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To Serve Man
Season 3, Episode 24
Apparently altruistic aliens arrive and abolish all adversity. Key word: apparently. Kanamit: Richard Kiel ("Jaws" of the James Bond films). Chambers: Lloyd Bochner. Pat: Susan Cummings. Gregori: Theodore Marcuse. Secretary General: Hardie Albright. Reporter No. 1: Will J. White.
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1962
English
Sci-fi
Anthology
Suspense/thriller
Cult Classic
Cast & Crew
Lloyd Bochner
(Actor)
.. Michael Chambers
Susan Cummings
(Actor)
.. Pat
Richard Kiel
(Actor)
.. Kanamit
Theo Marcuse
(Actor)
.. Citizen Gregori
Hardie Albright
(Actor)
.. Secretary General
Will J. White
(Actor)
.. Reporter No. 1
Theodore Marcuse
(Actor)
.. Citizen Gregori
Gene Benton
(Actor)
.. Reporter No. 2
Bartlett Robinson
(Actor)
.. Colonel No. 1
Carleton Young
(Actor)
.. Colonel No. 2
Robert Tafur
(Actor)
.. Senor Valdes
Lomax Study
(Actor)
.. M. Leveque
Nelson Olmsted
(Actor)
.. Scientist
Nelson Olmstead
(Actor)
.. Scientist
Charles Tannen
(Actor)
.. Man No. 1
James L. Wellman
(Actor)
.. Man No. 2
James Wellman
(Actor)
.. Man #2
Adrienne Marden
(Actor)
.. Woman No. 1
Jeanne Evans
(Actor)
.. Woman No. 2
Joseph Ruskin
(Actor)
More Information
Did You Know..
Lloyd Bochner
(Actor)
.. Michael Chambers
Born:
July 29, 1924
Died: October 29, 2005
Died: October 29, 2005
Trivia:
After racking up impressive stage credits in Canada and the U.S., actor Lloyd Bochner familiarized himself with American televiewers in the supporting role of Captain Nicholas Lacey in the prime-time TV serial One Man's Family (1952). Dozens of guest-star assignments later, Bochner again showed up on a weekly basis as police chief Neil Campbell in Hong Kong (1960). His later TV series stints included The Richard Boone Show (1963, as a member of Boone's "repertory company"), and Dynasty (1981-1982 season, as Cecil Colby). In films from 1963's Drums of Africa, Bochner has been seen in such characterizations as Marc Peters in the Carol Lynley version of Harlow (1965) and Dr. Cory in The Dunwich Horror (1969). By far, Bochner's most memorable assignment was the 1962 Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man," as the scientist who learns all too late that "It's a cookbook!"; nearly 30 years later, he parodied this deathless moment in Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991). Lloyd Bochner is the father of Emmy-winning actor Hart Bochner.
Susan Cummings
(Actor)
.. Pat
Richard Kiel
(Actor)
.. Kanamit
Born:
September 13, 1939
Died: September 10, 2014
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Died: September 10, 2014
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States
Trivia:
We shouldn't say it, but...at nearly seven foot two, American actor Richard Kiel was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood. Making the cast-call rounds while working as a nightclub bouncer, Kiel began picking up bit roles in the early '60s. He was the misleadingly altruistic alien in the classic 1962 Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man" (you'll remember that climactic line "It's a cookbook!") and was less prestigiously starred in that masterpiece of bad cinema, Eegah! (1962). Ambling through a series a tough-lug and town-bully roles, Kiel attained full stardom as the menacing, steel-dentured Jaws in the the 1977 James Bond flick The Spy Who Loved Me. So well-received was this appearance that the scriptwriters contrived to bring Jaws back from the dead in the next Bondfest, Moonraker (1979), wherein Kiel becomes a good guy before the end and even gets a girlfriend. In 1992, Richard Kiel turned producer/director (in addition to starring) with the appropriately titled The Giant of Thunder Mountain, a "four waller" which was released on a city-by-city basis. He played a memorable role in Happy Gilmore (1996), playing a fan of the title golfer and voiced a thug in Disney's animated film Tangled (2010). Kiel died in 2014, just days before his 74th birthday.
