Still Alive!

[Ralph]

From reading the sad thread regarding Barry Morse I thought it would be nice while they're still alive to mention actors who are still around although we may think are long since gone.

I'd like to start off with Richard Widmark who turned 93 last December



"Richard Widmark established himself as an icon of American cinema with his debut in the 1947 film noir Kiss of Death (1947) in which he won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination as the killer "Tommy Udo". Kiss of Death (1947) and other noir thrillers established Widmark as part of a new generation of American movie actors who became stars in the post-World War II era. With fellow post-War stars Kirk Douglas and Robert Mitchum, Widmark brought a new kind of character to the screen in his character leads and supporting parts: a hardboiled type who does not actively court the sympathy of the audience (although Mitchum's hangdog demeanor marked him as the most endearing of the three). Widmark was not afraid to play deeply troubled, deeply conflicted, or just down right deeply corrupt characters. After his debut, Widmark would work steadily until he retired at the age of 76 in 1990, primarily as a character lead. His stardom would peak around the time he played the U.S. prosecutor in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) as the 1950s segued into the 1960s, but he would continue to act for another 30 years."

I just assumed he was no more and after watching a movie featuring him I discovered he's still alive and kicking

[Antony Cox]

From Doctor Who, there’s Olaf Pooley (Professor Stahlman) and Edward Burnham (Professors Watkins and Kettelwell), both 92 this year.

More generally, Clive Dunn is 88 this year, Charlton Heston will be 84 and Kirk Douglas is also 92.

[Si Hunt]

We should really mention William Russell and Nick Courtney, who are both of great age. And, generally, Peter Salis who seems determined to outlive the Wallace and Gromit franchise out of sheer decency.

Si.

[MacNimon]

Paul Newman turned 83 a couple of weeks ago, and Streets Of San Francisco star Karl Malden is 95

[WhiteCrow]

See the problem with such a thread is you put an actors name down here, and two days later you're proved wrong.

I'd like to mention Lionel Jeffries, who I thought was a wonderful charismatic actor. He played Dick van Dykes father in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, despite being younger than Dick!

The fact he's been a bit of a recluse since the 70s kind of fuels the belief he must have died ages ago. In fact he's only just a sprightly 81!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Jeffries



For similar reasons of being cast as a character far older than them, one of the few surviving members of Dad's Army is Corporal Jones, aka Clive Dunn.

[Si Hunt]

Judi Dench looks good for 81 too.

Si.

[Stuart Wallis]

Talking of whom, Geoffrey Palmer's 80 now, believe it or not; and Nancy Reagan used to act, she's 86.

[Antony Cox]

Nancy Reagan used to act

So did her husband.

Oh, and he was a film star in the Forties, too.

[Paul Clement]

Still acting at approaching 80 years of age, is James Garner. Richard Attenborough is 84 years old and David McCallum is 74. All three were in the 1963 film, 'The Great Escape'.

[Simon R]

Michael Gough (or Mickgough" as Anneke Wills calls him) will be 84 on Doctor Who's 45th Anniversary. I think he's still acting.

Is Anna Wing the oldest working actress? She's 93 and still going strong!

[Antony Cox]

Is Anna Wing the oldest working actress? She's 93 and still going strong!

Right at the very bottom of her IMDB page it says she appeared in Comic Relief as 'himself'!

[SiHart]

Robert Vaughan is doing really well at 76.

Si xx

[Simon R]

And our own Thomas Stewart The Baker is 74.

[Si Hunt]

David McCallum is 74.

Really? He was 50 in "Sapphire and Steel"? He looked great!

Anyone got a recent picture?

Si.

[Ralph]

Well I must admit I thought Clive Dunn, Karl Malden and Lionel Jefferies would be no more - good to see they're still around

[Jonno]

He was 50 in "Sapphire and Steel"?

Not quite, Si - he would have been between 45 for the first story and 48 for the last. I think he has one of those faces that look younger than they really are!

June Brown's 80 isn't she?

[WhiteCrow]

Really? He was 50 in "Sapphire and Steel"? He looked great!

Anyone got a recent picture?

Si.

He's often on one of those CSI programs cutting bodies up.

[Milky Tears]

You should all check out the Celebrity Deathwatch/The Death List, Who's Alive and Who's Dead and Dead Or Alve? sites.

Some of them even have a forum for making predictions, and everything!

[Ralph]

That list is fairly comprehensive Milky. I was surprised recently to see Ernest Borgnine was still on the go as well having just turned 91 and he's still busy acting

[Antony Cox]

Ernest Borgnine, wel, well!

Patrick Macnee is 86 but his IMDB profile suggests he hasn't acted for a few years.

[SiHart]

Patrick Macnee suffers badly from arthritis I think, which limits what he can do now, sadly.

Si xx

[Paul Clement]

Just watching Emmerdale, the 79 year old John Woodvine has just appeared.

He looks much younger than his years.

[WhiteCrow]

In a way it's surprising cos they're the stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, but Mickey Rooney and Shirley Temple are both still with us ...



http://www.mickeyrooney.com/



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Temple

[Antony Cox]

Eric Sykes will be 85 this year and is still acting.

[Ralph]

He was good in "The Others"