Westerners and retirement longevity too
by road-traveled | created - 23 Apr 2017 | updated - 04 Aug 2018 | PublicYoungest, 95 years of age. -Born 1920 on.
1. Patricia Walthall
Actress | Empty Holsters
Patricia Walthall was born on March 16, 1918 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Empty Holsters (1937).
Judy Ware, Empty Holsters (1937). 1937.
March 16, 1918 --
2. Connie Sawyer
Actress | Dumb and Dumber
Connie Sawyer was born on November 27, 1912 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA. She was an actress, known for Dumb and Dumber (1994), Pineapple Express (2008) and Out of Sight (1998). She was married to Marshall Schacker. She died on January 21, 2018 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
11 westerns, 60-75.
Funny Money (1975). 1975.
November 27, 1912 - January 2018, 105
3. Janet Waldo
Actress | The Jetsons
Janet Waldo provided the quintessential voice of the swooning, overly dramatic teenager for numerous generations -- from the 1940s swinging babysitters to the 1960s groovy chick. A bouncy, perennially-youthful brunette, Janet Marie Waldo was born on February 4, 1919, in Grandview, Washington, and ...
96
4 westerns, 40-42.
Mary Cook, Land of the Open Range (1942). 1942.
1920 - 2016, 96.
4. Nanette Fabray
Actress | The Band Wagon
A sparkling, entertaining, highly energetic presence ever since her early days (from age 4) as a singing and tap dancing child vaudevillian, Nanette Fabray was once billed as "Baby Nanette".
She was born in Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, then moved to the United States, to Louisiana-born parents, Lily ...
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County (1970). 1970.
Glory Road (1959). 1959.
October 27, 1920 -- February 22, 1918, 97.
5. Clifton James
Actor | Live and Let Die
Blustery, stocky, loud although often genial character actor who has created a niche for himself playing often frustrated and fast talking Southern characters... most noticeably as Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond adventures Live and Let Die (1973) and The Man with the ...
96.
Teek, Letter of the Law (1958). 1958
1921 - 2017, 96.
6. Jason Wingreen
Actor | Archie Bunker's Place
Character actor Jason Wingreen was born on October 9, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City. The son of a Jewish tailor father, Wingreen grew up in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens. Jason attended John Adams High School and majored in English and Speech at Brooklyn College (he initially planned on...
95.
51 westerns, 57-76.
Degnan, The Duelists (1958). 1958.
1920 - 2015, 95.
7. Douglas Dick
Actor | Rope
Douglas Dick was born on November 20, 1920 in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Rope (1948), Bewitched (1964) and The Second Hundred Years (1967). He was married to Peggy Chantler Dick and Rhoda (Ronnie) Marion Noyer. He died on December 19, 2015 in Los Angeles, ...
95.
17 westerns, 52-64.
Capt. Alan Morrow, Mosby's Rangers (1957). 1957.
1920 - 2015, 95.
8. Maureen O'Hara
Actress | Miracle on 34th Street
In America, the early performing arts accomplishments of young Maureen FitzSimons (who we know as Maureen O'Hara) would definitely have put her in the child prodigy category. However, for a child of Irish heritage surrounded by gifted parents and family, these were very natural traits. Maureen made...
95.
11 westerns, 42-71.
Rio Grande (1950). 1950.
1920 - 2015, 95. Ireland. USA.
9. George Cooper
Actor | Crossfire
George Cooper was born on January 24, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Crossfire (1947), Blood on the Moon (1948) and Roughshod (1949). He was married to Valerie M. Conte. He died on February 14, 2015 in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
95.
4 westerns, 48-51.
Fred Barden, Blood on the Moon (1948). 1948.
1920 - 2015, 95.
10. Noel Neill
Actress | Superman Returns
Minnesota-born Noel Neill's ambition was to be a journalist like her father, the editor of a Minneapolis newspaper. However, she was hired by Bing Crosby to sing at the Turf Club at the race track in Del Mar, California (Crosby was one of the owners). Shortly thereafter, in 1941, she was signed to ...
95.
15 westerns, 43-54.
Nancy James, The Lawless Rider (1954). 1954.
1920 - 2016, 95.
11. Ruth Terry
Actress | Smoky River Serenade
Ruth Terry was born Ruth McMahon in Benton Harbor, Michigan, in 1920. She got her start in show business as a child when she would sing with the band in a dance hall where her father worked as a bouncer. She began entering amateur talent contests in the local area, and her beautiful singing voice ...
95.
9 westerns, 42-61.
