The Ruggles is one of TV's earliest sitcoms which aired from 1949-1952. Judy Nugent who played one of the little twins on it just died. That got me to wonder who all from TV's start before color shows came mid-60s is still around.

From Father Knows Best:

--Elinor Donahue
--Bill(y) Gray
--Lauren Chapin
--Roberta Shore
--Yvonne Lime
--Jimmy Bates

From The Donna Reed Show:

--Paul Petersen
--Shelley Fabares
--Patty Petersen

From The Honeymooners:

--Joyce Randolph

From Dennis the Menace:

--Jay North
--Ronny Howard
--Jeannie Russell

From Leave it to Beaver:

--Jerry Mathers
--Stephen Talbot
--Jeri Weil
--Karen Sue Trent
--Robert "Rusty" Stevens
--Tiger Fafara
--Buddy Hart/BuddyJoe Hooker
--Richard Correll

From Make Room for Daddy:

-- Sherry Jackson
-- Angela Cartwright
-- Penney Parker

Also, Veronica Cartwright is still with us from Leave It to Beaver.

From My Three Sons - pre-color:

-- Stan Livingston
-- Barry Livingston
-- Cynthia Pepper
-- Ricky Allen

From The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis:

-- Tuesday Weld
-- Warren Beatty
-- Darryl Hickman

From The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis:

-- Tuesday Weld
-- Warren Beatty
-- Darryl Hickman

Dwayne Hickman

Sheila James is also still living.

I Love Lucy
Keith Thibodeaux

Lassie
June Lockhart
Timmy Provost

The Andy Griffith Show Pre Color
Elinor Donahue
Ronny Howard
Keith Thibodeaux

The Dick Van Dyke Show
Dick Van Dyke

The Patty Duke Show
Paul OKeefe

The Munsters
Butch Patrick

Dwayne Hickman

Sheila James is also still living.

Without looking it up, I think Dwayne Hickman died a few years ago.

I Love Lucy
Keith Thibodeaux

Lassie
June Lockhart
Timmy Provost

The Andy Griffith Show Pre Color
Elinor Donahue
Ronny Howard
Keith Thibodeaux

The Dick Van Dyke Show
Dick Van Dyke

The Patty Duke Show
Paul OKeefe

The Munsters
Butch Patrick

From Lassie, the actor is Jon Provost, who played Timmy.

From The Dick Van Dyke Show, we could add thar Larry Mathews is still alive, too.

From the 60s black and white shows, we could add that John Astin of the Addams Family is still with us, as is Pat Priest of The Munsters.

Without looking it up, I think Dwayne Hickman died a few years ago.

Dwayne Hickman died on January 9, 2022, at the age of 87.

His older brother, Darryl Hickman, is still living at age 92.

In 1959 and 1960, Darryl appeared on younger brother Dwayne's CBS sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, playing his older brother Davey in three different episodes ("The Right Triangle" (1959), "Deck the Halls" (1959), and "Where There's a Will" (1960)) during the first season while home on break from college before being written out of the show.

From Make Room for Daddy:

-- Sherry Jackson
-- Angela Cartwright
-- Penney Parker

Also, Veronica Cartwright is still with us from Leave It to Beaver.

From My Three Sons - pre-color:

-- Stan Livingston
-- Barry Livingston
-- Cynthia Pepper
-- Ricky Allen

From The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis:

-- Tuesday Weld
-- Warren Beatty
-- Darryl Hickman

I thought of another one still with us from Leave It To Beaver - Pamela Baird.

From The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, only a few of the young kids who appeared at varying times are still alive: Barry and Stanley Livingston, Billy Mumy. I saw Kelly Corcoran (brother of Noreen Corcoran from Bachelor Father) on a season 13 episode recently at age 6--just looked him up and he died in 2002. There are other kids who appeared on that show who are probably still with us--another one I just thought of is Jerry Mathers, who appeared briefly in an around-1952 episode. Just thought of another one still alive--Roberta Shore.

Speaking of Bachelor Father I can think only of Ginny Tiu, a kid actor and pianist who appeared in only one episode, who is still with us.

