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Television: The First Fifty Years

Directed by Kent Hagen
1998    2h
Documentary
7.4
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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.
Cast of Television: The First Fifty Years
  • Eddie AlbertSelf - Interviewee
  • Jed AllanSelf - Interviewee
  • Dayton AllenInsp. John J. Fadoozle
  • Fred AllenSelf
  • Gracie AllenSelf
  • Marty AllenSelf
  • Steve AllenSelf - Interviewee
  • Fran AllisonSelf
  • Desi ArnazRicky Ricardo
  • James ArnessSelf - Interviewee
  • Tom ArnoldSelf - Interviewee
  • Max Baer Jr.Jethro Bodine
  • Lucille BallSelf - Interviewee
  • Billy BartySelf - Interviewee
  • The BeatlesThemselves
  • Bea BenaderetKate Bradley
  • Jack BennySelf
  • Milton BerleSelf - Interviewee
  • Carl BetzDr. Alex Stone
  • Amanda BlakeSelf - Interviewee
  • Dan BlockerHoss Cartwright
  • Richard BoonePaladin
  • Grace BoydSelf - Interviewee
  • William BoydHopalong Cassidy
  • Joyce BrothersSelf - Interviewee
  • Carol BurnettSelf
  • George BurnsSelf - Interviewee
  • Edd ByrnesSelf - Interviewee
  • Sid CaesarSelf
  • Bob Carroll Jr.Self - Interviewee
  • Johnny CarsonSelf
  • Imogene CocaSelf
  • Bud CollyerSelf
  • Chuck ConnorsLucas McCain
  • Wally CoxRobinson J. Peepers
  • Walter CronkiteSelf - Interviewee
  • Bing CrosbySelf
  • Bob CrosbySelf
  • Sammy Davis Jr.Self
  • Madelyn PughSelf - Interviewee
  • William DemarestUncle Charlie O'Casey
  • Joyce DeWittSelf - Interviewee
  • Diana DouglasElly May Clampett
  • Fran DrescherSelf - Interviewee
  • David DuchovnySelf
  • Roger EbertSelf - Interviewee
  • Buddy EbsenJed Clampett
  • Barbara EdenSelf
  • Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf
  • Linda EllerbeeSelf - Interviewee
  • Dick ElliottBartender
  • Dale EvansSelf - Interviewee
  • Shelley FabaresMary Stone
  • Stanley FafaraWhitey Whitney
  • Norman FellSelf - Interviewee
  • Bob FinkelSelf - Interviewee
  • Frank FontaineCrazy Guggenheim
  • Michael ForestSelf - Interviewee
  • Fred FoySelf
  • Anne FrancisSelf - Interviewee
  • Arlene FrancisSelf
  • William FrawleyFred Mertz
  • Robert FullerSelf - Interviewee
  • Jackie GleasonJoe the Bartender
  • Arthur GodfreySelf
  • Frank GorshinThe Riddler
  • Linda GraySelf - Interviewee
  • Lorne GreeneBen Cartwright
  • Shecky GreeneSelf - Interviewee
  • Larry HagmanSelf - Interviewee
  • Deidre HallSelf - Interviewee
  • Monty HallSelf - Interviewee
  • Jonathan HarrisSelf - Interviewee
  • David HasselhoffSelf - Interviewee
  • Goldie HawnSelf
  • Linda HenningSelf - Interviewee
  • Howard HessemanSelf - Interviewee
  • Charlton HestonSelf - Interviewee
  • Dwayne HickmanSelf - Interviewee
  • Bob HopeSelf
  • Ron HowardSelf - Interviewee
  • Arte JohnsonSelf
  • The June Taylor DancersThemselves
  • Bob KeeshanSelf - Interviewee
  • Pert KeltonAlice Kramden
  • Dorothy KilgallenSelf
  • Tommy KirkSelf - Interviewee
  • Jack KlugmanOscar Madison
  • Kay KyserSelf
  • Bert LahrSelf
  • Michael LandonJoe Cartwright
  • Allan LaneMr. Ed
