# Oldest movie with a living cast member? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171 "2016-12-08T02:19:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/21 "2016-12-08T14:06:52Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Depending on your definition of “lead,” _Young Frankenstein_ has only Teri Garr and Cloris Leachman still alive. Peter Boyle, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, and Marty Feldman have died. I thought I would have a chance with _Cocoon_ (1985), but who knew that Wilford Brimley was still alive? Must have been all that oatmeal. Anyway, America’s sweetheart Brian Dennehy and the spritely Steve Guttenberg are still with us also. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/22 "2016-12-08T14:16:36Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I thought I would have a chance with _Cocoon_ (1985), but who knew that Wilford Brimley was still alive? Must have been all that oatmeal. Would you believe he was younger then than Brad Pitt is now? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/23 "2016-12-08T14:34:43Z")
Diana Serra Cary is still alive at the age of 98. She was a fairly prominent child actress in the silent era as Baby Peggy. Her earliest film, _Playmates_, was made in 1921. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/24 "2016-12-08T14:38:11Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > Would you believe he was younger then than Brad Pitt is now? Here’s another shocker: Abe Vigoda was only 51 when he appeared in _The Godfather_. Which means he was younger then than Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, or Tom Cruise are now. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/25 "2016-12-08T15:00:52Z")
Back to the OP. [Her Circus ma](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012267/)n came out in 1921. Its lead is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/26 "2016-12-08T15:40:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Here’s another shocker: Abe Vigoda was only 51 when he appeared in _The Godfather_. Which means he was younger then than Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, or Tom Cruise are now. No, the real shocker is that it means when Abe Vigoda appeared in _The Godfather_, he was only three years older than _I_ am now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/27 "2016-12-08T16:44:14Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Depending on your definition of “lead,” _Young Frankenstein_ has only Teri Garr and Cloris Leachman still alive. Peter Boyle, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, and Marty Feldman have died. Only James Cromwell is still around from _Murder By Death_ (1976). ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/28 "2016-12-08T16:52:19Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Only James Cromwell is still around from _Murder By Death_ (1976). What about Dame Maggie Smith? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/29 "2016-12-08T17:55:09Z")
Richard Narita is also still alive. He played Sidney Wang’s (Peter Seller’s character) son Willy. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171/30 "2016-12-08T19:08:48Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > What about Dame Maggie Smith? My dad once joked that she’s been 80 for about 30 years now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-with-a-living-cast-member/774171.md?page=1)