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Corpus Earthling
"Corpus Earthling" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on 18 November 1963, during the first season. Opening narration Plot Intelligent, parasitic extraterrestrials that resemble Terran rocks, intent on enslaving the human race, find a hideout in geologist Dr. Jonas Temple's lab. Although undetected by ordinary humans, physician Dr. Paul Cameron, who has a surgically implanted metal plate in his skull, is able to "hear" the alien "rocks" communicate with each other. Aware that he can hear them (while referring to Paul as "the listener"), they realize he is a threat, and compel him to kill himself by jumping from the lab window. At the last moment he is saved when his wife, Laurie, Dr. Temple's assistant, returns to the lab, breaking the aliens' mind control. Thinking he is going insane, Paul takes an impulsive vacation to Mexico with Laurie to help clear his troubled mind. Dr. Temple, now controlled by one of the "rocks" after it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outer Limits (1963 TV Series)
''The Outer Limits'' is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from September 16, 1963, to January 16, 1965, at 7:30 PM Eastern Time on Mondays. It is often compared to ''The Twilight Zone'', but with a greater emphasis on science fiction stories (rather than stories of fantasy or the supernatural). It is an anthology of self-contained episodes, sometimes with plot twists at their ends. In 1997, the episode "The Zanti Misfits" was ranked #98 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time. It was revived in 1995, until its cancellation in 2002. In April 2019, a new revival was stated to be in development at a premium cable network. Overview Introduction Each show began with either a cold open or a preview clip, followed by a narration over visuals of an oscilloscope. Using an Orwellian theme of taking over your television, the earliest version of the narration was: A similar but shorter monologue caps each episode: Later episodes used one of two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerd Oswald
Gerd Oswald (June 9, 1919 – May 22, 1989) was a German director of American films and television. Biography Born in Berlin, Oswald was the son of German film director Richard Oswald and actress Käthe Oswald. He worked as a child actor before emigrating to the United States in 1938. Early production jobs at low-budget studios like Monogram Pictures prepared Oswald for a directorial career. Oswald's film credits include '' A Kiss Before Dying'' (1956), ''Valerie'' (1957), ''Crime of Passion'' (1957), '' Brainwashed'' (1960), and ''Bunny O'Hare'' (1971). His television credits include ''Perry Mason'', ''Blue Light'', '' Bonanza'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' The Fugitive'', '' Star Trek'', ''Gentle Ben'', '' It Takes a Thief'', '' Rawhide'', and ''The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)''. Fans of '' Mystery Science Theater 3000'' know Oswald as the director of the 1966 film '' Agent for H.A.R.M.'' He was an assistant director for 20 years, including on his father's film '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Hall
Conrad Lafcadio Hall, (June 21, 1926 – January 4, 2003) was a French Polynesian-born American cinematographer. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he was best known for photographing such films as ''In Cold Blood'', ''Cool Hand Luke'', ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'', '' American Beauty'', and ''Road to Perdition''. For his work he garnered a number of awards, including three Academy Awards and three BAFTA Awards. In 2003, Hall was judged to be one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey of the members of the International Cinematographers Guild. He has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Conrad L Hall was born on June 21, 1926 in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia. His father was James Norman Hall, an ace pilot and captain in the Lafayette Escadrille that fought for France in World War I. James also co-wrote the 1932 novel '' Mutiny on the Bounty.'' His mother was Sarah ("Lala") Winchester Hall, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Culp
Robert Martin Culp (August 16, 1930 – March 24, 2010) was an American actor widely known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on ''I Spy'' (1965–1968), the espionage television series in which co-star Bill Cosby and he played secret agents. Before this, he starred in the CBS/ Four Star Western series '' Trackdown'' as Texas Ranger Hoby Gilman in 71 episodes from 1957 to 1959. The 1980s brought him back to television as FBI Agent Bill Maxwell on ''The Greatest American Hero''. Later, he had a recurring role as Warren Whelan on ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. Culp gave hundreds of performances in a career spanning more than 50 years. Early life Culp was born on August 16, 1930, in either Oakland, California, or Berkeley, California. He was the only child of Crozier Cordell Culp, an attorney, and his wife, Bethel Martin Culp (née Collins). He graduated from Berkeley High School, where he was a pole vaulter and took se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salome Jens
Salome Jens (born May 8, 1935) is an American dancer and actress of stage, film and television. She is perhaps best known for portraying the Female Changeling on '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' in the 1990s. Early years Jens was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Salomea (née Szujewski) and Arnold John Jens, a farmer and builder. In July 1969, she remarked that "the only time I can imagine contemplating suicide would be if I was told that I had to go back and live in Milwaukee forever" a comment for which she later apologized. Jens majored in drama at Northwestern University, and she became a dance student of Martha Graham. In New York, she studied acting at HB Studio. Career Jens appeared in the role of the thief in the New York premiere production of Jean Genet's ''The Balcony''. She earned excellent reviews playing Josie in ''A Moon for the Misbegotten'' at New York's Circle in the Square Theatre in the late 1960s, and she appeared in ''Antony and Cleopatra'' with the Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Human Factor (1963 The Outer Limits)