Theo Marcuse
(Actor)
.. Citizen Gregori
Born:
January 01, 1919
Died: January 01, 1967
Died: January 01, 1967
Hardie Albright
(Actor)
.. Secretary General
Born:
December 16, 1903
Died: December 07, 1975
Died: December 07, 1975
Trivia:
Born to a family of vaudevillians, Hardie Albright studied drama at Carnegie Tech and took classes at the Art Institute of Chicago before embarking upon his adult theatrical career. He made his New York debut with Eva Le Gallienne's company in 1926, and his motion picture bow in 1931. Though typed as a virile, athletic leading man, there was always the air of dishonesty surrounding Albright's performances; as such, he was better off playing unsympathetic roles. Since one of his trademarks was a fixed, insincere grin, it is altogether appropriate that his last Hollywood role was as the double-crossing "Smiley" in Angel on My Shoulder (1946). His final film appearance was in exploitation producer Kroger Babb's notorious Mom and Dad, a 1949 quickie about sex education. In his last years, Hardie Albright wrote several informative textbooks on the art of acting, and also taught drama classes at UCLA.
Will J. White
(Actor)
.. Reporter No. 1
Born:
May 09, 1925
Theodore Marcuse
(Actor)
.. Citizen Gregori
Born:
August 02, 1920
Gene Benton
(Actor)
.. Reporter No. 2
Bartlett Robinson
(Actor)
.. Colonel No. 1
Born:
January 01, 1912
Died: March 28, 1986
Died: March 28, 1986
Trivia:
Manhattan native Bartlett Robinson headed to Los Angeles in the mid-'30s for the express purpose of becoming a radio actor. He appeared in innumerable soap operas and anthologies, and starred as Erle Stanley Gardner's super-lawyer Perry Mason in a 1943 radio series. His stage credits on both coasts included Sweet River, Merchant of Yonkers, and Point of No Return. In films from 1956 to 1973, he was often cast as doctors and military officials. Bartlett Robinson's TV credits include the recurring roles of Willard Norton in Wendy and Me (1964) and Frank Campbell in Mona McCluskey (1965).
Carleton Young
(Actor)
.. Colonel No. 2
Born:
May 26, 1907
Died: July 11, 1971
Died: July 11, 1971
Trivia:
There was always something slightly sinister about American actor Carleton G. Young that prevented him from traditional leading man roles. Young always seemed to be hiding something, to be looking over his shoulder, or to be poised to head for the border; as such, he was perfectly cast in such roles as the youthful dope peddler in the 1936 camp classic Reefer Madness. Even when playing a relatively sympathetic role, Young appeared capable of going off the deep end at any minute, vide his performance in the 1937 serial Dick Tracy as Tracy's brainwashed younger brother. During the 1940s and 1950s, Young was quite active in radio, where he was allowed to play such heroic leading roles as Ellery Queen and the Count of Monte Cristo without his furtive facial expressions working against him. As he matured into a greying character actor, Young became a special favorite of director John Ford, appearing in several of Ford's films of the 1950s and 1960s. In 1962's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, it is Young, in the small role of a reporter, who utters the unforgettable valediction "This is the west, sir. When the legend becomes fact...print the legend." Carleton G. Young was the father of actor Tony Young, who starred in the short-lived 1961 TV Western Gunslinger.
Robert Tafur
(Actor)
.. Senor Valdes
Lomax Study
(Actor)
.. M. Leveque
Born:
September 11, 1914
Nelson Olmsted
(Actor)
.. Scientist
Born:
January 28, 1914
Nelson Olmstead
(Actor)
.. Scientist
Charles Tannen
(Actor)
.. Man No. 1
Born:
January 01, 1915
Died: December 28, 1980
Died: December 28, 1980
Trivia:
The son of vaudeville monologist Julius Tannen, Charles Tannen launched his own film career in 1936. For the rest of his movie "life," Tannen was most closely associated with 20th Century Fox, playing minor roles in films both large (John Ford's The Grapes of Wrath) and not so large (Laurel and Hardy's Great Guns). Rarely receiving screen credit, Tannen continued playing utility roles well into the 1960s, showing up in such Fox productions as The Fly (1958) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961). Charles Tannen's older brother, William, was also an active film performer during this period.
James L. Wellman
(Actor)
.. Man No. 2
James Wellman
(Actor)
.. Man #2
Adrienne Marden
(Actor)
.. Woman No. 1
Born:
January 01, 1908
Died: January 01, 1978
Died: January 01, 1978
Jeanne Evans
(Actor)
.. Woman No. 2
Joseph Ruskin
(Actor)
Born:
April 14, 1924
Died: December 28, 2013
Died: December 28, 2013
