CASTS OF TV SHOWS
That Were Popular in the Menzies Era
     
     

Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) (Click to play the theme)
Andy Griffith as Andy Taylor, Francis Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor, Don Knotts as Barney Fife, Ron Howard as Opie Taylor & Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle

The Avengers (1961-1969) (Click to play the theme)
Patrick Macnee as John Steed, Julie Stevens as Venus Smith (1961-62), Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale (1963-64), Diana Rigg as Emma Peel (1965-67) &  Linda Thorson as Tara King (1968-89)

The Andy Griffith Show

Batman and Robin

 

Bachelor Father (1957-1961)
John Forsythe as Bentley Gregg 

Batman (1965-1967) (Click to play the theme and here to hear Robin)
Adam West as Batman, Burt Ward as Robin

Ben Casey (1960-1965)
Vince Edwards as Dr Ben Casey 

Beverly Hillbillies (1962-1970) (Click to play the theme)
Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett, Irene Ryan as Granny Daisy Moses, Donna Douglas as Elly May Clampet & Max Baer Jr as Jethro Bodine

Bewitched (1964-1971)
Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha, Dick York as Darrin Stevens (64-69), Dick Sergeant as Darrin Stevens (69-72) & Agnes Moorehead as Endora

 

The Beverley Hillbillies

 

Bonanza (1959-1971) (Click to play the theme)
Lorne Greene as Ben, Parnell Roberts as Adam, Dan Blocker as Eric "Hoss", Michael Landon as Joe Cartwright

Cheyenne (1955-1962)
Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie & Ty Hardin as Bronco Laine

Combat (1962-1967)
Vic Morrow as Sergeant Saunders

Dad's Army (1968-1977)
Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson, Clive Dunn as Lance Corporal Jones, Ian Lavender as Private Pike

 

Dennis the Menace (1959-1963)
Jay North as Dennis, Joseph Kearns as Mr Wilson (59 to 63) & Gale Gordon as Mr Wilson (63)

Dick van Dyke Show (1961-1962)
Dick van Dyke as Rob Petrie, Mary Tyler Moore as Laurie Petrie & Morey Amsterdam as Buddy Sorrell

Dragnet (1951-1958 & 1967-1969)
Jack Webb as Joe Friday

Father Knows Best (1954-1963)
Robert Young as Jim, Jane Wyatt as Margaret, Elinor Donahue as Betty "Princess", Billy Gray as James "Bud" & Lauren Chapin as Kathy "Kitten" Anderson

The Flintstones (1960-1965) (Click to play the theme and here to hear Fred)
(Voices) Alan Reed as Fred Flintstone, Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma & Pebbles, Mel Blanc as Barney Rubble & Dino, Bea Benadaret as Betty (1960-64) & Garry Johnson as Betty (1964-66) 

 

The Flintstones

Get Smart 

The Fugitive (1963-1966)
David Janssen as Dr Richard Kimble

Get Smart (1965-1979) (Click to play the theme and here to hear Max)
Don Adams as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86), Barbara Feldon as Agent 99, Edward Platt as The Chief.

Gilligan's Island (1964-1968) (Click to play the theme)
Bob Denver as (Willy) Gilligan, Alan Hale Jr as Skipper Jonas Grumby, Russell Johnson as Professor Roy Hinkley, Jim Backus as Thurston Howell 111, Nalalie Schafer as Lovey Wentworth Howell, Tina Louis as Ginger Grant & Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers

 

Gunsmoke (1955-1975)
James Arnes as Marshall Matt Dillon, Milburn Smith as "Doc" Galen Adams, Amanda Blake as Kitty Russell & Dennis Weaver as Chester Goode

Hancock's Half Hour (1959-1981 & 1963) (Click to hear Hancock)
Tony Hancock & Sid James as themselves

Have Gun Will Travel (1957-1963)
Richard Boone as Palladin

Hawaiian Eye (1959-1962)
Robert Conrad as Tom Lopaka, Anthony Eisley as Tracey Steele, Connie Stevens as Cricket Blake, Grant Williams as Greg MacKenzie & Poncie Poce as Kazuo Kim

Hawaii Five-O (1968-1980) (Click to play the theme)
Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett,  James MacArther as Danny Williams & Kam Fong as Chin Ho Kelly

 

