The First 40 Years - Production & Contact Info

The First 40 Years (1980)
TV Special | 120 min | Music

The First 40 Years (1980)

TV Special | 120 min | Music

The legendary entertainer celebrates 40 years in show business, and also his 64th birthday. He receives ASCAP's 1st Pied Piper Award for service to lyricists, as well as a special Grammy Trustees' Award.

Director

Jack Donohue

Writer

Paul Keyes (as Paul W. Keyes)

Producer

Paul Keyes (as Paul W. Keyes)

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Updated Jan 3, 1980

Release date

Jan 3, 1980 (United States)

Awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award.

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Cast	+ Add Cast
32 cast members

Name	Known for
Frank Sinatra Self Self See fewer	From Here to Eternity (1953)
Paul Anka Self Self See fewer	No Way Out (1987)
Lucille Ball Self Self See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Tony Bennett Self Self See fewer	Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Milton Berle Self Self See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Red Buttons Self Self See fewer	Pete's Dragon (1977)
Sammy Cahn Self Self See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Charlie Callas Self Self See fewer	Pete's Dragon (1977)
Lillian Carter Self Self See fewer	Jimmy Carter's Inaugural Gala (1977)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self Self See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Peter Falk Self Self See fewer	Columbo (1971)
Glenn Ford Self Self See fewer	Gilda (1946)
Cary Grant Self Self See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
Pat Henry Self Self See fewer	Lady in Cement (1968)
Harry James Self Self See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Gene Kelly Self Self See fewer	Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rich Little Self Self See fewer	Christmas Carol (1978)
Dean Martin Self Self See fewer	The Dean Martin Show (1965)
Robert Merrill Self Self See fewer	The Immigrant (2013)
Robert Mitchum Self Self See fewer	Out of the Past (1947)
Don Rickles Self Self See fewer	Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Frank Sinatra Jr. Self Self See fewer	Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Nancy Sinatra Self Self See fewer	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Tina Sinatra Self Self See fewer	The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Red Skelton Self Self See fewer	The Red Skelton Hour (1951)
Robert Stack Self Self See fewer	Written on the Wind (1956)
Jule Styne Self Self See fewer	Funny Girl (1968)
Jimmy Van Heusen Self Self See fewer	Going My Way (1944)
Dionne Warwick Self Self See fewer	Alive (1993)
Orson Welles Self Self See fewer	Citizen Kane (1941)
William B. Williams Self Self See fewer	Adventures in Jazz (1949)
Flip Wilson Self Self See fewer	Flip (1970)