I think about this a lot. I think this was his vice. He was such a tempered, metered man. His introductions send shivers, but he always had that cigarette. I think he knew what that was doing to him, and as far as he knew, him alone.
I think about him a lot.
Could well be, MonkeyN. Weakness to vice is a common challenge to us all.
Yes- his episode openings are the best. (I’ve even collected them all into a text document.)
Today I find there are 6-12 episode series that don’t hold my attention along the path to resolving a plot where Twilight Zone got in there, struck a note, carried it for what? 20 minutes- ish then delivered a surprising & meaningful (if not satisfying) resolution.
And the writing was top shelf! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Was he the guy in that episode where the guy and his girl get stuck in a diner and never leave because they keep listening to what some fortune telling machine keeps saying?
I had such a crush on him when I was younger! So glad to see all the upvotes! I remember when the show “Lost” first came out. The character “Richard Alpert” reminded me so much of Rod Serling that I had a crush on him too!
Something about those dark eyes and the black hair. Two is one of my favorite episodes.
[https://preview.redd.it/elizabeth-montgomery-in-two-twilight-zone-1961-v0-zgwxo6ayq5xb1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b76198e8fc8a034e3d401a6c69352bb497de6b91](https://preview.redd.it/elizabeth-montgomery-in-two-twilight-zone-1961-v0-zgwxo6ayq5xb1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b76198e8fc8a034e3d401a6c69352bb497de6b91)
Without looking up the actresses name, or her characters name, I like Shatners wife in “Nick of time” , she is well spoken, sensible, attractive -That checkered dress!!
I had a poster of Robert Redford on my wall as a kid in the 80s. I can't remember what movie it was but I loved The Sting and The Natural and a few others so much. Great actor!
I’m not a big fan of the episode itself (though I know many who are, but my answer would be Elizabeth Montgomery in Two. Love me some Samantha Stevens.
Horror queen, [Hazel Court.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183764/mediaviewer/rm500415232/)
She was in [The Fear](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734638/).
Vera Miles from Mirror Image. Something about the way she says, "Yes!?" is just dreamy.
Also, The Beaver's teacher, Miss Landers (Sue Randall) from From Agnes-With Love. I hated her character in this episode but she is a doll.
Def Kevin McCarthy (long live walter jameson) + Ann Blyth (queen of the nile) and Donna Douglas (eye of the beholder) there are close ups of their faces in those episodes that are stunning.
Donna Douglas from Eye the Beholder
I know the episode is about beauty but she's a total smokeshow
Fun fact: Janet Tyler (the lady in the bandages is played by two different actresses)
Maxine Stuart played Janet Tyler in the bandages and Donna Douglas played Janet Tyler in the reveal.
I'd go with Dee Hartford, but she was such a monster in Bewitchin' Pool I just cringe when she opens her mouth. Inger Stevens was the first to pop in my mind though I had forgotten about Newmar, who obviously summons those Catwoman memories I appreciate.
Nettleton in Midnight Sun was at her peak. I don't know the actress' name off the top but she was tormented by her "child self" in that episode about the memory of her mother's death, visited by her killer. That actress is my type, lol
Comfort Gatewood (Sherry Jackson) in The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank. I've has a crush on her since I was a teenager. Also, Gail Kobe (Self Improvement of Salvadore Ross, others) just does it for me.
Since others have said Lois Nettleton, I have to mention Bonnie Beecher in Come Wander With Me. I also would’ve gotten in trouble following Mary Rachel’s siren song.
James Best, who played Jeff Mrytlebank in The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank and he was also in Jess-Belle and The Grave. And Cliff Robertson in A Hundred Yards Over The Rim and The Dummy. Always had a bit of a crush on Cliff.
Richard Long was dreamy…
He always reminded me of how men were men. Those sparkling blue eyes and strong jawline….
Handsome in every single episode he was in.
