Alfred Hitchcock Presents - "Backward, Turn Backward" - 01:05 am Tuesday, June 30 on WJLP MeTV

Tom Tully (Actor) .. Phil Canby

Born: August 21, 1908
Died: April 21, 1982

Trivia: Unable to meet the exacting academic requirements of the Naval Academy, Colorado-born Tom Tully entered the service branch of his choice as a common seaman. Following this, Tully worked as a junior reporter for the Denver Post. He decided to become a radio actor simply because the money was better. After several theatrical flops, Tully managed to hitch himself to a success with Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness. In 1944, he arrived in Hollywood to appear in I'll Be Seeing You. Among his many tough-but-tender screen characterizations was the role of the first commander of the "Caine" in 1954's The Caine Mutiny, a performance which earned Tully an Oscar nomination. From 1954 through 1960, Tom Tully essayed the role of Inspector Matt Grebb on the TV detective series Lineup (aka San Francisco Beat).

Phyllis Love (Actor) .. Sue

Born: December 21, 1925
Died: October 30, 2011

Alan Baxter (Actor) .. Willett

Born: November 19, 1908
Died: May 08, 1976

Trivia: An alumnus of the Yale School of Drama, Alan Baxter came to films in 1935 after three seasons' stage work. Though occasionally cast in a leading role, Baxter was more convincing as a character actor, usually playing roles with sinister undertones. Hitchcock devotees will remember Baxter as the bespectacled, implicitly homosexual Nazi spy in the Hoover Dam sequences of Saboteur (1942). Alan Baxter continued accepting supporting roles into the 1970s, often portraying big-time gangsters or disreputable politicians.

Raymond Bailey (Actor) .. Harris

Born: May 06, 1904
Died: April 15, 1980

Trivia: Born into a poor San Francisco family, Raymond Bailey dropped out of school in the 10th grade to help make ends meet. He took on a variety of short-term jobs before escaping his lot by hopping a freight to New York. He tried in vain to find work as an actor, eventually signing on as a mess boy on a freighter. While docked in Honolulu, Bailey once more gave acting a try, and also sang on a local radio station. In Hollywood from 1932 on, Bailey took any nickel-and-dime job that was remotely connected to show business, but when World War II began, he once more headed out to sea, this time with the Merchant Marine. Only after the war was Bailey able to make a living as a character actor on stage and in TV and films. In 1962, he was cast as covetous bank president Milburn Drysdale on The Beverly Hillbillies, a role that made him a household name and one which he played for nine seasons (ironically, he'd once briefly worked in a bank during his teen years). After the show was cancelled in 1971, Bailey dropped out of sight and became somewhat of a recluse.

Paul Maxwell (Actor) .. Saul

Born: November 12, 1921
Died: December 19, 1991
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Trivia: Supporting actor, onscreen from the '60s.

Rebecca Welles (Actor) .. Betty

Born: February 05, 1928

Peggy Converse (Actor) .. Mrs. Lyons

Born: April 03, 1905
Died: March 02, 2001

David Carlile (Actor)

Selmar Jackson (Actor)

Born: May 07, 1888
Died: March 30, 1971

Trivia: American actor Selmer Jackson first stepped before the cameras in the 1921 silent film Supreme Passion. Silver-haired and silver-tongued, Jackson so closely resembled such dignified character players as Samuel S. Hinds and Henry O'Neill that at times it was hard to tell which actor was which -- especially when (as often happened at Warner Bros. in the 1930s) all three showed up in the same picture. During World War II, Jackson spent most of his time in uniform as naval and military officers, usually spouting declarations like "Well, men...this is it!" Selmer Jackson's final film appearance was still another uniformed role in 1960's The Gallant Hours.

Mark Ericksen (Actor)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Backward, Turn Backward

01:05 am - 01:35 am, Tuesday, June 30 on WJLP MeTV (33.1)

Backward, Turn Backward

Season 5, Episode 18