"The Human Factor" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on 11 November 1963, during the first season. The title was re-used in 2002 for an episode with an unrelated plot. Opening narration Plot At a military outpost in Greenland, Project Engineer Maj. Brothers begins losing his grip on reality - while wrestling with guilt and remorse - after losing one of his soldiers in an icy crevasse. Mentally haunted by a spectre of the dead man, Brothers decides he must detonate an atomic device to obliterate the crevasse, along with any implicating evidence of self-imposed incompetence - and the outpost, as well - to purge himself of his emotional anguish. The outpost's psychiatrist, Dr. Hamilton, uses a revolutionary mind probe machine in an attempt to understand what is driving Brothers mad. During the experiment, Hamilton learns of the officer's plan to destroy the outpost as their minds join for a split second. When an unexpected earthq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare (1963 The Outer Limits)
"Nightmare" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on 2 December 1963, during the first season. Introduction A group of space troopers are psychologically tortured in an alien prisoner-of-war camp. Opening narration Plot In response to an unprovoked nuclear attack from the planet Ebon, a group of soldiers–representing Unified Earth–is sent to fight the enemy on their alien world. Captured en route to Ebon, the soldiers undergo physical and psychological torture and interrogation at the hands of the Ebonites, who possess the ability to control physical abilities and senses. The prisoners become suspicious of each other when their captors claim they have received cooperation in obtaining military secrets, which is further complicated by each one's past and ethnic origins, along with the unexpected appearance of high-ranking Earth officers among the hostile aliens. The earthmen are subjected to various interactive images ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meyer Dolinsky
Meyer Dolinsky (October 13, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois – February 29, 1984 in Los Angeles, California), aka Mike Dolinsky (sometimes credited as "Michael Adams" or "Mike Adams"), was an American screenwriter. Before transitioning to the screen, he wrote radio scripts. Books *'' Mind One'' (1972), Dell Books Dell Publishing Company, Inc. is an American publisher of books, magazines and comic books, that was founded in 1921 by George T. Delacorte Jr. with $10,000 (approx. $145,000 in 2021), two employees and one magazine title, ''I Confess'', and so ..., Radio Scripts Filmography Films Television References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolinsky, Meyer 1923 births 1984 deaths American male screenwriters Male actors from Chicago 20th-century American male actors Screenwriters from Illinois 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'', described Ellison as "the only living organism I know whose natural habitat is hot water." His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known works include the 1967 '' Star Trek'' episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" (he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original screenplay), his ''A Boy and His Dog'' cycle, and his short stories " I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and " 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". He was also editor and anthologist for '' Dangerous Visions'' (1967) and '' Again, Dangerous Visions'' (1972). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John F
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Atwater
Garrett "Barry" Atwater (May 16, 1918 – May 24, 1978) was an American character actor who appeared frequently on television from the 1950s into the 1970s. He was sometimes credited as G.B. Atwater. Life and career The son of the landscape painter of the same name, Garrett Atwater was born in Denver, Colorado. He served as head of the UCLA Sound Department before he began his acting career. He appeared in the student film '' A Time Out of War'', a Civil War allegory that won the Oscar as best short film of 1954. He was awarded a Special Cinema Award for television work in 1958. Atwater, a character actor, received positive notice in ''Variety'' for his role in ''The Hard Man'' (1957), ''The True Story of Jesse James'' (1957), ''The True Story of Lynn Stuart'' (1958), ''Vice Raid'' (1959), and '' As Young As We Are'' (1958). About his work in the television show ''Judd for the Defense'', ''Variety'' wrote, "Barry Atwater succeeded in bringing some life and a peculiar beli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Renard
Ken Renard (1905-1993) was an actor in the United States. He had roles in '' Strange Fruit'' on stage in 1945, the film ''True Grit'' (1969) and the television series ''Robert Montgomery Presents'' (1950–1957). He was born on November 19, 1905 in Port of Spain, Trinidad as Kenneth Fitzroy Renwick. He died on November 16, 1993 in Los Angeles County, California. He portrayed Toussaint Louverture in the film ''Lydia Bailey''. He appeared on the television show '' The Name of the Game'' (1968). Filmography Film *''Sugar Hill Baby'' (1932? 1938?) *''Murder with Music'' (1941) as Bill Smith, using parts of the film ''Mistaken Identity *'' Killer Diller'' (1948) as The Great Voodoo *''Lydia Bailey'' (1952) as Toussaint L'Ouverture (uncredited) *''Something of Value'' (1957) as Karanja, father of Kimani *''These Thousand Hills'' (1959) as Happy, the waiter (uncredited) *'' Home From the Hill'' (1960) as Chauncey (Hunnicutt butler) *''Papa's Delicate Condition'' (1963) as Walter *'' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
