Sunday, October 28, 2012

The Electric Company (1971–1977): Where are They Now?

LAST UPDATED September 16, 2015. Info derived from imdb. Only roles 2014 and later still being tracked. = Newly added names. Original series (1971-1977) only noted. Only actors in 2+ episodes noted.

Core cast:
Jim Boyd (Andy, J. Arthur Crank, Paul the Gorilla, the Blue Beetle, the Wolfman, Loreli Lovely, Max, Steve Awesome the $6.39 Man): died in 2013.
Morgan Freeman (Mark, Easy Reader, Mel Mounds, Count Dracula, Mad Scientist, The Cop, Marcello): in Madam Secretary (2 episodes 2015-2016, also Director; 45 2014-2016 as Executive Producer), Ben-Hur (2016), Now You See Me 2 (2016), London Has Fallen (2016), Momentum (2015), Ted 2 (2015), Last Knights (2015), Yo Gabba Gabba! (1 episode 2015), Dolphin Tale 2 (2014), 5 Flights Up (2014; also Producer), Lucy (2014), Wish Wizard (2014), Transcendence (2014), The Lego Movie (2014); Going in Style (2017) completed; Cold Warriors (2016), Villa Capri (2017), The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) in pre-production; as Executive Producer: Through the Wormhole (5 episodes 2014-2015; 14 2014-2016 as Self), Man vs. the Universe (unknown episodes 2014), Stem Cell Universe with Stephen Hawking (2014); as Producer/Self: The Story of God with Morgan Freeman (6 episodes 2016), as Producer, announced: Rendezvous with Rama (nd); as Self: Made in Hollywood (8 episodes 2014-2016), Good Moring America (2 episodes 2014-2016), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (5 episodes 2014-2016), AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Williams (2016), The Making of 'London Has Fallen' (2016), Extra (4 episodes 2014-2016), Today (5 episodes 2014-2016), Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 episode 2016), The C Word (2016), The View (4 episodes 2014-2016), The Talk (2 episodes 2014-2016), Larry King Now (1 episode 2016), The Oscars (2016), WGN Morning News (1 episode 2016), The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 episode 2016), 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2016), 24 Hours of Reality and Live Earth: The World Is Watching (2015), Oprah's Master Class: Belief Special (2015), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode 2015), CBS This Morning (1 episode 2015), Secrets of the Dead (1 episode 2015), Charlie Rose (1 episode 2015), The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (1 episode 2015), International Jazz Day (2015), Shakespeare Uncovered (1 episode 2015), Lucy: The Evolution of Lucy (2015), Lucy: Cerebral Capacity - The True Science of Lucy (2015), MSN Exclusives (unknown episodes 2014), We the People (2014), The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2 episodes 2014), Weekend Ticket (1 episode 2014), 2014 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (2014), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode 2014), Live! With Kelly and Michael (2 episodes 2013-2014), AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda (2014), The Colbert Report (1 episode 2014), The Insider (1 episode 2014), Up Close with Carrie Keagan (1 episode 2014), Katie (1 episode 2014), Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014), Ask a Badass with Elizabeth Banks (1 episode 2014), The Queen Latifah Show (1 episode 2014), 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014), Million Dollar Baby: On the Ropes (2014), The Mona Lisa Myth (2014); as Self, completed: as Self, post-production: Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017).
Judy Graubart (Winnie, Jennifer of the Jungle, Julia Grown-Up, The Witch): last known acting role in 1999, as Self in 2006.
Skip Hinnant (Jay-Jay; Fargo North, Decoder; Frankenstein; Supper Man; Clam; Love of Chair boy): last known acting role in 1990, as Self in 2006.
Rita Moreno (Carmela, The Director, Pandora the Little Girl, Millie the Helper): in Grace and Frankie (1 episode 2016), Grey's Anatomy (1 episode 2016), Jane the Virgin (4 episodes 2015-2016), Getting On (1 episode 2015), Nina’s World (unknown episodes 2015), A Gift of Miracles (2015), Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks (2014), Rio 2 (2014), Old Soul (2014); Remember Me (2016) completed; One Day at a Time (3 episodes 2017) filming; as Self: 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2015), CBS This Morning (2 episodes 2015), The Robert MacNeil Report (1 episode 2015), The Latin Explosion: A New America (2015), 2015 Hispanic Heritage Awards (2015), Today (1 episode 2015), Días de cine (1 episode 2015), Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes 2014-2015), Cuba: The Forgotten Revolution (2015), Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014), Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire (2014), The Queen Latifah Show (1 episode 2014), 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014), Storyline Online (1 episode  2014); as Self, pre-production: TV Land Icon Awards 2016 (2016), The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards (2016).
