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Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man






From JaSunni Productions, the first-ever film about the life of Charles Beaumont has arrived. This film by Jason V. Brock chronicles the life and work of Beaumont (1929-1967) - an extraordinary genius who died at the height of his creative powers. Rod Serling lived to be 50; Beaumont didn't even reach 40, yet he left behind a legacy. Some call Beaumont the best of the "Twilight Zone" writers because he literally lived in the zone. To order for $19.95 + shipping, Click Here.

2009 Twilight Zone Convention

Robert "Bobby" Diamond and Bill Mumy, the older and younger Pips, respectively. Bobby and Bill shot their scenes separately at the now-obsolete Pacific Ocean Park in the summer of 1963. 46 years later, they met for the first time at The Hollywood Show's TZ 50th Anniversary Reunion in Burbank, CA.

Well, it happened! Little did Bill DeVoe and I ever think we'd be able to pull off even ONE TZ Convention.... but we did, in 2002. And there have now been FIVE of them! Thanks to The Hollywood Show people, about 40 TZ actors were brought together on October 10-11 in Burbank, for a 50th Anniversary Twilight Zone reunion. A good time was had by all. More details will follow. Some new faces amidst the bunch, who didn't attend our previous cons were: Daniel Kulick (Jo Jo, "On Thursday We Leave for Home"), Mary Gregory (3 episodes), Linden Chiles (FBI guy "Four O'Clock), Richard Kiel (The Kanamits!), Nancy Malone ("Stopover in a Quiet Town"), Earl Holliman, Jackie Cooper, Veronica Cartwright, Jeanne Cooper ("Mr. Denton on Doomsday"), David Macklin (Bud, "Ring a Ding Girl"), Douglas Heyes, Jr. ("Dust" and son of director Douglas, Sr.), and Bobby Diamond ("In Praise of Pip").

Bill and I, and also Herman Darvick (coordinator of the two east coast Cons of 2006 & 2007), offer our tremendous heartfelt thanks to the following TZ-associated people who appeared at ALL FIVE Twilight Zone Conventions: Mary Badham, Paul Comi, George Clayton Johnson, and H.M. Wynant. You four, in particular, have helped us keep the Twilight Zone torch burning brightly. Honorable mention goes out to Susan Gordon, who wanted very much to attend the most recent con, but a last-minute conflict prevented her from attending. Kudos to her for 4 out of 5!

...and to some others who appeared at all three Los Angeles-based TZ Conventions (listed in no particular order): Marsha Hunt, Arlene Martel, Ruta Lee, Gloria Pall, Joseph Ruskin, Michael Forest, Antoinette Bower, Joanne Linville, Read Morgan, Michael Vandever, Dana Dillaway, Jacqueline Scott, Bill Erwin, Peter Mark Richman, Shelley Berman, William Schallert, Tom Lowell, and Earl Hamner. Thank you all so much for being with us!

I can't resist giving a salute to the late Jonathan Harris. He was the first actor, back in late 2001, who accepted the invite to our first TZ Convention of August 2002. To get a 'yes' response so quickly, and from such a distinguished artist was amazing to us - as we then had no idea that that we could pull off the event. It was to be Jonathan's last con, and it was probably his last public appearance; he passed away two months later. We also salute the late Beverly Garland and her staff for the use of her wonderful hotel, Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn in North Hollywood, for the first two events. It was the perfect venue.

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TWILIGHT ZONE 50th ANNIVERSARY PANEL
at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, 31 October, 2009

Back to front- H.M. Wynant ("The Howling Man"), William Self (former president of CBS), Marc Scott Zicree, unidentified gentleman, Arlene Martel ("What You Need", "Twenty Two"), and the last 3 surviving "Twilight Zone" writers - the great Earl Hamner, Richard Matheson, and George Clayton Johnson. Photo courtesy: Thomas Drum.

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GLORIA PALL: CAMEO QUEEN OF THE FIFTIES - NOW ON DVD!

GLORIA PALL, whom TZ fans know from her appearance opposite Rod Taylor in "And When the Sky Was Opened" as the Girl at the Bar, has a DVD out. Gloria was indeed a cameo queen of the 1950s, and appeared in small parts in numerous films and TV shows, and she appeared on the covers of hundreds of men's magazines. This 68 minute DVD hits the high points of her career on screen. In addition to TZ, she appeared in such films as "Night of the Hunter", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "Crimson Kimono", "Elmer Gantry", "Brothers Karamazov", and of course, "Jailhouse Rock" with Elvis. She also appeared on "Space Patrol", "The Ray Bolger Show", and "People's Choice" with Jackie Cooper. The cost is just $19.99 + $5.00 priority mail shipping. ALL actors who worked in early TV should have a career overview DVD like this!! Please email Gloria direct at glo@gloriapall.com if you're interested in ordering. This DVD comes highly recommended and was directed by Gloria herself! Gloria also has another couple DVDs which include her appearances on local talk shows and also a few game shows including "To Tell the Truth" hosted by Alex Trebek.

