 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self – The Beatles (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Jul 07 1940

John Lennon. John Lennon would have been no older than 40 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self – The Beatles (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Oct 09 1940 –
Died: Mon, Dec 08 1980

George Harrison. George Harrison was 55 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self – The Beatles (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Feb 25 1943 –
Died: Thu, Nov 29 2001

Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney was 56 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self – The Beatles (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jun 18 1942

Linda Ellerbee. Linda Ellerbee was 54 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Tue, Aug 15 1944

Eddie Albert. Eddie Albert was 92 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Apr 22 1906 –
Died: Thu, May 26 2005

David Hasselhoff. David Hasselhoff was 46 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 17 1952

Ethel Merman. Ethel Merman would have been no older than 76 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 16 1908 –
Died: Wed, Feb 15 1984

Betsy Palmer. Betsy Palmer was 72 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 01 1926 –
Died: Fri, May 29 2015

Desi Arnaz. Desi Arnaz would have been no older than 69 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 02 1917 –
Died: Tue, Dec 02 1986

Lucille Ball. Lucille Ball would have been no older than 77 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 06 1911 –
Died: Wed, Apr 26 1989

Imogene Coca. Imogene Coca was 90 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Nov 18 1908 –
Died: Sat, Jun 02 2001

Bob Hope. Bob Hope was 95 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, May 29 1903 –
Died: Sun, Jul 27 2003

Nancy Marchand. Nancy Marchand was 70 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jun 19 1928 –
Died: Sun, Jun 18 2000

Edward R. Murrow. Edward R. Murrow would have been no older than 57 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Apr 25 1908 –
Died: Tue, Apr 27 1965

Victoria Principal. Victoria Principal was 48 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jan 03 1950

David Nelson. David Nelson was 62 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Oct 24 1936 –
Died: Tue, Jan 11 2011

Tony Randall. Tony Randall was 78 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Feb 26 1920 –
Died: Mon, May 17 2004

Gene Siskel. Gene Siskel was 52 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Sat, Jan 26 1946 –
Died: Sat, Feb 20 1999

Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert was 56 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Thu, Jun 18 1942 –
Died: Thu, Apr 04 2013

Ray Walston. Ray Walston was 84 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 02 1914 –
Died: Mon, Jan 01 2001

Adam West. Adam West was 70 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Batman (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Sep 19 1928 –
Died: Fri, Jun 09 2017

Burt Ward. Burt Ward was 53 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Robin (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Jul 06 1945

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.. Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was 80 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Stuart Bailey (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Nov 30 1918 –
Died: Fri, May 02 2014

George Burns. George Burns would have been no older than 100 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 20 1896 –
Died: Sat, Mar 09 1996

Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon would have been no older than 81 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 09 1913 –
Died: Fri, Apr 22 1994

David McCallum. David McCallum was 65 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Illya Kuryakin (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Sep 19 1933 –
Died: Mon, Sep 25 2023

Kay Kyser. Kay Kyser would have been no older than 80 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Jun 18 1905 –
Died: Tue, Jul 23 1985

Linda Gray. Linda Gray was 58 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Sep 12 1940

Dick Elliott. Dick Elliott would have been no older than 75 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Bartender (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Apr 29 1886 –
Died: Fri, Dec 22 1961

Buddy Ebsen. Buddy Ebsen was 90 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Jed Clampett (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Apr 02 1908 –
Died: Sun, Jul 06 2003

Jerry Mathers. Jerry Mathers was 50 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Jun 02 1948

Diana Douglas. Diana Douglas was 75 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Elly May Clampett (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 22 1923 –
Died: Fri, Jul 03 2015

Sammy Davis Jr.. Sammy Davis Jr. would have been no older than 64 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Dec 08 1925 –
Died: Wed, May 16 1990

Jed Allan. Jed Allan was 63 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 01 1935 –
Died: Sat, Mar 09 2019

Tom Arnold. Tom Arnold was 39 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 06 1959

Billy Barty. Billy Barty was 74 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Sat, Oct 25 1924 –
Died: Sat, Dec 23 2000

Milton Berle. Milton Berle was 90 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Sun, Jul 12 1908 –
Died: Wed, Mar 27 2002

William Boyd. William Boyd would have been no older than 77 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jun 04 1895 –
Died: Tue, Sep 12 1972

William Demarest. William Demarest would have been no older than 91 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Feb 27 1892 –
Died: Wed, Dec 28 1983

Bing Crosby. Bing Crosby would have been no older than 74 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, May 03 1903 –
Died: Fri, Oct 14 1977

Joyce Brothers. Joyce Brothers was 71 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Thu, Oct 20 1927 –
Died: Mon, May 13 2013

Wally Cox. Wally Cox would have been no older than 48 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Dec 06 1924 –
Died: Thu, Feb 15 1973

John Wayne. John Wayne would have been no older than 72 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, May 26 1907 –
Died: Mon, Jun 11 1979

Bob Crosby. Bob Crosby would have been no older than 79 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Aug 23 1913 –
Died: Tue, Mar 09 1993

Charlton Heston. Charlton Heston was 75 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Thu, Oct 04 1923 –
Died: Sat, Apr 05 2008

Arte Johnson. Arte Johnson was 69 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self / Wolfgang (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Jan 20 1929 –
Died: Wed, Jul 03 2019

Allan Lane. Allan Lane would have been no older than 64 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Mister Ed (archive audio)'.

Birthday: Wed, Sep 22 1909 –
Died: Sat, Oct 27 1973

Dick Martin. Dick Martin was 76 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 30 1922 –
Died: Sat, May 24 2008

Barry Morse. Barry Morse was 80 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jun 10 1918 –
Died: Sat, Feb 02 2008

Hugh O'Brian. Hugh O'Brian was 73 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Apr 19 1925 –
Died: Mon, Sep 05 2016

Donna Reed. Donna Reed would have been no older than 64 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Donna Stone (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 27 1921 –
Died: Tue, Jan 14 1986

George Reeves. George Reeves would have been no older than 45 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Superman (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 05 1914 –
Died: Tue, Jun 16 1959

Red Skelton. Red Skelton would have been no older than 84 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Jul 18 1913 –
Died: Wed, Sep 17 1997

Vivian Vance. Vivian Vance would have been no older than 70 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Ethel Mertz (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jul 26 1909 –
Died: Fri, Aug 17 1979

Henry Winkler. Henry Winkler was 53 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Self'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 30 1945

Crew

Kent Hagen. Kent Hagen was >> in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Director'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Jeff Miller. Jeff Miller was >> in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Writer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Barry ZeVan. Barry ZeVan was 61 in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Producer, Writer'

Birthday: Thu, Aug 05 1937 –
Died: Wed, Jan 01 2020

Steve Edwards. Steve Edwards was >> in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Dante J. Pugliese. Dante J. Pugliese was >> in Television: The First Fifty Years as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday