Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Plane! The Plane! Here's the Passenger List, 40 Years Later

On Friday night, January 14th, 1977, prime-time TV viewers were introduced to Fantasy Island, a weekly ABC series that featured a who's-who of celebrities from the 1930s through mid-1970s. 

Mr. Roarke (Ricardo Mantalban) and Tatoo (Herve Villachaize) opened each show by greeting a planeload of folks fixated on living out particular fantasies. Most viewers were always anxious to see how the episode's featured movie or TV stars would spend the next 45 minutes chasing their dreams, or in many cases fleeing the subsequent nightmare of having had those dreams come true.


As Boomers well in to early adulthood in the mid 1970s, most of us had our favorite TV or silver screen celebs. Some may or may not have appeared on Fantasy Island. Here are the prominent notables that appeared during the 1977-1984 series run of Fantasy Island is now available. For You Fantasy Island fans, Here's The List, The List:

Ian Abercrombie
Don Adams
Edie Adams
Neile Adams
Claude Akins
Robert Alda
Norman Alden
Frank Aletter
Steve Allen
Don Ameche
Morey Amsterdam
Bridgette Andersen
Loni Anderson
Melissa Sue Anderson
Michael Anderson, Jr.
Richard Anderson
Edward Andrews
Michael Ansara
R.G. Armstrong
Desi Arnaz, Jr.
Lucie Arnaz
Alison Arngrim
Lewis Arquette
Luke Askew
John Astin
Frankie Avalon
Leah Ayres
Lew Ayres

Jim Backus
Hermione Baddeley
Jane Badler
Max Baer, Jr.
Jimmy Baio
Scott Baio
Richard Bakalyan
Diane Baker
Judith Baldwin
Carl Ballantine
Kaye Ballard
Adrienne Barbeau
Andrea Barber
Joanna Barnes
Douglas Barr
Gene Barry
Ivor Barry
Billy Barty
Jaime Lyn Bauer
John Beck
William Beckley
Noah Beery, Jr.
Ed Begley, Jr.
Christine Belford
Ralph Bellamy
Brenda Benet
Barbi Benton
Polly Bergen
Milton Berle
Crystal Bernard
Ken Berry
Martine Beswick
Theodore Bikel
David Birney
Bill Bixby
Vivian Blaine
Janet Blair
Linda Blair
Joan Blondell
Lloyd Bochner
Ray Bolger
Danny Bonaduce
Frank Bonner
Sonny Bono
Linwood Boomer
Lynn Borden
William Boyett
Neville Brand
Clark Brandon
Bart Braverman
Rossano Brazzi
Peter Breck
George Brett
Ken Brett
James Broderick
Foster Brooks
Johnny Brown
Peter Brown
Reb Brown
Robert Brown
Kathie Browne
Pamela Jean Bryant
Horst Buchholz
Ray Buktenica
Brooke Bundy
Victor Buono
Gary Burghoff
Delta Burke
Paul Burke
LeVar Burton
Dick Butkus
Dean Butler
Red Buttons
Edd Byrnes

Rory Calhoun
Michael Callan
Joseph Campanella
J.D. Cannon
Diana Canova
Macdonald Carey
Darlene Carr
Vikki Carr
John Carradine
Victoria Carroll
Ric Carrott
Jack Carter
David Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy
Mary Jo Catlett
Paul Cavonis
George Chakiris
Judith Chapman
Cyd Charisse
Charo
Dane Clark
Robert Clary
Julie Cobb
Imogene Coca
James Coco
Iron Eyes Cody
Dennis Cole
Michael Cole
Gary Collins
Joan Collins
Christopher Connelly
Chuck Connors
Hans Conreid
Michael Constantine
Frank Converse
Bert Convy
Keith Coogan
Teri Copley
Glenn Corbett
Alex Cord
Lydia Cornell
Joseph Cotten
Ronny Cox
Yvonne Craig
Broderick Crawford
Linda Cristal
Patrick Cronin
Pat Crowley
Melinda Culea

Arlene Dahl
Cathryn Damon
Stuart Damon
Bill Dana
Royal Dano
Cesare Danova
Kim Darby
James Darren
James Daughton
John Davidson
Geena Davis
Patti Davis
Phyllis Davis
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Richard Dawson
Laraine Day
Jimmy Dean
Rosemary DeCamp
Yvonne De Carlo
Sandra Dee
Don DeFore
Gloria DeHaven
Bob Denver
Khigh Dhiegh
Charles Dierkop
Bradford Dillman
Elinor Donahue
Troy Donahue
James Doohan
Ann Doran
David Doyle
Howard Duff

