Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Match Game 1973-82 Series Recurring Participants: Where are They Now?

LAST UPDATED: January 5, 2019. Info derived from the imdb. Only performers confirmed in 6+ episodes noted (some 5+). Only roles 2016-on noted by name. All listed were celebrities working with contestants unless noted. *=newly added names. e=episode/s

Gene Rayburn (Host): died in 1999.
Johnny Olson (Announcer): died in 1985.
Brett Somers: died in 2007.
Richard Dawson: died in 2012.
Charles Nelson Reilly: died in 2007.
Fannie Flagg: last known acting role in 1999, as Self, completed: Santa Barbara Writers Conference Scrapbook: Thirty Years of Literary Excellence (2016).
Betty White: in Fireside Chat with Esther (2e 2017-2018), Young & Hungry (2e 2017), Bones (1e 2017), Crowded (1e 2016); as Self: The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018), Betty White: First Lady of Television (2018), Entertainment Tonight (5e 2016-2018), The History of Comedy (2e 2017), Little Big Shots: Forever Young (1e 2017), If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017), The Late Late Show with James Corden (2e 2016-2017), Valerie's Home Cooking (2e 2016-2017), The Insider (1e 2017), Today (1e 2016), To Tell the Truth (5e 2016).
Patti Deutsch: died in 2017.
Gary Burghoff: last known acting role in 2010, as Self in 2010.
Joyce Bulifant: last known acting role in 2015 but I Hate Kids (nd) completed; as Self: Studio 10 (1e 2018).
Nipsey Russell: died in 2005.
Elaine Joyce: last known acting role in 1996.
Dick Martin: died in 2008.
Marcia Wallace: died in 2013.
Orson Bean: in Superstore (1e 2018), The Equalizer 2 (2018), Teachers (1e 2017), The Guest Book (1e 2017), Wake Up America! (2016), Another Period (2e 2016), The Bold and the Beautiful (2e 2016), Modern Family (1e 2016); as Writer/Self: Safe at Home with Orson Bean (2016); as Self: National Bagel Day (2016); as Self, filming: Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2019).
Jo Ann Pflug: last known acting role in 1997.
Avery Schreiber: died in 2002.
Patty Duke: died in 2016; in Power of the Air (2018).
* Mary Wickes: died in 1995.
Bert Convy: died in 1991.
Lee Meriwether: in Rise of the Catwoman (1e 2018), Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting (2018), Hell's Kitty (2018), Batman vs. Two-Face (2017), Breaking Legs (2017), Suspense (1e 2017), Trew Calling (2017), A Christmas in New York (2016), Kitty (2016); Love & Debt (2018) completed; Kaplan's Korner (1e 2018) in post-production; as Self: From the Mouths of Babes (2e 2018), Lee (2017), Nowhere, U.S.A. (2017), Notes and Nerds (1e 2017), What's Up Orange County (1e 2017), Wacky Wally's Vintage Toys (1e 2016).
Scoey Mitchell: in A Kindred Soul (2017); last previous known acting role in 1988.
Bill Daily: died in 2018.
Loretta Swit (see note above): last known acting role in 1998 but Play the Flute (2019) in post-production; as Self: Celebrity Page (1e 2017), Home & Family (1e 2017).
Mary Ann Mobley: died in 2014.
Ann Elder: last known acting role in 1972, as Writer in 1998, Producer in 1982, as Self in 1975.
Debralee Scott: died in 2005.
Jimmie Walker: in Hospital Arrest (2016), The Comedian (2016); as Writer/Self: Jimmie JJ Walker & Michael Winslow: We Are Still Here (2018); as Self: The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018), Fox and Friends (1e 2018), The Andrew Klavan Show (1e 2018), Renaissance Man (2018), Funny You Should Ask (5e 2018), Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Honoring David Letterman (2017), Battle of the Network Stars (1e 2017), CNN Newsroom (1e 2017), American Masters (1e 2016), WGN Morning News (1e 2016), Steve Harvey (1e 2016), TV Land Icon Awards 2016 (2016), Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); as Self, post-production: I Am Richard Pryor (2018).
