# Actors who got their "start" on Twilight Zone **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058 "2012-01-01T17:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/41 "2012-01-03T18:27:41Z")
^ He was in four. The two episodes that you didn’t mention are _Printer’s Devil_ and _The Obsolete Man_. The episode you’re calling _All the Time in the World_ was actually titled _Time Enough at Last_. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/42 "2012-01-03T18:53:51Z")
Veronica Cartwright was in “I Sing the Body Electric.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/43 "2012-01-03T19:00:12Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Agnes Moorehead (Endora from Bewitched) is in that episode where she’s being attacked by “miniature” robots and spacecraft. Yes, but she didn’t get her start on that show. She was in _Citizen Kane_ and _The Magnificent Ambersons_ in the early 40s. Having a major role in an Orson Welles movie disqualifies one from newbie status. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/44 "2012-01-03T19:39:13Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Agnes Moorehead (Endora from Bewitched) is in that episode where she’s being attacked by “miniature” robots and spacecraft. > [@tdn](#): > > Yes, but she didn’t get her start on that show. She was in _Citizen Kane_ and _The Magnificent Ambersons_ in the early 40s. Having a major role in an Orson Welles movie disqualifies one from newbie status. she was a well established radio actor starting in the 30s. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/45 "2012-01-03T19:47:12Z")
Huh, the only one I could think of hasn’t been mentioned yet: pre-“Andy Griffith” Ron Howard. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/46 "2012-01-03T21:28:33Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Oh, I remember that one! I was watching and thought “I _know_ who that guy is. Who _is_ it?” It’s the only thing other than Dukes that I’ve seen him in. One of these days try _Shock Corridor_. Heck of a little movie. Surprised no one has mentioned Peter Falk. Granted, he’d been nominated for two academy awards by then, so I guess his TZ role was hardly a “start.” ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/47 "2012-01-03T23:30:30Z")
Saw one on Syfy’s recent marathon with a pre-Beverly Hillbillies Buddy Ebson playing a telekinetic helping his boss cheat at gambling. I don’t know if I’d have ever figured out who he was if I hadn’t read the episode description. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/48 "2012-01-04T00:25:34Z")
Sure, a lot of actors that are well-known today had roles on the TZ, but that wasn’t unique to TZ. If you check out any series in the late 50’s/early 60’s that had a decent run you’ll find the same cadre of actors. Shatner was in Thriller, 77 Sunset Strip, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. This last Hitchcock series started before TZ and had a most distinguished cast, some of whom also appeared on TZ, but many who did not (like Steve McQueen and Robert Morse). You’ll find younger versions of Shatner, Coburn, and Bronson on AHP. Both TZ and AHP give you a look at some successful actors at a very early stage of their careers. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/49 "2012-01-04T01:52:02Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I saw a very young Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on an episode once. Actually, he was on twice - “The Grave”, and “The Resurrection of Jesse Myrtlebank”. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/50 "2012-01-04T01:56:53Z")
^ Three times. His third time was in the episode _Jess-Belle_. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/51 "2012-01-04T14:08:45Z")
The one that always stuck in my mind was Best Actor Academy Award winner to be Cliff Robertson when he did a very nice turn as an Old West father looking for help for his son in the 1950s. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/52 "2012-01-05T22:40:06Z")
> [@Greg\_Charles](#): > > Huh, the only one I could think of hasn’t been mentioned yet: pre-“Andy Griffith” Ron Howard. I was just congratulating myself today on spotting him in, I think, episode five of season one. He was only about five years old at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058/53 "2012-01-06T00:38:32Z")
No one has mentioned Suzanne Cupito yet. You might know her better by her stage name:Morgan Brittany [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-got-their-start-on-twilight-zone/608058.md?page=2)