# 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:** 2
**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 2, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/21 "2021-01-02T02:16:58Z")
Holy crap! Robert Colbert (b. 1931), James Darren (b. 1936), Lee Meriwether (b. 1935), and Sam Groom (b. 1938) from _ **The Time Tunnel** _ are still around. Sadly, Whit Bissel (b. 1909) and John Zaremba (b. 1908) both passed away long ago. ---
**Author:** ![TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@TiberiusNeroClaudius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TiberiusNeroClaudius)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/22 "2021-01-02T02:22:35Z")
Joyce Randolph (age 96) from the 1950s “Honeymooners” as Trixie Norton. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/23 "2021-01-02T02:28:06Z")
Walter “Buck” Taylor, who played Newly O’Brien, is the only surviving member from the main cast of _Gunsmoke_. (Roger Ewing, who played Thad Greenwood, is also still alive but I don’t think he was ever listed as a main cast member.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/24 "2021-01-02T02:44:34Z")
> [@steepone](#): > > Nobody’s mentioned the obvious one, Will Hutchins, from _Sugarfoot_. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/25 "2021-01-02T03:01:55Z")
> [@undeuxpaw](#): > > Todd Bridges from Different Strokes. This one, like a lot of these I’d imagine, depends on who you’re including as being in “the cast.” Mary Jo Catlett – who was a series regular in 81 episodes as Pearl the housekeeper in Seasons 5-8 – is still alive. That’s more than twice as many episodes as Charlotte Rae who played the Drummonds’ housekeeper in the first few seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/26 "2021-01-02T03:42:59Z")
From **Rhoda** Julie Kavner is the only cast member who was in 30+ episodes. There’s one other cast member that I don’t recognize, Ray Buktenica, who was in 28 shows. Those no longer with us are Valerie Harper, Lorenzo Music, Dave Groh, Nancy Walker, Ron Silver, Kenneth McMillan, and Harold Gould. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/27 "2021-01-02T04:13:25Z")
For a switch: Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Dabney Coleman, Claudia Lamb, Shelley Fabares, all living. What’s the show? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/28 "2021-01-02T04:20:02Z")
> [@steepone](#): > > Nobody’s mentioned the obvious one, Betty White is the only survivor from The Golden Girls After the Extinction Event, Betty White and Keith Richards will be the only two humans left to repopulate the surface of the planet with the human race. Scary thought, ain’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/29 "2021-01-02T04:23:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > (Roger Ewing, who played Thad Greenwood, is also still alive but I don’t think he was ever listed as a main cast member.) Yes, Roger Ewing had his own portrait shot in the credits, but only briefly. I remember it, although it’s hard to think of someone more forgettable than him. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/30 "2021-01-02T04:26:53Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > For a switch: Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Dabney Coleman, Claudia Lamb, Shelley Fabares, all living. What’s the show? _Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman_? ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/31 "2021-01-02T04:27:28Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > For a switch: Greg Mullavey, Mary Kay Place, Dabney Coleman, Claudia Lamb, Shelley Fabares, all living. What’s the show? Cripes, I could have sworn Dabney Coleman was no longer with us! As old as he is, though, I probably shouldn’t commit this to long-term memory. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/32 "2021-01-02T04:30:49Z")
Phyllis Coates (93) - Lois Lane in the first season of _The Adventures of Superman_ is the last surviving member of that cast. ---
**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 2, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/33 "2021-01-02T04:38:06Z")
Aside from Burt Ward (age 74) and Julie Newmar (age 87), are there any members of the _ **Batman** _ TV cast still alive? ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/34 "2021-01-02T04:39:39Z")
Ah, close. But Shelley Fabares was only in the Louise Lasser-less spinoff, Forever Fernwood. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/35 "2021-01-02T04:43:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Aside from Burt Ward (age 74) and Julie Newmar (age 87), are there any members of the _ **Batman** _ TV cast still alive? Not unless you count Lee Meriwether. ---
**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 2, 2021, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/36 "2021-01-02T04:44:14Z")
Butch Patrick (age 67) and Pat Priest (age 84) are the only remaining Munsters (Eddie and Marilyn). ---
**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 2, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/37 "2021-01-02T04:45:15Z")
Lee was a guest star in one TV episode, but not as Catwoman. She was Catwoman in the 1966 motion picture. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/38 "2021-01-02T04:48:22Z")
Just John Astin and Lisa Loring left from _The Addams Family_ ---
**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 2, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/39 "2021-01-02T04:50:29Z")
I suppose we could count John Astin as a Guest Villain on _ **Batman** _ (“The Riddler” in one episode), but that role really belonged to Frank Gorshin. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/40 "2021-01-02T04:50:35Z")
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