As Kevin pointed out, we have lost another Colombo Murder Ed with the death of Robert Conrad. I seem to have neglected to update my list with the previous passing of Martin Landau in 2017. So, since my last update in November of 2016 we have lost 2 of the then surviving 11 killers (for this purpose I have only be counting the NBC seasons). Now there are 9 left from the original 40 (22.5%). I don’t t know what fraction of television actors who had starring guest roles on prime time network shows in the 70s are still living, but this group seems to have done pretty well. mart money I guess is still on Trish or Susan, the only ones still in their 70’s, and both women likely to outlive men. Still, look at Dick Van Dyke go.
Recent deaths: - Robert Conrad (84) 2020 - Martin Landau (89) 2017 Survivors: 1. Susan Clark (79) 2. Vera Miles (90) 3. Dick Van Dyke (94) 4. George Hamilton (80) 5. Hector Elizondo (83) 6. William Shatner (88) 7. Joyce Van Patten (85) 8. Trish Van Devere (78) 9. Clive Revill (89) On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 11:07 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > [Corrected to include Robert Conrad among the living as of 11-13-16] > > Okay, the contestants in “Last Columbo Murderer Standing” (NBC only) are > actually hanging in there pretty well. Last time I updated my list was May > 4, 2011, at which time 14/40 were still alive (35%). As of today, about > five and a half years later (November 12, 2016), we have only lost three > more, and so are at 11/40 (27.5%).I have added the ages of the surviving > murderers (range 75 – 90). Van Dyke is the oldest, and Trish Van Devere > (“Make Me A Perfect Murder”, Season 7, episode 3, a pretty good one) is the > youngest, so I guess she is the odds on favorite to win, though I don’t > know her health status.Neither of the pilot murderers are with us, but > there is at least one murderer from each NBC season still standing.I mostly > used “The Ultimate Lieutenant Columbo Site” for the list of murderers, > though I made a few of what I thought were needed corrections. There can be > some ambiguity here (for instance, Richard Basehart (dead) and not Honor > Blackman (alive) is listed as the murderer for “Dagger of the Mind”, Season > 2, Episode 4 (Columbo in London), even though I might have listed them > jointly. I used Wikipedia and “Dead or not Dead” for breathing status. Any > corrections would be appreciated.Below is the list of the 10 remaining > contestants, followed by the list of what I have as all 40 unique murderers > for the 7 seasons (plus two pilots) of the NBC episodes.Still Living > 1. Susan Clark (76)2. Martin Landau (85)3. Vera Miles (87) > 4. Robert Conrad (81) > 5. Dick Van Dyke (90)6. George Hamilton (77) 7. Hector > Elizondo (79)8. William Shatner (85) 9. Joyce Van Patten > (82) 10. Trish Van Devere (75)11. Clive Revill (86)Pilots1. > Gene Barry2. Leslie WilliamsSeason 1 (1/7)3. Jack Cassidy4. > Robert Culp5. Eddie Albert6. Ross Martin7. *Susan Clark > 768. Roddy McDowall9. Patrick O'Neal Season 2 (1/8)10. John > Cassavetes11. Ray Milland12. Robert Culp13. Richard Basehart (Honor > Blackman, not dead)14. Anne Baxter15. Leonard Nimoy16. Laurence Harvey17. > *Martin Landau 85Season 3 (1/8)18. *Vera Miles 8719. Donald Pleasence > 20. Jackie Cooper21. Robert Culp 22. Jack Cassidy 23. Jose Ferrer24. > Johnny Cash 25. Richard Kile Season 4 (2/6)26. *Robert Conrad 8127. *Dick > Van Dyke 9028. Partick McGoohan29. Robert Vaughn30. Oskar Werner31. > *George Hamilton 77Season 5 (1/6)32. Janet Leigh 33. *Hector Elizondo 79 > 34. Partick McGoohan 35. Ricardo Montalban 36. Jack Cassidy 37. Fred > Draper Season 6 (2/3)38. *William Shatner (85) 39. *Joyce Van > Patten (82) 40. Theodore Bikel Season 7 (2/5)41. Ruth > Gordon42. Louis Jourdan43. *Trish Van Devere (75)44. Nicol Williamson45. > *Clive Revill (86) > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2BfXZ6%2Bm8%2BHLgZ2TqKR1eeHNVOKZUPSCQAhc%2BrB0D5iJw%40mail.gmail.com.
