- Network: CBS
- Series Premiere Date: Oct 2, 1959
Summary:
The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination."
Rod Serling, creator and host of the series, won two Emmys for outstanding writing (1960 & '61), and the Golden Globe in 1962 for best TV director/producer.
Reruns of the original Twilight Zone can be seen on the US Sci Fi channel.
This is the Original 1959 series, not the CBS The Twilight Zone (1985) version nor the UPN The Twilight Zone (2002) version.
CBS Programming History
October 1959-September 1962 ..... Friday 10:00 January 1963-September 1963 ..... Thursday 9:00 September 1961-September 1964 ..... Friday 9:30 May 1965-September 1965 ..... Sunday 9:00
Note: Seasons 1-3 & 5 have a running time of 30 minutes. All of the episodes in Season 4 have a running time of one hour.
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Details
| Network: | CBS |
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| Genre(s): | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Science Fiction |
| Creators: | Rod Serling |
| Seasons: | 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jack Klugman | Jesse Cardiff |
| Frank Sutton | Frank |
| Lloyd Bochner | Michael Chambers |
| John Larch | Mr. Fremont |
| David White | George Rogers |
| Elizabeth Montgomery | Woman |
| Edgar Buchanan | Doc Bolton |
| Charles Aidman | Bill |
| Alex Nicol | Alex Walker |
| J. Pat O'Malley | Old Ben |
| Dean Stockwell | Lt. Katell/Lt. Yamuri |
| Albert Salmi | Sgt. Causarano |
| Rod Serling | Narrator/Host |
| Cloris Leachman | Mrs. Fremont |
| Barry Morse | Fitzgerald Fortune |
| James Gregory | The Sergeant |
| Cliff Robertson | Jerry Etherson |
| Robert Sampson | Chris Miller |
| Betty Garde | Mrs. Bronson |
| Lois Nettleton | Norma |
| Oscar Beregi | Captain Gunther Lutze |
| Claude Akins | William Fletcher |
| James Best | Jeff Myrtlebank |
| Theodore Bikel | Oliver Crangle |
| Peter Falk | Ramos Clemente |
| John Dehner | Alan Richards |
| Jonathan Winters | James Howard "Fats" Brown |
| Jesse White (I) | Harmen Cavender |
| Sherry Jackson | Comfort Gatewood |
| Charles Bronson | Man |
| Andy Devine | Somerset Frisby |
| Donald Pleasence | Prof. Ellis Fowler |
| Don Keefer | Dan Hollis |
| Harold J. Stone | Grant Sheckly |
| Jeanette Nolan | Rachel Simpson |
| Joanne Linville | Lavinia Godwin |
| Lee Marvin | Conny Miller |
| Joseph Schildkraut | John Holt |
| Buster Keaton | Woodrow Mulligan |
| Joseph Wiseman | Paul Radin |
| Warren Stevens | Nate Bledsoe |
| Arthur Hunnicutt | Hyder Simpson |
| Larry Blyden | Rance McGrew |
| Joan Hackett | Esther Fortune |
| Susan Cummings | Penny |
| Susan Gordon | Jenny |
| Sarah Marshall | Ruth Miller |
| Richard Long | David Andrew Gurney |
| Frank Silvera | Dr. Koslenko |
| Shirley Ballard | Wilma #1 |
| Joe Maross | Peter Craig |
| Geoffrey Horne | Williams |
| Nico Minardos | Doctor |
| Phyllis Thaxter | Virginia Walker-Lane |
| Josephine Hutchinson | Grandma |
| Gary Merrill | Sergeant Joseph Paradine |
| Will Kuluva | General DeCruz |
