Television: The First Fifty Years - Production & Contact Info

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Name	Known for
Eddie Albert Self - Interviewee / Oliver Wendell Douglas Self - Interviewee / Oliver Wendell Douglas See fewer	Roman Holiday (1953)
Jed Allan Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	General Hospital (1963)
Dayton Allen Insp. John J. Fadoozle (archive sound) Insp. John J. Fadoozle (archive sound) See fewer	The Cotton Club (1984)
Fred Allen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's in the Bag! (1945)
Gracie Allen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Marty Allen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Night Gallery (1969)
Steve Allen Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Fran Allison Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Mikado (1954)
Desi Arnaz Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
James Arness Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Tom Arnold Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	True Lies (1994)
Max Baer Jr. Jethro Bodine (archive footage) Jethro Bodine (archive footage) See fewer	The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Lucille Ball Self - Interviewee / Lucy Ricardo Self - Interviewee / Lucy Ricardo See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Billy Barty Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Masters of the Universe (1987)
The Beatles Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	The Beatles: Get Back (2021)
Bea Benaderet Kate Bradley (archive footage) Kate Bradley (archive footage) See fewer	Petticoat Junction (1963)
Jack Benny Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Milton Berle Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Carl Betz Dr. Alex Stone (archive footage) Dr. Alex Stone (archive footage) See fewer	Judd for the Defense (1967)
Amanda Blake Self - Interviewee / Kitty Russel Self - Interviewee / Kitty Russel See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Dan Blocker Hoss Cartwright (archive footage) Hoss Cartwright (archive footage) See fewer	Bonanza (1959)
Richard Boone Paladin (archive footage) Paladin (archive footage) See fewer	Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)
Grace Boyd Self - Interviewee (archive footage) Self - Interviewee (archive footage) See fewer	Uncertain Lady (1934)
William Boyd Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage) Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage) See fewer	Two Arabian Knights (1927)
Joyce Brothers Self - Interviewee / Dr. Brothers Self - Interviewee / Dr. Brothers See fewer	Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
Carol Burnett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
George Burns Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Oh, God! (1977)
Edd Byrnes Self - Interviewee / Kookie Self - Interviewee / Kookie See fewer	Grease (1978)
Sid Caesar Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Grease (1978)
Bob Carroll Jr. Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Johnny Carson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Imogene Coca Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Vacation (1983)
Bud Collyer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The New Adventures of Superman (1966)
Chuck Connors Lucas McCain (archive footage) Lucas McCain (archive footage) See fewer	Soylent Green (1973)
Wally Cox Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage) Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage) See fewer	Mister Peepers (1952)
Walter Cronkite Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Bing Crosby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	White Christmas (1954)
Bob Crosby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Raging Bull (1980)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Madelyn Davis Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
William Demarest Uncle Charlie O'Casey (archive footage) Uncle Charlie O'Casey (archive footage) See fewer	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Joyce DeWitt Self - Interviewee / Janet Wood Self - Interviewee / Janet Wood See fewer	Three's Company (1976)
Diana Douglas Elly May Clampett (archive footage) Elly May Clampett (archive footage) See fewer	Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Fran Drescher Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Nanny (1993)
David Duchovny Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The X-Files (1993)
Roger Ebert Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Siskel & Ebert (1986)
Buddy Ebsen Jed Clampett (archive footage) Jed Clampett (archive footage) See fewer	The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Barbara Eden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Linda Ellerbee Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Nick News (1991)