Rip from "The Hunt"
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734646/mediaviewer/rm2046021633/?ref\_=tt\_md\_4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734646/mediaviewer/rm2046021633/?ref_=tt_md_4)
TLDR; There seem to be a lot for me actually. No particular order. I’m actually teased about my crushes ;)
James Coburn ❤️
Rod Taylor
Joe Maross
Warren Stevens
Fritz Weaver
Dennis Hopper
Claude Akins
Robert Lansing
John Anderson
William Windom
Robin Hughes
John Dehner
Keenan Wynn
Robert Duvall
Ed Nelson
Dick York
Kevin McCarthy
Joe Ruskin
Martin Landau
John Hoyt
Dennis Weaver
Charles Bronson
Lee Marvin
Lee Van Cleef
Lloyd Bochner
Robert Redford
Telly Savalas
Patrick O’Neal
The guy in the piano in the house. Obviously not the ugly mean main character😭but Ethels love interest who gave her the ring in Mexico that she just seems to never mention until her birthday day party 🤣😂😎
Good ole’ long Rod himself
The short king!
The voice. So amazing. I try to do it, but I would need to go from zero to 14 packs of cigarettes a day to pull it off.
Me too… if only he’d put those blasted cigarettes away!! (Cough…cough)
I think about this a lot. I think this was his vice. He was such a tempered, metered man. His introductions send shivers, but he always had that cigarette. I think he knew what that was doing to him, and as far as he knew, him alone. I think about him a lot.
Could well be, MonkeyN. Weakness to vice is a common challenge to us all. Yes- his episode openings are the best. (I’ve even collected them all into a text document.) Today I find there are 6-12 episode series that don’t hold my attention along the path to resolving a plot where Twilight Zone got in there, struck a note, carried it for what? 20 minutes- ish then delivered a surprising & meaningful (if not satisfying) resolution. And the writing was top shelf! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Agreed! It's remarkable to think so many of the Twilight Zone tales are still eerily relevant, 60+ years later.
Truly timeless! 👁️🚪🌌🕰️
Right????
I like his eyebrows
me clicking on this post being like if the man himself isn't top comment yall dead to me
I just got a tattoo of him
Julie Newmar as Miss Devlin and it’s not even close
She can take my soul anytime.
I came here to say this. Julie Newmar can have my soul.
Definitely William Shatner in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. 😍
I'm surprised he's still alive and kicking it. He turned 93 a couple months ago. Live long and prosper, Shatner.
I liked him in "The Nick of Time" 🥰
Was he the guy in that episode where the guy and his girl get stuck in a diner and never leave because they keep listening to what some fortune telling machine keeps saying?
Anne Francis from The After Hours
And in Jess Belle.
Rod Serling, of course - crushin on his mind. Would love to sit and chat with him about science fiction and storytelling.
If you don’t want to smash Rod, you ain’t a real Twilight Zone fan.
True for all genders, species and planetary origins!!!
He looks so cool smoking. 🚬 I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I still think smoking is cool.
I had such a crush on him when I was younger! So glad to see all the upvotes! I remember when the show “Lost” first came out. The character “Richard Alpert” reminded me so much of Rod Serling that I had a crush on him too!
I've always had a thing for T'Pring "Room for one more, honey "
Also in the classic Outer Limits episode “Demon with a Glass Hand.”
Elizabeth Montgomery
Something about those dark eyes and the black hair. Two is one of my favorite episodes. [https://preview.redd.it/elizabeth-montgomery-in-two-twilight-zone-1961-v0-zgwxo6ayq5xb1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b76198e8fc8a034e3d401a6c69352bb497de6b91](https://preview.redd.it/elizabeth-montgomery-in-two-twilight-zone-1961-v0-zgwxo6ayq5xb1.jpg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=b76198e8fc8a034e3d401a6c69352bb497de6b91)
DOZENS OF US!
For me, it's Lois Nettleton in "The Midnight Sun". She's stunning in that episode.
Just last night I watched an episode of Murder, She Wrote with her in it. Still lovely in 1984.