Its good to see so many still about :)

Rawhide - Clint Eastwood

The Addams Family - John Astin

From The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, only a few of the young kids who appeared at varying times are still alive: Barry and Stanley Livingston, Billy Mumy.

Kent McCord made dozens of appearances (a semi-regular you might say) in the late Ozzie & Harriet seasons, in Ricky's college fraternity, and Kent is still with us.

Bob Newhart- 1961's The Bob Newhart Show
Carol Burnett- Stanley and The Garry Moore Show
Clint Howard - The Andy Griffith Show
Lassie (sort of) - Last appearance was on the movie Lassie Come Home (2020)

Lassie (sort of) - Last appearance was on the movie Lassie Come Home (2020)That would not be possible for a dog to live 60-70 years. :grrbald:

That would not be possible for a dog to live 60-70 years. :grrbald:

True, Hence "sort of".

Max Baer Jr.- first three seasons of The Beverly Hillbillies were B/W

Barbara Eden- How To Marry A Millionaire, first season of I Dream Of Jeannie was B/W

Janis Paige-It's Always Jan
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Connie Stevens- Hawaiian Eye, Wendy And Me

Shirley Bonne- My Sister Eileen

Carole Wells- National Velvet

Linda Kaye Henning and Jeannine Riley- first two seasons of Petticoat Junction were B/W

Don Hastings-Captain Video And His Video Rangers

Ronnie Walken (today better known as Christopher Walken)- The Wonderful John Acton

Ronnie Schell- first season of Gomer Pyle, USMC was B/W

Jon Provost and June Lockhart- Lassie

June Lockhart, Marta Kristen and Angela Cartwright- first season of Lost In Space was B/W

Robert Fuller and Michael Burns- Wagon Train (I think only one season was in color)

Kurt Russell, Donna Anderson, and the four Osmond brothers= The Travels Of Jamie McPheeters

Lugene Sanders- Meet Corliss Archer, The Life Of Riley

Gary Conway and Eileen O'Neill- Burke's Law

Ron Harper- 87th Precinct (also Gena Rowlands who appeared in 4 episodes of that series)

William Shatner- For The People

Dawn Nickerson, Diahn Williams and Susan Silo- Harry's Girls

Jeannie Carson- Hey Jeannie AKA The Jeannie Carson Show

Kathy Nolan and Lydia Reed- The Real McCoys. Nolan and the aforementioned Sheila James were also in Broadside.

Gary Lockwood and Gigi Perreau- Follow The Sun

Gary Lockwood and Don Penny- The Lieutenant

Joan Freeman-Bus Stop

Mickey Dolenz - Circus Boy.
He reversed Darwin's Theory by starting out as a Circus Boy and turning into a Monkee!

Maureen McCormick was on a couple of the B&W episodes of Bewitched

June Lockhart, Marta Kristen and Angela Cartwright- first season of Lost In Space was B/W

Add Bill Mumy to the first season of Lost in Space
Angela Cartwright was also on Make Room For Daddy

Tina Louise- the first season of Gilligan's Island was B/W.

Tina Louise- the first season of Gilligan's Island was B/W.

Well, since the first season of I Dream of Jeannie was b/w, there is Barbara Eden.

Maureen McCormick was on a couple of the B&W episodes of BewitchedShe appeared more than once? I know about her playing young Endora on a Halloween episode.

She appeared more than once? I know about her playing young Endora on a Halloween episode.

There was an episode where Darrin (Dick York) was dreaming and Maureen was one of his future children, as a little witch flying around.

Another actress still with us from the b & w era:
Barbara Bain (on Richard Diamond Private Detective and many other shows)

also Ann Marshall (on b & w My Favorite Martian)

About I Dream of Jeannie and Lost in Space, are posters here sure the first season was in b&w?
Colour started in 1965 (minus Bonanza) and that is the year IDOJ and LIS premiered.

The only person I can think of that wasn't yet mentioned, was the best friend of the original boy who owned Lassie. Is he still living? I think he changed his name as an adult.

About I Dream of Jeannie and Lost in Space, are posters here sure the first season was in b&w?
Colour started in 1965 (minus Bonanza) and that is the year IDOJ and LIS premiered.