Dick Elliott Bartender (archive footage) Bartender (archive footage) See fewer	Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Dale Evans Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
Shelley Fabares Mary Stone (archive footage) Mary Stone (archive footage) See fewer	The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Stanley Fafara Whitey Whitney (archive footage) Whitey Whitney (archive footage) See fewer	Leave It to Beaver (1957)
Norman Fell Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Three's Company (1976)
Bob Finkel Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Andy Williams Show (1962)
Frank Fontaine Crazy Guggenheim (archive footage) Crazy Guggenheim (archive footage) See fewer	Hit Parade of 1951 (1950)
Michael Forest Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Ninja Scroll (1993)
Fred Foy Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	The Generation Gap (1968)
Anne Francis Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Forbidden Planet (1956)
Arlene Francis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Thrill of It All (1963)
William Frawley Fred Mertz (archive footage) Fred Mertz (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Robert Fuller Self - Interviewee / Dr. Kelly Brackett / Cooper Smith / Jess Harper Self - Interviewee / Dr. Kelly Brackett / Cooper Smith / Jess Harper See fewer	Emergency! (1972)
Jackie Gleason Joe the Bartender / Ralph Kramden (archive footage) Joe the Bartender / Ralph Kramden (archive footage) See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
Arthur Godfrey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Frank Gorshin The Riddler (archive footage) The Riddler (archive footage) See fewer	12 Monkeys (1995)
Linda Gray Self - Interviewee / Sue Ellen Ewing Self - Interviewee / Sue Ellen Ewing See fewer	Dallas (1978)
Lorne Greene Ben Cartwright (archive footage) Ben Cartwright (archive footage) See fewer	Bonanza (1959)
Shecky Greene Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	History of the World: Part I (1981)
Larry Hagman Self - Interviewee / J. R. Ewing Self - Interviewee / J. R. Ewing See fewer	Dallas (1978)
Deidre Hall Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Days of Our Lives (1965)
Monty Hall Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Let's Make a Deal (1963)
Jonathan Harris Self - Interviewee / Dr. Zachary Smith Self - Interviewee / Dr. Zachary Smith See fewer	Lost in Space (1965)
David Hasselhoff Self - Interviewee / Mitch Buchanon Self - Interviewee / Mitch Buchanon See fewer	Baywatch (1989)
Goldie Hawn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Private Benjamin (1980)
Linda Henning Self - Interviewee / Betty Jo Bradley Self - Interviewee / Betty Jo Bradley See fewer	Petticoat Junction (1963)
Howard Hesseman Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
Charlton Heston Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Ben-Hur (1959)
Dwayne Hickman Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)
Bob Hope Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Ron Howard Self - Interviewee / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham Self - Interviewee / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham See fewer	Arrested Development (2003)
Arte Johnson Self / Wolfgang (archive footage) Self / Wolfgang (archive footage) See fewer	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
The June Taylor Dancers Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	The Jackie Gleason Show (1952)
Robert Keeshan Self - Interviewee / Original Clarabelle / Captain Kangaroo Self - Interviewee / Original Clarabelle / Captain Kangaroo See fewer	Captain Kangaroo (1955)
Pert Kelton Alice Kramden (archive footage) Alice Kramden (archive footage) See fewer	The Music Man (1962)
Dorothy Kilgallen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fly Away Baby (1937)
Tommy Kirk Self - Interviewee / Joe Hardy Self - Interviewee / Joe Hardy See fewer	Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Jack Klugman Oscar Madison (archive footage) Oscar Madison (archive footage) See fewer	12 Angry Men (1957)
Kay Kyser Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	You'll Find Out (1940)
Bert Lahr Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Michael Landon Joe Cartwright (archive footage) Joe Cartwright (archive footage) See fewer	Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Allan Lane Mr. Ed (voice) (archive footage) Mr. Ed (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Mister Ed (1961)
Norman Lear Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Jay Leno Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
Jerry Lewis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1963)
Liberace Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Art Linkletter Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Champagne for Caesar (1950)
Stanley Livingston Self - Interviewee / Chip Douglas Self - Interviewee / Chip Douglas See fewer	My Three Sons (1960)