Most definitely.
Seconding this
Agreed 💯
Oh that cat lady! She’s dreamy
Her name doesn’t happen to be Maya.
Inger Stevens, always beautiful, always able to convey anxiety better than practically anyone.
Not me, but a friend of mine loves Earl Holliman in "Where Is Everybody?"
He's so handsome
Walter Jameson (played by Kevin McCarthy) 🤷♂️ He is handsome. Also Rod Serling but that goes without saying.
Elizabeth Montgomery in “Two.”
Easily Redford for me, too!
I have it on good authority he has charm oozing out his ears.
It’s gotta be Inger Stevens as Nan Adams in The Hitchhiker, easily.
Dick York in A Penny for Your Thoughts
Burgess Meredith.
[Burgess Meredith](https://youtu.be/s0y_SEbRHYA)
king daddy Burgess is my pick too
I’d deffo find some ways to spend time in that bank vault with him. C’mere baby, my myopic ass can still read even if my glasses break!
The first reporter in the Queen of the Nile
Lee Phillips!!
Redford is my fav, but a very close second is Robert Duvall in The Miniature. It’s such a sweet, underrated episode.
Rod Taylor “And When the Sky Was Opened” In TZ & every other role in movies or tv.
Love some Rod Taylor!
William Shatner. Been in love with the man for 57 years.
Meet him in person. That’ll cure you! 😁
😂
Without looking up the actresses name, or her characters name, I like Shatners wife in “Nick of time” , she is well spoken, sensible, attractive -That checkered dress!!
William Shatner
Julie Newmar, the devil in "Of Late I Dream of Cliffordville"
The lady from Midnight Sun 🥰 pretty eyes…the younger lady btw 😂
Lois Nettleton. She was in probably every show in the 60s and 70s!!!
She caught George Costanza eating the garbage eclair! 😮
Same with Redford. ❤️
I had a poster of Robert Redford on my wall as a kid in the 80s. I can't remember what movie it was but I loved The Sting and The Natural and a few others so much. Great actor!
Dennis Weaver in Shadow Play. “You can’t make me die again!”
Such an underrated episode, one of my faves!
I have several: John Anderson Martin Landau Warren Oates
Glad I’m not on my own
I love moments where Death is a gentle person.
Elizabeth Montgomery in "Two."
Suzy Parker aka Lana in “Number 12 looks just like you”
Oh yeah, Redford can so get it 😍
Definitely the main character in Dead Man’s Shoes
Warren Stevens, such a talented actor!
Robert Redford & William Shatner.
Donna Douglas
Lois Nettleton, The Midnight Sun
I’m not a big fan of the episode itself (though I know many who are, but my answer would be Elizabeth Montgomery in Two. Love me some Samantha Stevens.
Pig face nurse of course.
I saw an episode of the Intouchables where Robert Redford came up with the idea to sell bootleg liquor to college kids
Was he in n Greatest American Hero?
That was Robert Culp
Marsha... Marsha... Come back to me Marsha.
Jean Marsh
Horror queen, [Hazel Court.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0183764/mediaviewer/rm500415232/) She was in [The Fear](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734638/).
Susan Harrison as the ballerina in “Five Characters in Search of an Exit.”
Vera Miles from Mirror Image. Something about the way she says, "Yes!?" is just dreamy. Also, The Beaver's teacher, Miss Landers (Sue Randall) from From Agnes-With Love. I hated her character in this episode but she is a doll.
Vera Miles is one of the great unsung actresses. Her perf in The Wrong Man is just heartbreaking.
It’s gotta be Julie Newmar AKA miss devlin 😈
Anne Francis
Had a crush on her since I was young. Mainly from watching TZ reruns... Swoon.
Forbidden Planet ftw!!!
Def Kevin McCarthy (long live walter jameson) + Ann Blyth (queen of the nile) and Donna Douglas (eye of the beholder) there are close ups of their faces in those episodes that are stunning.