Huckleberry Hound 

Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971) (Click to play the theme)
Bob Crane as Colonel Robert Hogan, Werner Klemperer as Colonel Wilhelm Klink & John Brunner as Sergeant Hans Schultz

Homicide (1964-1976)
Jack Fagan as Inspector Connolly, Alwyn Kurts as Inspector Fox, George Mallaby as Detective Barnes, Leonard Teale as Detective Sergeant as Mackay & Charles "Bud" Timgwell as Inspector Lawson

The Honeymooners (1955-1956) (Click to hear Jackie Gleason)
Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden, Art Carney as Ed Norton & Joyce Randolph as Trixie Norton

Hickleberry Hound (1958-1962)
(Voice) Dave Butler as Huckleberry Hound 

 

I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70)
Barbara Eden as Jeannie & Larry Hagmen

I Love Lucy (1951-1955)
Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo, Desi Arnaz as Ricky Ricardo, Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz & William Frawley as Fred Mertz

 

I Dream of Jeannie

The Jetsons 

The Jetsons (1962)
(Voices) George O'Hanlon as George Jetson, Penny Singleton as Jane, Janet Waldo as Judy, Denis Butler as Elroy & Mel Blanc as Cosmo Spacely

Leave It to Beaver (1957-1962)
Hugh Beaumont as Ward, Barbara Billingsly as June, Jerry Mathers as "Beaver", Tony Dow as Wally Cleaver and Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell

The Lone Ranger (1949-1960) (Click to play the theme)
Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger & Jay Silverheels as Tonto

Lost in Space (1965-1967)
Gut Williams as Professor John Robinson, Jane Lockhart as Maureen, Billy Mumy as Will, Marta Kristen as Judy, Angela Cartwright as Penny & Jonathan Harris as Zachary Smith

 

 

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1977)
Robert Vaughn as Napoleo Solo, David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin & Leo G. Carroll as Alexander Waverly

The Many Love of Doby Gillis (1959-1962)
Dwayne Hickman as Dobie Gillis, Bob Denver as Maynard G. Krebs, Tuesday Weld as Thalia Menninger, Shiela James Knehl as Zelda Gilroy & Warren Beatty as Milton Armitage

Maverick (1957-1962)
James Garner as Bret Maverick,  Roger Moore as Beau Maverick, Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick, Efrem Zimbalist Jr as Dandy Jim Buckley, Diane Brewster as Samantha Crawford, Leo Gordon as Big Mike McComb, Richard Long as Gentleman Jim Darby and Gerald Mohr as Doc Holiday

M*A*S*H (1972-1983) (Click to play the theme)
Alan Alda as "Hawkeye" Pierce, Gary Burghoff as "Radar" O'Reilly, Larry Linville as Major Burns, Wayne Rogers as "Trapper" John McIntyre, McLean Stevenson as Lt Colonel Henry Blake & Loretta Swit as "Hot Lips" Houlihan

 

MASH

 

 

 Mickey Mouse Club

Mavis Bramston Show (1964-1968)
Gordon Chater, Carol Raye, Barry Creyton & June Salter

Mickey Mouse Club )1954-1959) (Click to play the theme)
Mouseketeers: Annette Funicello, Bobby Burgess, Cubby O'Brien, Darlene Gillespie, Doreen Tracey, Sharon Baird, Karen Pendelton, Lonnie Burr & Tommy Cole
Hosts: Jimmy Dodd & Roy Williams

 

Mission Impossible (1966-1973) (Click to play the theme)
Steven Hill as Dan Briggs (1967), Peter Graves as Jim Phelps (from 1968), martin Landau as Rollin Hand (1967-69), Leonard Nimoy as The Great Paris (1970-71), Greg Morris as Barney Collier, Barbara Bain as Cinnamon Carter (1967-69), Lesley Warren as Dana lambert (1971), Linda Day George as Casey (1972-73)  

 

 

The Mod Squad (1968-1973)
Michael Cole as Pete Cochran, Clarence Williams III as Linc Hayes, Peggy Lipton as Julie Barnes & Tige Andrews as Capt. Adam Greer

The Monkees (1966-1968) (Click to play the theme)
Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Peter Tork & Micky Dolenz

 

Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-1974) (Click to play the theme)
John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, & Graham Chapman.

