Saying Good Bye to a Cast Member...
Most of the time when a cast comes together to put forth a great production they become extended members of each other's families. Well sometimes tragedy can strike and take away beloved members of the cast...
Ward Bond
-April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960
Passed away playing Major Seth Adams on "Wagon Train"
-was replaced by John McIntire
Joseph Kearns
-February 12, 1907 – February 17, 1962
Passed away while playing George Wilson on “Dennis the Menace”
-was replaced by Gale Gordon
Larry Keating
-June 13, 1896 – August 26, 1963
Passed away while playing Roger Addison on “Mister Ed”
-was replaced by Leon Ames
Alice Pearce
-October 16, 1917 - March 3, 1966
Passed away while playing Gladys Kravitz on "Bewitched"
-was replaced Sandra Gould
*Shortly after her passing she was posthumously awarded an Emmy as best supporting actress*
Marion Lorne
-August 12, 1883 - May 9, 1968
Passed away while playing Aunt Clara on "Bewitched"
-was replaced by Alice Ghostley
*10 days after her passing she was posthumously awarded an Emmy as best supporting actress*
Bea Benaderet
-April 4, 1906 – October 13, 1968
Passed away while playing Kate Bradley on “Petticoat Junction”
-was replaced by June Lockhart
Barbara Pepper
-May 31, 1915 – July 18, 1969
Passed away while playing Doris Ziffel on “Green Acres”
-was replaced by Fran Ryan
Billy Halop
-February 11, 1920 – November 9, 1976
Passed away while playing Mr. Munson on "All in the Family"
Judith Lowry
-July 27, 1890 – November 29, 1976
Passed away while playing Sally “Mother” Dexter Lanson on “Phyllis”
Burt Mustin
-February 8, 1884 - January 28, 1977
Passed away while playing Arthur Lanson on "Phyllis"
Zara Cully
-January 26, 1892 – February 28, 1978
Passed away while playing Olivia “Mother” Jefferson on “The Jeffersons”
Will Geer
-March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978
Passed away while played Zeb “Grandpa” Walton on “The Waltons”
Jim Davis
-August 26, 1909 – April 26, 1981
Passed away while playing Jock Ewing on “Dallas”
Carolyn Jones
-April 28, 1930 - August 3, 1983
Passed away while playing Myrna Clegg on "Capitol"
-was replaced by Marla Adams
Nicholas Colasanto
-January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985
Passed away while playing Ernie “Coach” Pantusso on “Cheers”
-was replaced by Woody Harrelson
Dolph Sweet
-July 18, 1920 – May 8, 1985
Passed away while playing Police Chief Carl Kanisky on "Gimme a Break!"
Selma Diamond
-August 5, 1920 – May 13, 1985
Passed away while playing Baliff Selma Hacker on "Night Court"
-was replaced by Florence Halop
Florence Halop
-January 23, 1923 – July 15, 1986
Passed away while playing Baliff Florence Kleiner on "Night Court"
-was replaced by Marsha Warfield
Ted Knight
-December 7, 1923 – August 26, 1986
Passed away while playing Henry Rush on “Too Close for Comfort”
Nancy Marchand
-June 19, 1928 – June 18, 2000
Passed away while playing Livia Soprano on “The Sopranos”
John Ritter
-September 17, 1948 - September 11, 2003
Passed away while playing Paul Hennessy on "8 Simple Rules...for Dating My Teenage Daughter"
Jerry Orbach
-October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004
Passed away while playing Detective Lennie Briscoe on “Law & Order: Trial by Jury”
In Memoriam Remembers:
Talent that we lost much too early
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