Sue Greeley, Smoky River Serenade (1947). 1947.
1920 - 2016, 95.
12. Peter Hansen
Actor | General Hospital
Peter Hansen was born on December 5, 1921 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), The War of the Roses (1989) and When Worlds Collide (1951). He was married to Florence Elizabeth (Betty) Moe. He died on April 9, 2017 in Santa Clarita, California, USA.
95.
52 westerns, 50-78.
Branded (1950). 1958.
December 5, 1921 -- April 9, 2017, 95.
13. Mary Carlisle
Actress | The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
She was the standard prototype of the porcelain-pretty collegiate and starry-eyed romantic interest in a host of Depression-era films and although her name may not ring a bell to most, Mary Carlisle enjoyed a fairly solid decade in the cinematic limelight.
The petite Boston-born, blue-eyed blonde ...
Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939). 1939.
The Old Homestead (1935). 1935.
February 2, 1914 -- 2018, 104
14. Norman Lloyd
Actor | Dead Poets Society
Norman Lloyd was born Norman Perlmutter in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Sadie (Horowitz), a housewife and singer, and Max Perlmutter, a furniture store manager. His family was Jewish (from Hungary and Russia). He began his acting career in the theater, first "treading the boards" at Eva Le Gallienne...
4 westerns, 49-72.
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949). 1949.
November 8, 1914 --
15. Patricia Morison
Actress | The Song of Bernadette
Woefully misused while in her prime screen years at Paramount during the late '30s and '40s, Patricia Morison, lovely and exotic with Rapunzel-like long, dark hair, nevertheless became a star in her own right -- as a supremely talented diva on the singing stage.
Born on March 19, 1915, in New York ...
6 westerns, 40-58.
The Moor's Revenge (1958). 1958.
March 9, 1915 --
16. Olivia de Havilland
Actress | Gone with the Wind
Olivia Mary de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney. Her sister Joan, later to become famous as Joan Fontaine, was born the following year. Her ...
7 westerns, 38-65.
Winner Lose All (1965). 1965.
July 1, 1916 --
17. Kirk Douglas
Actor | The Final Countdown
Cleft-chinned, steely-eyed and virile star of international cinema who rose from being "the ragman's son" (the name of his best-selling 1988 autobiography) to become a bona fide superstar, Kirk Douglas, also known as Issur Danielovitch Demsky, was born on December 9, 1916 in Amsterdam, New York. ...
24 westerns, 51-84.
Draw! (1984). 1984.
Decembe 9, 1916 --
18. Ray Weaver
Actor | How to Steal the World
Ray Weaver was born on March 21, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for How to Steal the World (1968), Burke's Law (1963) and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). He died on December 19, 2001 in Winchester, Douglas, Oregon, USA.
Steward, North to Alaska (1960). 1960.
1917 --
19. Marsha Hunt
Actress | Pride and Prejudice
Stardom somehow eluded this vastly gifted actress. Had it not perhaps been for her low-level profile compounded by her McCarthy-era blacklisting in the early 1950s, there is no telling what higher tier Marsha Hunt might have attained. Perhaps her work was not flashy enough, or too subdued, or ...
15 westerns, 36-54.
The Glory and the Mud (1964).
October 17, 1917 --
20. Fay McKenzie
Actress | The Party
Fay Eunice McKenzie was born February 19, 1918 into a show business family where she was the youngest of two sisters and an actress cousin, and made her screen debut at only ten weeks old in "Station Content" (1918) in which she was carried in the arms of Gloria Swanson. Her parents, Eva & Bob "...
23 westerns, 21-61.
Land Grab (1961). 1961.
February 19, 1918 --
21. Dusty Anderson
Actress | A Thousand and One Nights
Dusty Anderson was born on December 17, 1918 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. She was an actress, known for A Thousand and One Nights (1945), The Phantom Thief (1946) and One Way to Love (1946). She was married to Jean Negulesco and Charles Louis Arthur Mathieu Jr.. She died on September 12, 2007 in Marbella,...
Helen Wyatt, Singing on the Trail (1946). 1946.
December 17, 1918 --
22. Doris Merrick
Actress | The Big Noise
Doris Merrick was born on June 6, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Big Noise (1944), Untamed Women (1952) and The Fighting Stallion (1950). She was married to Matthew Lawton Hatfield, John Meagher Knoll and Max Marek. She died on November 30, 2019 in Yuma, Arizona, ...
10 westerns, 50-52.
Broken Spur (1952). 1952.
