# Most common "Twilight Zone" appearances **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192 "2000-06-22T15:09:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/1 "2000-06-22T15:09:41Z")
OK, now, _without cheating_, what actor appeared in the most original “Twilight Zone” episodes? I think I know the answer, but I’d be interested if there are any “Zoners” that already know for a fact. (PS Rod Serling doesn’t count, and it’s not any other type of trick question, either.) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/2 "2000-06-22T15:15:45Z")
Do they have to be famous? Can we get away with “Snorky Maverick, Rod Serling’s alcoholic brother-in-law, appeared in crowd scenes in seventeen separate episodes for ten dollars and all the beer he could drink” ? Burgess Meredith, a certified famous actor, starred in at least two: “Time Enough at Last” and “Mr. Dingle, the Strong.” I’m not sure if anyone else played the lead role in more than one episode. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/3 "2000-06-22T15:17:10Z")
Dammit, I know what the guy looked like . . . Isn’t his name “Casey” something? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/4 "2000-06-22T15:21:22Z")
I’ll just say that the one I have in mind was never a top biller, but an actor with a very long career in supporting and bit parts. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/5 "2000-06-22T15:24:21Z")
Wait! THREE! Meredith had the lead role in at least THREE! He was in “Printer’s Devil,” too! Played the Devil hisself. {No, I didn’t cheat. I’ve had a copy of THE TWILIGHT ZONE COMPANION for over fifteen years, and the still from that episode just popped ino my head.} ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/6 "2000-06-22T15:47:34Z")
Burgess Meredith: “Time Enough at Last” “Mr Dingle, the Strong” “The Obsolete Man” “Printer’s Devil” Jack Klugman: (The one where he played the trumpet) “In Praise of Pip” “A Game of Pool” (The one where he’s with some other astronauts in a space ship) They, I think, are tied for the most _lead_ roles in TZ. But another actor appeared in SIX. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/7 "2000-06-22T16:01:37Z")
“But another actor appeared in SIX.” –It’s that Casey guy, right? I KNOW it’s that Casey guy . . . ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/8 "2000-06-22T16:07:44Z")
I can think of two TZ “Caseys:” One is the baseball story with the robot player. I think Jack Warden or James Whitmore might be in that one. Then there’s Casey Adams, more commonly known as Max Showalter, who appeared in “It’s a Good Life,” with the evil Billy Mumy. OK, here’s the giveaway: This actor was the voice of Col Hathi in “Jungle Book.” ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/9 "2000-06-22T16:13:31Z")
Casey Adams! THAT’S who I was thinking of! But I guess it’s not him, right? Darn. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/10 "2000-06-22T16:32:12Z")
Just the three of us, AGAIN, eh? I’ll make dip. Who’s got the pinochle deck? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/11 "2000-06-22T16:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > One is the baseball story with the robot player. I think Jack Warden or James Whitmore might be in that one. > > OK, here’s the giveaway: This actor was the voice of Col Hathi in “Jungle Book.” > \*\* Yeah, the baseball one was “The Mighty Casey.” And the Jack Klugman trumpet one was “A Passage for Trumpet,” but I don’t remember the spaceship episode. Hm. The voice of Col Hathi in JUNGLE BOOK. He was the elephant, right? With the thick British Raj officer accent? Double hm. C. Aubrey Smith was LONG dead by 1959…who else benefited from those plummy tones? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/12 "2000-06-22T16:45:24Z")
Not just three, but one lurker who could only think of two each Klugmans and Merediths and thought that Shatner was tied with them. I’ll leave the thread to thems what can answer it. ---
**Author:** ![lswote](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lswote/32/5737_2.png) [@lswote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lswote)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/13 "2000-06-22T16:50:29Z")
Any dip left? Pat O’Malley was in 7 episodes. They are: [ol][li]playing “Wilson” in episode: “Walking Distance” (episode # 1.5) 10/30/1959[/li][li]playing “Homburg” in episode: “Chaser, The” (episode # 1.31) 5/13/1960[/li][li]playing “Attendant” in episode: “Back There” (episode # 2.13) 1/13/1961[/li][li]playing “Mr. Llewellyn” in episode: “Static” (episode # 2.20) 3/10/1961[/li][li]playing “Old Ben” in episode: “Fugitive, The” (episode # 3.25) 3/9/1962[/li][li]playing “Old Man” in episode: “Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross, The” (episode # 5.16) 1/17/1964[/li]playing “Gooberman” in episode: “Mr. Garrity and the Graves” (episode # 5.32) 5/8/1964[/ol] ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/14 "2000-06-22T17:12:36Z")
No dip for you, you cheater. Now list the Snorky Maverick episodes, and stay offa the IMdB! Was Shatner in any episodes besides the “Gremlin on the Airplane Wing” one? ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/15 "2000-06-22T17:38:29Z")
“Submitted for your approval…” Shatner also played in the one where the newlyweds are in the little cafe and he becomes obsessed with the fortune telling maching sitting on the cafe’ table. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/16 "2000-06-22T18:27:46Z")
_ **Wanderer:** Pat O’Malley was in 7 episodes. They are: [ol][li]playing “Wilson” in episode: “Walking Distance” (episode # 1.5) 10/30/1959[/li][li]playing “Homburg” in episode: “Chaser, The” (episode # 1.31) 5/13/1960[/li][li]playing “Attendant” in episode: “Back There” (episode # 2.13) 1/13/1961[/li][li]playing “Mr. Llewellyn” in episode: “Static” (episode # 2.20) 3/10/1961[/li][li]playing “Old Ben” in episode: “Fugitive, The” (episode # 3.25) 3/9/1962[/li][li]playing “Old Man” in episode: “Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross, The” (episode # 5.16) 1/17/1964[/li][li]playing “Gooberman” in episode: “Mr. Garrity and the Graves” (episode # 5.32) 5/8/1964[/ol][/li]_ Not only did you get the same ones as I did, but in the same order. Excel spreadsheet sort? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2000, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/17 "2000-06-22T18:42:55Z")
“Wilson” in “Walking Distance” was played by Pat O’Malley, not J. Pat O’Malley. SIX. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/18 "2000-06-23T04:31:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > And the Jack Klugman trumpet one was “A Passage for Trumpet,” but I don’t remember the spaceship episode. > \*\* The spaceship one was an hour long episode, and the hour long episodes haven’t been shown on TV as often as the half hour ones. I believe it was called “Death Ship” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![lswote](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lswote/32/5737_2.png) [@lswote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lswote)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/19 "2000-06-23T05:05:34Z")
AWB > [@](#): > > **Not only did you get the same ones as I did, but in the same order. Excel spreadsheet sort? 😉** As Mjollnir pointed out, I “cheated” by using the IMdb and I just cut and pasted them in the order they were listed there. I don’t consider it cheating because finding info in the IMdb isn’t always that easy. I am a fan of both “The Twilight Zone” and “The Outer Limits”, but I remember few details, so I consider reference materials fair game. Mjollnir, if you are sure that Pat O’Malley was in “Walking Distance” instead of J. Pat O’Malley, you should tell the IMdb of their error. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2000, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-common-twilight-zone-appearances/23192/20 "2000-06-23T12:56:59Z")
Yep, “Wilson” in “Walking Distance,” IIRC, was the somnolent drug store owner, and was _not_ J Pat O’Malley, just plain ole Pat O’Malley.