The Twilight Zone: The Masks
12:35 am - 01:05 am, Thursday, October 30 on WZME MeTV (43.3)
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The Masks
Season 5, Episode 25
Ida Lupino directed this gripping tale of a dying millionaire who makes his heirs wear masks reflecting their inner natures. Foster: Robert Keith. Wilfred: Milton Selzer. Emily: Virginia Gregg. Paula: Brooke Hayward. Wilfred Jr.: Alan Sues. Doctor: Willis Bouchey. Butler: Bill Walker.
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1964
English
Sci-fi
Anthology
Suspense/thriller
Cult Classic
Cast & Crew
Milton Selzer
(Actor)
.. Wilfred Harper
Virginia Gregg
(Actor)
.. Emily Harper
Brooke Hayward
(Actor)
.. Paula Harper
Alan Sues
(Actor)
.. Wilfred Jr.
Willis Bouchey
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Willis B. Bouchey
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Bill Walker
(Actor)
.. Butler
Robert Keith
(Actor)
.. Jason Foster
More Information
Did You Know..
Milton Selzer
(Actor)
.. Wilfred Harper
Born:
October 25, 1918
Died: October 21, 2006
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts
Died: October 21, 2006
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts
Trivia:
American character actor Milton Selzer trafficked in bookish types, sometimes with an undercurrent of menace. An ineluctable TV presence, Selzer guest-starred on virtually every major program of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was a regular on Needles and Pins (1973) and The Famous Teddy Z (1989, second-billed as showbiz agent Abe Werkfinder); and on the popular spy spoof Get Smart (1965-70), he was brilliantly cast as a nervous special-weapons expert, who suffered a mild coronary every time dunderheaded Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) inadvertently destroyed Selzer's latest inventions. In films from 1959, Milton Selzer was given ample opportunity to shine as a sharkish movie mogul in Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) and as Nancy Spungen's grandfather in Sid and Nancy (1986).
Virginia Gregg
(Actor)
.. Emily Harper
Born:
March 06, 1917
Died: September 15, 1986
Died: September 15, 1986
Trivia:
Trained as a musician, Virginia Gregg drew her first professional paychecks with the Pasadena Symphony. Gregg was sidetracked into radio in the 1940s, playing acting roles in an abundance of important California-based network programs. Her extensive radio credits include Gunsmoke, Suspense, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Richard Diamond. Her first film was 1946's Notorious, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, who last cast Gregg as the voice of "Mother" in his classic chiller Psycho (1960). Virginia Gregg was most closely associated with the output of actor/producer/director Jack Webb: she co-starred in both of Webb's film versions of his popular radio and TV series Dragnet, and guest-starred in virtually every other episode of the 1967-70 Dragnet TV revival.
Brooke Hayward
(Actor)
.. Paula Harper
Born:
July 05, 1937
Trivia:
Brooke Hayward played leading roles in a few films during the early 1960s. She also worked on stage, but she is best known for writing Haywire, an acclaimed biography of her mother Margaret Sullavan.
Alan Sues
(Actor)
.. Wilfred Jr.
Born:
March 07, 1926
Died: December 01, 2011
Died: December 01, 2011
Willis Bouchey
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Born:
May 24, 1907
Willis B. Bouchey
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Born:
January 01, 1895
Died: August 26, 1977
Died: August 26, 1977
Trivia:
Authoritative, sandy-haired character actor Willis Bouchey abandoned a busy Broadway career in 1951 to try his luck in films. Bouchey's striking resemblance to Dwight D. Eisenhower enabled him to play roles calling for quick decisiveness and unquestioned leadership; he even showed up as the President of the United States in 1952's Red Planet Mars, one year before the "real" Ike ascended to that office. The actor's many judge, executive, military, and town-marshal characterizations could also convey weakness and vacillation, but for the most part there was no question who was in charge when Bouchey was on the scene. A loyal and steadfast member of the John Ford stock company, Willis Bouchey was seen in such Ford productions as The Long Gray Line (1955), The Last Hurrah (1958), Sergeant Rutledge (1960), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and Cheyenne Autumn (1962).
Bill Walker
(Actor)
.. Butler
Born:
January 01, 1896
Died: January 17, 1992
Died: January 17, 1992
Trivia:
In recalling his courtroom scene in To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck recalled the vital contribution of African American actor Bill Walker, who was cast as the Reverend Sikes. "All the black people in the balcony stood," Peck noted. "My two kids didn't. When Bill said to them 'Stand up, children, your father is passing,' he wrapped up the Academy Award for me." The son of a freed slave, Walker began his stage career at a time when black actors were largely confined to shuffling, eye-rolling "Yowzah boss" bit parts. While the harsh economic realities of show business dictated that Walker would occasionally have to take less than prestigious roles as butlers, cooks, valets, and African tribal chieftains, he lobbied long and hard to assure that other actors of his race would be permitted to portray characters with more than a modicum of dignity. He also was a tireless worker in the field of Civil Rights, frequently laying both his career and his life on the line. Walker's Broadway credits included Harlem, The Solid South and Golden Dawn; his film credits were legion. Bill Walker was married to actress Peggy Cartwright, who as a child was one of the stars of the Our Gang silent comedies.
Robert Keith
(Actor)
.. Jason Foster
Born:
February 10, 1898