June 6, 1919 --
23. Nehemiah Persoff
Actor | An American Tail
Born in 1919 in Jerusalem, Nehemiah Persoff emigrated with his family to America in 1929.
Following schooling at the Hebrew Technical Institute of New York, he found a job as a subway electrician doing signal maintenance until an interest in the theater altered the direction of his life.
He joined ...
40 westerns, 50-91.
Day of the Outlaw (1959). 1959.
August 2, 1919 --
24. Margot Hielscher
Actress | Wälsungenblut
Margot Hielscher was born on September 29, 1919 in Charlottenburg [now Berlin], Germany. She was an actress and costume designer, known for Wälsungenblut (1965), Das schwarz-weiß-rote Himmelbett (1962) and Hallo, Fräulein! (1949). She was married to Friedrich Meyer. She died on ...
Marina, Jonny rettet Nebrador (1953). 1953.
September 29, 1919.
25. Noah Keen
Actor | Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Noah Keen was born on October 10, 1920 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973), The Six Million Dollar Man (1974) and Gable and Lombard (1976). He was married to Gerrianne Raphael and Barbara Corday. He died on March 24, 2019 in ...
28 westerns, 61-68.
A Drop of Blood (1961). 1961.
October 10, 1920 --
26. Walter Mirisch
Producer | In the Heat of the Night
Walter Mirisch and brothers Marvin Mirisch and Harold Mirisch were one of the most successful producing teams in Hollywood history. Their Mirisch Company produced such diverse hits as Some Like It Hot (1959), The Magnificent Seven (1960), West Side Story (1961), The Great Escape (1963), The Pink ...
30 westerns, 51-16.
Seven Angry Men (1955). 1955.
November 8, 1921 --
27. Doris Day
Soundtrack | Love Me or Leave Me
One of America's most loved actresses was born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alma Sophia (Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir master. Her grandparents were all German immigrants. She had two brothers, Richard, who died ...
Calamity Jane (1953). 1953.
The Ballad of Josie (1967). 1967.
April 3, 1922 --
28. Margia Dean
Actress | The Quatermass Xperiment
Stunning, dark-haired '40s and '50s leading lady Margia Dean was the daughter of a Greek lawyer. Her parents moved from Athens to the US in 1913, a number of years before her birth on April 7, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. The youngest of three girls, she was christened Marguerite Louise Skliris. Her...
16 westerns, 49-61.
Margie, Grand Canyon (1949). 1949.
April 7, 1922 --
29. Kathryn Adams
Actress | Blonde for a Day
Kathryn Adams was born on July 15, 1920 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for Blonde for a Day (1946), Saboteur (1942) and Fifth Avenue Girl (1939). She was married to Fred Owen Doty and Hugh Beaumont. She died on October 14, 2016 in Mankato, Minnesota, USA.
96.
4 westerns, 40-41.
Jo Ann Rawlings, Rawhide Rangers (1941). 1941.
1920 - 2016, 96.
30. James Sheldon
Director | Robert Montgomery Presents
James Sheldon was born on November 12, 1920 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Robert Montgomery Presents (1950), The Twilight Zone (1959) and The Equalizer (1985). He was married to Dr. Eleanor Harriet Bernert. He died on March 12, 2016 in ...
95.
43 westerns, 57-70.
The Lone Woman (1959). 1959.
1920 - 2016, 95.
31. Sharon Douglas
Actress | Fog Island
Born in Oklahoma, she left for Hollywood to work in movie and radio. After a supporting role in A Gentleman After Dark (1942), she received the leading role in Fog Island (1945). After some other little roles in movies, she moved to the small screen of TV, where she did some work, but resumed her ...
95.
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe (1972). 1972.
1920 - 2016, 95.
32. Perry Sheehan
Actress | The Electric Horseman
Perry Sheehan Adair was born as Margaret Sheehan in Brooklyn, New York on August 17, 1921. After graduating from St. Brendan's High School, she attended a business college, then started on her professional career as a John Robert Powers model in New York City. She moved to Hollywood in 1949.
Perry ...
95
The Electric Horseman (1979). 1979.
1921 - 2017, 95.
33. Julie Gibson
Actress | Bowery Buckaroos
Julie Gibson was born on September 6, 1913 in Grant County, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Bowery Buckaroos (1947), The Contender (1944) and Chick Carter, Detective (1946). She was married to Charles Barton, Dean Dillman Jr. and Jimmie Grier. She died on October 2, 2019 in Los ...
The Outrage (1964). 1964.
Badmen of Tombstone (1949). 1949.
