- 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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| 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 | Max Phillips |
| Jackie Cooper | Jonathan West |
| Nancy Malone | Millie Frazier |
| Peter Mark Richman | Trooper Robert Franklin |
| Telly Savalas | Erich Streator |
| Robert Lansing | Commander Douglas Stansfield |
| William Shatner | Bob Wilson |
| Rod Serling | Narrator/Host |
| Shelley Fabares | Ellen Tillman |
| Richard Deacon | Wallace V. Whipple |
| Richard Erdman | McNulty |
| John Anderson (I) | Mr. Goldsmith |
| Martin Landau | Major Ivan Kuchenko |
| Richard Basehart | Col. Adam Cook |
| George Takei | Taro |
| Diana Hyland | Anne Henderson |
| Constance Ford | Barbara Polk |
| Milton Selzer | Wilfred Harper |
| James Coburn | Major French |
| William Demarest | Joe Britt |
| John Dehner | Jared Garrity |
| Edward Andrews | Oliver Pope |
| John McGiver | Roswell G. Flemington |
| Mickey Rooney | Grady |
| Neville Brand | Fenton |
| Wally Cox | James Elwood |
| Michael Constantine | Sheriff Charlie Koch |
| Mariette Hartley | Sandra Horn |
| Paul Fix | Colbey |
| Virginia Gregg | Emily Harper |
| Joe Mantell | Pole |
| Lee Marvin | Steel Kelly |
| Richard Long | Uncle Rick/Dr. Rex/Sigmund Friend/Dr. Tom/Attendant |
| Kim Hector | Whitt |
| Mary Badham | Sport |
| Georgia Simmons | Aunt T |
| Hazel Court | Charlotte Scott |
| Gary Crosby | Floyd Burney |
| Cedric Hardwicke | Uncle Simon Polk |
| Antoinette Bower | Eve Norda |
| Patrick O'Neal | Harmon Gordon |
| Ruta Lee | Flora Gordon |
| Ed Wynn | Sam Forstmann |
| Maggie McNamara | Bunny Blake |
| Don Gordon | Salvadore Ross |
| Gail Kobe | Leah Maitland |
| Collin Wilcox | Marilyn Cuberle |
| Lee Kinsolving | Scott |
| Gladys Cooper | Elva Keene |
| Roger Jacquet | Confederate Spy |
| Joan Blondell | Phyllis Britt |
| John Van Dreelen | Commisar Vassiloff |
| Barry Nelson | Bob Frazier |
| Ann Blyth | Pamela Morris/Constance Taylor |
| John Craven (I) | Man |
| Sterling Holloway | TV Repairman |
