Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was 71 in Hot Shots! when he played the character 'Wilson'.
That was over 33 years ago in 1991.
In 2014 he died aged 95, starring in 39 films in his career, 10 of those after Hot Shots! was first released. If he were alive today he would be 105.
In Hot Shots!, I think Efrem Zimbalist Jr. looks: