Pioneers of Primetime - Production & Contact Info

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38 cast members

Name	Known for
Gracie Allen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Damsel in Distress (1937)
Steve Allen Self Self See fewer	The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Desi Arnaz Self / Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) Self / Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Lucille Ball Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage) Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Bea Benaderet Self / Blanche Morton (archive footage) Self / Blanche Morton (archive footage) See fewer	Petticoat Junction (1963)
Jack Benny Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Milton Berle Self Self See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
George Burns Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Oh, God! (1977)
Sid Caesar Self Self See fewer	Grease (1978)
Art Carney Self / Ed Norton (archive footage) Self / Ed Norton (archive footage) See fewer	Harry and Tonto (1974)
Bing Crosby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	White Christmas (1954)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Buddy Ebsen Self Self See fewer	The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Vilma Ebsen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
William Frawley Self / Fred Mertz (archive footage) Self / Fred Mertz (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Art Gilmore Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Highway Patrol (1955)
Jackie Gleason Self / Ralph Kramden (archive footage) Self / Ralph Kramden (archive footage) See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
Bob Hope Self Self See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Milt Larsen Self / Historian Self / Historian See fewer	Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Jerry Lewis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1963)
Hal March Self / Harry Morton (archive footage) Self / Harry Morton (archive footage) See fewer	Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Rose Marie Self Self See fewer	The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Dean Martin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Dean Martin Show (1965)
Will Mastin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sweet and Low (1947)
Audrey Meadows Self / Alice Kramden (archive footage) Self / Alice Kramden (archive footage) See fewer	The Honeymooners (1955)
The Men of Texaco Quartet Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer
Belle Montrose Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Absent Minded Professor (1961)
Howard Morris Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
Donald O'Connor Self Self See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Johnny Olson Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Match Game (1973)
Joyce Randolph Self / Trixie Norton (archive footage) Self / Trixie Norton (archive footage) See fewer	The Honeymooners (1955)
Carl Reiner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Harlan Saperstein Narrator Narrator See fewer	Biography (1987)
Red Skelton Self / Gertrude and Heathcliffe / Clem Kadiddlehopper / Cauliflower McPugg / Freddie the Freeloader / George Appleby Self / Gertrude and Heathcliffe / Clem Kadiddlehopper / Cauliflower McPugg / Freddie the Freeloader / George Appleby See fewer	The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
Ed Sullivan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Vivian Vance Self / Ethel Mertz (archive footage) Self / Ethel Mertz (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Don Wilson Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Niagara (1953)
Ed Wynn Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Alice in Wonderland (1951)