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  • Firing Line (1966–2020)
  • TV Series | 120 min | Talk-Show
Firing Line (1966–2020)
TV Series | 120 min | Talk-Show

A debate program hosted by conservative pundit William F. Buckley who verbally sparred with many notable figures of the 20th century.
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Seasons
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Producers
Warren Steibel (producer) | Robert Kline (producer) | Spencer Wilking (producer)
Editors
J. Angus Campbell (videotape) | Jeff Rochstein (videotape)
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Status
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Updated Apr 6, 1966

Release date (First episode)
1966 (United States)

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Cast

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50 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
William F. Buckley
Self - Host / Self (for the positive) / Self - For the Affirmative Self - Host / Self (for the positive) / Self - For the Affirmative   See fewer
334
Margaret Hoover
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
97
Jeff Greenfield
Self - Panelist / Self - Examiner / Self - Writer / Self - Questioner / Self (panelist) / … See more Self - Panelist / Self - Examiner / Self - Writer / Self - Questioner / Self (panelist) / Self - Panel / Self - Moderator   See fewer
23
Michael Kinsley
Self - Moderator / Self (Moderator) / Self - Guest Self - Moderator / Self (Moderator) / Self - Guest   See fewer
17
C. Dickerman Williams
Self - Moderator / Self - Chairman Self - Moderator / Self - Chairman   See fewer
15
John Scott
Self - Moderator / Self - Announcer Self - Moderator / Self - Announcer   See fewer
14
Lester Smith
Self - Moderator / Self - Announcer Self - Moderator / Self - Announcer   See fewer
11
Lynne Williams
Self - Panelist / Self - Panel Self - Panelist / Self - Panel   See fewer
7
Mark Green
Self - Panelist / Self - For the Negative / Self - Guest (as Rep. Mark Green) Self - Panelist / Self - For the Negative / Self - Guest (as Rep. Mark Green)   See fewer
6
Vere Gaynor
Self - Panelist / Self - Panel Self - Panelist / Self - Panel   See fewer
6
John Kenneth Galbraith
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
4
Frances Fitzgerald
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
4
John Coyne
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
4
Henry Kissinger
Self - For the Affirmative / Self - Guest Self - For the Affirmative / Self - Guest   See fewer
4
Ira Glasser
Self - For the Affirmative / Self - For the Negative Self - For the Affirmative / Self - For the Negative   See fewer
4
Tom Wolfe
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
4
Ernest Van den Haag
Self - Examiner / Self - Guest / Self - Moderator Self - Examiner / Self - Guest / Self - Moderator   See fewer
4
Roy M. Cohn
Self - Examiner Self - Examiner   See fewer
4
Clare Boothe Luce
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
4
Ronald Reagan
Self - Guest / Self - For the Negative Self - Guest / Self - For the Negative   See fewer
4
Malcolm Muggeridge
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
4
Allard K. Lowenstein
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
3
Ed Koch
Self Self   See fewer
3
Robert Kuttner
Self - For the Negative / Self - Panelist Self - For the Negative / Self - Panelist   See fewer
3
George Bush
Self - Chairman of the Republican National Committee Self - Chairman of the Republican National Committee   See fewer
3
Richard Brookhiser
Self - National Review / Self - Panelist Self - National Review / Self - Panelist   See fewer
3
Jack Kemp
Self - For the Affirmative Self - For the Affirmative   See fewer
3
Pat Schroeder
Self - For the Negative Self - For the Negative   See fewer
3
Jerry Brown
Self - For the Negative Self - For the Negative   See fewer
3
Barry Goldwater
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
3
Aryeh Neier
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
3
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
3
Harry Hennessy
Self - Moderator Self - Moderator   See fewer
3
Philip P. Ardery Jr.
Self - Panelist / Self (panelist) Self - Panelist / Self (panelist)   See fewer
3
Michael Kramer
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
3
Arianna Huffington
Self - For the Negative / Self - For the Affirmative / Self - Guest Self - For the Negative / Self - For the Affirmative / Self - Guest   See fewer
3
Mary Duffy
Self - Panelist / Self (panelist) Self - Panelist / Self (panelist)   See fewer
3
Mortimer J. Adler
Self - Guest Self - Guest   See fewer
3
2
2
2
2
2
Brenda Wilson
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
Thomas J. Hart
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
Daniel Tracy
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
2
2
Andrea Glass
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
Harvey Grill
Self - Panelist Self - Panelist   See fewer
2
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