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This category consists of actors, actresses, comedians, contestants, dancers/choreographers, panelists, puppeteers, stuntpeople, vocalists, and voiceover talent.

To watch a specific interview, click on the interviewee's name, below.

A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P R S T W Y
  • A
  • Edie Adams
  • Alan Alda
  • Steve Allen
  • James Arness
  • Beatrice Arthur
  • Edward Asner
  • B
  • Milton Berle
  • Barbara Billingsley
  • Lucille Bliss
  • Ernest Borgnine
  • Tom Bosley
  • Peter Boyle
  • C
  • Sid Caesar
  • David Canary
  • George Carlin
  • Diahann Carroll
  • Marge Champion
  • Cyd Charisse
  • Tony Charmoli
  • Kevin Clash
  • Tim Conway
  • Richard Crenna
  • Robert Culp
  • D
  • Bill Daily
  • Bill Dana
  • Ossie Davis
  • Ann B. Davis
  • Ruby Dee
  • Phyllis Diller
  • Elinor Donahue
  • Dick Van Dyke
  • E
  • Barbara Eden
  • F
  • Nanette Fabray
  • Barbara Feldon
  • June Foray
  • John Forsythe
  • Michael J. Fox
  • Dennis Franz
  • G
  • James Garner
  • Betty Garrett
  • Marla Gibbs
  • Sharon Gless
  • Lee Grant
  • Andy Griffith
  • Robert Guillaume
  • H
  • Larry Hagman
  • Don Hastings
  • Patricia Heaton
  • Sherman Hemsley
  • Florence Henderson
  • Leslie Hoffman
  • Ron Howard
  • J
  • Russell Johnson
  • Lamont Johnson
  • Shirley Jones
  • K
  • Jack Klugman
  • Don Knotts
  • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman
  • Harvey Korman
  • L
  • Angela Lansbury
  • Jack Larson
  • Gene LeBell
  • Jack Lemmon
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Norman Lloyd
  • M
  • Gavin MacLeod
  • Sonia Manzano
  • Rose Marie
  • E. G. Marshall
  • Rue McClanahan
  • Bob McGrath
  • Jayne Meadows
  • Ricardo Montalban
  • Mary Tyler Moore
  • Rita Moreno
  • Harry Morgan
  • Pat Morita
  • Howard Morris
  • N
  • Bob Newhart
  • Leonard Nimoy
  • O
  • Carroll O'Connor
  • Roscoe Orman
  • Hugh O’Brian
  • P
  • Fess Parker
  • Suzanne Pleshette
  • Tom Poston
  • R
  • Tony Randall
  • Joyce Randolph
  • Phylicia Rashad
  • Frances Reid
  • Rob Reiner
  • Maria Riva
  • Cliff Robertson
  • Marion Ross
  • S
  • Soupy Sales
  • Isabel Sanford
  • William Shatner
  • Doris Singleton
  • Erika Slezak
  • Tom Smothers and Dick Smothers
  • Carroll Spinney
  • Jean Stapleton
  • Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns
  • Herbert Stempel
  • Jerry Stiller
  • Gale Storm
  • T
  • George Takei
  • June Taylor
  • Studs Terkel
  • Daniel J. Travanti
  • W
  • Helen Wagner
  • Ruth Warrick
  • Dennis Weaver
  • Betty White
  • Andy Williams
  • Henry Winkler
  • Jonathan Winters
  • Jane Wyatt
  • Y
  • Alan Young

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Watch Interview Highlights

  • Sharon Gless on being more interested in the complicated character of "Christine Cagney" than being a "role model for the '80s"
  • Alan Alda on writing and acting in homemade movies at an early age
  • Henry Winkler reveals the origin of Fonzie’s character
  • Barbara Eden on the craft of acting
  • Beatrice Arthur on her advice to aspiring actors
  • Carroll O’Connor on learning how to play comedy from Micheál MacLiammóir, at the Gate Theatre, which he later used in his characterization of Archie Bunker
  • George Carlin on why he never gets tired of performing his routines
  • Michael J. Fox on struggling to be an actor, how he needed a big break when he got an audition for Family Ties
  • Mary Tyler Moore on her childhood talent
  • Beatrice Arthur on how she would like to be remembered

From the Collection

  • Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island

    RICARDO MONTALBAN is best known for his starring role on Fantasy Island. Other stars considered to play "Mr. Roarke" were Orson Welles and John Huston.

  • Carroll O'Connor - Director

    CARROLL O’CONNOR not only starred in, but also wrote and directed episodes of Archie Bunker’s Place and In the Heat of the Night.

  • Lucille Ball remembered

    LUCILLE BALL passed away in 1989, many years before the Archive of American Television was established. See some of her friends and colleagues talk about working with this TV Legend.

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