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Photos/DVDs/props/other things that were for sale on here:

If you are looking for something in particular, and you are a "serious entity", please email us at info@twilightzonemuseum.com with your inquiry and we will check our inventory and quote you a price if it is still available. After careful consideration, we have decided not to offer autographed photos/DVDs/etc. any longer. The Twilight Zone props listed on here, including the Mystic Seers, are NO LONGER available. Sorry! :-(

SPECIAL MEMORABILIA TOKEN ITEM - 5x7 or 8x10 copy:

A limited number of copies of this small memorabilia piece are available (I sold these at the last TZ Convention but had some leftovers). The 5x7 copies are $5 each and the 8x10's are $8 each. The photo within was taken on the set of episode "A Game of Pool" when Rod was doing his opening narration. Both are printed by photographic process (NOT on some cheezy computer paper!) Send email to oceanave@usa.net if you're interested.

Rittenhouse Archives released Series 5 of TZ trading cards! Their TZ cards debuted during the 40th anniversary in 1999-2000. For the 50th anniversary, there are 50 new signers including Morgan Brittany, Mariette Hartley, Camille Franklin, Mary Gregory, Doris Singleton, John Astin, Joyce Van Patten, Read Morgan, Mary Badham, Richard Erdman, and Cliff Robertson. The release date was October 2, 2009. For more info, visit their website.

TURNED 95 IN 2009

Kevin McCarthy

Walter Jameson of "Long Live Walter Jameson - and Dr. Miles Bennell of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", just two of hundreds of roles that the distinguished actor has played on the stage of life since 1914.

Bill Erwin

Bill was an eminently familiar face on TV for decades - and he really did it all - from a suspect on "Perry Mason" to a sex-crazed senior citizen on "Married With Children" and a WWI veteran on "My Name is Earl" a couple years ago. On TZ, he did "Mr. Denton on Doomsday", "Walking Distance" (scenes with Gig Young were deleted, but he still got credit, much deserved!), "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up", and less than one line in "Mute" (written by Richard Matheson, who also wrote Somewhere in Time, in which he appeared as Arthur the Bellman, his most memorable role.)

Celebrated the beginning of their NINTH DECADE in 2009:

Warren Stevens

Nate Bledsoe of "Dead Man's Shoes" was just one of a large number of roles Warren has done since his career started in the 1940s. Scifi fans also know him for his role in "The Forbidden Planet" with fellow TZ actors Anne Francis, James Best, and Earl Holliman. Warren also appeared at three of the five "Twilight Zone" Conventions.

Doris Singleton

One of several of the last surviving semi-regulars on "I Love Lucy", Doris played Lucy's nemesis, Carolyn Appleby, on numerous episodes. She was a favorite of director John Rich and he cast her in episodes of "All in the Family", "The Dick Van Dyke Show", and on TZ's "A Kind of Stopwatch."

Jason Wingreen

Jason is one of those actors who has been in virtually everything - "A Stop at Willoughby", "The Midnight Sun", and "The Bard" (uncredited!!!), he did on TZ. But his favorite role was as Harry the Bartender on "All in the Family" and "Archie Bunker's Place". He also did the voice of Boba Fett in the Star Wars films, although he is largely not known for it. He even appeared as the doctor of the ill-fated young girl in the ultraclassic film Airplane (1980)! Jason was to be a regular on the hit series "Mama's Family" in the late 1980s before it got cancelled.

Nehemiah Persoff

Mr. Persoff is known in TZ fan circles for his fine performance in TZ's "Judgement Night" as the spooked passenger/U boat captain Karl Lanser. He has the distinction of being a first class yet far underrated and generally unknown actor. He appeared in numerous films and episodes of television for over three decades.

And also …

George Clayton Johnson

George Clayton Johnson celebrated his 80th birthday in July … making him the youngest of the surviving TZ writers.

