Shatner is probably the youngest 90-year-old in the world. He even has a new series.
Amazing how only a few like him go on to new series and movies for years while others have one brief time in the spotlight and that’s it.
Bob Denver on Dobie Gillis as Maynard G. Krebs and then a TV icon as Gilligan.
Andy Griffith standup routines and comedy records (”What it Was, Was Football.”) then his own Mayberry series(249 episodes for 8 years) and Matlock popular for 10 more years.
Shatner -——
Very little known fact: In 1954, he was cast as Ranger Bob on The Canadian Howdy Doody Show.
Another: I happened onto his new record-—his 8th singing album-—mostly folk song types albums but also the blues and his Shatner Claus parody. See William Shatner’s Musical Career Wikipedia.
Wikipedia: After the cancellation of Star Trek in early 1969, Shatner experienced difficulty in finding work in the early 1970s, having become somewhat typecast from his role as Kirk. With very little money and few acting prospects, Shatner lost his home and lived in a truck-bed camper in the San Fernando Valley until small roles turned into higher-paying jobs. Shatner refers to this part of his life as “that period”, a humbling time during which he would take any odd job, including small party appearances, to support his family.
After many guest roles in series and appearances in films his TV ads became a new career.
He’s definitely one of the most extraordinary people of the century.
And Dobermans.
:)
I hope he lives forever.