Peter Lupus Self - Interviewee / Willy Armitage Self - Interviewee / Willy Armitage See fewer	Mission: Impossible (1966)
Gisele MacKenzie Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Young and the Restless (1973)
Fred MacMurray Steve Douglas (archive footage) Steve Douglas (archive footage) See fewer	Double Indemnity (1944)
Patrick Macnee Self - Interviewee / John Steed Self - Interviewee / John Steed See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
Joe Mantell Angie (archive footage) Angie (archive footage) See fewer	Marty (1955)
Randolph Mantooth Self - Interviewee / Paramedic John Gage Self - Interviewee / Paramedic John Gage See fewer	Emergency! (1972)
Nancy Marchand Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Sopranos (1999)
The Marquis Chimps Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
Dean Martin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Dean Martin Show (1965)
Dick Martin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Jerry Mathers Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage) Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage) See fewer	The Trouble with Harry (1955)
Bob May Robot (archive footage) Robot (archive footage) See fewer	The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
David McCallum Illya Kuryakin (archive footage) Illya Kuryakin (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Escape (1963)
Joseph McCarthy Self - Senator McCarthy (archive footage) Self - Senator McCarthy (archive footage) See fewer	American Forum of the Air (1950)
Phyllis McGuire Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The White River Kid (1999)
Ed McMahon Self - Interviewee (archive footage) Self - Interviewee (archive footage) See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Men of Texaco Quartet Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer
Ethel Merman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Clayton Moore Lone Ranger (archive footage) Lone Ranger (archive footage) See fewer	The Lone Ranger (1949)
Harry Morgan Officer Bill Gannon (archive footage) Officer Bill Gannon (archive footage) See fewer	MAS*H (1972)
Barry Morse Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage) Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage) See fewer	Whoops Apocalypse (1982)
Erin Murphy Self - Interviewee / Tabitha Stephens Self - Interviewee / Tabitha Stephens See fewer	Bewitched (1964)
Edward R. Murrow Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
David Nelson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)
Harriet Nelson Self / Harriet Nelson (archive footage) Self / Harriet Nelson (archive footage) See fewer	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)
Ozzie Nelson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)
Ricky Nelson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)
John Newland Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Man Who Never Was (1966)
Bobby Nicholson J. Cornelius Cobb (archive footage) J. Cornelius Cobb (archive footage) See fewer	The New Howdy Doody Show (1976)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Sheree North Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Breakout (1975)
Kim Novak Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Vertigo (1958)
Hugh O'Brian Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Shootist (1976)
Carroll O'Connor Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Greg O'Neil Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	My Lucky Regret
Johnny Olson Self (archive sound) Self (archive sound) See fewer	Match Game (1973)
Betsy Palmer Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Friday the 13th (1980)
Patty Petersen Trisha Stone (archive footage) Trisha Stone (archive footage) See fewer	The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Paul Petersen Self - Interviewee / Jeff Stone Self - Interviewee / Jeff Stone See fewer	The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Jo Ann Pflug Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	MAS*H (1970)
Paul Picerni Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Airport (1970)
Tom Poston Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
Dick Powell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Victoria Principal Self - Interviewee / Pamela Barnes Ewing Self - Interviewee / Pamela Barnes Ewing See fewer	Vigilante Force (1976)
Tony Randall Self - Interviewee / Harvey Weskitt Self - Interviewee / Harvey Weskitt See fewer	The Odd Couple (1970)
Donna Reed Donna Stone (archive footage) Donna Stone (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
George Reeves Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage) Clark Kent / Superman (archive footage) See fewer	Adventures of Superman (1952)
Diana Rigg Emma Peel (archive footage) Emma Peel (archive footage) See fewer	Last Night in Soho (2021)
