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The Chameleon (The Outer Limits)
"The Chameleon" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on 27 April 1964, during the first season. Opening narration "''The race of Man is known for its mutability. We can change our moods, our faces, our lives to suit whatever situation confronts us. Adapt and survive. Even among the most changeable of living things, Man is quicksilver-more chameleon-like than the chameleon, determined to survive, no matter what the cost to others... or to himself.''" Plot A flying saucer has landed in a remote part of the United States and wiped out a military patrol sent to investigate. Falsely believing that the saucer contains nuclear material, the authorities decide on a wild scheme: they recruit Louis Mace, a disaffected CIA The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with ... [...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] |
Howard Caine
Howard Caine (born Howard Cohen; January 2, 1926 – December 28, 1993) was an American character actor, probably best known as Gestapo Major Wolfgang Hochstetter in the television series '' Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–71). He also played Lewis Morris of New York in the musical film ''1776'' and Everett Scovill, a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek, in the television movie '' Helter Skelter''. Early life Howard Caine was born on January 2, 1926, in Nashville, Tennessee into a Jewish family. At the age of 13 Cohen moved with his family to New York City, where he began studying acting. Learning to suppress his Southern accent, he went on to become a master of 32 foreign and American dialects. Caine served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1944 to 1946, fighting the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, Caine studied drama at Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude. Career Caine appeared on Broa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outer Limits (1963 TV Series) Season 1 Episodes
''The Outer Limits'' or ''Outer Limits'' may refer to: Television * ''The Outer Limits'' (1963 TV series), a black-and-white science fiction series that aired from 1963 to 1965 * ''The Outer Limits'' (1995 TV series), a revival of the older series that aired from 1995 to 2002 Music *Outer Limits (band), a Japanese progressive rock band *The Outer Limits (band), 1960s English band * ''The Outer Limits'' (album), a 1993 Voivod album *''Outerlimits'' (album), a 1989 Show-Ya album *"Outer Limits" (song), the original title of the 1963 surf rock instrumental "Out of Limits" by The Marketts Other uses * The Outer Limits: Flight of Fear, former name of an enclosed launched roller coaster built at two Cedar Fair parks *The Outer Limits (double act), featuring Nigel Planer and Peter Richardson, later members of The Comic Strip See also * * Outer * Out (other) * Limit (other) Limit or Limits may refer to: Arts and media * ''Limit'' (manga), a manga by Keiko Sueno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Johnson (actor)
Robert Cleveland Johnson (May 4, 1920 – December 31, 1993) was an American actor and voice actor who played supporting roles on series television and in films from the late 1950s until a few years before his death. Johnson is probably best known as the "voice behind the scenes", who gave Special Agents Dan Briggs and Jim Phelps their recorded mission briefings on both incarnations of the '' Mission: Impossible'' television series. The "Voice" was never identified by name, title or position, and was only heard in recordings, but nevertheless became one of the most iconic features of the show. Prior to his work on '' Mission: Impossible'', Johnson frequently provided the voices of numerous alien creatures on '' The Outer Limits''. He was uncredited for all, except for his work as the alien "Senator" in the episode " Fun And Games". He may have been involved in English-language dubbing on lesser-known Spaghetti Westerns. Johnson was born in Portland, Oregon, and died at the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vic Perrin
Victor Herbert Perrin (April 26, 1916 – July 4, 1989)Cox, Jim (2007). ''Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples Who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s--A Biographical Dictionary.'' Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., p. 228: . was an American radio, film, and television actor, perhaps best remembered for providing the "Control Voice" in the original version of the television series '' The Outer Limits'' (1963–1965). He was also a radio scriptwriter as well as a narrator in feature films and for special entertainment and educational projects, such as the original Spaceship Earth and Universe of Energy rides at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Early years Perrin was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, the elder of two sons of Kathryn (née Mittlesteadt) and Milton A. Perrin, who was a traveling salesman. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Jensen
Roy C. Jensen (August 7, 1909 – March 6, 2011) was an American farmer and politician. Born in Willmar, Minnesota, Jensen owned a dairy farm near Priam, Minnesota. He was also president of a cooperative telephone company. Jensen also served on the school and township boards. He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1951 until 1954 and was a Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains .... He died in Willmar, Minnesota. Notes 1909 births 2011 deaths People from Willmar, Minnesota Businesspeople from Minnesota American centenarians Men centenarians American Lutherans Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century Lutherans {{Minnesota-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William O'Connell (actor)
