I remember Edward Mulhare as "The Captain" on
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. To show how much TV has changed, I remember the reticent but assertive Mrs. Muir repeatedly admonishing the captain about his language -- presumably picked up from his years at sea. His favorite epithet was "Blast!" pronounced with that New English accent that renders it more like "Blahhhhst!"
And I thought Hope Lange was a beauty even then.
Our sensitivities do seem to have come about, so to speak.