Bob Barker: last known acting role in 2015; as Self: Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much (2017), Entertainment Tonight (1e 2017).
* David Doyle: died in 1997.
Kaye Stevens: died in 2011; as Self: The Outrageous Sophie Tucker (2014).
Greg Morris: died in 1996.
Arlene Francis: died in 2001.
* Barbara Rhoades: last known acting role in 2011.
Edward Asner: in Crash: The Animated Series (1e 2018), The 5th Quarter (2e 2018), Forgive Me (4e 2018), All of My Heart: The Wedding (2018), Honor Amongst Men (2018), Angels on Tap (2018), The Parting Glass (2018), Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting (2018), Cobra Kai (2e 2018), MacGyver (1e 2018), In Vino (2017), A StoryBots Christmas (2017), Santa Stole Our Dog: A Merry Doggone Christmas! (2017), Saving Christmas (2017), The Gliksmans (2017), All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017), Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017), The Flood (2017), CarGo (2017), Heaven's Waiting Room (2e 2017), Joe's War (2017), Michael: Every Day (1e 2017), Bones (1e 2017), Titanic: Sinking the Myths (2017), Bennie's (1e 2016; also Executive Producer), Stars in Shorts: No Ordinary Love (2016), Boonville Redemption (2016), SpongeBob SquarePants (1e 2016), The Raft (2016), The Eleventh (3e 2016), Super Sex (2016), Getting Ed Laid (2016), Like a Butterfly (2016), Love Meet Hope (2016), Love Finds You in Valentine (2016), Framed: The Adventures of Zion Man (2016); Citizens United (2016), When We Are Right (2017), Barking Mad (2018) completed; The Gettysburg Address (2018), The Garden Left Behind (2018), Mothers of Monsters (2018), Faith, Hope & Love (2018), Tiger Within (2019), Senior Entourage (2019), The Barefoot Spirit (nd) in post-production; Dead to Me (10e nd) filming; Vail of Justice (nd), Sucre (nd), Rainbow Reef (nd), A Promise Kept (nd) in pre-production; In-Security (unknown e nd), Back of Book (nd), Mee and McGee (nd), announced; as Co-Executive Producer: Dancing with Sancho Panza (2017); as Executive Producer, completed: Tupamaro (2018); as Self: 207 15th Anniversary (2018), Olympia (2018), Eva: A-7063 (2018), Up to Snuff (2018), CBS News Sunday Morning (1e 2018), The Romancing & Reaping of Riven Rock (2018), The Year in Memoriam (2017), And the Winner Isn't (2017), Today (1e2017), Tavis Smiley (1e 2017), Celebrity Page (1e 2017), WGN Morning News (2017), WGN Morning News (1e 2016), The Tomorrow Show (2016), Not Without Reason (2016), The 2nd Annual Carney Awards (2016), The Demolition of Truth-Psychologists Examine 9/11 (2016), The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2016), Behind the Fear (2016), Classic Hollywood Cinemas (2016), Access Hollywood Live (1e 2016), Mary Jane: A Musical Potumentary (2016), Lifestyle Magazine (1e 2016); as Self, completed: Edward Asner : The actor, The man (2014), U are Funny Comedy Show (2018), Corsi: The World's First Super Model (2019); as Self, post-production: Sills (nd), Ed Asner: On Stage and Off (nd); as Self, filming: Bad IQ (2016),.
Dick Gautier: died in 2017.
Jack Carter: died in 2015.
Sarah Kennedy: last known acting role in 1981.
Jo Anne Worley: last known acting role in 2012; as Self: What's Up Orange County (2e 2016-2018).
* Richard Paul: died in 1998.
George Kennedy: died in 2016.
McLean Stevenson: died in 1996.