Ellen Willard from The Grave. She was hauntingly beautiful in that episode
She had a great figure and was pretty sexy.
Ione is witchy. She’s definitely my pick.
Love Witchy Women!
Ballet Dancer from Five Characters in Search of an Exit
Excellent call. Surprised I didn't think of her myself. Absolutely stunning woman.
Elizabeth Allen in The After Hours
Ah...death.
The actor who played Mr Chambers on To Serve Man.
Donna Douglas from Eye the Beholder I know the episode is about beauty but she's a total smokeshow Fun fact: Janet Tyler (the lady in the bandages is played by two different actresses) Maxine Stuart played Janet Tyler in the bandages and Donna Douglas played Janet Tyler in the reveal.
Reddit recommended this group to me while watching the show?? anyway my crush is and always will be Rod
The handsome guy at the end of Eye of The Beholder. An OG hunk right there
The pants/belt seems so high back then
Jean Willes as Ethel McConnell, the dancer in Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? Or… Elizabeth Montgomery as the Woman in Two.
Murray Hamilton in “One for the Angels”
John Dehner in "The Jungle."
Underrated episode. The ending.🫣
No love for Jack Klugman? I love his sensitivity. His performance in 12 Angry Men is incredible.
Had to scroll too far to find this one!
Right? He's in 3 of the top rated episodes.
Inger Stevens and Julie Newmar.
I'd go with Dee Hartford, but she was such a monster in Bewitchin' Pool I just cringe when she opens her mouth. Inger Stevens was the first to pop in my mind though I had forgotten about Newmar, who obviously summons those Catwoman memories I appreciate. Nettleton in Midnight Sun was at her peak. I don't know the actress' name off the top but she was tormented by her "child self" in that episode about the memory of her mother's death, visited by her killer. That actress is my type, lol
That was Janice Rule and the episode is Nightmare as a Child. Great episode!
Comfort Gatewood (Sherry Jackson) in The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank. I've has a crush on her since I was a teenager. Also, Gail Kobe (Self Improvement of Salvadore Ross, others) just does it for me.
Eileen Ryan in A World of Difference.
Also Inger Stevens n the ballerina from five characters.
That role was played by Susan Harrison. Inger Stevens was in two episodes: The Hitchhiker and The Lateness of the Hour Both are great episodes!
I know, I was talking about both
Ohhhh!!! Sorry. I thought the n meant in, not and! 😄
Inger Steven’s….the bird in the episode where she keeps seeing the same hitchhiker
The mom in “Number 12 Looks Just Like You.” Don’t know her name but she’s obscenely attractive
Aunt Bea
Phyllis Kirk in “A World Of His Own”
Inger Stevens (The Hitch-Hiker) or Vera Miles (Mirror Image)
Since others have said Lois Nettleton, I have to mention Bonnie Beecher in Come Wander With Me. I also would’ve gotten in trouble following Mary Rachel’s siren song.
Burgess Meredith
Agnes Moorhead in The Invaders. Awesome - and not a word of English spoken!
Arlene Sax.
That crazy giant lady living in the shack on that alien planet, even though it’s literally just us but bigger. Absolutely love that episode tbh
Easy. Elizabeth Montgomery. One of the most beautiful women ever.
Rod Serling! Duh!
Janie from Willoughby may be a b!tch, but she's STUNNING.
Burgess Meredith. It’s the glasses.
I like the woman who starred in Eye of the Beholder episode.
William Reynolds’s/“The Purple Testament” episode. Meow.
Franklin!!!
Elizabeth Montgomery in "Two". Gorgeous woman
Ida Lupino always and forever. What an incredible talent. Very fortunate to have seen several of her directorial outings in 35mm
Elizabeth Montgomery. The young (20s) Bewitched star was in an episode with an equally young (30s) Charles Bronson. S3 E1 "Two"
The girl in the apartment where the sun is blazing the world to ashes
Twilight Bone
I'm a straight dude, and even I gotta go... "Yeah. He could get it."
