CTVA US Anthology - "The Twilight Zone" (Original Series) (CBS) Season 3 (1961-62)

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 (Original Series) Hosted by Rod Serling
Season 3 (CBS) (1961-62)

Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:  Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive


 ############## The Twilight Zone #############
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CBS Fridays 10:00-10:30pm Eastern (37 episodes)

3.01 [066] Twilight Zone: TWO
(1961.09.15)
Written and Directed by Montgomery Pittman
cast:
Charles Bronson ............... Man
Elizabeth Montgomery .......... Woman

3.02 [---] Twilight Zone: THE ARRIVAL
(1961.09.22)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Boris Sagal
cast:
Harold J. Stone ............... Grant Sheckly
Fredd Wayne ................... Paul Malloy
Noah Keen ..................... Bengston
Robert Karnes ................. Official
Bing Russell .................. Attendant
Robert Brubaker ............... Tower Operator
Jim Boles ..................... Dispatcher

3.03 [---] Twilight Zone: THE SHELTER
(1961.09.29)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Lamont Johnson
cast:
Larry Gates ................... Dr. Stockton
Peggy Stewart ................. Grace Stockton
Jack Albertson ................ Jerry Hariowe
Joseph Bernard ................ Marty Weiss
Sandy Kenyon .................. Henderson
Michael Burns ................. Paul Stockton
Mary Gregory .................. Mrs. Henderson
John McLiam ................... Neighbor
Jo Helton ..................... Mrs. Hariowe
Moira Turner .................. Mrs. Weiss

3.04 [---] The Twilight Zone: THE PASSERBY
06Oct61
Produced by Buck Houghton
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Elliot Silverstein
Starring:
James Gregory ................. Sergeantcast:
Joanne Linville ............... Lavinia Godwin
With:
Rex Holman .................... Charlie
David Garcia .................. Lt.
Warren Kemmerling ............. Jud
Austin Green .................. Abe Lincoln
A soldier wakes up after blacking out in a fierce battle
but soon realises he hasn't returned to the world he left.

3.05 [---] The Twilight Zone: A GAME OF POOL
13Oct61
Produced by Buck Houghton
Written by George Clayton Johnson
Directed by Buzz Kulik
Director of Photography, Jack Swain
cast:
Jack Klugman .................. Jesse Cardiff
Jonathan Winters .............. Fats Brown
A pool hustler finds himself playing for his life.

3.06 [---] Twilight Zone: The Mirror
(1961.10.20)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Don Medford
cast:
Peter Falk .................... Ramos Clemente
Will Kuluva ................... DeCruz
Arthur Batanides .............. Tabal
Tony Carbone .................. Cristo
Richard Karlan ................ D'Allesandro
Vladimir Sokoloff ............. Priest
Rodolfo Hoyos ................. Garcia
Val Ruffino ................... Guard
Robert L. McCord III .......... Voices
Jim Turley .................... Voices

3.07 [---] Twilight Zone: The Grave
(1961.10.27)
Written and Directed by Montgomery Pittman
cast:
Lee Marvin .................... Conny Miller
Strother Martin ............... Mothersbed
James Best .................... Johnny Rob
Ellen Willard ................. Ilone
Lee Van Cleef ................. Steinhart
Stafford Repp ................. Ira Broadly
William Challee ............... Insert
Larry Johns ................... Corcoran
Richard Geary ................. Pinto Sykes

3.08 [---] Twilight Zone: IT'S A GOOD LIFE
3-Nov-1961

 Written by Rod Serling
Directed by James Sheldon
cast:
John Larch .................... Fremont
Cloris Leachman ............... Mrs. Fremont
Billy Mumy .................... Anthony Fremont
Don Keefer .................... Dan Hollis
Alice Frost ................... Aunt Amy
Jeanne Bates .................. Ethel Hollis
Casey Adams ................... Pat Riley
Tom Hatcher ................... Bill Sonroes
Lenore Kingston ............... Thelma Dunn