Bill Anderson: last known acting role in 1988; as Self: Music Row: Nashville's Most Famous Neighborhood (2017), Fox and Friends (1e 2016), The 50th Annual CMA Awards (2016), American Masters (1e 2016); as Self, announced: The Legend of Lefty (nd).
Bobby Van: died in 1980.
Ron Palillo: died in 2012.
Richard Deacon: died in 1984.
Morey Amsterdam: died in 1996.
Trish Stewart: last known acting role in 1981.
Ethel Merman: died in 1984.
Bill Cullen: died in 1990.
Jack Klugman: died in 2012; as Self, post-production: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2018), The Needs of Kim Stanley (nd); as Self, filming: Female Brando: The Enigmatic Legacy of Kim Stanley (nd).
Joey Bishop: died in 2007.
* Don Sutton: only known acting role in 1981; as Self in 2011.
Bonnie Franklin: died in 2013; as Self, post-production: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2018).
Joyce Brothers: died in 2013.
* Eva Gabor: died in 1995.
* Charlie Brill: last known acting role in 2015 but The Gray (nd) completed; as Self: Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016).
Allen Ludden: died in 1981.
* Clifton Davis: in Madam Secretary (28e 2016-2018), Blue Bloods (1e 2018), New Amsterdam (1e 2018), Billions (2e 2017-2018), The Good Fight (1e 2017), Iron Fist (5e 2017), Prayer Never Fails (2016; also Executive Producer); The Chinese Cop (2018) in post-production; The Engagement Ring (nd) announced; as Self: The Artists Music Guild Presents: The AMG Heritage Awards (2017); as Self, post-production: Jubilee Showcase (2018), Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2018).
Arte Johnson: last known acting role in 2005, as Self in 2006.
* Lynda Day George: last known acting role in 1989, as Self in 2001.
Juliet Mills: in Running for Grace (2018), Jeff & Some Aliens (1e 2017), Time After Time (1e 2017); Long Time Listener, First Time Caller (2019) filming; as Self: Avanti! Interview with Juliet Mills (2018), A Tribute to Maureen O'Hara (2016).
Louisa Moritz: last known acting role in 2000, as Self in 2015.
* Loni Anderson: in My Sister Is So Gay (12e 2016-2018), Love You More (2017), Baby Daddy (2016); as Self: The Talk (1e 2018), Unsung Hollywood (1e 2016).
Della Reese: died in 2017; Whoa with Laine Lawson Craft (nd) completed; as Self, filming: The Light (nd).
Mitzi McCall: last known acting role in 2015 bur The Gray (nd) completed.
Bart Braverman: in Shut Eye (6e 2016-2017).
* Susan Sullivan: in The Kominsky Method (6e 2018), Last Man Standing (2018), Big Hero 6 The Series (2e 2017-2018), A Concert Across America (2017), The Real O'Neals (2e 2016-2017), Castle (14e 2016).
* Connie Stevens: in Search Engines (2016); By the Rivers of Babylon (2018) completed; as Director/Producer, announced: Prairie Bones (nd); as Self: 8th WMIFF Awards (2017), American Masters (1e 2017), The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017), Home & Family (1e 2016).
* Robert Pine: in Charmed (1e 2018), Sideswiped (1e 2018), Ghosted (1e 2018), Song of Back and Neck (2018), Superstore (1e 2018), Con Man (2018), Elena of Avalor (2e 2017-2018), Romance at Reindeer Lodge (2017), Graves (2e 2016-2017), NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (1e 2017), Angie Tribeca (1e 2017), Veep (1e 2017), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (1e 2017), The Landing (2017), Timeless (1e 2016), Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse (2016), The Middle (1e 2016), Grey's Anatomy (1e  2016), Mother's Day (2016); Wish Man (2019), The Last Full Measure (2019) completed; Kaplan's Korner (5e 2018) in post-production).
* Jo Ann Harris: last known acting role in 2010.
Robert Walden: in Surviving in L.A. (2019); as Self: Paging Dr. Blume with Robert Walden (2016).
* Jack Jones: last known acting role in 2014, as Self in 2015.
