Several folks this morning are writing to tell me that Jack Larson turned 80 yesterday, not 75. They base this on various online sources saying he was born in 1928. Ah, but in the first minute of the video interview of Mr. Larson that the Archive of American Television has now posted, he says he was born in 1933.
Here — go watch it for yourself. I haven't had time yet to view the whole thing but it's almost an hour of Jack Larson (who rarely does interviews and never for this long) talking about his life and his career. And if he says he was born in '33…well, maybe he's fibbing but I'd want a better source than Wikipedia before I said otherwise.
Another correspondent noted that I interviewed his Adventures of Superman co-star, Noel Neill at the Mid-Ohio Con last Thanksgiving and will be doing so again at the WonderCon in two weeks. "You should get the two of them down to San Diego this year for a joint appearance," the e-mailer suggested. Yes, that would be great but Larson seems to be pretty shy or maybe just uninterested in that kind of thing and has always declined such invites. Maybe someday he'll change his mind. For now, you'll have to be content with the online interview.