Favorite TZ guest stars?

[DarleneIllyria]

Who's your favorite guest stars that appeared on TZ? My favorites are Burgess Meredith, James Best, Anne Francis, and Cliff Robertson.

[dawsongirl]

Jack Klugman, Martin Milner, and Cliff Robertson.

[Pitooey]

Dick York, William Shatner

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by JennyLee22
Dick York, William Shatner

I like William's episodes too. We can't forget Billy Mumy either.

[Janice]

I seem to recall an episode with a baby faced Robert Redford, but forget what it was about. The Twilight Zone was a springboard for many aspiring actors and actresses. Great show.

[Janice]

Originally posted by Jenny
I like William's episodes too. We can't forget Billy Mumy either.
I seem to sometimes confuse Twilight Zone and Night Gallery. Was it the TZ where Billy Mumy walks around the small town with the loaded gun? Also, where he terrorizes everyone in a small town, including his parents, threatening to turn them into a jack-in-the-box and banish them to the cornfield if they don't do everything he says?
Billy Mumy was a terrific child actor. I enjoyed him on Lost in Space too.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by JanLady617
I seem to recall an episode with a baby faced Robert Redford, but forget what it was about. The Twilight Zone was a springboard for many aspiring actors and actresses. Great show.


Robert was in the episode: Nothing in the Dark

*A frightened old woman who has sealed herself off from the world to avoid confronting death, admits a wounded policeman (who happens to be Death (Redford)) and soon learns that she may have made a big mistake.


Originally posted by JanLady617
I seem to sometimes confuse Twilight Zone and Night Gallery. Was it the TZ where Billy Mumy walks around the small town with the loaded gun? Also, where he terrorizes everyone in a small town, including his parents, threatening to turn them into a jack-in-the-box and banish them to the cornfield if they don't do everything he says?
Billy Mumy was a terrific child actor. I enjoyed him on Lost in Space too.

I think the loaded gun was an episode of NG. I can't honestly answer that one because I've only seen an episode of NG.

Billy terroizes his town and turns people into jack-in the boxes or wishes them into the cornfield if they think nasty thoughts about him. That was an episode of the Twilight Zone.

Episodes of TZ that Billy was in:

Long Distance Call
It's a Good Life (this is the one where he terrorizes the town)
In Praise of Pip

[dawsongirl]

Originally posted by Jenny
I think the loaded gun was an episode of NG. I can't honestly answer that one because I've only seen an episode of NG.


Are you thinking of the one where he grabs his uncle's gun out of his suitcase and wanders around town with it, not knowing it's loaded? That's a TZ episode.

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by dawsongirl
Are you thinking of the one where he grabs his uncle's gun out of his suitcase and wanders around town with it, not knowing it's loaded? That's a TZ episode.

Oh my stars, I completely forgot about that scene. Come to think of it the part I remember was in the bedroom. Wasn't he fooling around with the gun then and that's when the uncle takes it away from him? My brain is shot for now. I'll have to think over it and come back later.

[Eddie Haskell]

Clint Eastwood :notworthy

[Eddie Haskell]

Originally posted by Jenny
It's a Good Life (this is the one where he terrorizes the town)


Mumy played Anthony Freemont.

First aired on November 3, 1961 (third season); Cloris Leachman played his Mom, Mrs. Freemont.

[Zoneboy]

Are you thinking of the one where he grabs his uncle's gun out of his suitcase and wanders around town with it, not knowing it's loaded? That's a TZ episode.

How in the world did I miss this topic? :eek: You may already know by now but if you don't, That wasn't a TZ episode. That was an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents called Bang! You're Dead and was one of only 20 or so episodes directed by Hitchcock himself.

[AB]

Was the one where all these people are in an enclosed area and one tries to
climb out and you finally see its a barrell and those people turn out to be dolls, was that a Twilight Zone episode? It really spooked me out when I was
a kid.

[Zoneboy]

Was the one where all these people are in an enclosed area and one tries to
climb out and you finally see its a barrell and those people turn out to be dolls, was that a Twilight Zone episode? It really spooked me out when I was
a kid.

That's my favorite episode of the series, It was called Five Characters In Search of an Exit.

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[AB]

That's my favorite episode of the series, It was called Five Characters In Search of an Exit.

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I had a feeling you would know about that episode. It was very good, but it
made me want to shut my dolls up in the closet after seeing it when I was a kid. I was looking at a boxed set of The Twilight Zone at Borders & they wanted $99.99 for it. I'm guessing it had alot of disc's in it since it was so big, but that seems so expensive. I plan to keep looking around for a cheaper
price on it.

[mrs.gingerhinkley]

Who's your favorite guest stars that appeared on TZ? My favorites are Burgess Meredith, James Best, Anne Francis, and Cliff Robertson.


woah! James Best... which episode?!?!?
wait... u talking bout James Best... aka... Rosco P Coltrane??:confused:
otherwise i just made a complete fool of meself!:D

Russell Johnson.. because I love that guy... :D ;)

[Zoneboy]

woah! James Best... which episode?!?!?
wait... u talking bout James Best... aka... Rosco P Coltrane??:confused:
otherwise i just made a complete fool of meself!:D

James Best was in 3 episodes:

The Grave, The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank and Jess-Belle

Denver Pyle was also in the series, The episode was Black Leather Jackets.

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[wiseguy182]

the lady in my new avatar

[TV Knowledge Fan]

Yes, Lois Nettleton was very good in "The Midnight Sun", but my favorite is Jack Klugman. He appeared four times- and his first and last episodes are the best. When Rod wrote "A Passage For Trumpet" and "In Praise Of Pip", he knew that only an actor like Jack could bring out those "down on their luck" characters he created, and bring them to life. In fact, both of them are exactly the same- each given a rotten deal in life- but only 'Joey Crown' in "Trumpet" gets a second chance. In "Pip", 'Max Phillips' dies, letting his SON have that second chance. But those performances by Jack- anguish and joy, so real you can FEEL it!

:wink2:

[Zoneboy]

Yes, Lois Nettleton was very good in "The Midnight Sun", but my favorite is Jack Klugman. He appeared four times- and his first and last episodes are the best.:wink2:

Acting wise I'd probably agree with you but for overall episode quality, I prefer A Game of Pool and Death Ship.

[wiseguy182]

Yes, Lois Nettleton was very good in "The Midnight Sun", but my favorite is Jack Klugman. He appeared four times- and his first and last episodes are the best. When Rod wrote "A Passage For Trumpet" and "In Praise Of Pip", he knew that only an actor like Jack could bring out those "down on their luck" characters he created, and bring them to life. In fact, both of them are exactly the same- each given a rotten deal in life- but only 'Joey Crown' in "Trumpet" gets a second chance. In "Pip", 'Max Phillips' dies, letting his SON have that second chance. But those performances by Jack- anguish and joy, so real you can FEEL it!

:wink2:

I totally agree! In some ways, Jack Klugman is my favorite actor, simply because he allowed himself to get so immersed in whatever role he undertook.

He is known for being very passionate about things. I had heard that he went on Match Game once, and when the contestant matched him, he started running around all over the place. Interesting note: He was instrumental in this wife Brett Sommers becoming a regular on that show.

[BensonFan]

Dick York, William Shatner

Those were my favorites as well.

(I think "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" is the best TZ episode, but that's just my opinion! :D )

[OH Nuts!]

My fav guest actors on TZ were a very young Robert Redford and Agnes Moorehead.

[Edison]

Art Carney, "Night of the Meek".

[Loves Old Tv]

Jackie Cooper's brogue; Cliff Robertson's pioneer character; Lois Nettleton (who passed away last month); Barry Nelson and and the lovely Nancy Malone trying to figure out where they were, three out of four Burgess Meredith appearances (excluding the printer's devil); both of Russell Johnsons' time travels, all of John Anderson's appearances; Fritz Weaver's and Edward Andrews' guest shots; Agnes Moorhead and Jack Warden's tours de force, and for humorous effect, Carol Burnett, Orson Bean and Wally Cox. The list goes on.:talk:

[Ireneparalegal]

Burgess Meredith and Anne Francis. They are in my fave episodes. I like Billy Mumy too.

[Radar=)]

Dick York:D