Luis Avalos (Roberto, Dr. Doolats, Igor, Pedro): died in 2014.
Danny Seagren (Spider-Man): no known subsequent acting roles; as Puppet Designer in 1982.
Lee Chamberlin (Brenda, Vi, Madame Rosalie, Gladys the Glow-Worm; 1971-1973): died in 2014.
Bill Cosby (Hank, the Milkman, Ken Kane, Marko the Magician, the Ice Cream Man): in Stand Up Planet Comedy Showcase (2014); as Co-Writer: Bill Cosby: A Juggling Tribute (2014), as Writer/Executive Producer/Self: Bill Cosby: 77 (2014); as Self: Cosby: The Women Speak (2015), Unsung Hollywood (2 episodes 2014-2015), CNN Newsroom (2 episodes 2014), The Colbert Report (1 episode 2014), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 episodes 2014), Nelson Mandela Redrawn (2014), The Sixties (1 episode 2014), American Comedy Awards (2014), The Arsenio Hall Show (1 episode 2014), Pioneers of Television (2 episodes 2014), Keep on Keepin' On (2014).
Hattie Winston (Sylvia, Valerie the Librarian): in The Soul Man (2 episodes 2014-2015); as Self: Actors Entertainment (1 episode 2014).
Ken Roberts (Announcer): died in 2009.
Paul Julian (Road Runner): died in 1995.
Mel Blanc (Wile E. Coyote): died in 1989.
* Carol Spinney (Big Bird): in Saturday Night Live (1 episode 2015), Supernatural (1 episode 2015), Funny or Die's Billy on the Street (1 episode 2015), Portlandia (1 episode 2014), The Colbert Report (1 episode 2014), Sesame Street (3 episodes 2014), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode 2014), The Sunny Side Up Show (1 episode 2014); as Self: Today (1 episode 2015), I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story (2014).
The Short Circus:
June Angela (Julie): in Fresh Off the Boat (1 episode 2015)           .
Melanie Henderson (Kathy): in Friday Night Leftovers (2015; also Writer/Producer); Postcards from Planet Earth (2016; also Writer/Producer/Director) completed.
Steve Gustafson (Buddy): last known acting role in 1982.
Gregg Burge (Dwayne): died in 1998.
Todd Graff (Jesse): last known acting role in 2009, as Writer/Director in 2012, Self in 2012.
Douglas Grant (Zack): last known acting role in 2004, then 1990, then 1979.
Bayn Johnson (Kelly): last known acting role in 1978.
Rodney Lewis (Charlie): no other known acting roles.
Réjane Magloire (Samantha): last known acting role in 1985.
Janina Mathews (Gail): last known acting role in 1979.
Irene Cara (Iris): last known acting role in 1992, as Self in 2011.
Denise Nickerson (Allison): last known acting role in 1978, as Self in 2012.
The Adventures of Letterman:
Gene Wilder (Letterman): died in 2016; in Yo Gabba Gabba! (1 episode 2015); as Self: Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins (2016), Private Screenings (1 episode 2014).
Mel Brooks (Blond-Haired Cartoon Man): in The Guardian Brothers (2016), Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), The Comedians (1 episode 2015), Dora the Explorer (1 episode 2014), Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014); Blazing Samurai (2017; also Executive Producer) filming; as Executive Producer: Sam (2015), Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen (2015; also Writer/Self); as Self: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode 2016), The Last Laugh (2016), The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 episode 2015), The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015), 2015 Creative Arts Emmys (2015), AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin (2015), Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015), Real Time with Bill Maher (1 episode 2015), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode 2014), Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: Single Shot (2 episodes 2014), Conan (2 episodes 2014), Tavis Smiley (4 episodes 2014), AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda (2014), Blaze of Glory: Mel Brooks' Wild, Wild West (2014), Jeopardy! (1 episode 2014); as Self, completed: Conversations with Alan Ladd, Jr.: It's Always About the Story (2016); as Self, post-production: Untitled Bill Hayes Documentary (nd), The Automat (2017), Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017).