Mr Ed (1960-1965)
Alan Young as Wilbur Post, Connie Hines as Carol Hines & Alan Lane as the voice of Mr Ed

 

Monty Python's Flying Circus cast
 The Munsters

The Munsters (1964-1966)
Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster, Yvonne de Carlo as Lily, Al Lewis as Grandpa, Butch Patrick as Eddie, Beverly Owen as Marilyn (1964) & Pat Priest as Marilyn (1965-66)

My Three Sons (1960-1971)
Fred MacMurray as Steve Douglass, William Frawley as "Bud" O'Casey & William Demarest as "Uncle Charlie" O'Casey

The Nelsons / The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (1952-1966)
Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson & Ricky Nelson as themselves

Our Miss Brooks (1952-1957)
Eve Arden as Connie Brooks, Gail Gordon as Osgood Conklin

Perry Mason (1957-1965) (Click to play the theme)
Raymond Burr as Perry Mason, Barbara Hale as Della Street & William Hopper as Paul Drake

 Perry Mason

 

 Gunsmoke

Peter Gunn (1958-1960) (Click to play the theme)
Craig Stevens as Peter Gunn

The Phil Silvers Show (1955-1959)
Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest Bilko, Harvey Limbeck as Corporal Rocco Barbella, Alvin Melvin as Corporal Henshaw, Paul Ford as Colonel John T. Hall & Maurice Gosfield as Private Duane Doberman

Rawhide (1958-1966) (Click to play the theme)
Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates

 

The Real McCoys (1957-1962)
Walter Brennan as Amos (Grandpa), Kathy Nolan as Kate, Lydia Reid as Hassie, Richard Crenna as Luke & Michael Winkleman as Little Luke McCoy

The Rifleman (1958-1963)
Chuck Conners as Lucas McCain

Rin Tin Tin (1953)
Jim L Brown as Rip Masters, Joe Sawyer as Biff O'Hara & Lee Aaker as Rusty

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-1959)
Richard Greene as Robin Hood

The Saint (1963-1968)
Roger Moore as Simon Templar

 

The Saint

Sea Hunt (1957-1960)
Lloyd Bridgrs as Mike Nelson

Sesame Street (1968-current)
(voices) Jim Henson as Kermit, Elmo & Guy Smiley (to 1989), Steve Whitmire as Kermit & Ernie (from 1989), Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster, Big Bird & Grover and Jerry Nelson as Count & Mumford,  

77 Sunset Strip (1959-1963)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr as Stuart Bailey, Roger Smith as Jeff Spencer, Louis Quinn as Roscoe & Edd Byrne as Gerald "Kookie" Lloyd Kookson 111

Skippy (1966)
Ed Devereaux as Matt Hammond, Garry Pankhurst as Sonny & Ken James as Mark

 

Star Trek (1966-1969) (Click to play the theme)
William Shatner as Captain Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Spock, James Doohan as Scotty, DeForrest Kelly as Bones & George Talei as Sulu.

 

Steptoe and Son (1962-1965, 1970, 1972 & 1974)
Harry H. Corbett as Harold Steptoe & Wilfred Bramble as Albert

Sugarfoot
Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster

 

 

Steptoe

 Superman

Superman (1953-1955) (Click to hear the introduction)
George Reeves as Superman, Phyllis Coates (1951 & 1952 only) as Lois Lane, Noel Neill as Lois Lane, Jack Larsen as Jimmy Olsen, John Hamilton as Perry White

Till Death Us Do Part (1964-1974)
Warren Mitchell as Alf Garnett, Dandy Nichols as Else, Una Stubbs as Rita & Anthony Booth as Mike

Top Cat
(Voice) Arnold Stang as Top Cat 

 

The Untouchables (1959-1963)
Robert Stack as Elliot Ness

Wagon Train (1957-1961 & 1963)
Ward Bond as Seth Adams

Dr Who (1963-1993) (Click to hear the daleks)
William Hartnell as The Doctor (1963-67), Patrick Troughton as The Doctor (68-89), John Pertwee as The Doctor (70-74), Tom Baker as The Doctor (74-81), Peter Davison as The Doctor (82-84), Colin Baker as The Doctor (85-86) & Sylvester McCoy as The Doctor (87-93)

 

Dr Who (William Hartnell)

 

Yogi Bear

The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955-1960)
Hugh O'Brien as Wyatt Earp

Yogi Bear (1958-1962)
(Voices) Dave Butler as Yogi Bear & Dan Messick as Boo Boo & Ranger John Smith

Zorro
Guy Williams as Don Diego de la Vega

 

     

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