The only person I can think of that wasn't yet mentioned, was the best friend of the original boy who owned Lassie. Is he still living? I think he changed his name as an adult.
They were in black and white. I know they did colorize the first season of IDOJ on some of the DVDs though.

She appeared more than once? I know about her playing young Endora on a Halloween episode.

She played a young Endora season 2 and in season 1 she was one of the children in a dream sceen

Tina Cole - Hawaiian Eye and at least one B&W episode of My Three Sons pre Katie Douglas

About I Dream of Jeannie and Lost in Space, are posters here sure the first season was in b&w?
Colour started in 1965 (minus Bonanza) and that is the year IDOJ and LIS premiered.

The only person I can think of that wasn't yet mentioned, was the best friend of the original boy who owned Lassie. Is he still living? I think he changed his name as an adult.The year a show changed to color varied. I Dream of Jeannie was definitely black and white in season 1, Bewitched was black and white the first two seasons. Both of them changed over fall 1966. And The Patty Duke Show ended in 1966, all three seasons were black and white.

The year a show changed to color varied. I Dream of Jeannie was definitely black and white in season 1, Bewitched was black and white the first two seasons. Both of them changed over fall 1966. And The Patty Duke Show ended in 1966, all three seasons were black and white.

I didn't know that about IDOJ and Bewitched. I have never seen the Patty
Duke Show.

What I wonder is this. Someone asked on these boards why ABC cancelled My Three Sons since it was still doing good in the ratings in year 5. It was speculated that ABC didn't want to continue in color. Could that be the reason that Bewitched waited a year before they switched to color? Was Patty Duke on ABC? Since Bewitched didn't switch to color right away, the copycat IDOJ didn't either.

Yes, Patty Duke was on ABC.

I didn't know that about IDOJ and Bewitched.

I'm guessing you've been watching the colorized seasons of I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched. You can watch the original b&w season 1 of I Dream of Jeannie on Tubi.
There is a channe on Roku called Classic TV l They have season 1 of Bewitched in b&w.
I can't find b&w episodes for season 2 or 3 for Bewitched. You can always remove the color on your TV and watch in b&w that way.

Patty McCormack and Reba Waters- Peck's Bad Girl

Margaret Kerry And Jimmy Hawkins- The Ruggles, mentioned earlier in this thread,

Sheila James was also on The Trouble With Father AKA The Stu Erwin Show, and her sister Jeri Lou James was on the aforementioned It's Always Jan.

By the way, Season 3 of Bewitched was the first in color, as stated before.

I can't find b&w episodes for season 2 or 3 for Bewitched. You can always remove the color on your TV and watch in b&w that way.Season 3 of Bewitched was not made in black and white, all color by then. Antenna TV airs season 2 in the original black and white, along with season 1.

I didn't know that about IDOJ and Bewitched. I have never seen the Patty Duke Show.

What I wonder is this. Someone asked on these boards why ABC cancelled My Three Sons since it was still doing good in the ratings in year 5. It was speculated that ABC didn't want to continue in color. Could that be the reason that Bewitched waited a year before they switched to color? Was Patty Duke on ABC? Since Bewitched didn't switch to color right away, the copycat IDOJ didn't either.

It's possible ABC set a budgetary limit on color programming for the 1965 season--and maybe the choice was between My Three Sons and Ozzie and Harriet. Maybe Ozzie Nelson had more pull, so ABC goofed and green-lighted color for them, and cancelled Sons.

Thr Bewitched black and white is a head-scratcher. It may have had something to do with Screen Gems. They may not have been prepared to film Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie on NBC, and Donna Reed in color (plus for the first two, there was the added special effects cost).

Whatever the reasoning, ABC bungled with Sons, Donna Reed and Ozzie and Harriet ended after that season, and virtually all primetime shows converted to color with the 1966 season.

Season 3 of Bewitched was not made in black and white, all color by then. Antenna TV airs season 2 in the original black and white, along with season 1.

I stand corrected. Not sure how I missed that.

Another actor from the Black and white days -
. Dick Van Dyke.

Another actor from the Black and white days -
. Dick Van Dyke.

Wow! How did we all miss him. Good call!

