"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964) TV series 1964-1968

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

22 September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

The two top agents of the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of THRUSH.

Plot Keywords:

Gadget | Walkie Talkie | Semiautomatic Pistol | Sensuality | Secret Agent

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 22 nominations

Cast

Robert Vaughn	...	Napoleon Solo / ... (105 episodes, 1964-1968)
David McCallum	...	Illya Kuryakin / ... (104 episodes, 1964-1968)
Leo G. Carroll	...	Alexander Waverly / ... (102 episodes, 1964-1968)

Series Directed by
E. Darrell Hallenbeck		(12 episodes, 1965-1967)
Joseph Sargent		(11 episodes, 1964-1966)
John Brahm		(8 episodes, 1965-1967)
Alf Kjellin		(8 episodes, 1965-1967)
Alvin Ganzer		(7 episodes, 1964-1966)
Barry Shear		(7 episodes, 1966-1967)
George Waggner		(7 episodes, 1966-1967)
Sherman Marks		(5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Marc Daniels		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard Donner		(4 episodes, 1964)
Seymour Robbie		(3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Sutton Roley		(3 episodes, 1967-1968)
John Peyser		(2 episodes, 1964)
Alex March		(2 episodes, 1966)
Boris Sagal		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Writing credits
Dean Hargrove		(11 episodes, 1965-1967)
Peter Allan Fields		(11 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Hill		(8 episodes, 1965-1967)
Alan Caillou		(7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Norman Hudis		(6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Boris Ingster		(4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Henry Slesar		(4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Stanford Sherman		(4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert E. Thompson		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Jack Turley		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Dick Nelson		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Leonard Stadd		(3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Berne Giler		(3 episodes, 1966)
Jerry McNeely		(3 episodes, 1966)
John W. Bloch		(2 episodes, 1964-1967)
Sheldon Stark		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Mark Weingart		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Albert Aley		(2 episodes, 1965)
Harlan Ellison		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Stanley Ralph Ross		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Don Richman		(2 episodes, 1966)
Howard Rodman		(2 episodes, 1966)
David Victor		(2 episodes, 1966)
Joseph Cavella		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Produced by
Norman Felton	....	executive producer / producer (105 episodes, 1964-1968)
David Victor	....	supervising producer / producer (60 episodes, 1965-1967)
Irv Pearlberg	....	associate producer / producer (49 episodes, 1966-1968)
Boris Ingster	....	producer (38 episodes, 1966-1967)
Sam Rolfe	....	producer (28 episodes, 1964-1965)
George Lehr	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 1966-1968)
Joseph Calvelli	....	associate producer (16 episodes, 1964-1965)
Anthony Spinner	....	producer (16 episodes, 1967-1968)
Mort Abrahams	....	producer (9 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Foshko	....	associate producer (8 episodes, 1965)

Series Original Music by
Gerald Fried		(45 episodes, 1965-1967)
Robert Drasnin		(24 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jerry Goldsmith		(15 episodes, 1964-1967)
Richard Shores		(14 episodes, 1967-1968)
Morton Stevens		(13 episodes, 1964-1965)
Nelson Riddle		(11 episodes, 1966-1967)
Walter Scharf		(10 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lalo Schifrin		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Cinematography by
Fred J. Koenekamp		(90 episodes, 1964-1967)
Robert B. Hauser		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dale Deverman		(3 episodes, 1967)
Kenneth Peach		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Paul Ivano		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Film Editing by
Joseph Dervin		(32 episodes, 1964-1968)
William B. Gulick		(31 episodes, 1964-1967)
Henry Berman		(21 episodes, 1964-1967)
Ray Williford		(9 episodes, 1966-1967)
John Baxter Rogers		(4 episodes, 1967)
Elmo Veron		(3 episodes, 1966)
Fred Maguire		(2 episodes, 1964)
Harry V. Knapp		(2 episodes, 1967-1968)

