My Three Sons - Tim Consodine (Mike Douglas), Tina Cole (Katie Douglas) Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In - not included (see below) Gentle Ben - Beth Brickell (Ellen Wedloe), Rance Howard (Henry Boomhauer)
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour - Tom Smothers, Dick Smothers The Virginian - James Drury (the Virginian), many others (see below) Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle), Ronnie Schell (Duke Slater)įamily Affair - Kathy Garver (Cissy Davis) In order to keep things manageable, I have limited the list of shows to those in the Nielsen Top 30 (readily available), defined 'adult' as a cast member beyond their teens (sorry, Ron Howard), and have not included regularly recurring guest performers, musicians, etc., which probably unfairly impacts variety programs, and is admittedly as arbitrary as hell. Strictly out of personal curiosity, I did a little research and have assembled a list of surviving adult cast members from American TV shows that were on the air fifty years ago today.