Leslie Easterbrook
Herb Edelman
Samantha Eggar
Nicole Eggert
Ike Eisenmann
Britt Ekland
Jack Elam
Ron Ely
Georgia Engel
Leif Erickson
John Ericson
Gene Evans
Maurice Evans
Jason Evers
Tom Ewell

Shelley Fabares
Fabian
Lola Falana
Stephanie Faracy
Shea Farrell
David Faustino
Cristina Ferrare
José Ferrer
Mel Ferrer
John Fiedler
Gail Fisher
Peggy Fleming
Joey Forman
Steve Forrest
Constance Forslund
Rosemary Forsyth
Phil Foster
Bernard Fox
Jonathan Frakes
Anne Francis
Genie Francis
Gary Frank
Pamela Franklin
Mary Frann
Robert Fuller
Annette Funicello

Eva Gabor
Holly Gagnier
Don Galloway
Sean Garrison
Steve Garvey
Dick Gautier
John Gavin
Michael V. Gazzo
Ellen Geer
Robert Gentry
Christopher George
Lynda Day George
Estelle Getty
Bond Gideon
Henry Gibson
Stefan Gierasch
Mickey Gilley
Richard Gilliland
Missy Gold
Tracey Gold
Arlene Golonka
Grant Goodeve
Lynda Goodfriend
Marjoe Gortner
Robert Goulet
Fred Grandy
Peter Graves
Erin Gray
Shecky Greene
Brodie Greer
Andy Griffith
David Groh
Harry Guardino

Hard Boiled Haggerty
Sid Haig
Alan Hale, Jr.
Brett Halsey
Jo Ann Harris
Jonathan Harris
Phil Harris
Jenilee Harrison
Lisa Hartman Black
Peter Haskell
Richard Hatch
David Hedison
Katherine Helmond
Sherman Hemsley
Florence Henderson
Justin Henry
Pamela Hensley
Don Ho
Celeste Holm
Skip Homeier
James Hong
Bo Hopkins
Telma Hopkins
James Houghton
Vince Howard
Ernie Hudson
Engelbert Humperdinck
Leann Hunley
Gayle Hunnicutt
Gunilla Hutton
Wilfrid Hyde-White

Sherry Jackson
Richard Jaeckel
Dennis James
John James
Rick Jason
Anne Jeffreys
Linda Thompson Jenner
Rita Jenrette
Maren Jensen
Ann Jillian
Arte Johnson
Van Johnson
Carolyn Jones
Henry Jones
Tom Jones
Elaine Joyce

Steve Kanaly
Casey Kasem
Jean Kasem
Dianne Kay
Caren Kaye
Roz Kelly
George Kennedy
Mabel King
Richard Kline
Don Knotts
Bernie Kopell
Apollonia Kotero
Yaphet Kotto
Katy Kurtzman
Stepfanie Kramer
Paul Kreppel
Nancy Kulp
Nancy Kwan

David Ladd
Lorenzo Lamas
Audrey Landers
Judy Landers
Hope Lange
Ted Lange
Kim Lankford
John Larroquette
Tommy Lasorda
Tammy Lauren
Peter Lawford
Carol Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence
Johnny Lee
Michele Lee
Ruta Lee
Janet Leigh
Michael Lembeck
Rosetta LeNoire
Rick Lenz
George Lindsey
Richard Lineback
Larry Linville
Cleavon Little
Rich Little
Eddie Little Sky
Ernie Lively
Doug Llewelyn
Heather Locklear
Robert Loggia
Claudia Lonow
Marjorie Lord
Gloria Loring
Lisa Loring
Tina Louise
Susan Lucci
Allen Ludden
James Luisi
Barbara Luna
Peter Lupus
Carol Lynley
Fred Lynn
Loretta Lynn
Sue Lyon
Robert F. Lyons

James MacArthur
Simon MacCorkindale
Janet MacLachlan
Murray MacLeod
Meredith MacRae
Dave Madden
Guy Madison
George Maharis
Mako
Robert Mandan
Larry Manetti
Joe Mantell
Randolph Mantooth
Monte Markham
Peter Marshall
Dick Martin
Dolly Martin
Jared Martin
Pamela Sue Martin
Ross Martin
A Martinez
Robin Mattson
Donald May
Mike Mazurki
Heather McAdam
Chuck McCann
Kevin McCarthy
Rue McClanahan
Leigh McCloskey
Doug McClure
John McCook
Patty McCormack
Maureen McCormick
Roddy McDowall
Mary Kate McGeehan
Ted McGinley
Dorothy McGuire
John McIntire
Philip McKeon
Jayne Meadows
Eddie Mekka
Sam Melville
Lee Meriwether
Art Metrano
Marilyn Michaels
Kari Michaelsen
Vera Miles
Ray Milland
Denny Miller
Donna Mills
Juliet Mills
Martin Milner
Cameron Mitchell
Mary Ann Mobley
Al Molinaro
Richard Moll
Belinda Montgomery
Alvy Moore
Terry Moore
Greg Morris
Howard Morris
Vic Morrow
Robert Morse
Howard Morton
William R. Moses
Donald Most
Diana Muldaur
Ben Murphy
Jan Murray