3.09 [---] Twilight Zone: Death's Head Revisited
(1961.11.10)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Don Medford
cast:
Oscar Beregi .................. Capt. Lutze
Joseph Schildkraut ............ Becker
Kaaren Verne .................. Innkeeper
Ben Wright .................... Doctor
Robert Boon ................... Cabbie
Chuck Fox ..................... Prisoner

3.10 [---] Twilight Zone: THE MIDNIGHT SUN
17-Nov-1961

Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Tony Leader
cast:
Lois Nettleton ................ Norma
Betty Garde ................... Mrs. Bronson
Tom Reese ..................... Burglar
Jason Wingreen ................ Husband
June Ellis .................... Wife
Ned Glass ..................... Repairman
John McLiam ................... Policeman
William Keene ................. Doctor
Robert J. Stevenson ........... Announcer

3.11 [---] Twilight Zone: Still Valley
(1961.11.24)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by James Sheldon
cast:
Gary Merrill .................. Paradine
Ben Cooper .................... Dauger
Vaughn Taylor ................. Old man
Mark Tapscott ................. Lt.
Addison Myers ................. Sentry
Jack Mann ..................... Mallory

3.12 [---] Twilight Zone: The Jungle
(1961.12.01)
Written by Charles Beaumont
Directed by William Claxton
cast:
John Dehner ................... Alan Richards
Emily McLaughlin .............. Doris Richards
Walter Brooke ................. Chad Cooper
Hugh Sanders .................. Templeton
Howard Wright ................. Hardy
Donald Foster ................. Sinclair
Jay Overholts ................. Cabbie
Jay Adler ..................... Tramp

3.13 [---] Twilight Zone: Once Upon a Time
(1961.12.15)
Written by Richard Matheson
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
cast:
Buster Keaton ................. Woodrow Mulligan
Stanley Adams ................. Rollo
Jesse White ................... Repairman
Milton Parsons ................ Gilbert
Warren Parker ................. Store manager
Gil Lamb ...................... Cop (1890)
James Flavin .................. Cop (1962)
Harry Fleer ................... Cop (1962)
George E. Stone ............... Fenwick

3.14 [---] Twilight Zone: Five Characters in Search of an Exit
(1961.12.22)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Lamont Johnson
cast:
William Windom ................ Major
Murray Matheson ............... Clown
Susan Harrison ................ Ballerina
Kelton Garwood ................ Tramp
Clark Allen ................... Bagpipe player
Mona Houghton ................. Girl
Carol Hill .................... Woman

3.15 [---] Twilight Zone: A Quality of Mercy (V)
(1961.12.29)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Buzz Kulik
cast:
Dean Stockwell ................ Lt. Katell/Yamuri
Albert Salmi .................. Causarano
Jerry Fujikawa ................ Japanese officer
Rayford Barnes ................ Watkins
Leonard Nimoy ................. Hansen
Dale Ishimoto ................. Japanese soldier
Ralph Votrain ................. Hanacheck
Michael Pataki ................ Driver

3.16 [---] Twilight Zone: Nothing in the Dark
(1962.01.05)
Written by George Clayton Johnson
Directed by Lamont Johnson
cast:
Gladys Cooper ................. Wanda Dunn
Robert Redford ................ Harold Beldon
R.G. Armstrong ................ Contractor

3.17 [---] The Twilight Zone: ONE MORE PALLBEARER (30 min)
12Jan62
Produced by Buck Houghton
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Director of Photography, George T. Clemens, A.S.C.
Starring:
Joseph Wiseman ................ Paul Radin
With:
Katherine Squire .............. Mrs. Langford
Trevor Bardette ............... Hawthorne
Gage Clark .................... Huges
NOT ON CREDITS:
Ray Galvin .................... Policeman
Joseph Elic ................... Electricians
Robert Snyder ................. Electricians
A wealthy man who resents the three major humiliations in his life devises a bizarre
and elaborate plot to extract apologies from those involved.