Bernie Kopell was on a number of shows in the b&w era- Jack Benny Show, The Danny Thomas Show, My Favorite Martian to name a few.

I know this is a stretch but Barbara Feldon was on the pilot episode of Get Smart which was in b&w.

A few from the first 2 seasons of the Twilight Zone:

Earl Holliman
Dana Dillaway
Nan Peterson
Ron Howard
Jean Marsh
Suzanne Lloyd
Denise Alexander
Vera Miles
Jan Handzlik
Stephen Perry
Suzanne Cupito AKA Morgan Brittany
William Shatner
Pippa Scott
H.M. Wynant
John Lasell
Stephen Talbot
Billy Mumy
Evans Evans
John Astin
Jack Grinnage


To be continued

Former child actress Mimi Gibson who guested on series “Leave it to Beaver”, “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, and “West Point”.

This question in the thread has yet to be answered:

The only person I can think of that wasn't yet mentioned, was the best friend of the original boy who owned Lassie. Is he still living? I think he changed his name as an adult.

Porky, the best friend of Jeff Miller (Tom Rettig - deceased) on Lassie was played by Joey Vieira (b. 1944) -- still living as far as I can determine.

This question in the thread has yet to be answered:



Porky, the best friend of Jeff Miller (Tom Rettig - deceased) on Lassie was played by Joey Vieira (b. 1944) -- still living as far as I can determine.

I'm not 100 percent sure but I think the kid's name on Lassie was Corky.

Edit: Nope, I'm wrong, it was Porky as you said.

Mark Slade, Yvonne Lime, Richard Tyler, Suzanne Benoit, David Frankham, Michael Macready. All from 1st season of Gomer Pyle USMC

Yvonne Lime and Barbara Eden were on Father Knows Best.

Yvonne Lime and Barbara Eden were on Father Knows Best.

They were also on the first season of Gomer Pyle USMC
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057752/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm

I'm not 100 percent sure but I think the kid's name on Lassie was Corky.

Edit: Nope, I'm wrong, it was Porky as you said.

Sometimes Jeff called him "Pork" for short

Corky is from Circus Boy (1956-58), as 24/7 stated Micky Dolenz is still with us.

Reba Waters, mentioned several posts ago, goes ll the way back to Father Knows Best in 1959 or 1960.

From 77 Sunset Strip: Robert Logan and Jacqueline Beer

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173735/mediaviewer/rm1269452288/?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_21

Anjanette Comer, best known for 'The Loved One' (also in black and white), made her debut in season 3 of 'My Three Sons' and also appeared on 'The Donna Reed Show' in 1962.

Bob Newhart- 1961's The Bob Newhart Show
Carol Burnett- Stanley and The Garry Moore Show
Clint Howard - The Andy Griffith Show
Lassie (sort of) - Last appearance was on the movie Lassie Come Home (2020)

RIP Bob Newhart

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173735/mediaviewer/rm1269452288/?ref_=nmmi_mi_all_21

Anjanette Comer, best known for 'The Loved One' (also in black and white), made her debut in season 3 of 'My Three Sons' and also appeared on 'The Donna Reed Show' in 1962.

The loved One is a great movie! I first saw it in my high school English class.

First episode of GET SMART was B&W so Barbara Feldon

First season of VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
Mark Slade, Ron Stein, Vitina Marcus, Derrik Lewis
Nancy Kovack, Larry Chance, Robert Duvall, James Brolin
Nigel McKeand, Tom Skerritt, Susan Flannery, Patrick Culliton

Butch Patrick- The Munsters

Kathy Garver was on a bunch of B&W TV shows including 4 episodes of Dr. Kildare and 3 episodes of The Patty Duke Show. And now she a grandma on a telephone hearing accessable telephone commercial!

Johnny Whitaker was on an episode of Slattery’s People

Not sure if anyone mentioned Jerry Mathers - Leave it to Beaver.

Barry Gordon was on a bunch of B&W TV shows including playing a young Jack Benny on The Jack Benny Program

Brenda Scott - appeared in many b&w show episodes including Route 66, Leave It to Beaver, The Donna Reed Show, My Three Sons, Wagon Train, and soaps.