Reggie Nalder
Joe Namath
Hal Needham
Barry Nelson
Gene Nelson
Harriet Nelson
Julie Newmar
Leslie Nielsen
James Noble
Trisha Noble
Jeanette Nolan
Sheree North
France Nuyen
Louis Nye
Russell Nype

Randi Oakes
Hugh O'Brian
Donald O'Connor
J. Pat O'Malley
David Opatoshu
Heather O'Rourke

Janis Paige
Peter Palmer
Eleanor Parker
Barbara Parkins
Dennis Patrick
Richard Paul
Nehemiah Persoff
Donna Pescow
Paul Petersen
Cassandra Peterson
Joanna Pettet
Michelle Pfeiffer
Jo Ann Pflug
Regis Philbin
Barney Phillips
Michelle Phillips
Paul Picerni
Eve Plumb
Henry Polic II
Don Porter
Markie Post
Jane Powell
Randolph Powell
Victoria Principal
Joan Pringle
Juliet Prowse

Cristina Raines
Dack Rambo
Lou Rawls
Gene Rayburn
James Read
Helen Reddy
Quinn Redeker
Lynn Redgrave
Robert Reed
Shanna Reed
Alejandro Rey
Madlyn Rhue
Adam Rich
Kim Richards
Kyle Richards
Lou Richards
Susan Richardson
Peter Mark Richman
Robin Riker
Jack Riley
Doris Roberts
Tanya Roberts
Dale Robertson
Chris Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Roxie Roker
Esther Rolle
Ruth Roman
Richard Romanus
Cesar Romero
Jamie Rose
Marion Ross
Tim Rossovich
Mark Roth
Dan Rowan
Misty Rowe
John Rubinstein
Barbara Rush

Raymond St. Jacques
Jill St. John
Paul Sand
Beverly Sanders
Richard Sanders
Dick Sargent
Lanna Saunders
Brad Savage
John Saxon
Avery Schreiber
John Schuck
Geoffrey Scott
Vito Scotti
Ronnie Scribner
Bob Seagren
Dick Shawn
Deborah Shelton
Cybill Shepherd
Mark Shera
Bobby Sherman
James Shigeta
John Wesley Shipp
Pamela Susan Shoop
Stephen Shortridge
Phil Silvers
Hal Smith
Martha Smith
Shelley Smith
William Smith
Dick Smothers
Tom Smothers
Julie Sommars
Elke Sommer
Laurette Spang
Camilla Sparv
Tori Spelling
Michael Spound
Jim Stafford
Skip Stephenson
Robert Sterling
Connie Stevens
Craig Stevens
Stella Stevens
Alana Stewart
Trish Stewart
Barbara Stock
Guy Stockwell
Christopher Stone
Larry Storch
Marcia Strassman
Dorothy Stratten
Woody Strode
Alan Sues
Barry Sullivan
Susan Sullivan
Donald Symington

Nita Talbot
Vic Tayback
Leigh Taylor-Young
Toni Tennille
Robert Tessier
Lauren Tewes
Tim Thomerson
Hilary Thompson
Gordon Thomson
Charlene Tilton
Berlinda Tolbert
Regis Toomey
Constance Towers
Fred Travalena
Bobby Troup
Ronne Troup
Forrest Tucker
Tanya Tucker
Ann Turkel
Joe Turkel
Glynn Turman
Lurene Tuttle
Shannon Tweed

Ellis Valentine
Karen Valentine
Mamie Van Doren
Jerry Van Dyke
Abe Vigoda
Sal Viscuso

Lyle Waggoner
Jimmie Walker
Nancy Walker
Marcia Wallace
Ray Walston
Laurie Walters
Vernee Watson
Patrick Wayne
Doodles Weaver
Mary Louise Weller
Gwen Welles
Danny Wells
Dawn Wells
Adam West
Jill Whelan
Stuart Whitman
Larry Wilcox
Anson Williams
Paul Williams
Fred Williamson
Marie Windsor
Jason Wingreen
Edward Winter
Iggie Wolfington
Lana Wood
Morgan Woodward
Tom Wopat
Jane Wyatt
George Wyner
Keenan Wynn
Dana Wynter

Cassie Yates
Dick York
Tony Young

Carmen Zapata
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

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