* Sarah Purcell: last known acting role in 1998; as Self: Sidelined (2018).
Leslie Nielsen: died in 2010.
Jack Cassidy: died in 1976.
Robert Vaughn: died in 2016; in Gold Star (2017), The American Side (2016).
Pat Harrington Jr.: died in 2016.
* Anson Williams: in The Odd Couple (1e 2016); as Self: Megyn Kelly Today (1e 2018), Battle of the Network Stars (1e 2017), Entertainment Tonight (1e 2016), The Doctors (1e 2016), Ken Boxer Live (1e 2016), Today (1e 2016), The Insider (1e 2016); as Self, filming: Pat Morita: Long Story Short (nd).
Donald Ross: died in 2018.
Ron Masak: in Angels on Tap (2018); The Curse of the Gorgon (nd) filming; as Self: The Timeline (1e 2016).
William Shatner: in The Steam Engines of Oz (2018), Aliens Ate My Homework (2018), The Indian Detective (4e 2017), Batman Vs. Two-Face (2017), Private Eyes (1e 2017), My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (2017), A Sunday Horse (2016), Range 15 (2016), Hashtaggers (1e 2016), MLB Network Presents (1e 2016); William Shatner War Chronicles: German (2015; also Executive Producer/Story/Writer), Malevolent (2018) completed; Senior Moment (nd), Creators: The Past (nd) in post-production; as Executive Producer: Afterglow (unknown e 2018; also Self), Mutasia (2018), The Truth Is in the Stars (2017), God Woke (unknown e 2016); as Self: Steve (1e 2018), The Dr. Oz Show (3e 2016-2018), Home & Family (4e 2017-2018), Rachael Ray (1e 2018), Today (2e 2016-2018), Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (1e 2018), Better Late Than Never (12e 2016-2018), Celebrity Page (2e 2018), Entertainment Tonight (5e 2016-2018), Beyond Famous (2017), 100 Years of NASA Langley (2017), Cult Classics with Casper Van Dien (1e 2017), The Truth Is in the Stars (2017), Not a War Story (2017), Tavis Smiley (1e 2017), Talk Stoop (3e 2016-2017), The Paley Center Salutes NBC's 90th Anniversary (2017), Gotham Comedy Live (1e 2017), Alan Carr's 12 Stars of Christmas (2016), StarTalk (1e 2016), Unlocked: The World of Games, Revealed (8e 2016), Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault (2016), NASA: On the Edge of Forever (2e 2016), Good Morning Britain (1e 2016), One O'Clock News (1e 2016), Last Call with Carson Daly (1e 2016), The Insider (1e 2016), When Elephants Were Young (2016), Anthony Anderson: Lost at Comic-Con (2016), Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People (2016), They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé (2016), For the Love of Spock (2016), Here You Come Again (2016), Weekend Today (1e 2016), FabLife (1e 2016), Cutthroat Kitchen (1e 2016), The Meredith Vieira Show (1e 2016), The Talk (1e 2016), 21st Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2016).
Larry Hovis: died in 2003.
* Tom Poston: died in 2007.
* Jon 'Bowzer' Bauman: last known acting role in 1993; as Self: Behind Closed Doors (1e 2018).
* Guich Koock: last known acting role in 2012.
Stu Gilliam: died in 2013.
* Vicki Lawrence: in The Cool Kids (7e 2018), Great News (8e 2017-2018); as Self: The Talk (1e 2018), Entertainment Tonight (1e 2018), Celebrity Page (2e 2018), The Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary Special (2017), The Doctors (1e 2016).
Anne Meara: died in 2015.
Meredith MacRae: died in 2000.