In Memoriam:

Joe Messerli (1930-2010)

Joe Messerli will forever be the most unsung individual directly associated with "The Twilight Zone." His involvement with the show was very brief - and he wasn't a regular behind-camera staff member at Cayuga Productions. He is UNcredited with creating the very first logo that was used as the opening title and mid-episode commercial billboards for most of the first season. The lettering and artwork was entirely his creation, with the cascading landscapes and other artwork contributed by others. The graphic changed a bit over the years, but Joe was responsible for the first one - which spawned the rest. For more detailed info, click to see our page about Joe's logo. We were lucky to have Joe and his wife Evi attend the 2006 and 2007 Twilight Zone Conventions in New Jersey; and he came thanks to Arlen Schumer, author of "Visions from The Twilight Zone." Please visit Joe's website at joemesserli.com. Joe was a fine man and his departure is indeed a sad one.

Dennis Hopper (1936-2010)

The legendary actor, writer, and director Dennis Hopper passed away on 29 May. He was given his star on the Hollywood Walk just two months before his death, and at the time he was dying of cancer. His career began when he appeared opposite James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955), and his biggest break came with the cult classic "Easy Rider" in 1969, which won numerous awards and launched him as a major Hollywood talent. In between, he also worked in television, including the lead role of neo-Nazi Peter Vollmer in "He's Alive" on TZ. Unfortunately, drugs and alcohol played a significant part in Hopper's life. He remained productive but his career waxed and wanted over its 56 year duration and for over 20 years, he juggled "Hollywood with hermitage". He excelled in roles as insane men, like Frank Booth in "Blue Velvet" (1986) with Dean Stockwell. His marriage to Brooke Hayward (Paula in "The Masks" on TZ) from 1961-69 brought a new dimension to his life - photography, and he became an expert photographer. Apparently Hayward bought him a camera for his birthday and it sparked a second career. He also got into painting later on. The mid 80s and early 90s saw a revival of his career, with "Blue Velvet", "Hoosiers", and the critically-acclaimed "Colors" (which he directed) and in 1991 he received an Emmy nomination for two HBO films wherein he played a druggie. Mr. Hopper was married 5 times, divorcing his fifth wife shortly before his death. Four of the marriages produced one child, the exception being a quick 9 day marriage in 1970 to Michelle Phillips. Mr. Hopper holds two Oscars and two Golden Globes.

Sandy Kenyon (1922-2010)

Sandy Kenyon, who had co-starring roles in "The Shelter", "The Odyssey of Flight 33" and also appeared briefly in "Valley of the Shadow", passed away on 20 February. Born Sanford Klein in The Bronx, he had over 120 film and TV credits to his name, from the days of live TV up through the 1980s. He was a bonafide character actor with a very familiar face. Like most actors, Sandy said that his three TZ roles were his favorites. He reported having great fun doing all three. Of "The Shelter", he said, "that one was was the funnest of all...I got to play a bigot, and who doesn't like playing a bigot?!" He also spoke fondly of "Odyssey", saying that the story was a work of genius and there was fine camaraderie amongst everyone in the cockpit. But he seemed to be part of a group of character actors who specialized in western's and homespun-type roles. Mary Gregory, who played his bigoted wife in "The Shelter", speaks very fondly of the good times they had together in those long-ago days of TV work, including another occasion when they played husband and wife on "Lassie". He also did a memorable episode of Boris Karloff's "Thriller" called "The Hollow Watcher" (with Warren Oates and Audrey Dalton) during the same period. Unfortunately, I was unable to locate Sandy for quite awhile and thus was unable to invite him to the two LA-based TZ cons but finally talked to him a couple years before he passed. He retired around 1990 and lived in Marina del Rey for a number of years. Before coming to Hollywood, and after, he also continued to act in theater.

Nan Martin (1927-2010)

The veteran character actress Nan Martin passed away on 4 March. We were fortnuate to have Nan attend for one day of the 2002 "Stars of the Zone" Convention. There, she admitted that she liked her role in the New Twilight Zone (1985) more than the part of Laura Ford, Horace's wife in "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" on TZ. She and Pat Hingle remained friends until his death in 2009. Nan's first love was the theater and she continued on stage work imidst scores of on-screen roles on everything from "Twilight Zone" to the "The Drew Carey Show" (where she played Mrs. Louder, a memorable later role for her.) She essayed a lot of mothers on screen over the years, including Helen Hunt's mom in "Cast Away" and even Freddy Krueger's in "Nightmare on Elm Street 3". She started as a New York model before turning to acting in the late 40s and early 50s.

