Six years after the final episode of The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) aired, Rod Serling came back to host a new show called Night Gallery (1970-1973). While Night Gallery wasn't on air as long as The Twilight Zone, forty-three episodes aired that included ninety-three segments and a pilot. The premise of this show was that Serling was an art curator who would introduce a macabre tale and then unveil a painting that depicted the story. Both the paintings and stories had a darker feel to them than anything seen on The Twilight Zone.
This is a list of Old Hollywood actors with a photo of each of the episodes in Night Gallery that they starred in. Some Old Hollywood stars had bit parts like Orson Welles narrating "Silent Snow, Street Snow" (1971) or starring roles like Leslie Nielsen in "Phantom of What Opera?" (1971). No matter how large or small their roles were they each gave convincingly creepy performances.
Here is an ultimate list of over 100 Old Hollywood actors who starred in Night Gallery:
Roddy McDowall in "The Cemetery" (1969)
Joan Crawford in "Eyes" (1969)
Richard Kiley in "Escape Route" (1969)
Jeff Corey in "The Dead Man" (1970)
Larry Hagman in "The Housekeeper" (1970)
Joseph Wiseman in "Room with a View" (1970)
Burgess Meredith in "The Little Black Bag" (1970)
Joseph Campanella in "The Nature of the Enemy" (1970)
Joanna Pettet in "The House" (1970)
Agnes Moorehead in "Certain Shadows on the Wall" (1970)
Godfrey Cambridge in "Make Me Laugh" (1971)
Raymond Massey in "Clean Kills and Other Trophies" (1971)
Phyllis Diller (also John Astin) in "Pamela's Voice" (1971)
John Colicos in "Lone Survivor" (1971)
John Williams in "The Doll" (1971)
William Windom and Diane Baker in "They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar" (1971)
Jack Cassidy in "The Last Laurel" (1971)
Michael Constantine in "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes" (1971)
Sue Lyon in "Miss Lovecraft Sent Me" (1971)
Leslie Nielsen in "Phantom of What Opera?" (1971)
E.G. Marshall in "Death in the Family" (1971)
King Donovan and Imogene Coca in "The Merciful" (1971)
Vincent Price in "Class of '99" (1971)
Agnes Moorehead in "Witches' Feast" (1971)
James Farentino and Jonathan Harris (also Jeanette Nolan) in "Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay" (1971)
Adam West in "With Apologies to Mr. Hyde" (1971)
Arte Johnson in "The Flip-Side of Satan" (1971)
Patrick O'Neal (also Kim Stanley) in "A Fear of Spiders" (1971)
Wally Cox in "Junior" (1971)
Robert Morse in "Marmalade Wine" (1971)
Pat Boone in "The Academy" (1971)
David McCallum (also Linda Marsh & David Carradine) in "The Phantom Farmhouse" (1971)
Fritz Weaver in "A Question of Fear" (1971)
Helmut Dantine in "The Devil Is Not Mocked" (1971)
Susan Strasberg in "Midnight Never Ends" (1971)
Glenn Corbett in "Brenda" (1971)
Arthur O'Connell and Zsa Zsa Gabor in "The Painted Mirror" (1971)
Dana Andrews in "The Different Ones" (1971)
Sandra Dee in "Tell David…" (1971)
Patrick Macnee and Brock Peters in "Logoda's Heads" (1971)
Elsa Lanchester and Cameron Mitchell in "Green Fingers" (1972)
Susan Oliver in "The Tune in Dan's Café" (1972)
Stuart Whitman in "Lindemann's Catch" (1972)
Kim Hunter in "The Late Mr. Peddington" (1972)
Norman Lloyd and Sondra Locke in "A Feast of Blood" (1972)
Harry Guardino (also Julie Adams, Ray Danton) in "The Miracle at Camafeo" (1972)
Jill Ireland in "The Ghost of Sorworth Place" (1972)
Steve Forrest and Buddy Ebsen in "The Waiting Room" (1972)
Carol Lynley in "Last Rites for a Dead Druid" (1972)
Cornel Wilde in "Deliveries in the Rear" (1972)
Geraldine Page in "Stop Killing Me" (1972)
Jack Albertson in "Dead Weight" (1972)
Lois Nettleton and Royal Dano (also John Saxon) in "I'll Never Leave You – Ever" (1972)
Joel Grey in "There Aren't Anymore MacBanes" (1972)
Barbara Steele and Richard Thomas in "The Sins of the Fathers" (1972)
Cloris Leachman in "You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore" (1972)
Laurence Harvey in "The Caterpillar" (1972)
Victor Buono in "Satisfaction Guaranteed" (1972)
Bill Bixby in "The Return of the Sorcerer" (1972)
James Farentino in "The Girl with the Hungry Eyes" (1972)
Mickey Rooney in "Rare Objects" (1972)
Sandra Dee in "Spectre in Tap-Shoes" (1972)
Harriet Nelson (along with Ozzie Nelson) in "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan" (1972)
Cesare Danova and Lindsay Wagner in "Smile, Please" (1972)
Burl Ives in "The Other Way Out" (1972)
Barbara Anderson in "Fright Night" (1972)
Burgess Meredith in "Finnegan's Flight" (1972)
Leonard Nimoy in ""She'll Be Company for You" (1972)
Gary Lockwood in "The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes" (1972)
Leif Erickson in "Something in the Woodwork" (1972)
Sally Field and Dean Stockwell in "Whisper" (1972)
Susan Strasberg in "The Doll of Death" (1972)
Dina Merrill in "Hatred unto Death" (1972)
Whew! That's a lot of guest stars. The fun part of those anthology series was seeing who the guest star would be. This one certainly had its share!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more! I think I missed a few too haha But this is as near to a complete list as I could muster. It is a lot. I love anthology shows and films-so fun to see all the guest stars! Thank you for stopping by! xox
DeleteI love Rod Serling and I'm a huge Twilight Zone fan, but I never really watched Night Gallery -- even the opening title sequence was too creepy for me (I'm a big ol' scaredy cat from way back.). I've only seen one episode that I know of -- the one with Patty Duke, and that was only within the last few months! I enjoyed looking at all of the stars who appeared on the show, though -- who knew? I hope to screw my courage to the sticking place and check out the episodes with Godfrey Cambridge, Joan Crawford, Edward G. Robinson, Carl Reiner and Mickey Rooney. Wish me luck -- and thank you for participating in the blogathon!
ReplyDeleteThank you for having me Karen! I had so much fun putting this together. There were so many stars I didn't realize it would be a massive undertaking haha I'm a big TZ fan too! I hope you enjoy Night Gallery. Its different but really good!! xox
DeleteThese shows also featured actors who would soon become much better known, like Randolph Mantooth (in the foreground) in "Class of '99" (Brandon DeWilde made one of his last tv appearances in the same episode.), and Larry Linville, soon to be on MASH, in "The Academy".
ReplyDeleteDesi Arnaz, Jr. (in the foreground with E.G. Marshall in "Death in the Family") was playing a 22-year-old when he was just 18.
Norman Lloyd in his long life never appeared on TWILIGHT ZONE, maybe because he was too busy those years producing and at least once acting on Hitchcock's various shows.
YES! So very spot on! I noticed them too. I love all of that-don't you? Thank you for stopping by! xox
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