3.18 [---] Twilight Zone: Dead Man's Shoes
(1962.01.19)
Written by Charles Beaumont
Directed by Montgomery Pittman
cast:
Warren Stevens ................ Nate Bledsoe
Joan Marshall ................. Wilma
Richard Devon ................. Dagget
Florence Marly ................ Girlfriend
Ben Wright .................... Chips
Harry Swoger .................. Sam
Gene Borden ................... Maitre d'
Ron Hagerthy .................. Ben
Joe Mell ...................... Jimmy

3.19 [---] Twilight Zone: The Hunt
(1962.01.26)
Written by Earl Hamner
Directed by Harold Schuster
cast:
Arthur Hunnicutt .............. Hyder Simpson
Jeanette Nolan ................ Rachel Simpson
Robert Foulk .................. Gatekeeper
Titus Moede ................... Wesley Miller
Orville Sherman ............... Tillman Miller
Charles Seel .................. Rev. Wood
Dexter Dupont ................. Messenger

3.20 [---] Twilight Zone: Showdown with Rance McGrew
(1962.02.02)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Christian Nyby
Larry Blyden .................. Rance McGrew
Arch Johnson .................. Jesse James
Robert Cornthwaite ............ Director
Robert Kline .................. Jesse James (TV)
Bill McLean ................... Property man
Robert J. Stevenson ........... Bartender
Hal K. Dawson ................. Old man
Troy Melton ................... Cowboys
Jay Overholts ................. Cowboys
Jim Turley .................... Rance's double

3.21 [---] Twilight Zone: Kick the Can *****
(1962.02.09)
Written by George Clayton Johnson
Directed by Lamont Johnson
cast:
Ernest Truex .................. Charles Whitley
John Marley ................... Mr. Cox
Russell Collins ............... Ben Conroy
Burt Mustin ................... Carlson
Marjorie Bennett .............. Mrs. Summers
David Truex ................... David Whitley
Hank Patterson ................ Frietag
Anne O'Neal ................... Mrs. Wister
Earle Hodgins ................. Agee
Lenore Shanewise .............. Mrs. Densley
Eve McVeagh ................... Nurse
Gregory McCabe ................ Boys
Marc Stevens .................. Boys

3.22 [---] Twilight Zone: A Piano in the House
(1962.02.16)
Written by Earl Hamner
Directed by David Greene
cast:
Barry Morse ................... Fitzgerald Fortune
Joan Hackett .................. Esther Fortune
Don Durant .................... Greg Walker
Cyril Delevanti ............... Marvin
Muriel Landers ................ Marge Moore
Phil Coolidge ................. Throckmorton

3.23 [---] Twilight Zone: The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
(1962.02.23)
Written by Montgomery Pittman
Directed by Lamont Johnson
cast:
James Best .................... Jeff Myrtlebank
Sherry Jackson ................ Comfort Gatewood
Edgar Buchanan ................ Dr. Bolton
Dub Taylor .................... Peters
Lance Fuller .................. Orgram Gatewood
Ralph Moody ................... Mr. Myrtlebank
Ezelle Poule .................. Mrs. Myrtlebank
Helen Wallace ................. Mrs. Gatewood
Vickie Barnes ................. Liz Myrtlebank
William Fawcett ............... Rev. Siddons
Jon Lormer .................... Strauss
Mabel Forrest ................. Mrs. Ferguson
Pat Hector .................... Tom
James Houghton ................ Jerry

3.24 [---] Twilight Zone: TO SERVE MAN
2-Mar-1962

 Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Richard Bare
cast:
Lloyd Bochner ................. Michael Chambers
Susan Cummings ................ Pat
Richard Kiel .................. Kanamit
Theodore Marcuse .............. Gregori
Will J. White ................. Reporters
Gene Benton ................... Reporters
Bartlett Robinson ............. Colonels
Carlton Young ................. Colonels
Hardie Albright ............... General
Robert Tafur .................. Valdes
Lomax Study ................... Leveque
Nelson Olmstead ............... Scientist
James Wellman ................. Men
Charles Tannen ................ Men
Adrienne Marden ............... Women
Jeanne Evans .................. Women

3.25 [---] Twilight Zone: The Fugitive
(1962.03.09)
Written by Charles Beaumont
Directed by Richard Bare
cast:
Susan Gordon .................. Jenny
J. Pat O'Malley ............... Old Ben
Nancy Kulp .................... Mrs. Gann
Wesley Lau .................... Aliens
Paul Tripp .................... Aliens
Stephen Talbot ................ Howie
Johnny Eiman .................. Pitcher
Russ Bender ................... Doctor

3.26 [---] Twilight Zone: Little Girl Lost
(1962.03.16)
Written by Richard Matheson
Directed by Paul Stewart
cast:
Charles Aidman ................ Bill
Robert Sampson ................ Chris Miller
Sarah Marshall ................ Ruth Miller
Tracy Stratford ............... Tina
Rhoda Williams ................ Tina's voice

3.27 [---] The Twilight Zone: PERSONS OR PERSONS UNKNOWN
23Mar62
Produced by Buck Houghton
Written by Charles Beaumont
Directed by John Brahm
Director of Photography, Robert W. Pittack, A.S.C.
Starring:
Richard Long .................. David Gurney
Frank Silvera ................. Dr. Koslenko
Shirley Ballard ............... Wilma
With:
Julie Van Zandt ............... Wilma #2
Betty Harford ................. Clerk
Ed Glover ..................... Sam Baker
Michael Keep .................. Policeman
Joe Higgens ................... .Bank guard
John Newton ................... Cooper

3.28 [---] Twilight Zone: The Little People
(1962.03.30)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by William Claxton
cast:
Joe Maross .................... Peter Craig
Claude Akins .................. William Fletcher
Michael Ford .................. Spacemen
Robert Eaton .................. Spacemen

3.29 [---] The Twilight Zone: FOUR O'CLOCK (30 min)
06Apr62
Produced by Buck Hougton
Teleplay by Rod Serling / Based on a Short Story by Price Day
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Director of Photography, George T. Clemens, A.S.C.
Starring:
Theodore Bikel ................ Oliver Crangle
With:
Phyllis Love .................. Mrs. Lucas
Linden Chiles ................. Hall
Moyna MacGill ................. Mrs. Williams
A bizarre tale in which a madman spends his days harrassing
people he thinks are evil.

3.30 [---] The Twilight Zone: HOCUS-POCUS AND FRISBY (30 min)
13Apr62
Produced by Buck Hougton
Teleplay by Rod Serling / From a Story by Frederic Louis Fox
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Directors of Photography, George T. Clemens, A.S.C./Jack Swain
Music Coposed by Tom Morgan
Starring:
Andy Devine ................... Frisby
Also Starring:
Milton Selzer ................. Aliens
Howard McNear ................. Mitchell
Dabbs Greer ................... Scanlan
Clem Bevans ................... Old man
NOT ON SCREEN CREDITS
Larry Breitman ................ Aliens
Peter Brocco .................. Aliens

3.31 [---] Twilight Zone: The Trade-Ins
(1962.04.20)
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by John Brahm
cast:
Joseph Schildkraut ............ John Holt
Alma Platt .................... Marie Holt
Noah Keen ..................... Vance
Theodore Marcuse .............. Farrady
Edson Stroll .................. Android
Terence de Marney ............. Gamblers
Billy Vincent ................. Gamblers
Mary McMahon .................. Receptionist
David Armstrong ............... Attendant

3.32 [---] Twilight Zone: THE GIFT (30 min)
27Apr62
Produced by Buck Houghton
Written by Rod Seling
Directed by Allen H. Miner (verified)
Director of Photography, George T. Clemens, A.S.C.
Music Composed and Performed by Laurindo Almeida
Starring:
Geoffrey Horne ................ Williams
Nico Minardos ................. Doctor
With:
Cliff Osmond .................. Manuelo
Edmund Vargas ................. Pedro
Vladimir Sokoloff ............. Guitarist
Paul Mazursky ................. Officer
Vito Scotti ................... Rudolpho
[NOT ON CREDITS]
[Henry Corden .................. Sanchez]
[Carmen D'Antonio .............. Women]
[Lea Marmer .................... Women]
[Joseph Perry .................. Men]
[David Fresco .................. Men]
A traveller brings a gift to a Mexican village. But the
villagers are suspicious of strangers.

3.33 [---] The Twilight Zone: THE DUMMY
04May62
Produced by Buck Houghton
Teleplay by Rod Serling  / Based on a Story by Lee Polk
Directed by Abner Biberman
Director of Photography, George T. Clemens, A.S.C.
Starring:
Cliff Robertson ............... Jerry Etherson
Frank Sutton .................. Frank
With:
George Murdock ................ Willie
John Harmon ................... Georgie
Sandra Warner ................. Noreen
Rudy Dolan .................... M.C.
Ralph Manza ................... Doorman
NOT ON CREDITS:
Edy Williams .................. Chorus girls
Bethelynn Grey ................ Chorus girls

3.34 [---] The Twilight Zone: A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY
11May62
Written by Richard Matheson
Directed by John Brahm
cast:
Phyllis Thaxter ............... Virginia Walker
Alex Nicol .................... Alex Walker
Wallace Rooney ................ Wilkinson
Helen Brown ................... Mother
Rickey Kelman ................. Young Alex

3.35 [---] Twilight Zone: I Sing the Body Electric
(1962.05.18)
Written by Ray Bradbury
Directed by James Sheldon
cast:
Josephine Hutchinson .......... Grandma
Veronica Cartwright ........... Anne
David White ................... Father
Dana Dillaway ................. Karen
Charles Herbert ............... Tom
Vaughn Taylor ................. Salesman
Doris Packer .................. Nedra
Susan Crane ................... Adult Anne
Judy Morton ................... Adult Karen
Paul Nesbitt .................. Adult Tom

3.36 [---] Twilight Zone: CAVENDER IS COMING
25-May-1962

 Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Robert Ellis
cast:
Carol Burnett ................. Agnes Grep
Jesse White ................... Cavender
Howard Smith .................. Polk
William O'Connell ............. Field reps
Pitt Herbert .................. Field reps
John Fiedler .................. Field reps
G. Stanley Jones .............. Field reps
Frank Behrens ................. Stout
Albert Carrier ................ Frenchman
Roy Sickner ................... Bus driver
Norma Shattuc ................. Girl
Rory O'Brien .................. Boy
Sandra Gould .................. Women
Donna Douglas ................. Women
Adrienne Marden ............... Women
Jack Younger .................. Truck driver
Danny Kulick .................. Child
Maurice Dallimore ............. Man
Barbara Morrison .............. Older woman
An apprenice angel is given a final chance to win her
wings.

3.37 [---] The Twilight Zone: THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
01Jun62
Written by Rod Serling
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
Director of Photography, George T. Clemens, A.S.C.
Starring:
Donald Pleasence .............. Prof. Ellis Fowler
With:
Liam Sullivan ................. Headmaster
Philippa Bevans ............... Mrs. Landers
Tom Lowell .................... Students
Russell Horton ................ Students
Buddy Hart .................... Students
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Robert Biheller ............... Graham
Kevin O'Neal .................. Butler
Jimmy Baird ................... Students
Kevin Jones ................... Students
Darryl Richard ................ Students
James Browning ................ Students
Pat Close ..................... Students
Dennis Kerlee ................. Students

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