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Television: The First Fifty Years

Directed by Kent Hagen
1999    2h
Documentary
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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 of Television: The First Fifty Years
  • Walter CronkiteSelf
  • Carol BurnettSelf (archive footage)
  • Jay LenoSelf
  • Phyllis McGuireSelf
  • Doc SeverinsenSelf
  • Dick Van PattenSelf
  • Ed McMahonSelf (archive footage)
  • Alan YoungSelf / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
  • Dick PowellSelf (archive footage)
  • Sheree NorthSelf
  • Patrick MacneeSelf / John Steed (archive footage)
  • Ron HowardSelf / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
  • Frank GorshinThe Riddler (archive footage)
  • Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
  • Sid CaesarSelf (archive footage)
  • Ringo StarrSelf – The Beatles (archive footage)
  • John LennonSelf – The Beatles (archive footage)
  • George HarrisonSelf – The Beatles (archive footage)
  • Paul McCartneySelf – The Beatles (archive footage)
  • Linda EllerbeeSelf
  • Eddie AlbertSelf / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
  • David HasselhoffSelf / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)
  • Ethel MermanSelf (archive footage)
  • Betsy PalmerSelf
  • Desi ArnazRicky Ricardo (archive footage)
  • Lucille BallSelf / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
  • Imogene CocaSelf (archive footage)
  • Bob HopeSelf (archive footage)
  • Nancy MarchandSelf (archive footage)
  • Edward R. MurrowSelf (archive footage)
  • Victoria PrincipalSelf / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
  • David NelsonSelf (archive footage)
  • Tony RandallSelf (archive footage)
  • Gene SiskelSelf
  • Roger EbertSelf
  • Ray WalstonSelf
  • Adam WestSelf / Batman (archive footage)
  • Burt WardSelf / Robin (archive footage)
  • Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Stuart Bailey (archive footage)
  • George BurnsSelf (archive footage)
  • Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)
  • David McCallumIllya Kuryakin (archive footage)
  • Kay KyserSelf (archive footage)
  • Linda GraySelf / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage)
  • Dick ElliottBartender (archive footage)
  • Buddy EbsenJed Clampett (archive footage)
  • Jerry MathersTheodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage)
  • Diana DouglasElly May Clampett (archive footage)
  • Sammy Davis Jr.Self (archive footage)
  • Jed AllanSelf
  • Tom ArnoldSelf
  • Billy BartySelf
  • Milton BerleSelf
  • William BoydHopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
  • William DemarestCharlie O'Casey (archive footage)
  • Bing CrosbySelf (archive footage)
  • Joyce BrothersSelf
  • Wally CoxRobinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
  • John WayneSelf (archive footage)
  • Bob CrosbySelf (archive footage)
  • Charlton HestonSelf
  • Arte JohnsonSelf / Wolfgang (archive footage)
  • Allan LaneMister Ed (archive audio)
  • Dick MartinSelf (archive footage)
  • Barry MorseLt. Philip Gerard (archive footage)
  • Hugh O'BrianSelf (archive footage)
  • Donna ReedDonna Stone (archive footage)
  • George ReevesSuperman (archive footage)
  • Red SkeltonBuffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
  • Vivian VanceEthel Mertz (archive footage)
  • Henry WinklerSelf

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