Adrienne Barbeau: in Jimmy's Jungle (2018), Warm Human Magic (2018), Fallout 76 (2018 VG), Malevolence 3: Killer (2018), Big Legend (2018), Death House (2017), Dimension 404 (1e 2017), Gates of Darkness (2017), Real Mature (2016), ISRA 88 (2016); Hoax (2019) completed; For the Love of Jessee (2018), Exorcism at 60,000 Feet (2018), Apple Seed (2018), Unearth (nd), The Eagle and the Albatross (nd), The Chain (nd), The Chain (nd), Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen (nd) in post-production; Love Bites (nd; also Book) in pre-production; as Self: The Barn Theatre: Tomorrow's Stars Today (2017), The Peter Austin Noto Show (1e 2017), American Masters (1e 2016) – likely same as Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016).
* Dolly Read: last known acting role in 1980; as Self: Mansfield 66/67 (2017), Beyond the Valley of the Dolls: Cast and Crew Q&A (2016); as Self, post-production: Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time (unknown e 2018).
Conny Van Dyke: last known acting role in 2009.
Kate Jackson: last known acting role in 2007, as Self in 2009.
Rona Barrett: last known acting role in 1981; as Self: Southern Soul (1e 2017), Trump: An American Dream (2e 2017), Ken Boxer Live (1e 2017).
* Roz Kelly: last known acting role in 1983.
* Juliet Prowse: died in 1996.
Susan Howard: last known acting role in 1993, as Self in 2010.
Donna Mills: in General Hospital (2e 2018), Best Mom (2018), Hilton Head Island (22e 2017), Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016); Mood Swings (unknown e 2019), Turnover (nd) in post-production; as Self: The 14th Annual Desert Smash Live (2018), Home & Family (2e 2017), Battle of the Network Stars (1e 2017), Entertainment Tonight (1e 2016).
Isabel Sanford: died in 2004.
* Meg Bennett: in The Young and the Restless (1e 2018); last previous kniown acting role in 2005; as Assistant Floor Manager in 2013.
* Rosemary Forsyth: last known acting role in 2008.
* Lorrie Mahaffey: last known acting role in 1982.
* Didi Carr: last known acting role in 1978.
Anita Gillette: in Chicago Med (1e 2016); After Forever (2e 2017) in post-production.
Madlyn Rhue: died in 2003.
Kaye Ballard: last known acting role in 2009 but Senior Moment (nd) in post-production; as Self, post-production: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2018); as Self, filming: Palm Springs: Hollywood's Playground (nd).
Nanette Fabray: died in 2018; as Self, post-production: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2018).
* Gary Crosby: died in 1995.
* Didi Conn: in Most Likely to Murder (2018), Grease Live! (2018), The Call (2016); The Mimic (2018), Paper Dreams (nd) in post-production; as Self: Celebrity Page (1e 2018), Behind Closed Doors (1e 2018), WGN Morning News (1e 2018).
* Dick Smothers: last known acting role in 2009; as Self: R Spasoff Comedian with Smother's Brothers Intro and Pauly Shore Web Series 10 (2017), R Spasoff Comedian and Smothers Brothers Web Series 1 (2017).
* Joe Santos: died in 2016.
* Foster Brooks: died in 2001.
* Susan Richardson: last known acting role in 1990, as Self in 2015.
* Melinda O. Fee: last known acting role in 1991.
* Donna Pescow: in The Flash (5e 2017-2018), New Girl (1e 2017); as Self: Ken Boxer Live (1e 2018).
* Raymond Burr: died in 1993.