1913 --
34. Kate Brinker
Actress | Desert Guns
Kate Brinker was born on March 29, 1914 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Desert Guns (1936). She was married to Manfred Lee. She died on November 11, 1991 in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA.
Desert Guns (1936). 1936.
1914 --
35. Shep Houghton
Actor | Dragnet
Born George Shephard Houghton on June 4, 1914, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Shep is the youngest of two sons born to George Henry Houghton and Mabell Viola Shephard. Far from being born into show business, his father was an insurance company representative who moved his family to Hollywood for business...
24 westerns, 38-72.
A Visit to Upright (1972). 1972.
June 4, 1914 --
36. Gertrude Jeannette
Actress | Shaft
Gertrude Jeannette was born on November 28, 1914 in Urbana, Arkansas, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Shaft (1971), Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Nothing But a Man (1964). She was married to Joe Jeanette. She died on April 4, 2018 in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, ...
The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972). 1972.
November 28, 1914 --
37. Pearlie Norton
Actress | Isobel or The Trail's End
Pearlie Norton was born on December 24, 1914 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for Isobel or the Trail's End (1920) and The Prairie Mystery (1923). She died on April 25, 1966 in Minnesota, USA.
The Prairie Mystery (1923). 1922.
December 24, 1914.
38. Lee Miller
Actor | Perry Mason
Lee Miller was born on March 21, 1918 in Hollywood, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Perry Mason (1957), Please Murder Me! (1956) and Vacation Playhouse (1963). He was married to Bertha Maxine Lynch and Bertha Elizabeth McClean. He died on July 26, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
4 westerns, 53-64.
Per un pugno di dollari (1964). 1964.
May 18, 1917 --
39. William Woodson
Actor | Escape from the Planet of the Apes
He was the narrator of the famous TV series The Invaders, an American science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that aired on ABC for two seasons, from January 10, 1967 to March 26, 1968. Dominic Frontiere, who had provided scores for Twelve O'Clock High and The Outer Limits, ...
20 westerns, 60-74.
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974). 1974.
July 16, 1917 --
40. Nosepeg
Actor | Quigley Down Under
Nosepeg was born in 1918 in Northern Territory, Australia. He was an actor, known for Quigley Down Under (1990), Return of the Plainsman (1953) and Dust in the Sun (1958). He died in 1999.
The Magic Wire (1961). 1961.
The Phantom Stockman (1953). 1953.
4 westerns, 53-90.
1918 -- Australia.
41. Eloise Hardt
Actress | The Kentucky Fried Movie
Eloise Hardt was born on September 17, 1917 in Lawton, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), Looker (1981) and Homecoming (1948). She was married to Paul MacNamara, Hans Habe and Phil Edgar Scott. She died on June 25, 2017 in Palos Verdes, California, USA.
7 westerns, 53-66.
The Burden of the Badge (1966). 1966.
1918 --
42. Ivy Bethune
Actress | Back to the Future
Ivy Bethune was born on June 1, 1918 in Sevastopol, Russia [now Crimea, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Back to the Future (1985), Get Smart (2008) and Will to Die (1971). She was married to Stuart Lancaster and William Charles Bethune. She died on July 19, 2019 in Woodland Hills, ...
16 westerns, 65-82.
Eighty-Eight Keys to Happiness (1982). 1982.
June 1, 1918 --. Ukraine.
43. Doreen Turner
Actress | Buster's Picnic
Doreen Turner was born on August 10, 1916 in Spokane, Washington, USA. She was an actress, known for Buster's Picnic (1927), Buster's Nightmare (1925) and Buster's Bust-Up (1925). She died on May 20, 1994 in San Diego, California, USA.
4 westerns, 22-24.
Western Vengeance (1924). 1924.
August 10, 1918 --
44. Caren Marsh
Actress | Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Caren Marsh was born in Los Angeles. Her sister, actress Dorothy Morris, was born Feb. 23, 1922. Getting into show business in 1937, Caren changed her name to Marsh because "there were too many people named Morris at the time." Caren's parents wanted her to go to college but she wanted to be a ...
Navajo Kid (1945). 1945.
April 6, 1919 --
45. Grace Albertson
Actress | Arson Squad
Grace Albertson was born on August 4, 1918 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for Arson Squad (1945), Unmasked (1950) and Mission: Impossible (1966). She was married to Robert E. Meredith and Frank Albertson. She died on November 3, 2014 in the USA.
9 westerns, 50-62.
Heritage of Hate (1962). 1962.