  • Norman LearSelf - Interviewee
  • Jay LenoSelf - Interviewee
  • Jerry LewisSelf
  • LiberaceSelf
  • Art LinkletterSelf - Interviewee
  • Stanley LivingstonSelf - Interviewee
  • Peter LupusSelf - Interviewee
  • Gisele MacKenzieSelf - Interviewee
  • Fred MacMurraySteve Douglas
  • Patrick MacneeSelf - Interviewee
  • Joe MantellAngie
  • Randolph MantoothSelf - Interviewee
  • Nancy MarchandSelf
  • The Marquis ChimpsThemselves
  • Dean MartinSelf
  • Dick MartinSelf
  • Jerry MathersTheodore 'Beaver' Cleaver
  • Bob MayRobot
  • David McCallumIllya Kuryakin
  • Joseph McCarthySelf - Senator McCarthy
  • Phyllis McGuireSelf - Interviewee
  • Ed McMahonSelf - Interviewee
  • The Men of Texaco QuartetThemselves
  • Ethel MermanSelf
  • Clayton MooreLone Ranger
  • Harry MorganOfficer Bill Gannon
  • Barry MorseLt. Philip Gerard
  • Erin MurphySelf - Interviewee
  • Edward R. MurrowSelf
  • David NelsonSelf
  • Harriet NelsonSelf
  • Ozzie NelsonSelf
  • Ricky NelsonSelf
  • John NewlandSelf
  • Bobby NicholsonJ. Cornelius Cobb
  • Richard NixonSelf
  • Sheree NorthSelf - Interviewee
  • Kim NovakSelf
  • Hugh O'BrianSelf - Interviewee
  • Carroll O'ConnorSelf - Interviewee
  • Greg O'NeilNarrator
  • Johnny OlsonSelf
  • Betsy PalmerSelf - Interviewee
  • Patty PetersenTrisha Stone
  • Paul PetersenSelf - Interviewee
  • Jo Ann PflugSelf
  • Paul PicerniSelf - Interviewee
  • Tom PostonSelf - Interviewee
  • Dick PowellSelf
  • Victoria PrincipalSelf - Interviewee
  • Tony RandallSelf - Interviewee
  • Donna ReedDonna Stone
  • George ReevesClark Kent
  • Diana RiggEmma Peel
  • Jeannine RileyBillie Jo Bradley
  • Pernell RobertsAdam Cartwright
  • Fred RogersSelf - Interviewee
  • Roy RogersSelf
  • Steve RossiSelf - Interviewee
  • Dan RowanSelf
  • George SchlatterSelf - Interviewee
  • Tom SelleckSelf - Interviewee
  • Doc SeverinsenSelf - Interviewee
  • Jay SilverheelsTonto
  • Frank SinatraSelf
  • Gene SiskelSelf - Interviewee
  • Red SkeltonSheriff Deadeye
  • Buffalo Bob SmithBuffalo Bob Smith
  • Howard K. SmithSelf - Interviewee
  • Roger SmithJeff Spencer
  • Robert StackSelf - Interviewee
  • Rod SteigerSelf - Interviewee
  • Jerry StillerSelf - Interviewee
  • Milburn StoneDoc Adams
  • Susan StrasbergSelf - Interviewee
  • Ed SullivanSelf
  • Allen SwiftPhineas T. Bluster
  • Burr TillstromKukla
  • Kam TongHey Boy
  • Doreen TraceySelf - Interviewee
  • Dick TufeldRobot
  • Judy TylerPrincess Summerfall Winterspring
  • Dick Van PattenSelf - Interviewee
  • Vivian VanceEthel Mertz
  • Robert VaughnSelf - Interviewee
  • Mike WallaceSelf
  • Ray WalstonSelf - Interviewee
  • Burt WardSelf - Interviewee
  • John WayneSelf
  • Dennis WeaverSelf - Interviewee
  • Jack WebbSgt. Joe Friday
  • Lawrence WelkSelf
  • Adam WestSelf - Interviewee
  • Guy WilliamsSelf
  • Van WilliamsBritt Reid
  • Henry WinklerSelf - Interviewee
  • Pat WoodellBobbie Jo Bradley
  • Jane WyattMargaret Anderson
  • Alan YoungSelf - Interviewee
  • Robert YoungJim Anderson
  • Efrem Zimbalist Jr.Stuart Bailey

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