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List Of Night Gallery Episodes
The horror fiction, horror anthology series ''Night Gallery'' began on December 16, 1970 (after the television pilot for the series was aired on November 8, 1969) and ended on May 27, 1973, with three seasons and 43 episodes. It was created by Rod Serling and broadcast on NBC. This list does not include the 25 episodes of ''The Sixth Sense (American TV series), The Sixth Sense'' which were edited into ''Night Gallery'' for syndication. Series overview Episodes Most episodes include multiple story segments. Pilot: 1969 Season 1: 1970–71 Season 1 episodes are approximately 60 minutes in length. Season 2: 1971–72 Season 2 episodes are approximately 60 minutes in length. Season 3: 1972–73 Season 3 changed to a 30-minute format. Previously, ''Night Gallery'' was a 60-minute program. Syndication-only segments These segments were produced for season 2 but were not aired during the original broadcast run. Unproduced scripts Throughout the run of the series, several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Horror Fiction
Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare an audience. Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks, or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing". Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Often the central menace of a work of horror fiction can be interpreted as a metaphor for larger fears of a society. History Before 1000 The horror genre has ancient origins, with roots in folklore and religious traditions focusing on death, the afterlife, evil, the demonic, and the principle of the thing embodied in the person. These manifested in stories of beings such as demons, witches, vampires, werewolves, and ghosts. Some early European horror-fiction were the Ancient Greeks and Ancie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Garry Goodrow
Garry Goodrow (November 4, 1933 – July 22, 2014) was an American actor known for his role in the original stage production of the Obie Award-winning play ''The Connection'' (1959) and its 1961 film version, and as one of the original members of The Committee improvisational group. In ''The Connection'', Goodrow played the young, intense, morose, would-be jazz musician Ernie, a heroin addict whose horn is more often than not at the pawn shop. Career The Malone, New York-born Goodrow was a member of the Living Theater and appeared in the stage and film productions of '' The Connection''. He was a founding member of San Francisco's satirical improvisational group The Committee (improv group) and went on to over 50 screen appearances, including film roles in ''Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice'' (1969), ''Gold'' (1972), '' Steelyard Blues'' (1973), '' Linda Lovelace for President '' (1975), '' Stay Hungry'' (1976), '' American Hot Wax'' (1978), '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Short Story
A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, Myth, mythic tales, Folklore genre, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables, and anecdotes in various ancient communities around the world. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century. Definition The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella, novella/short novel, authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. The short story is sometimes referred to as a genre. Determining what exactly defines a short story remains problematic. A classic definition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Michael Blodgett
Michael Blodgett (September 26, 1939 – November 14, 2007) was an American actor, novelist, and screenwriter. Of his many film and television appearances he is best known for his performance as gigolo Lance Rocke in Russ Meyer's 1970 cult classic ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls''. He retired from acting in the late 1970s and began a writing career. Early life and career Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Blodgett attended the University of Minnesota before moving to Los Angeles to act. Once in Los Angeles, he earned a degree in political science from Cal State Los Angeles and attended Loyola Law School for one year before turning his attention to acting. In the summer of 1967, Blodgett served as emcee of ''The Groovy Show'', a beach-party dance show for teens on Los Angeles's KHJ-TV. In 1968, Blodgett moved to KTTV, where he hosted a 90-minute Saturday night talk show, ''The Michael Blodgett Show''. After his role in ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' in 1970, Blodgett appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Louise Sorel
Louise Jacqueline Sorel ( Cohen; born August 6, 1940) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Vivian Alamain in ''Days of Our Lives'' from 1992 to 2000, 2009 to 2011, 2017 to 2018, 2020, 2023 & 2025. Augusta Lockridge on '' Santa Barbara'' from 1984 to 1991, and Emily Tanner on '' Beacon Hill'' since 2014. Early life Sorel was born Louise Jacqueline Cohen in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were Albert J. Cohen, a film producer, Jeanne ( Sorel), a concert pianist. Sorel is Jewish. Sorel received theatrical training at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York. She briefly attended the Institut Français, where she studied French. She began performing on stage when she was 15 years old. Career Sorel's early career was on the stage; she spent several years on Broadway, playing roles in ''Take Her, She's Mine'' and '' Man and Boy''. She appeared in stage productions of '' The Lion in Winter'' and '' The Sign in Sidney Brustei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jeff Corey
Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American stage and screen actor. He was blacklisted in the 1950s and became an acting coach for a period, before returning to film and television work in the 1960s. Today's audiences may know him best for his appearances in the feature films '' Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'' (1943) and '' Superman and the Mole Men'' (1951), and for his many guest appearances in television series. Life and career Corey attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and was active in the school's Dramatic Society. In the mid-1930s, he acted with the Clare Tree Major Children's Theater of New York. He worked with Jules Dassin, Elia Kazan, John Randolph, and other politically liberal theatrical personalities. Although he attended some meetings of the Communist Party, Corey never joined. His memoir, ''Improvising Out Loud: My Life Teaching Hollywood How To Act'', which he wrote with his daughter, Emily Corey, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Carl Betz