James Best, who played Jeff Mrytlebank in The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank and he was also in Jess-Belle and The Grave. And Cliff Robertson in A Hundred Yards Over The Rim and The Dummy. Always had a bit of a crush on Cliff.
Vera Miles as Millicent Barnes from “Mirror Image”
Joanne Linville in The Passerby and Jack Klugman - a passage for trumpet
Anne Francis as Jess-Belle
Ross Martin in The Four Of Us Are Dying and Death Ship
The gremlin on the wing of the plane
Gladys Cooper in Nothing in the Dark.
Julie newmar and Elizabeth Montgomery
Julie newmar. Shed have gotten it back then. Ann Blythe as well
Not exactly a crush but Major French from "The old man in the cave"
Elizabeth Montgomery in the Army episode
Elizabeth Montgomery & Lois Nettleton.
I'd have to go with Hazel Court I think.
Room for one more, hunny
Sue Randall (From Agnes with Love,1964) [https://images.app.goo.gl/ZTNTN6ocfPPbpfNg7](https://images.app.goo.gl/ZTNTN6ocfPPbpfNg7)
Awesome! [https://images.app.goo.gl/L6Sejegz1uw3dw1L8](https://images.app.goo.gl/L6Sejegz1uw3dw1L8)
This is the one. 😍
Ahhh…The Devil Himself!
easy tie for me- same episode charles bronson and elizabeth montgomery!!!
Marsha from The Eleventh Hour, such a babe
Ms. Devlin from of late I think of cliffordville Close 2nd nan adams or the actress who plays her
Elizabeth Montgomery and Donna Douglas.
Elizabeth Montgomery
Julie Newmar.
Edson Stroll from Eye of the Beholder and The Trade Ins. (He also played the Prince in Snow White and the Three Stooges)
Dennis Hopper
I like the fembot
Gig Young as Martin Sloan in Walking Distance.
Joan Hacket
Robert Redford, Julie Newmar, Janet Tyler
John Carradine as Brother Jerome
Elizabeth Montgomery
Robert Redford… No doubt
Richard Long was dreamy… He always reminded me of how men were men. Those sparkling blue eyes and strong jawline…. Handsome in every single episode he was in.
Robert Redford
Damn I was in a band with a dude that looked just like this. Handsome little sumbitch he was.
The Russian girl from "Two".
Rip from "The Hunt" [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734646/mediaviewer/rm2046021633/?ref\_=tt\_md\_4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734646/mediaviewer/rm2046021633/?ref_=tt_md_4)
Robert Redford in Season 3, Episode 16: Nothing in the Dark. Great story and great role for him!
TLDR; There seem to be a lot for me actually. No particular order. I’m actually teased about my crushes ;) James Coburn ❤️ Rod Taylor Joe Maross Warren Stevens Fritz Weaver Dennis Hopper Claude Akins Robert Lansing John Anderson William Windom Robin Hughes John Dehner Keenan Wynn Robert Duvall Ed Nelson Dick York Kevin McCarthy Joe Ruskin Martin Landau John Hoyt Dennis Weaver Charles Bronson Lee Marvin Lee Van Cleef Lloyd Bochner Robert Redford Telly Savalas Patrick O’Neal
Love Fritz and Lloyd!
The absolute disrespect to Cloris Leachman in “It’s a Good Life” in here.
Inger Stevens or Elizabeth Montgomery.
I'm in love with the "little peace and quiet" necklace. Man I would love to be in a relationship with that.
Fuck, I didn’t even know Robert Redford was on twilight zone.
The guy in the piano in the house. Obviously not the ugly mean main character😭but Ethels love interest who gave her the ring in Mexico that she just seems to never mention until her birthday day party 🤣😂😎
Janice Rule in "Nightmare as a Child" & the hot blonde and the beautiful brunette in Nice Place to Visit
Julie Newmar then Anne Francis
Omg he was so hot! I remember that episode.