August 20, 1919 --
46. Walter Bernstein
Writer | The Front
Blacklisted writer in the 1950s, a victim of the HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee), he still continued to write under pseudonyms as did many other blacklisted writers such as Ring Lardner Jr. and Dalton Trumbo, and his biggest contribution during that time was probably his writing work ...
Writer, The Magnificent Seven (1960). 1960.
August 20, 1919 --
47. Sono Osato
Actress | Sunday Showcase
Although she never adopted a Russian stage name, Sono Osato made her reputation as a ballerina with Wassily de Basil's Ballets Russes (nicknamed 'Nonotchka' by other members of the troupe). She was born in Omaha, of mixed ethnic parentage: her father Shoji was a Japanese photographer, her ...
Bianca, The Kissing Bandit (1948). 1948.
August 29, 1919 --
48. Jerry Maren
Actor | House
Born to Italian emigrant parents, Emilio Marenghi and Raffaella Scanzillo, young Jerry took dancing lessons when he was young and aspired to be an actor. In November 1938, standing just 3' 4", he met up with the Oz-bound group of little people in New York and went by bus to California. There he was...
Coco, The Night of the Running Death (1967). 1967.
January 24, 1920 --
49. Anita Ellis
Soundtrack | Gilda
Anita Ellis was born on April 12, 1920 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Gilda (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1947) and Nothing Lasts Forever (1984). She was married to Mortimer Fromberg Shapiro and Frank Wilby Ellis Jr.. She died on October 28, 2015 in Manhattan, New York...
Dakota Lil, Dakota Lil (1950). 1950. Singing voice.
April 12, 1920 --. Canada.
50. Don Kennedy
Actor | You Are There
Don Kennedy was born on September 3, 1921 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for You Are There (1953), The Stunt Man (1980) and Zane Grey Theatre (1956). He died on April 3, 2013 in Del Mar, California, USA.
83 westerns, 54-68.
No Way to Kill (1958). 1958.
June 8, 1920 --
51. Sergio Mendizábal
Actor | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Sergio Mendizábal was born on July 3, 1920 in San Sebastián, Spain. He was an actor, known for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and La comedia (1983). He died in 2005.
4 westerns, 62-70.
Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (1966). 1966.
July 3, 1920 --
52. Billy Kent Schaefer
Actor | The Ice Flood
Billy Kent Schaefer was born on September 26, 1918 in Douglas County, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ice Flood (1926), The Wind (1928) and The Enemy (1927). He died on July 12, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Wind (1928). 1928.
Arizona Sweepstakes (1926). 1926.
September 26, 1920 --
53. Kate Murtagh
Actress | The Car
Kate Murtagh was born on October 29, 1920 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Car (1977), Farewell, My Lovely (1975) and Switchblade Sisters (1975). She died on September 10, 2017 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
9 westerns, 61-67.
Gun Fight (1961). 1961.
October 29, 1920 --
54. Herbert Ellis
Actor | The Party
Herbert Ellis was born on January 17, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Party (1968), The Killing (1956) and Peter Gunn (1958). He was married to Sylvia Rappaport. He died on December 26, 2018 in San Gabriel, California, USA.
11 westerns, 56-68.
Fire on Chiricahua Mountains (1956). 1956.
January 17, 1921 --
55. Geoffrey Copleston
Writer | Django
Geoffrey Copleston was born 18th March 1921 in Manchester, UK. He appeared in many movies along side top class actors and actresses.
He was a co-writer of the cult movie Django in the 1960s which starred Franco Nero. Many have compared these to the Clint Eastwood films of the same era and genre. (...
Django (1966). 1966.
March 18, 1921 --
56. Bob Gravage
Actor | Earthquake
Bob Gravage was born on July 25, 1921 in Bakersfield, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Earthquake (1974), Gunsmoke (1955) and The Undefeated (1969). He died on August 19, 2017.
21 westerns, 62-72.
The Gallows (1962). 1962.
July 25, 1921 --
57. Harry Landers
Actor | Ben Casey
Harry Landers was born on September 3, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Ben Casey (1961), Star Trek (1966) and Phantom from Space (1953). He was married to Jeanne Vaughn. He died on September 9, 2017 in Woodland Hills, California, USA.
33 westerns, 53-69.
The Other Cheek (1968). 1968. Director.
September 3, 1921 - October 2017, 96.
58. John Quijada
Actor | Candyman: Day of the Dead
John Quijada was born on April 18, 1922 in Maricopa, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999), Lonesome Dove (1989) and The Young Land (1959). He died on April 12, 2019.
46 westerns, 57-89.
Pedro Flores, Leaving (1989). 1989
April 18, 1922.
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