The Erl King

At 99 you'd have to favour Max Scmelling but I always get a bit edgy at that particular age as I think they make an extra special effort to get into 3 figures

A big shout for actor Richard Widmark - I believe he's just passed his 90th (a few days ago) so certainly old enough to be 'on his way' and the triple celebration of birthday, Xmas and new year might just be enough to nudge him over