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Movie · 1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

Released 1 January 1999 More from 1999 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
George Burns
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 100, before release
Bob Hope
as Self (archive footage)
95
Imogene Coca
as Self (archive footage)
90
Walter Cronkite
as Self
82
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 81, before release
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
as Stuart Bailey (archive footage)
80
Alan Young
as Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
79
Tony Randall
as Self (archive footage)
78
Betsy Palmer
as Self
72
Dick Van Patten
as Self
70
Nancy Marchand
as Self (archive footage)
70
Adam West
as Self / Batman (archive footage)
70
Desi Arnaz
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Died aged 69, before release
Sheree North
as Self
66
Carol Burnett
as Self (archive footage)
65
Dick Powell
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 58, before release
Ringo Starr
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
58
Paul McCartney
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
56
George Harrison
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
55
Burt Ward
as Self / Robin (archive footage)
53
Jay Leno
as Self
48
Victoria Principal
as Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
48
David Hasselhoff
as Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)
46
John Lennon
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Died aged 40, before release
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
60years between the oldest and youngest billed
100George Burns — oldest on the call sheet
40John Lennon — youngest billed
68average age of the credited cast
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