Joe Maross (1923-2009)

Joe Maross died on 7 November at the age of 86. In a career that lasted over 35 years, he appeared in hundreds of television shows and occasionally in film ("Elmer Gantry", "Run Silent Run Deep") TZ fans know him for his co-starring roles in "Third From the Sun" with Fritz Weaver and Edward Andrews, and in "The Little People" with Claude Akins. He also appeared in Boris Karloff's "Thriller" in the episode "Knock Three One Two" with TZ alum Beverly Garland, which he remembered very fondly. A fine actor, Mr. Maross knew his craft very well and was an expert in line delivery and diction. He was also on the committee of the Academy and submitted votes as an educated judge for Oscar-nominated films and roles. Unfortunately, he succumbed to ageism in his later years and did not act past his early 60s. He resided in the Westwood area of Los Angeles in his later years and died at an intensive care facility in Glendale.

Collin Wilcox-Paxton (1934-2009)

Collin Wilcox Paxton passed away on 14 October. Although I never met her in person, I'm glad I will always be able to say that I knew her. She was a magnificent person as well as a magnificent actress. The peak of Collin's career was in 1962-63, when she worked on "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Twilight Zone." She'll forever be known for her roles as impoverished rape victim Mayella Violet Ewell in the former, and Marilyn Cuberle in TZ's "Number 12 Looks Just Like You." She was always grateful that director Abner Biberman hired her for the part on TZ, which was a welcome change from, to quote Collin, "a number of meaningless, undistinguished roles I was offered in the sixties." Although her work in TV and film continued into the 1980s, she eventually moved to North Carolina and returned to her theatrical roots, appearing in and directing plays. She and her husband Scott Paxton ran the Instant Theater Company in North Carolina for many years. Collin was one of our generation's greatest character actors and we'll miss her a lot.

John Furia, Jr. (1929-2009)

John Furia, who wrote the episode "I Dream of Genie" for TZ, died on 7 May. He was president of the Writers Guild of America from 1973 to 1975, served two terms on the board of directors and chaired or co-chaired its negotiating committee several times, including during the 2004 negotiations. He also received the WGA's Morgan Cox, Valentine Davies and Edmund H. North awards for leadership and guild service. Furia was also a professor and former director of film writing at the USC School of Cinema-TV. John was friends with TZ writer E. Jack Neuman (who also, unfortunately, only wrote one TZ episode, but it was a beaut...) and was old friends with TZ writer Earl Hamner (whose "The Waltons" he penned scripts for). I recruited John to interview for the Definitive Edition DVDs back in 2004 and he immediately agreed and gave us a wonderful interview. John will indeed be missed.

Joseph Wiseman (1918-2009)

Joseph Wiseman, who played the aristocratic real estate tycoon Paul Radin in Serling's episode "One More Pallbearer", died on 19 October at age 91. The Canadian-born actor spent most of his career in the New York theatrical community, but Bond fans will always know him for "Dr. No" in the premiere James Bond Film. According to other actors who knew him, Wiseman loved the part of Paul Radin that he did on TZ. They also said he was an extremely private individual who did not socialize much, and was often too shy even to say hello to neighbors who lived in his apartment building. Nonetheless, his significant work in TV, film, and theater stands on its own. He retired from TV in the mid 1990s, and one of his last Broadway appearances was in "Judgement at Nuremburg" in the early 2000s. He was married for many years to choreographer Pearl Lang, who expired nine months prior to his death.

Frank Aletter (1926-2009)

Frank Aletter passed away on 13 May. We were happy to have Frank at our 2002 Convention, where he reunited with Jacqueline Scott and Paul Comi, who appeared in his episode "The Parallel." He sat next to Jacquie as well as his old friend Lloyd Bochner. Frank was very supportive of the TZ Convention idea when Bill DeVoe and I were coming up with it in 2001-2002 and said he hoped it would be the first of many. He liked "The Parallel" and thought it was a most unusual and interesting story...he also tried to get "The Parallel" star Steve Forrest to attend the convention. Frank's work on TV was quite extensive - he starred in the 1960s comedy shows "Bringing Up Buddy" and "Its About Time". He was married to Lee Merriwether (best known as one of the many Catwomen) for a number of years, and they had two daughters, Lesley and Kyle, who were both in the biz as stuntwoman and model, respectively. He worked steadily from the late 50s until the late 80s, and for a number of years lived with his wife Estella in Tarzana. Frank will be missed.

James Whitmore (1921-2009)

James Whitmore, veteran actor of stage and screen, passed on 6 February. He was best known for his role in the superclassic 1994 film "The Shawshank Redemption"; he came out of retirement to play librarian Brooks Hatlen. Of course, his role on TZ as Captain Benteen in Serling's "On Thursday We Leave for Home" was quite memorable too. Mr. Whitmore had a most distinguished career and in his later years, he toured the country giving lectures. The older generation remembers him for his crime drama TV series "The Law and Mr. Jones" from the early 1960s. Whitmore had a seven-year marriage to Audra Lindley, best known as Mrs. Roper of "Threes Company". The Whitmore-Lindley Theater in North Hollywood was so named for them. Whitmore's son, James Jr., is a well-known actor and director.

