Movie Description
Television: The First Fifty Years
(1999)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Kent Hagen
- Producer : Barry ZeVan,Steve Edwards
- Writer : Barry ZeVan,Jeff Miller
- Cast : Walter Cronkite,Carol Burnett,Jay Leno,Phyllis McGuire,Doc Severinsen,Dick Van Patten,Ed McMahon,Alan Young,Dick Powell,Sheree North,Patrick Macnee,Ron Howard,Frank Gorshin,Dwight D. Eisenhower,Sid Caesar,Ringo Starr,John Lennon,George Harrison,Paul McCartney,Linda Ellerbee,Eddie Albert,David Hasselhoff,Ethel Merman,Betsy Palmer,Desi Arnaz,Lucille Ball,Imogene Coca,Bob Hope,Nancy Marchand,Edward R. Murrow,Victoria Principal,David Nelson,Tony Randall,Gene Siskel,Roger Ebert,Ray Walston,Adam West,Burt Ward,Efrem Zimbalist Jr.,George Burns,Richard Nixon,David McCallum,Kay Kyser,Linda Gray,Dick Elliott,Buddy Ebsen,Jerry Mathers,Diana Douglas,Sammy Davis Jr.,Jed Allan,Tom Arnold,Billy Barty,Milton Berle,William Boyd,William Demarest,Bing Crosby,Joyce Brothers,Wally Cox,John Wayne,Bob Crosby,Charlton Heston,Arte Johnson,Allan Lane,Dick Martin,Barry Morse,Hugh O'Brian,Donna Reed,George Reeves,Red Skelton,Vivian Vance,Henry Winkler
Cast
Self
Self (archive footage)
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Self (archive footage)
Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self / John Steed (archive footage)
Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
The Riddler (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
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Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Self
Self
Self / Batman (archive footage)
Self / Robin (archive footage)
Stuart Bailey (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Illya Kuryakin (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage)
Bartender (archive footage)
Jed Clampett (archive footage)
Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage)
Elly May Clampett (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self
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Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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Self / Wolfgang (archive footage)
Mister Ed (archive audio)
Self (archive footage)
Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Donna Stone (archive footage)
Superman (archive footage)
Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
Self
Facts
Original TitleTelevision: The First Fifty Years
Status Released
Release Information
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1999-01-01
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 00m
Production CompaniesPassport International Productions
Genres
- Documentary