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Television: The First Fifty Years

Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)

January 1, 1999 (US) • Documentary • 120m

Overview

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.

Director

Kent Hagen

Writers

Barry ZeVan, Jeff Miller

Top Billed

Walter Cronkite

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Top Billed Cast

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Self

Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett

Self (archive footage)

Jay Leno

Jay Leno

Self

Phyllis McGuire

Phyllis McGuire

Self

Doc Severinsen

Doc Severinsen

Self

Dick Van Patten

Dick Van Patten

Self

Ed McMahon

Ed McMahon

Self (archive footage)

Alan Young

Alan Young

Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Self (archive footage)

Sheree North

Sheree North

Self

Patrick Macnee

Patrick Macnee

Self / John Steed (archive footage)

Ron Howard

Ron Howard

Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)

Frank Gorshin

Frank Gorshin

The Riddler (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self (archive footage)

Sid Caesar

Sid Caesar

Self (archive footage)

Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Self – The Beatles (archive footage)

John Lennon

John Lennon

Self – The Beatles (archive footage)

George Harrison

George Harrison

Self – The Beatles (archive footage)

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Self – The Beatles (archive footage)

Linda Ellerbee

Linda Ellerbee

Self

Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert

Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)

David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff

Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)

Ethel Merman

Ethel Merman

Self (archive footage)

Betsy Palmer

Betsy Palmer

Self

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)

Imogene Coca

Imogene Coca

Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Nancy Marchand

Nancy Marchand

Self (archive footage)

Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow

Self (archive footage)

Victoria Principal

Victoria Principal

Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)

David Nelson

David Nelson

Self (archive footage)

Tony Randall

Tony Randall

Self (archive footage)

Gene Siskel

Gene Siskel

Self

Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert

Self

Ray Walston

Ray Walston

Self

Adam West

Adam West

Self / Batman (archive footage)

Burt Ward

Burt Ward

Self / Robin (archive footage)

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Stuart Bailey (archive footage)

George Burns

George Burns

Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

David McCallum

David McCallum

Illya Kuryakin (archive footage)

Kay Kyser

Kay Kyser

Self (archive footage)

Linda Gray

Linda Gray

Self / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage)

Dick Elliott

Dick Elliott

Bartender (archive footage)

Buddy Ebsen

Buddy Ebsen

Jed Clampett (archive footage)

Jerry Mathers

Jerry Mathers

Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage)

Diana Douglas

Diana Douglas

Elly May Clampett (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Jed Allan

Jed Allan

Self

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold

Self

Billy Barty

Billy Barty

Self

Milton Berle

Milton Berle

Self

William Boyd

William Boyd

Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)

William Demarest

William Demarest

Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)

Bing Crosby

Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage)

Joyce Brothers

Joyce Brothers

Self

Wally Cox

Wally Cox

Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)

John Wayne

John Wayne

Self (archive footage)

Bob Crosby

Bob Crosby

Self (archive footage)

Charlton Heston

Charlton Heston

Self

Arte Johnson

Arte Johnson

Self / Wolfgang (archive footage)

Allan Lane

Allan Lane

Mister Ed (archive audio)

Dick Martin

Dick Martin

Self (archive footage)

Barry Morse

Barry Morse

Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage)

Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian

Self (archive footage)

Donna Reed

Donna Reed

Donna Stone (archive footage)

George Reeves

George Reeves

Superman (archive footage)

Red Skelton

Red Skelton

Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)

Vivian Vance

Vivian Vance

Ethel Mertz (archive footage)

Henry Winkler

Henry Winkler

Self

Crew

Steve Edwards

Steve Edwards

Producer

Barry ZeVan

Barry ZeVan

Producer

Barry ZeVan

Barry ZeVan

Writer

Kent Hagen

Kent Hagen

Director

Dante J. Pugliese

Dante J. Pugliese

Executive Producer

Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller

Writer

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Status

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Original Language

EN

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