The Twilight Zone: Execution
12:35 am - 01:05 am, Friday, December 12 on WJLP MeTV (33.1)
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Execution
Season 1, Episode 26
An outlaw (Albert Salmi) with a noose around his neck is snatched away by a 20th-century time machine. "Gilligan's Island" "Professor" Russell Johnson plays the machine inventor. Johnson: Than Wyenn. Judge: Fay Roope. Written by Rod Serling.
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1960
English
HD Level Unknown
Stereo
Sci-fi
Anthology
Suspense/thriller
Cult Classic
Cast & Crew
Russell Johnson
(Actor)
.. Manion
Than Wyenn
(Actor)
.. Johnson
Fay Roope
(Actor)
.. Judge
Albert Salmi
(Actor)
.. Joe Caswell
Jon Lormer
(Actor)
.. Reverend
George Mitchell
(Actor)
.. Elderly Man
Richard Karlan
(Actor)
.. Bartender
Joe Haworth
(Actor)
.. Cowboy
More Information
Did You Know..
Russell Johnson
(Actor)
.. Manion
Born:
November 10, 1924
Died: January 16, 2014
Birthplace: Ashley, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: January 16, 2014
Birthplace: Ashley, Pennsylvania, United States
Trivia:
Having served as a bombardier in World War II, Russell Johnson used the GI Bill to finance his studies at the Actor's Lab. Between performing assignments, Johnson supported himself by driving a cab and working the assembly line at a ballpoint pen factory. His first movie break (indeed, his first movie) was in director Paul Henreid's For Men Only (1952), an exposé of barbaric college-fraternity initiation ceremonies; Johnson was suitably loathsome as the sadistic frat leader who is exposed as a snivelling coward in the climax. The balance of the 1950s found Johnson appearing in several fondly remembered science fiction efforts like It Came From Outer Space (1953), This Island Earth (1955), Attack of the Crab Monsters (1956) and The Space Children (1958). He carried over this relationship with the Unreal into his classic performance as an anguished time-traveller desperately attempting to prevent Lincoln's assassination in the 1961 Twilight Zone installment Back There. In 1964, Russell Johnson took his first steps into TV sitcom immortality when he assumed the role of "The Professor" (aka Roy Hinkley) in Gilligan's Island, a role that he'd continued to essay on and off for the next two decades in Gilligan cartoons and TV-movie spin-offs. Johnson worked in television through the 1980s and early '90s before retiring from acting; he died in 2014 at age 89.
Than Wyenn
(Actor)
.. Johnson
Born:
May 02, 1919
Fay Roope
(Actor)
.. Judge
Born:
January 01, 1892
Died: January 01, 1961
Died: January 01, 1961
Albert Salmi
(Actor)
.. Joe Caswell
Born:
March 11, 1928
Died: April 22, 1990
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Died: April 22, 1990
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Trivia:
After serving in World War Two he began acting, training at the Dramatic Workshop of the American Theater Wing and at the Actors Studio. He performed off-Broadway and in live TV drama; in 1955 he appeared to much acclaim in Broadway's Bus Stop. He began appearing in films in 1958, going on to a sporadic but intermittently busy screen career; he often played cowpokes and "good ol' boys." Meanwhile, most of his work was done on TV. From 1956-63 he was married to actress Peggy Ann Garner. In 1990 he was found dead next to the body of his estranged wife; a police investigation suggested that he had killed his wife and then himself.
Jon Lormer
(Actor)
.. Reverend
Born:
January 01, 1905
Died: January 01, 1986
Died: January 01, 1986
Trivia:
Actor Jon Lormer appeared in several films from the late '50s through the mid-'80s. He was also a teacher and director at the American Theater Wing in New York. Lormer guest starred in many television series and made-for-TV movies.
George Mitchell
(Actor)
.. Elderly Man
Born:
January 01, 1904
Died: January 01, 1972
Died: January 01, 1972
Richard Karlan
(Actor)
.. Bartender
Born:
April 24, 1919
Died: September 10, 2004
Died: September 10, 2004
Joe Haworth
(Actor)
.. Cowboy
Born:
October 21, 1914
