# Last Remaining Cast Members **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [January 1, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464 "2021-01-01T20:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/281 "2022-11-17T23:00:19Z")
Huh, I thought it was explained in the show that he had to return home or back to military command and that there was some sort of prisoner swap thing. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/282 "2022-11-17T23:06:46Z")
So according to this article, Dixon chose to leave the show > **[Ivan Dixon: Kinchloe in 'Hogan's Heroes'](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ivan-dixon-kinchloe-in-hogan-s-heroes-829237.html)** > > At a time when few black actors were seen in regular roles on American television, Ivan Dixon was one of the first, playing US Staff Sergeant James Kinchloe, the communications officer for the prisoners-of-war held by the Germans, in the sitcom... > Dixon decided to leave the popular sitcom, which was screened around the world, after 145 episodes and five series (1965-70), reportedly feeling that his talents weren’t being fully used. So even a Fansite for Hogan’s Heroes with far too much details had no official reason for Kinchloe being gone from Stalag 13. The Fan Theory is he was transferred to another camp. In this way Klink’s perfect record was maintained. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/283 "2022-11-17T23:09:37Z")
His name on the show varied. At first, it was James; later, it was Ivan. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/285 "2022-11-19T06:22:26Z")
> **Wrong Thread** > > [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCGIcQhDv) > > The above video is from 2014 and shows the wedding of the grand duke of Luxemborg. His bride was is a lovely woman, Stephanie de Lannoy, and when I saw part of the video I thought her father escorting her up the aisle was a handsome man, But that was her brother. At just past the 54:00 mark bride and groom greet an elderly man who has been helped up from his wheelchair. That’s the father, who is 91 and greeting his 28 year old daughter. Big oops, this is supposed to be in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/286 "2022-11-19T14:01:52Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > So even a Fansite for Hogan’s Heroes with far too much details had no official reason for Kinchloe being gone from Stalag 13. The Fan Theory is he was transferred to another camp. In this way Klink’s perfect record was maintained. Similar to how Spearchucker\* Jones disappears on MASH after a few episodes. I guess he was transferred? \*It’s from the book, movie, and show. This was a racist term, right? Because he was a quarterback and “those Africans throw spears” or something? I’ve always hated the nickname. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/287 "2022-11-19T14:17:25Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > \*It’s from the book, movie, and show. This was a racist term, right? Because he was a quarterback and “those Africans throw spears” or something? I’ve always hated the nickname. From the Book and made it to the Movie and then the Show. The character was removed from the show for misinformation reasons. Apparently the staff of the show were told by authoritative sources that there were no Black Doctors serving in MASH units in Korea. So they wrote out the character to maintain historical accuracy. This information was later shown to be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/288 "2022-11-19T14:38:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Because he was a quarterback and “those Africans throw spears” or something? I’ve always hated the nickname. No, it’s because he competed in javelin, according to the novel. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/289 "2022-11-19T14:57:44Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > No, it’s because he competed in javelin, according to the novel. “Spear chucker” was a racist term long before the novel came out. Using the term for a Black guy who competed in javelin is part of the joke, but no one would have called him that if he hadn’t been Black. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/290 "2022-11-19T21:49:07Z")
But for the period it would be verisimilitude. Hell, even mid-70s it would have been thrown around (get it?) in real life. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/291 "2022-11-19T21:51:40Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > But for the period it would be verisimilitude. Hell, even mid-70s it would have been thrown around (get it?) in real life. - Yeah, we get the point. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/292 "2022-11-19T22:14:16Z")
Say, you’re sharp. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/293 "2022-11-23T17:00:09Z")
> [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](#): > > Mickey Kuhn is the sole surviving credited cast member (Beau Wilkes) of “Gone with the Wind”, as well as a “Streetcar named Desire”. He left the business in 1956. It’s being reported that Mickey Kuhn passed away on Sunday. RIP. > **[R.I.P. Mickey Kuhn, last surviving Gone With The Wind cast member](https://www.avclub.com/r-i-p-mickey-kuhn-last-surviving-gone-with-the-wind-c-1849814883)** > > Kuhn, who was seven years old when he played the onscreen son of Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard, died at the age of 90 ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/294 "2023-01-30T04:41:29Z")
Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams has died. That leaves John Astin as the final cast member. > **[Lisa Loring Dies: Actor & Original Wednesday Addams Was 64](https://deadline.com/2023/01/lisa-loring-dead-actor-original-wednesday-addams-1235243958/)** > > Lisa Loring, best known for bring Wednesday Addams to life in The Addams Family sitcom in the mid-1960s, has died. She was 64. Loring’s close friend Laure Jacobson shared in a Facebook post n… ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/295 "2023-01-30T04:49:21Z")
Crap! 😠 RIP, Lisa. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/296 "2023-01-30T15:01:22Z")
> [@caligulathegod](#): > > Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams has died. That leaves John Astin as the final cast member. > > [Lisa Loring Dies: Actor & Original Wednesday Addams Was 64 – Deadline](https://deadline.com/2023/01/lisa-loring-dead-actor-original-wednesday-addams-1235243958/) Jesus, I thought she’d be the last one standing. She had a pretty rough go of it for a number of years, and I’m sorry she died so young. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/297 "2023-01-30T20:58:22Z")
Who would have guessed that Gomez / Buddy would outlive Wednesday and Harry ? RIP. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/298 "2023-01-30T21:07:30Z")
He is the last regular cast member of the Addams Family, even the kids are gone now. From Night Court we lost Harry, Markie & Charles Robinson along with of course Selma and Florence and Mel Torme. Those 3 of the older cast members used their actual first names for the show. 🙂 Only John Astin didn’t. Then of course Harry shared his first name with his character but that was accidental. The character was already named Harry before casting Harry. Mac and Charles were both Robinsons of course. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/299 "2023-01-31T00:14:44Z")
Michael McKean is now the last of the Laverne & Shirley cast. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/300 "2023-01-31T00:27:35Z")
Ed Marinaro is still alive, though when I went to look it up, I see that he was only in 11 episodes (fewer than I had remembered) in Season 6, when they moved the show’s setting from Milwaukee to Los Angeles. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/301 "2023-01-31T01:00:21Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Then of course Harry shared his first name with his character but that was accidental. The character was already named Harry before casting Harry. Yeah, I remember being quite surprised when I first learned that the character _wasn’t_ written specifically for Harry Anderson. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464.md?page=16)