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Movie · 2016

The Founder

Released 24 November 2016 More from 2016 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

The true story of how Ray Kroc, a salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. He maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Wilbur Fitzgerald
as Jerry Cullen
68
Afemo Omilami
as Mr. Merriman (uncredited)
65
Steve Coulter
as Doctor Reeves
56
Mike Pniewski
as Harvey Peltz
55
Nick Offerman
as Dick McDonald
46
Griff Furst
as Jim Zien
35
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
33years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Wilbur Fitzgerald — oldest on the call sheet
35Griff Furst — youngest billed
54average age of the credited cast
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