(1904–1991) Doug McClure (1935–1995) Ali MacGraw (born 1939) Butterfly McQueen (1911–1995) Ray Martell, actor playing a small part in a 1969 episode of Mission Impossible TV series Dina Merrill (1923–2017) Greg Morris (1933–1996) Mildred Natwick (1905–1994) Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015) Jerry Orbach (1935–2004) Carl Reiner (1922-2020) John Russell (1921–1991) James Shigeta (1929–2014) Gwen Verdon (1925–2000) Eli Wallach (1915–2014) Flip Wilson (1933–1998) Television personalities Johnny Carson (1925–2005) Merv Griffin (1925–2007) Chet Huntley (1911–1974) Mitch Miller (1911–2010) [also conductor of the commercial's "Let the Sun Shine" song] Ed Sullivan (1901–1974) David Susskind (1920–1987) Musical performers Cannonball Adderley (1928–1975) Bobby Capó (1922–1989) Ray Charles [1930–2004) Leontyne Price (born 1927) Cast members of Hair Obie Bray Lorrie (Mary) Davis Sally Eaton (born 1947) Leata Galloway Fluffer Hirsch Pat Lambert Cliff Lipson Charles O. Lynch Robin McNamara (born 1947) Melba Moore (born 1945) Cassandra Morgan Allan Nicholls (born 1945) Debbie Offner Shelley Plimpton (born 1947) George Tipton (1932–2016) Singer Williams Lillian Wong Miss America 1970 Pamela Anne Eldred (born 1948) Directors Joshua Logan (1908–1988) [also the commercial's stage director] Gordon Parks (1912–2006) Sports figures Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Bob Cousy (born 1928) Jack Dempsey (1895–1983) Danny Villanueva (1937–2015) Public officials Joseph Hugh Allen (1940–2008) Joe J. Bernal (born 1927), Texas state senator Ralph Bunche (1904–1971) Lisle C. Carter (1925–2009) Carlos D. Conde (born 1938), public affairs director for the Inter-Agency Committee on Mexican-American Affairs John Conyers (born 1929) Jerry Enomoto (1926–2016), first Asian American to head California Department of Corrections John W. Gardner (1912–2002) Arthur Goldberg (1908–1990) Richard Hatcher (1933–2019) Daniel Inouye (1924–2012) Earl Lucas (born 1938), elected mayor of Mississippi's African-American city Mound Bayou in 1969 Joseph Monserrat (1921–2005), president of New York City Board of Education leader in Latino community Business executives Frederick Close (1905–1989), Chairman of Alcoa Andrew Heiskell (1915–2003) John H. Johnson (1918–2005) John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978) Franklin A. Thomas (born 1934) Social leaders Fernando Del Rio (born 1932), KCAL–TV reporter and director of communications for Southern California Association of Governments James Farmer (1920–1999) Herman Gallegos (born 1930), co-founder of National Council of La Raza Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977) Gus Heningburg (1930–2012), founding president of Greater Newark Urban Coalition and host of NBC's Positively Black Jacob Potofsky (1894–1979) Bayard Rustin (1912–1987) William Seneca (1927–1984), Native American leader; Seneca Nation treasurer (1966–68, 1970–71) and president (1968–70) Abe Tapia (born 1934), president of California's Mexican American Political Association; 1970 candidate in 45th Assembly District