Television: The First Fifty Years

1999, documentary

120 minutes

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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Cast

Carol Burnett

Carol Burnett

Self (archive footage)

Jay Leno

Jay Leno

Self

Ed McMahon

Ed McMahon

Self (archive footage)

Alan Young

Alan Young

Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Self (archive footage)

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)

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)

Desi Arnaz

Desi Arnaz

Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)

Imogene Coca

Self (archive footage)

Bob Hope

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)

Nancy Marchand

Nancy Marchand

Self (archive footage)

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)

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

Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage)

Diana Douglas

Elly May Clampett (archive footage)

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self (archive footage)

Jed Allan

Self

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold

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)

Wally Cox

Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)

John Wayne

John Wayne

Self (archive footage)

Bob Crosby

Self (archive footage)

Arte Johnson

Arte Johnson

Self / Wolfgang (archive footage)

Allan Lane

Allan Lane

Mister Ed (archive audio)

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

Ethel Mertz (archive footage)

Crew

Directing

Kent Hagen

Director

Production

Dante J. Pugliese

Executive producer

Barry ZeVan

Producer

Steve Edwards

Producer

Writing

Barry ZeVan

Writer

Jeff Miller

Writer

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