Jeannine Riley Billie Jo Bradley (archive footage) Billie Jo Bradley (archive footage) See fewer	Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
Pernell Roberts Adam Cartwright (archive footage) Adam Cartwright (archive footage) See fewer	Bonanza (1959)
Fred Rogers Self - Interviewee / Mr. Rogers Self - Interviewee / Mr. Rogers See fewer	Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968)
Roy Rogers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)
Steve Rossi Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Mexican (2001)
Dan Rowan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
George Schlatter Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Tom Selleck Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Blue Bloods (2010)
Doc Severinsen Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Nude on the Moon (1961)
Jay Silverheels Tonto (archive footage) Tonto (archive footage) See fewer	The Lone Ranger (1949)
Frank Sinatra Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	From Here to Eternity (1953)
Gene Siskel Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Siskel & Ebert (1986)
Red Skelton Sheriff Deadeye (archive footage) Sheriff Deadeye (archive footage) See fewer	The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
Bob Smith Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (voice) (archive footage) Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Revolutionary Road (2008)
Howard K. Smith Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Roger Smith Jeff Spencer (archive footage) Jeff Spencer (archive footage) See fewer	Auntie Mame (1958)
Robert Stack Self - Interviewee / Eliot Ness Self - Interviewee / Eliot Ness See fewer	Written on the Wind (1956)
Rod Steiger Self - Interviewee / Marty Piletti Self - Interviewee / Marty Piletti See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Jerry Stiller Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
Milburn Stone Doc Adams (archive footage) Doc Adams (archive footage) See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Susan Strasberg Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Picnic (1955)
Ed Sullivan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Allen Swift Phineas T. Bluster (archive sound) Phineas T. Bluster (archive sound) See fewer	Mad Monster Party? (1967)
Burr Tillstrom Kukla / Ollie (archive footage) Kukla / Ollie (archive footage) See fewer	Kukla, Fran and Ollie (1969)
Kam Tong Hey Boy (archive footage) Hey Boy (archive footage) See fewer	Flower Drum Song (1961)
Doreen Tracey Self - Interviewee / Mouseketeer Self - Interviewee / Mouseketeer See fewer	Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
Dick Tufeld Robot (archive sound) Robot (archive sound) See fewer	Lost in Space (1998)
Judy Tyler Princess Summerfall Winterspring (archive footage) Princess Summerfall Winterspring (archive footage) See fewer	Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Dick Van Patten Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Spaceballs (1987)
Vivian Vance Ethel Mertz (archive footage) Ethel Mertz (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Robert Vaughn Self - Interviewee / Napoleon Solo Self - Interviewee / Napoleon Solo See fewer	Bullitt (1968)
Mike Wallace Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	60 Minutes (1968)
Ray Walston Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Popeye (1980)
Burt Ward Self - Interviewee / Robin Self - Interviewee / Robin See fewer	Batman (1966)
John Wayne Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	True Grit (1969)
Dennis Weaver Self - Interviewee / Chester Goode Self - Interviewee / Chester Goode See fewer	Touch of Evil (1958)
Jack Webb Sgt. Joe Friday (archive footage) Sgt. Joe Friday (archive footage) See fewer	Dragnet (1951)
Lawrence Welk Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Adam West Self - Interviewee / Batman (archive footage) Self - Interviewee / Batman (archive footage) See fewer	Batman (1966)
Guy Williams Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Zorro (1957)
Van Williams Britt Reid / The Green Hornet (archive footage) Britt Reid / The Green Hornet (archive footage) See fewer	The Green Hornet (1966)
Henry Winkler Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	The Waterboy (1998)
Pat Woodell Bobbie Jo Bradley (archive footage) Bobbie Jo Bradley (archive footage) See fewer	The Roommates (1973)
Jane Wyatt Margaret Anderson (archive footage) Margaret Anderson (archive footage) See fewer	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Alan Young Self - Interviewee / Wilbur Post Self - Interviewee / Wilbur Post See fewer	The Time Machine (1960)
Robert Young Jim Anderson (archive footage) Jim Anderson (archive footage) See fewer	Crossfire (1947)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Stuart Bailey (archive footage) Stuart Bailey (archive footage) See fewer	Wait Until Dark (I) (1967)

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