Joan Rivers (Narrator): died in 2014; in Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014); as Self: Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing (2016), The Apprentice (2 episodes 2015), Choccywoccydoodah (1 episode 2014), Women Aren't Funny (2014), Tavis Smiley (4 episodes 2014), Fashion Police (28 episodes 2014), Inside Edition (5 episodes 2014), Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 episode 2014), E! News (3 episodes 2014), Entertainment Tonight (6 episodes 2014), The Talk (1 episode 2014), In Bed with Joan (25 episodes 2014), Late Show with David Letterman (1 episodes 2014), HuffPost Live Conversations (1 episode 2014), The View (3 episodes 2014), Howard Stern Birthday Bash (2014), Last Comic Standing (1 episode 2014), Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? (7 episodes 2014), The Wendy Williams Show (1 episode 2014), The Dr. Oz Show (1 episode 2014), Watch What Happens: Live (1 episode 2014), Extra (1 episode 2014), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 episodes 2014), Unsung Hollywood (1 episode 2014), Live! With Kelly and Michael (1 episode 2014), The Story of the Swimmer (2014), The O’Reilly Factor (1 episode 2014), Matzav Ha'Uma (1 episode 2014), Access Hollywood Live (1 episode 2014), Where the Sun Kisses the Ocean (2014);
as Self, completed: Love, Sweat and Tears (2016).
Zero Mostel (Spellbinder): died in 1977.
As Self:
Willie Tyler: last known acting role in 1999; as Self: Actors Entertainment (1 episode 2015).
Carol Burnett: in Hawaii Five-0 (2 episodes 2014-2016), A Celebration of American Creativity: In Performance at the White House (unknown episodes 2016), Hot in Cleveland (1 episode 2015), Glee (1 episode 2015), Signed, Sealed, Delivered (1 episode 2014); as Self: Carol Burnett's Favorite Sketches (2016), WGN Morning News (1 episode 2016), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2 episodes 2014-2016), 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2016), Larry King Now (1 episode 2016), The Talk (2 episodes 2015-2016), Conan (1 episode 2016), Extra (2 episodes 2015-2016), Entertainment Tonight (2 episodes 2015-2016), Rise and Shine (2015), The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 episode 2015), Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 episode 2015), Rachael Ray (2 episodes 2013-2015), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode 2015), Live! With Kelly and Michael (1 episode 2015), Today (2 episodes 2014-2015), The Broadway.com Show (1 episode 2014), The Colbert Report (2 episodes 2014), The Sixties (1 episode 2014), The Queen Latifah Show (1 episode 2014), Pioneers of Television (2 episodes 2014), The Big Interview with Dan Rather (1 episode 2014), Inside Edition (1 episode 2014), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode 2014); as Self, post-production: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2016).
Walt Frazier: in The Garden's Defining Moments (5 episodes 2015-2016); as Self: Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode 2016), Mike and Mike in the Morning (1 episode 2015), When the Garden Was Eden (2014).
Lorne Greene: died in 1987.
Lily Tomlin: in Grace and Frankie (39 episodes 2015-2016, 26 as Executive Producer), Grandma (2015), Web Therapy (6 episodes 2014-2015), Web Therapy (different series; 4 episodes 2014); The Road Home (2017) in pre-production; as Self:           Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter (1 episode 2016), The Late Late Show with James Corden (2 episodes 2015), Home & Family (1 episode 2016), The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (1 episode 2016), The View (1 episode 2016), Today (3 episodes 2015-2016), Joan Rivers: Exit Laughing (2016), The Insider (1 episode 2016), The 24th Annual Movieguide Awards (2016), ); Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins (2016), 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2016), 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2016), Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (1 episode 2016), CBS News Sunday Morning (1 episode 2016), Entertainment Tonight (6 episodes 2015), Film 2015 (1 episode 2015), The Graham Norton Show (1 episode 2015),  Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 episode 2015), The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015), Celebrity Conversations (1 episode 2015), Sidewalks Entertainment (1 episode 2015), Made in Hollywood (1 episode 2015), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode 2015), Good Morning America (1 episode 2015), Charlie Rose (1 episode 2015), AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steve Martin (2015), Rachael Ray (1 episode 2015), Live! With Kelly and Michael (1 episode 2015), Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 episode 2015), The 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2015), The Kennedy Center Honors (2014), CBS This Morning (2 episode 2014), Larry King Now (1 episode 2014), Altman (2014), AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda (2014); as Self, post-production: Conversations with Coco (2017); as Self, filming: Allee Willis Loves Detroit (nd).
* Michael Landon: died in 1991.
* Gary Owens: died in 2015; The Adventures of Kaitlyn Kitty Kat Kay (2016) filming.
* Dick Martin: died in 2008.
* Dan Rowan: died in 1987.

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