# Oldest Movie (or TV show) with all primary cast still alive **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 20, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361 "2010-11-20T20:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/1 "2010-11-20T20:00:41Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=586173), what is the TV Show/ ldest movie where all the primary actors/actresses are still living. My TV history (via Nick-at-Nite) goes back to mid 60’s and I can’t think of any show that has all the cast still alive. Also, partly inspired that it is time to start think about Death Pool picks, and I might want to go with a theme. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/2 "2010-11-20T20:36:33Z")
Working from the lists [at FiftiesWeb](http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv-ratings.htm) we can eliminate all of the top shows right up until 1959 when we get to [77 Sunset Strip](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051247/). Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Edd “Kookie” Byrnes and Jacqueline Beer are all still alive. Though [The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047750/fullcredits#cast) might count, as its main cast was just one man, Hugh O’Brian, who’s still kicking at age 87. I think that defeats the spirit of the question, though. I need a break before I check on movies… ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/3 "2010-11-20T20:54:54Z")
Oops, could a mod fix my link, perhaps? I got ahead of myself on the tags. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/4 "2010-11-20T21:05:05Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > 77 Sunset Strip Louie Quinn is daid. ---
**Author:** ![Susanann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@Susanann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susanann)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/5 "2010-11-21T02:44:30Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > **77 Sunset Strip** and **The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp**.. They dont count, because there are no reruns of these two shows. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/6 "2010-11-21T03:09:52Z")
77SS is currently in reruns on MeTV in Chicago. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/7 "2010-11-21T05:24:13Z")
_The Six Million Dollar Man_ (1974-1978) still has its entire cast - Lee Majors, Richard Anderson, Alan Oppenheimer, Martin E. Brooks, Lindsay Wagner, and Jennifer Darling - alive. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/8 "2010-11-21T15:52:34Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Louie Quinn is daid. Quinn appeared in only about 1/3 of the episodes though. Does that make him “primary cast?” I don’t think so. And actually, by that logic, Jacqueline Beer doesn’t really count either, but she was the most primarily featured woman, so I included her in my calculation. > [@Susanann](#): > > They dont count, because there are no reruns of these two shows. Who said anything about reruns? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/9 "2010-11-22T04:21:08Z")
I looked up the original _Lord of the Flies_ and the actor who portray Ralph died earlier this year. So _Lord of the Flies_ is out. However, I think _The Partridge Family_ qualifies. All the kids are still alive as well as Mom and Reuben. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/10 "2010-11-22T05:29:33Z")
How about _The Sound of Music_ from 1965? Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, and all the kids are still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/11 "2010-11-22T06:19:53Z")
I Dream of Jeannie? ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-or-tv-show-with-all-primary-cast-still-alive/561361/12 "2010-11-22T11:08:49Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I Dream of Jeannie? Hayden Roarke who played Doctor Bellows is no longer with us.