Adapted from radio to television, The Amos ‘n Andy Show was produced
from June 1951 to April 1953 with 78 filmed episodes, sponsored by the
Blatz Brewing Company.

The CBS television series used black actors in the main roles, although
the actors were instructed to keep their voices and speech patterns close 
to those of the radio shows stars Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.

Produced at the Hal Roach Studios, the show was among the first to be
filmed with a multi-camera setup, four months before the I Love Lucy
series used the same technique.

The original radio show was popular from the 1920s through the
1950s. It was created, written, and voiced by two white actors, 
Gosden and Correll (above).

 
Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989)

Radner was an original cast member of the hit NBC sketch
comedy show Saturday Night Live, for which she won an
Emmy Award in 1978. She made her big screen debut in
the 1973 film The Last Detail.  

Gilda Radner married comedian Gene Wilder in 1984 and
remained married until her death from ovarian cancer.  

Original run: June 27, 1949 – April 1, 1955

Captain Video and His Video Rangers is a science fiction television series,
which was the first series of its kind on American television.

The series aired originally Monday through Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, and then
Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET. A separate 30-minute spinoff series,
The Secret Files of Captain Video, aired Saturday mornings, alternating with
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, from September 5, 1953 to May 29, 1954. 

The Video Ranger was played during the shows entire run by teen-aged Don
Hastings, who later became a soap opera star.

The original Captain Video was Richard Coogan, who played
the role for 17 months.

Ranger Don Hastings

Robert James "Bob" Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)

Producer/actor Keeshan is most notable as the title character of the CBS
television children’s program Captain Kangaroo, which became an icon for
millions of people during its 30-year run from 1955 to 1984. He also played
the original "Clarabell the Clown", one of three, on the NBC Howdy Doody
television program (1947- 1960).

Buffalo Bob, Howdy Doody and Clarabell

Daniel Patrick Macnee (February 6, 1922 – June 25, 2015)  

(AP) – Patrick Macnee, the British-born actor best known as
dapper secret agent John Steed in the long-running 1960s
TV series "The Avengers," has died. He was 93.

According to a statement from his son Rupert,Macnee died
Thursday of natural causes with his family at his bedside in
Rancho Mirage.