Carl Lawrence Betz (March 9, 1921 – January 18, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He appeared in a variety of television series, including the CBS soap opera ''Love of Life''; he is best remembered for playing Donna Reed's television husband, Dr. Alex Stone, from 1958 to 1966 in the ABC sitcom '' The Donna Reed Show''. Then between 1967 and 1969, Betz played defense attorney Clinton Judd in ABC's courtroom drama ''Judd, for the Defense'', winning an Emmy Award in 1969 for his work on that series. Early years Betz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1921, the eldest child of Carl W. and Mary Leona Betz. His siblings were Mary Louise, Leona Ruth, and William Harlow. "The Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930" digital copy of original e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Douglas Heyes
Douglas Heyes (May 22, 1919 – February 8, 1993) was an American film and television writer, director, producer, actor, composer, and author with a long list of accomplishments. He was sometimes credited under the pseudonym Matthew Howard. Personal life and death He was the father of actor Douglas Heyes Jr. He died in Beverly Hills, California on February 8, 1993. Bibliography * * * , Shamus Award Nominee for Best Original PI Paperback (1986) Filmography (selected) As actor * ''Aspen'' – 1977 TV miniseries (uncredited) **also known as ''The Innocent and the Damned'' – USA rerun title * ''The Twilight Zone'' – 1959 series **''The Invaders'' – Invader voice (only speaking character in whole episode) As composer * '' Colt .45'' – 1957 TV series theme music As director * '' The Highwayman'' – 1987 TV movie **also known as ''Terror on the Blacktop'' * '' Magnum, P.I.'' – 1980 TV series * '' The French Atlantic Affair'' – 1979 TV series * '' Captains and the K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German Reich, German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a Totalitarianism, totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the earlier Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and German Empire (1871–1918). The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after 12 years, when the Allies of World War II, Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, End of World War II in Europe, ending World War II in Europe. After Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Nazi Party began to eliminate political opposition and consolidate power. A 1934 German referendum confirmed Hitler as sole ''Führer'' (leader). Power was centralised in Hitler's person, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George Murdock (actor)
George Murdock (born George Sawaya Jr.; June 25, 1930 – April 30, 2012) was an American character actor, whose career was mainly in television. Early years Murdock was born in Salina, Kansas. He was the second child of seven children born to George R. Sawaya, a Lebanese immigrant, and Olive (née Johnson) Sawaya. Career Murdock was an original cast member of the Los Angeles-based Melrose Theatre, appearing in “Lester Sims Retires Tomorrow” during its early 1980s off-Broadway run, while also appearing in productions staged at the South Coast Repertory as well as the Los Angeles Theater Center and the Odyssey Theatre. Murdock was known for frequently playing judges, (for instance, Judge Julius Hoffman in West Coast and Chicago stage productions of ''The Chicago Conspiracy Trial'' and in an adaptation for BBC Radio), he also performed the role of "Big Daddy" in Tennessee Williams' ''Cat on a Hot Tin Roof'' with the Arizona Theater Company during the 1988 season. He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Norma Crane
Norma Crane (born Norma Anna Bella Zuckerman; November 10, 1928 — September 28, 1973) was an American actress of stage, film, and television best known for her role as Golde in the 1971 film adaptation of ''Fiddler on the Roof''. She also starred in ''They Call Me Mister Tibbs!'' and ''Penelope''. Crane was born in New York City, but raised in El Paso, Texas. Biography Born to a Jewish family in New York City and raised in El Paso, Crane studied drama at Texas State College for Women in Denton, and was a member of Elia Kazan's Actors Studio. She made her debut on Broadway in Arthur Miller's play ''The Crucible''. Throughout the 1950s, she appeared on a variety of live television dramas, first gaining recognition in a televised adaptation of George Orwell's ''1984''. She played Ellie Martin in Vincente Minnelli's film version of '' Tea and Sympathy''. She appeared in the 1956 ''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' episode "There Was an Old Woman" the 1958 episode "The Equalizer" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sam Jaffe
Shalom "Sam" Jaffe (March 10, 1891 – March 24, 1984) was an American actor, teacher, musician, and engineer. In 1951, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in '' The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950). He also appeared in '' The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1951) and '' Ben-Hur'' (1959), and is additionally known for his roles as the titular character in '' Gunga Din'' (1939) and as the "High Lama" in '' Lost Horizon'' (1937). Early life Shalom Jaffe () was born to Ukrainian Jewish parents Heida (Ada; ; ) and Barnett Jaffe (; ) at 97 Orchard Street (current location of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum) in New York City, New York. His mother was a Yiddish actress in Odesa, Ukraine, prior to moving to the United States; his father was a jeweller. He was the youngest of four children; his siblings were Abraham, Sophie, and Annie. As a child, he appeared in Yiddish theatre productions with his mother, who after moving to the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
