The Outer Limits (1963–1965)

Anthology type science fiction program with a different cast each week. Tending toward the hard science, space travel, time travel, and human evolution it tries to examine in each show some... See full summary »

Stars:

Robert Culp, Robert Duvall, John Hoyt

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Robert Culp	...	Allen Leighton (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Robert Duvall	...	Adam Ballard (3 episodes, 1964)
John Hoyt	...	'Bifrost' Alien (3 episodes, 1964)
Ivan Dixon	...	Sgt. James Conover (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Edward Platt	...	David Hunt (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ben Wright	...	Elder of Luminos (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Robert Fortier	...	Bert Hamill (3 episodes, 1964)
Ted de Corsia	...	Randolph E. Branch (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jason Wingreen	...	Dr. Leland - coroner (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Willard Sage	...	Chief of Staff (3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Philip Abbott	...	Lincoln Russell (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Martin Landau	...	Andro (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Henry Silva	...	Chino Rivera (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
George Macready	...	Dr. Marshall (2 episodes, 1964)
Scott Marlowe	...	Andre (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jacqueline Scott	...	Carol Maxwell (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
James Shigeta	...	AIO Capt. Newa (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Kent Smith	...	Aabel (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Don Gordon	...	Dave Crowell (2 episodes, 1964)
Donald Harron	...	Art Harris (2 episodes, 1964)
Rudy Solari	...	Captain Jack Buckley (2 episodes, 1964)
David McCallum	...	Gwyllim Griffiths (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Geraldine Brooks	...	Ann Barton (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Gail Kobe	...	Janet Doweling (2 episodes, 1964)
Tim O'Connor	...	Major Clint Anderson (2 episodes, 1964)
Peter Mark Richman	...	Jefferson Rome (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
Walter Burke	...	Dr. Frederick Riner (2 episodes, 1964)
Nellie Burt	...	Ethel Latimer (2 episodes, 1964)
Douglas Henderson	...	Detective Lt. Runyan (2 episodes, 1964)
Steve Ihnat	...	Lt. Philip Minns (2 episodes, 1964)
Vaughn Taylor	...	Dean Flint (2 episodes, 1964)
Curt Conway	...	Dr. Philip Mendl (2 episodes, 1964)
Leonard Nimoy	...	Judson Ellis (2 episodes, 1964)
Dabney Coleman	...	Dr. Williams (2 episodes, 1964)
Crahan Denton	...	Dr. Matthew James (2 episodes, 1964)
Allyson Ames	...	Arndis Pollard (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Sammy Reese	...	Clyde Wyatt (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Joan Camden	...	Ann Pearson (2 episodes, 1963)
Dee Pollock	...	Pfc. Francis Hadley (2 episodes, 1964)
William Stevens	...	Navigator Dexter (2 episodes, 1963-1965)
David Frankham	...	Captain Terrence Ralph Brookman (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Konstantin Shayne	...	Astrophysics Professor (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Robert Doyle	...	Marc Lake (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Sally Kellerman	...	Ingrid Larkin (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
James Frawley	...	Pvt. Robert Renaldo (2 episodes, 1964)
Shirley O'Hara	...	Dr. Soldini (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Paul Lukather	...	Ed Nichols (2 episodes, 1964-1965)
James Sikking	...	Botany (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Dabbs Greer	...	E.F. Larkin (2 episodes, 1964)
Neil Hamilton	...	Gen. Hilary J. Clarke (2 episodes, 1964)
William Douglas	...	Galaxy Being (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Henry Scott	...	Electronics (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Peter Madsen	...	Carter - watchman (2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Linda Hutchings	...	Arlene Schnabel (2 episodes, 1964)
Kim Hector	...	Johnny Subiron (2 episodes, 1964)

Storyline

Anthology type science fiction program with a different cast each week. Tending toward the hard science, space travel, time travel, and human evolution it tries to examine in each show some form of the question, "What is the nature of man?"

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Plot Keywords:

anthology | cult tv | supernatural | alternative reality | alien | 

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Taglines:

There is nothing wrong with your television. Do not attempt to adjust the picture.

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 1963 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beyond Control

Filming Locations:

Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Villa Di Stefano, Daystar Productions, United Artists Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

51 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ended its network run in 1965, the same year as its "rival" the Twilight Zone ("The Twilight Zone" ceased producing new episodes in 1964, but CBS broadcast repeats of the fourth-season episodes in the summer of 1965).

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Quotes

The Control Voice: It is said that if you move a single pebble on the beach, you set up a different pattern, and everything in the world is changed. It can also be said that love can change the future, if it is deep enough, true enough, and selfless enough. It can prevent a war, prohibit a plague, keep the whole world... whole.

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Connections

Spoofed in Eternity (1991)

User Reviews

The Best TV Show Ever Made

I was eight when this show first appeared on TV. I can give no greater example of the potential power of television than by saying that when the control voice came on to take over the TV set, I would run out of the room. I couldn't watch a single first run episode of this show. Yet when it was over, I would relentlessly pump my brothers for information on what happened in each episode. And sitting in my room listening to the sounds in the living room and Dominic Frontiere's brilliant and unmatched score would transport me despite myself into realms of imagination and fear that I quite simply had never conceived of before. When I finally was old enough, and brave enough, to watch this show (and yes, I've seen every episode and now have the dozen best episodes on VHS), I discovered that what the camera had captured was, by and large, every bit as wondrous as what I had imagined. This show changed my life. How can any movie or TV show do more than that? Best 10 episodes: "The Architects of Fear", "Nightmare", "Demon with a Glass Hand", "O.B.I.T.", "Corpus Earthling", "The Sixth Finger", "It Crawled Out of the Woodwork", "The Borderland", "The Galaxy Being", and "The Inheritors". And don't miss the great performances by Robert Culp, Robert Duvall, David McCallum, James Shigeta, Jill Haworth, Martin Landau, Jeff Corey, Salome Jens, Martin Sheen, Henry Silva, Ed Asner, Nina Foch, George Macready, Sally Kellerman, Arline Martel, Warren Oates, Michael Ansara, Ivan Dixon, Leonard Nimoy, and Steve Ihnat - among others. The so-called Outer Limits anthology series running now doesn't have a clue of what "The Outer Limits" is all about. I wish the producers would be honest and just not use the title "Outer Limits". Then I could forgive them their mediocrity. And for those who say the original is outdated, I say you're only missing out on what this show really means. And don't be so sure that what we understand about the universe now - IN OUR SOULS - is better than what we understood in 1963. Thank you, Internet Movie Database. I've finally found the forum to get this off my chest.