Series Art Direction by
George W. Davis		(105 episodes, 1964-1968)
James W. Sullivan		(67 episodes, 1965-1968)
Merrill Pye		(37 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Set Decoration by
Henry Grace		(105 episodes, 1964-1968)
Charles S. Thompson		(18 episodes, 1965-1966)
Richard Pefferle		(16 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert R. Benton		(12 episodes, 1964-1965)
Budd Friend		(12 episodes, 1965)
Frank Lombardo		(11 episodes, 1965-1966)
F. Keogh Gleason		(7 episodes, 1966-1967)
James L. Berkey		(7 episodes, 1967)
Jack Mills		(6 episodes, 1966)
Joseph J. Stone		(6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Don Greenwood Jr.		(5 episodes, 1967)
Jerry Wunderlich		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Hugh Hunt		(2 episodes, 1967)
Richard Spero		(2 episodes, 1967)
Frank McEveety		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
William Tuttle	....	special makeup creator (1 episode, 1965)
Jay Sebring	....	hair designer: Robert Vaughn (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Finnegan	....	assistant director (24 episodes, 1965-1967)
E. Darrell Hallenbeck	....	assistant director / second unit director (23 episodes, 1964-1966)
Eddie Saeta	....	assistant director / second unit director (18 episodes, 1965-1967)
Maurice Vaccarino	....	assistant director / second unit director (11 episodes, 1964-1968)
Wilbur Mosier	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1964-1966)
Tom McCrory	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard C. Bennett	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Glenn Cook	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Robert Webb	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Donald C. Klune	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1965)
Paul Baxley	....	second unit director (2 episodes, 1967)
Al Shenberg	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1967)
Donald Verk	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1967)
Lynn Guthrie	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Al Sheinberg	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
James A. Sullivan	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Rober Bruinekool	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Louis Bunge	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Frank Bunts	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Freeman W. Butts	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Max Cole	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Keith Crown	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Darrell Forney	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
G. Ray Kerciu	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Douglas McClellan	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Ben Norris	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Paul Pernish	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Jack Stuck	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Kenneth Wynsma	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)

Series Sound Department
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor (105 episodes, 1964-1968)
Van Allen James	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Jesse Wayne	....	stunt double: David McCallum / stunts (2 episodes, 1965-1967)
Gary Kent	....	stunt double: Robert Strauss / stunt double: Robert Vaughn (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Frank Babich	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Lee Faulkner	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Earl C. Williman	....	lamp operator (29 episodes, 1964-1965)
Doug Byers	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
John D. Dunning	....	supervising film editor (105 episodes, 1964-1968)

Series Music Department
Frank E. Anderson	....	music supervisor (104 episodes, 1964-1968)
Jerry Goldsmith	....	composer: "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." theme (100 episodes, 1964-1968)
Lalo Schifrin	....	music arranger: theme music / composer: stock music (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Gerald Fried	....	music arranger: theme music / composer: stock music (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert Armbruster	....	music arranger: theme music / conductor (17 episodes, 1964-1968)
Morton Stevens	....	music arranger: theme music / music arranger: theme (12 episodes, 1965)

Series Other crew
Sam Rolfe	....	developer (105 episodes, 1964-1968)
George Lehr	....	assistant to producer (48 episodes, 1964-1966)
Norman Siegel	....	assistant to producer (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Milton S. Gelman	....	story consultant (15 episodes, 1966-1967)
Boris Ingster	....	production executive (10 episodes, 1965-1966)
Mort Abrahams	....	production executive (10 episodes, 1965)
Chuck Painter	....	unit publicist (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Arena Productions
• MGM Television

Distributors

• 2ème chaîne ORTF (1967) (France) (TV) (edited dubbed version)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1964-1968) (USA) (TV)
• Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV) (196?) (Japan) (TV)
• TF1 (1988) (France) (TV) (edited dubbed version)

Also Known As:

"0011 Napoleon Solo" - Japan (English title)

Runtime:

50 min (105 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (season 1) | Color (seasons 2-4) (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Arena Productions

Trivia:

When they were filming a reunion movie, both lead actors were asked how the success of this show affected their careers. David McCallum said that he was often typecast and found it difficult to play other types of roles, Robert Vaughn said in his case the opposite was true, he played nothing but villains after the series ended.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The map upon Mr. Waverly's office wall is incorrect in numerous cases. For example, it shows Canada and Newfoundland to be 2 separate states. Other errors include the lack of East Pakistan and all of Indo-China is depicted as one nation by the name of 'Siam'. This map appears in various episodes.

Quotes:

Mr. Alexander Waverly:How is that leg of yours coming along?
Napoleon Solo:Healing faster than my dignity.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "White Collar: Neighborhood Watch (#3.13)" (2012)

A Classic

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is arguably one of the greatest shows of the Sixties and definitely the best American spy show. It blended tongue in cheek humour with action and adventure for an end result that was extremely entertaining. Unfortunately, all good things cannot last. The first season (when it was still shot in black and white) and the second season (the first one shot in colour) place The Man From U.N.C.L.E. among the best television has to offer. All of this changed with the third season, when the series became so silly that watching its episodes became nearly unbearable. The show recovered somewhat in its abbreviated fourth season (it would be cancelled midway through), but by that time The Man From U.N.C.L.E. had lost its charm. Though the fourth season episodes are watchable, they lack the humour and pinache of the first two seasons. Regardless, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is a testament to what Sixties television could do at its very finest.