# Who are our current "Abe Vigodas"? (people you might be surprised to learn are still alive) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** actor-characters\ **Created:** [September 7, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985 "2020-09-07T01:18:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/401 "2023-10-05T11:15:22Z")
What is really sad and unusual is that Gomez on Addams Family has outlived the entire family, including both child actors, who have both died. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/402 "2023-10-05T14:51:55Z")
Wouldn’t that make him Inspector Luger? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/403 "2023-10-05T14:59:00Z")
Inspector Luger was a member of the police department, not a private detective. In any case, in such a hypothetical show, Barney would keep the same personality as in the series _Barney Miller._ Luger was quite different in personality from Barney. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/404 "2023-10-05T15:08:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > What is really sad and unusual is that Gomez on Addams Family has outlived the entire family, including both child actors, who have both died. John Astin has also outlived Raul Julia and Roger Rees. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/405 "2023-10-05T17:39:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > John Astin has also outlived Raul Julia and Roger Rees. He might outlive Tim Curry, though the acting gods have preserved Tim Curry for us. ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/406 "2023-10-06T17:07:13Z")
Glynis Johns has been mentioned in this thread. She celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/407 "2023-10-08T03:40:29Z")
Of the four principal adults in _Mary Poppins_, three are still alive: Glynis Johns (Mrs. Banks), Dick Van Dyke (dual role: Bert & Mr. Dawes Snr.) (both referenced above), and Julie Andrews (Mary Poppins). David Tomlinson (Mr. Banks) died in 2000. Of the two kids, Matthew Garber (Michael) died in 1977 at age 21, while Karen Dotrice (Jane) is alive and hopefully well at 67. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/408 "2023-10-08T12:19:56Z")
And co-songwriter Richard M. Sherman remains with us at 95. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/409 "2023-10-15T01:53:19Z")
I thought Edie McClurg died a few years ago. Was surprised today to learn she is still with us. Good for her. > **[Edie McClurg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edie_McClurg)** > > Edith Marie McClurg (born July 23, 1945) is an American actress and comedian. She has played supporting roles in the films Carrie (1976), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), and Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), and bit parts in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980), Mr. Mom (1983), Back to School (1986), Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987), A River Runs Through It (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), and Flubber (1997). > On television, McClurg regularly performed on The David Letterman Show,... ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/410 "2023-10-15T17:02:12Z")
Clive Revill has been with us for quite a spell. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/411 "2023-10-17T22:01:34Z")
Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on “The Honeymooners” in 1955 is still alive at 98. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/412 "2023-10-19T01:46:19Z")
Burt Young was like Abe Vigoda for me in the 1990’s or so. When I was a kid and saw Rocky, I thought Paulie was at least 55 years old. Nope, I was way off. Anyway, RIP to Paulie. > **[Burt Young, Who Played Paulie in ‘Rocky’ Films, Dies at 83](https://variety.com/2023/film/news/burt-young-dead-rocky-1235761505/)** > > Burt Young, who played Paulie in six of the 'Rocky' films starring Sylvester Stallone, has died. He was 83. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/413 "2023-10-19T03:21:21Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Burt Young was like Abe Vigoda for me in the 1990’s or so. When I was a kid and saw Rocky, I thought Paulie was at least 55 years old. Nope, I was way off. I met him in 1985, when “Back to School” was being filmed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a couple of scenes were filmed at my dorm. He would have been 45 at that time, and at least to my then-20-year-old eyes, he seemed at least a decade older than that. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/414 "2023-10-20T20:08:24Z")
97(!) year old Roger Corman picks movies to watch. I wouldn’t be surprised if folks thought he had died, but nope…he’s still going! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-paCwBPzHX0/maxresdefault.jpg "Roger Corman's Closet Picks") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-paCwBPzHX0) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/415 "2023-10-21T06:59:28Z")
Lisa Lu played a character called Hey Girl in 21 episodes of the late-50s series _Have Gun – Will Travel_, and also did a bunch of other stuff. She will be 97 in January. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/416 "2023-10-22T01:56:30Z")
Donald Sutherland, born in 1935, is still alive. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/417 "2023-10-22T02:41:35Z")
Look at the rest of the 4077th: - Trapper John is 3 years younger than Hawkeye (though both of the TV Trappers have been gone a while) - Dr Oliver Harmon [slur[ Jones is about the same age as Trappec - Duke is a couple years older than Hawkeye - Frank Burns is a couple years older than Duke (though the TV Frank checked out many years ago) - Painless and Radar are quite a bit younger than the others - TV Hotlips is older than Trapper and Jones, although the movie Hotlips left us a couple years ago Oddly, both Henries Blake got their discharge papers at the same time, but the movie Henry was a day late opening his. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/418 "2023-10-22T12:53:00Z")
Star Trek’s Barbara Babcock is still about. I may have found this out when reviewing the work of William Ware Theiss for no particular reason. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/419 "2023-10-22T13:12:45Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Look at the rest of the 4077th: Surviving MASH cast is my themed death pool and has been a few years. I hope I’m keeping them alive, both movie and TV show. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985/420 "2023-10-25T19:57:36Z")
Monte Markham, still with us at 88. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-our-current-abe-vigodas-people-you-might-be-surprised-to-learn-are-still-alive/919985.md?page=22)