Pat Hingle (1924-2009)

Pat Hingle, one of the most familiar faces in TV and film, passed away on 3 January. I spoke to Pat a few years ago while compiling data for my "Forgotten Gems from The Twilight Zone" books and he said immediately that he got more comments about "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" than anything else he ever did. Hingle's performance in the TZ episode was indeed one of the best. He climbed inside the body and soul of the man-child Horace and made the character his own. Hingle and Nan Martin, who played his wife Laura in the episode) worked together before and after they appeared in TZ, in the Broadway play "J.B." and in episodes of "The Fugitive" (they played husband and wife again!) Hingle's career began in the 1940s when he joined the drama scene in college. Eventually he made it to Broadway. After losing the title role in the blockbuster "Elmer Gantry" to Burt Lancaster in 1960 (after an accident), his career went a different direction … but he said that his regrets were only momentary. He worked steadily up until his passing. Commissioner James Gordon in the "Batman" films became perhaps his second signature role, after Horace Ford. He had thee children from his first wife, and a 30-year marriage to a second wife. He lived in North Carolina in his later years.

About This Site

The Twilight Zone Museum, this website, opened on 15 September, 2002, the month after the first Stars of the Zone Convention, the first ever "Twilight Zone" Convention, hosted by myself and Bill DeVoe in Hollywood, California. The website was opened because it was an attempt to complete the circle of "Twilight Zone" websites online at that time. The Twilight Zone Archives was and is online, and focused on the 'behind-the-scenes' aspect of the show (and now claims to be 'the #1 Twilight Zone website online, if for no other reason than its higher search engine listings.) As many of you remember, there was The Fifth Dimension, hosted by a fan from Texas. This was a wonderful site and for a long time was the most comprehensive one online. It was a treasure trove of information - coverage of each episode, and had numerous articles and information about virtually all of the things that sprang forth after Rod Serling created the show - movie connections, references in popular culture and on other TV shows and in films. I'm sure that guy spent into the tens of thousands of hours building it. There was also a very good message board there for a brief time in the late 1990s, [which still exists as The Twilight Zone Cafe, but only two or three folks from those early days remain active on the forum.] The site came online in 1996 and saw many transformations - including a name change from The Fifth Dimension to TheTZSite.com (after the band of the former name wanted the domain name for themselves.) There were also other assorted sites that filled in most of the gaps.

But the BIG gap had still not been filled. There was no real website that kept people informed of the current happenings related to the "The Twilight Zone." A convention had just been done, and like the show itself, had broken new ground and eventually spawned 4 more TZ conventions. Coverage of those events needed to be shared with the Twilight Zone public, especially those who could not attend. The actors - the people who really 'made' the show what it was, has been largely forgotten - they needed to be spotlighted again - and we found a good way to do it. They would be spotlighted in the form of their autographs. And luckily over the past decade, a very few of us got them to sign "Twilight Zone" production stills. Sure, they appeared in the episodes - but a personal signature on a piece of memorabilia makes it that much more valid. Not to mention, it makes for nice viewing, especially for those who know TZ really well. After all, "Twilight Zone" had some of the best casting in the history of television. And, those who recently departed Earth would be given a mini obituary. A decent, non-critical episode guide with an acceptable presentation was also in order. And if you look at the menu bar, you will see other things that are not to be found elsewhere, and we continue to add new stuff all the time. I suppose you could say that the Twilight Zone Museum attempts to provide what can't be found elsewhere. Material upcoming includes a page on Automobiles in the Twilight Zone, and TZ Studs n' Babes. Possibly!! One never knows.

TheTZSite.com eventually closed after being ordered to cease and desist; the website overstepped its bounds as far as copyright. Numerous audio files of dialogue and screen captures from each episode were included, as well as articles reprinted without permission, and CBS issued the webmaster with a cease and desist notice in mid 2004. Most of the sundry TZ websites have since fallen away too, but a few still remain. There were plans for a physical Twilight Zone Museum in Binghamton, NY, but they fell through for reasons unknown. I'm not exactly sure what they would have displayed, though. Not much still exists from the original show, and what does exist is in the hands of collectors and CBS, Inc.

So, there you have it. And this site will be online as long as humanly possible. We've been Serving Man for over seven years now! Figuratively. If you want literal, you'll need to talk to the Kanamits about it. They have the recipes.

This Week's TZ Flub!


From the opening shot of "Mr. Denton on Doomsday"...what are those radio towers doing there?!

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