* Jamie Lee Curtis: in The Pages (2018), Halloween (2018; also Executive Producer), New Girl (1e 2018), Scream Queens (10e 2016; 1e 2016 as Director); Senior Entourage (2019) in post-production; Knives Out (2019) filming; Spychosis (nd) announced; as Co-Executive Producer: Hondros (2017); as Self: Celebrity Page (3e 2017-2018), CBS News Sunday Morning (1e 2018), History of Horror (2e 2018), C à vous (1e 2018), Entertainment Tonight  (7e 2016-2018), Good Morning Britain (1e 2018), Celebrity Binge Watch (1e 2018), The Late Late Show with James Corden (2e 2016-2018), IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (1e 2018), Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1e 2018), Good Morning America (1e 2018), The View (2e 2016-2018), The Graham Norton Show (1e 2018), Sitges - 51 Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantàstic de Catalunya (2018), ET Canada (1e 2018), Rachael Ray (1e 2018), The Talk (1e 2018), CTV News at 11:30 Toronto (1e 2018), CTV News at Six Toronto (1e 2018), Today (2e 2016-2018), Conan (1e 2018), 78/52 (2017), The Peter Austin Noto Show (1e 2016), Harry (1e 2016), Tavis Smiley (1e 2016), Home & Family (1e 2016), Hollywood Today Live (1e 2016), Access Hollywood (1e 2016), Access Hollywood Live (1e 2016), Extra (1e 2016), Inside Edition (1e 2016), Anthony Anderson: Lost at Comic-Con (2016), Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (1e 2016), 73rd Golden Globe Awards (2016), E! Live from the Red Carpet (1e 2016).
* Jim Backus: died in 1989.
Robert Culp: died in 2010.
* Michael Landon: died in 1991.
Robert Q. Lewis: died in 1991.
* James Darren: in Lucky (2017); last previous known acting role in 2001; as Self: New Dimensions (2018), What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Deep Space Nine (2018).
Don Adams: died in 2005.
Steve Allen: died in 2000.
Larry Blyden: died in 1975.
* Mike Evans: died in 2006.
* Joe Flynn: died in 1974.
Roosevelt Grier: last known acting role in 2010, then 1999 before that; as Self: All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams (1e 2017).
* Richard Long: died in 1974.
Robert Morse: in Teen Titans Go! (6e 2016-2018), Love at First Sight (2017), American Crime Story (6e 2016), Animals (1e 2016), Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie (2016); as Self: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2018), This Book Is All That You Need: Robert Morse on J. Pierrepont Finch (2017), Happy Holidays with the Boston Pops (2016); as Self, completed: The Gordon Hunt Documentary Project (nd); as Self, filming: Broadway: The Next Generation (nd).
* Jack Narz: died in 2008.
* Alejandro Rey: died in 1987.
* Gene Wood: died in 2004.
* Jack Albertson: died in 1981.
* Tom Bosley: died in 2010.
* Johnny Brown: last known acting role in 2013; as Self: Steve Harvey (1e 2016).
* John Forsythe: died in 2010.
* Shecky Greene: in The Las Vegas Story (1e 2018); last previous known acting role in 2006.
* Dwayne Hickman: last known acting role in 2005, as Self in 2015.
* Alex Karras: died in 2012.
Sheldon Leonard: died in 1997.
* Billy Macy: last known acting role in 2010; as Self: American Masters (1e 2016, likely same as Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You).
Buck Owens: died in 2006.
* Joe Silver: died in 1989,
* Robert Urich: died in 2002.
* Marvin Hamlisch: died in 2012.
* Robert Hegyes: died in 2012.
* Pat Morita: died in 2005.
Nancy Dussault: in The Final Show (2016); last previous known acting role in 2001; as Self: Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2018).
Chelsea Brown: died in 2017.
Joan Collins: in American Horror Story (4e 2018), Gerry (2018), The Royals (3e 2016-2018), Benidorm (2e 2016-2018), The Time of Their Lives (2017; also Executive Producer), Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016); Unforgettable (nd) in pre-production; as Self: Good Morning Britain (4e 2017-2018), The Jonathan Ross Show (2e 2017-2018), Sir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private (2018), The Late Late Show with James Corden (1e 2018), The '80s Greatest (5e 2018), The Boulevard (2018), The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secret (2018), Sir Bruce: A Celebration (2018), The Graham Norton Show (2e 2016-2018), And the Winner Isn't (2017), Pride of Britain Awards (2017), A Very Royal Wedding (2017), My Generation (2017), The Nightly Show (2016), The Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2016 (2016), Strictly Come Dancing (1e 2016), Loose Women (2e 2016), The One Show (1e 2016).
Gloria DeHaven: died in 2016.