William L. O'Connell Jr. (born August 20, 1933) is an American film and television actor. Biography O'Connell was born in Richmond, Virginia, on August 20, 1933. O'Connell worked often with Clint Eastwood, with whom he first appeared in the 1969 musical '' Paint Your Wagon''. In 1972, O'Connell was cast as a nervous barber in Eastwood's second directorial effort, ''High Plains Drifter'', released the following year. In 1976, O'Connell appeared as ferryman Sim Carstairs in ''The Outlaw Josey Wales'', also directed by Eastwood. O'Connell's other roles include portrayals in ''Every Which Way But Loose'' and its sequel ''Any Which Way You Can'', where he played a member of a comically inept biker gang constantly being outmatched by Eastwood. In addition to his film career, O'Connell was very active on TV throughout the 1960s and '70s, appearing in about 50 different roles on such series such as ''Star Trek'', '' Rawhide'', ''Petticoat Junction'', and ''Quincy, M.E.'' Selected filmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Brandon (actor)
Henry Brandon (born Heinrich von Kleinbach; 8 June 1912 – 15 February 1990) was an American film and stage character actor with a career spanning almost 60 years, involving more than 100 films; he specialized in playing a wide diversity of ethnic roles. Early life Brandon was born in 1912 in Berlin, Germany, the son of Hildegard and Hugo R. von Kleinbach, a merchant. His parents emigrated to the United States while he was still an infant. After attending Stanford University, where he was a member of the ''Alpha Sigma Phi'' fraternity, he trained as a theatre actor at the Pasadena Community Playhouse and subsequently performed on Broadway, continuing to return to the stage periodically throughout his career. Film career He made his motion picture debut in 1932 as an uncredited spectator at the Colosseum in '' The Sign of the Cross''. In the Victorian-era stage melodrama ''The Drunkard'' — played for laughs in a popular local revival — Kleinbach appeared as the wizened o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Stefano
Joseph William Stefano (May 5, 1922 – August 25, 2006) was an American screenwriter, known for adapting Robert Bloch's novel as the script for Alfred Hitchcock's film '' Psycho'', and for being the producer and co-writer of the original ''The Outer Limits'' television series. Early years Stefano was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a father who was a tailor and a mother who made silk flowers. As a teenager, Stefano was so keen to become an actor that he dropped out of high school two weeks before graduation and traveled to New York City. In Manhattan he adopted the stage name Jerry Stevens. Stefano's initial career was as a composer of pop music in the 1940s, writing songs for Las Vegas showman Donn Arden. In possession of a large collection of sheet music, he once spent five hours challenging pianist Michael Feinstein on the titles of obscure Tin Pan Alley songs. Career as screenwriter, producer and director Stefano began writing movie scripts in the late 1950s, first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Saucer
A flying saucer (also referred to as "a flying disc") is a descriptive term for a type of flying craft having a disc or saucer-shaped body, commonly used generically to refer to an anomalous flying object. The term was coined in 1947 but has generally been supplanted since 1952 by the United States Air Force term unidentified flying objects (or UFOs for short). Early reported sightings of unknown "flying saucers" usually described them as silver or metallic, sometimes reported as covered with navigation lights or surrounded with a glowing light, hovering or moving rapidly, either alone or in tight formations with other similar craft, and exhibiting high maneuverability. History Disc-shaped flying objects have been interpreted as being sporadically recorded since the Middle Ages. On January 25, 1878, the '' Denison Daily News'' printed an article in which John Martin, a local farmer, had reported seeing a large, dark, circular object resembling a balloon flying "at wonderful sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Forms Of Things Unknown
"The Forms of Things Unknown" is an episode of the original '' The Outer Limits'' television show. It first aired on May 4, 1964, and was the final episode of the first season. It was filmed in a dual format as both a regular episode of ''The Outer Limits'' and as a pilot episode for a possible series called ''The Unknown''. The opening and closing narration listed here are only in ''The Unknown'' version and not in the broadcast ''The Outer Limits'' episode. There are plot differences between the two versions as well. Opening narration (used for ''The Unknown'' pilot) ''There is a fear that is unlike all other fears. It has a special, clammy chill, a deadly gift for inspiring deeper, darker dread. It is the fear of unentered rooms, of bends in lonely roads. It is the fear of the phone call in the middle of the night, of the stranger you recognize, perhaps from a nightmare. It is the fear of the unexpected, the unfamiliar. It is the fear of... THE UNKNOWN.'' Plot The plot involv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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