# 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:** 7
**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:** [May 1, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/121 "2021-05-01T18:03:58Z")
As far as I can tell, _Carl Anthony_, one of the cops from **Plan 9 from Outer Space** , is still alive. I don’t think there are any other survivors. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/122 "2021-05-01T18:24:36Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > I don’t think there are any other survivors. … And somebody’s responsible! 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/123 "2021-05-01T23:44:39Z")
David McCallum and Stefanie Powers seem to be the only senior UNCLE agents surviving… ---
**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:** [May 2, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/124 "2021-05-02T00:11:29Z")
Shirley MacLaine is the only living member of the main cast of _Around the World in Eighty Days_ (1956). But that’s not too surprising as there were only four people in the main cast. But of the dozens of stars who had featured cameo roles in the movie, only Glynnis Johns is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/125 "2021-05-03T08:14:48Z")
I just re-watched _The Aristocrats_, which I vaguely remember as being “recent,” and was kind of surprised how many of the comedians–less than half, but a lot of them–are now dead. Mostly from old age, but Robin Williams and Richard Jeni by their own hand. And goddamn Carrot Top is still with us! ---
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/126 "2021-05-03T21:28:43Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I saw that episode when it aired and one line has stuck with me ever since. Harry Morgan was an underrated actor. > > To Ryan, who died in W.W.I, > the war to end all wars. To Gianelli, who died > in the war after that. What bothered me about that ep is that Potter is too **young** to win a tontine. I think Potter said at one time he lied about his age to get into WWI. Meaning he said he was older than he was. Even if he was 18, and entered the service in 1917, that only puts him at 52 at the close of the Korean War. Way too young to be winning a tontine unless you have horrible mortality in your subgroup. Potter should be shocked, not resigned, when he’s the winner at that point. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/127 "2021-05-03T21:35:19Z")
> [@Jay\_Z](#): > > What bothered me about that ep is that Potter is too **young** to win a tontine. His age is inconsistent and also unrealistic. When he is introduced, he says he is 51. OK, he was born in 1900 or perhaps 1901. Harry Morgan was 60 when he began playing the role. Why de-age him so much? Ah, to make him the right age for WW1…which he was supposed to be lying to get in. He could have been born in 1895 and perhaps been the right age to be in the big war. And looked closer to the age Morgan really was. Note: Later they reveal he is actually 62, Morgan’s real age more or less. This makes him born in 1890…so he turned 15 in 1905, pre-WW1. His age and history in the Army is all over the place. You can read about it in the Inconsistencies section on this site. [Sherman T. Potter](https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/Sherman_T._Potter) ---
**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:** [May 3, 2021, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/128 "2021-05-03T21:46:58Z")
Part of the problem is that the writers kept forgetting they were writing about the Korean War, not the Vietnam War. ---
**Author:** ![Jay\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/129 "2021-05-03T22:12:52Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Note: Later they reveal he is actually 62, Morgan’s real age more or less. This makes him born in 1890…so he turned 15 in 1905, pre-WW1. 62 is too old, that’s mandatory retirement today for anyone below general. Alda was 36 when the show started, really too old for the part even then, for someone who should be in his late 20s. I think the 62 year old age and the other backstory just doesn’t match up. A twentysomething Potter going off to war is going to tell a different story about it. But mostly the M_A_S\*H producers only occasionally cared about the specific years the Korean War actually took place. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/130 "2021-05-29T20:10:13Z")
Love Boat has just been knocked off the “oldest show with a full living cast” list because Gavin MacLeod just died. I can’t seem to find the proper thread for “oldest show with a full living cast”. I know we had one. Anyone know where it is? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/131 "2021-05-29T20:12:29Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I can’t seem to find the proper thread for “oldest show with a full living cast”. I know we had one. Anyone know where it is? [This](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-show-all-cast-members-still-alive/826573/2) one? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/132 "2021-05-29T21:20:35Z")
Last remaining regular cast of _ **McHale’s Navy** _: John “Willy Moss” Wright (b. 30 March 42) and Yoshio “Fuji Kobiaji” Yoda (b. 31 March 34). ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2021, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/133 "2021-05-29T21:44:53Z")
> [@Jay\_Z](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > Note: Later they reveal he is actually 62, Morgan’s real age more or less. This makes him born in 1890…so he turned 15 in 1905, pre-WW1. > > 62 is too old, that’s mandatory retirement today for anyone below general. > > Alda was 36 when the show started, really too old for the part even then, for someone who should be in his late 20s. > > I think the 62 year old age and the other backstory just doesn’t match up. A twentysomething Potter going off to war is going to tell a different story about it. But mostly the M_A_S\*H producers only occasionally cared about the specific years the Korean War actually took place. It’s implied a few times that Hawkeye was in WWII. And in the books he’s married and has a few kids so that would put him closer to that age. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/134 "2021-05-29T22:25:59Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It’s implied a few times that Hawkeye was in WWII. And in the books he’s married and has a few kids so that would put him closer to that age Is it implied in the show he was in WW2? I just re-watched it with my wife and didn’t catch it. Or just the book, which are definitely quite different? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/135 "2021-05-29T22:37:20Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is it implied in the show he was in WW2? Not as far as I remember. The _MASH_ Wiki entry on Hawkeye indicates that the TV version of the character was drafted to serve in Korea after completing his residency in Boston. > **["Hawkeye" Pierce](https://mash.fandom.com/wiki/%22Hawkeye%22_Pierce)** > > Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce is the lead character in the M\*A\*S\*H novels, film, and television series. The character was played by Donald Sutherland in the film and Alan Alda on television. Hawkeye was born and raised in Crabapple Cove,... ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/136 "2021-05-30T00:48:44Z")
The only such implication that I recall is one episode (don’t remember which one), where Frank says something about “the war,” and Hawkeye replies, “Which war, Frank? I’ve been in two.” I always thought that was a weird line. Nothing else about Hawkeye or his general outlook on the military suggests that he was a WWII vet. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/137 "2021-05-30T02:08:47Z")
Maybe Hawkeye kept thinking he was in the Vietnam war . . . ---
**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:** [May 30, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/138 "2021-05-30T02:21:47Z")
😀 Or he was in ROTC while in university in the 40s. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/139 "2021-05-30T02:37:42Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > The only such implication that I recall is one episode (don’t remember which one), where Frank says something about “the war,” and Hawkeye replies, “Which war, Frank? I’ve been in two.” I wonder if that line was in a first season episode; if so, it might suggest that the writers and producers were still evolving the characters, and were using more references to the characters as they existed in the novel. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464/140 "2021-05-30T11:57:00Z")
It was the second to last episode of season 2 “Mail Call.” Frank: All I want to say is that my stock portfolio has just about doubled since the war started. Hawkeye: Which war? I’ve been in two. I just can’t get enough. Frank:I’m talking about the Korean conflict! If you had any brains, you’d know war raises stock prices. Trapper: He’s right, you know. Hawkeye: Then what happened to my 10,000 shares of Gestapo? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-remaining-cast-members/929464.md?page=8)