The third season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from September 15, 1961 to June 1, 1962. There are 37 episodes. Continuing with Marius Constant's theme music, a different set of graphics was used for the opening, consisting of a rotating cone with concentric circles suggesting a spiral, receding into a star field. Rod Serling's narration from the second season was used, with the verse "That's the signpost up ahead" taken out: "You're traveling through another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Your next stop—The Twilight Zone." Some subtle changes in the opening's acoustics were made beginning with Person or Persons Unknown.
Cast
Rod Serling
Self - Host
Vito Scotti
Peddler
Claude Akins
Steve Brand
David White
George Rogers
Vaughn Taylor
Mr. Carsville
Lee Marvin
Steel Kelly
Henry Corden
Sanchez
Sherry Jackson
Comfort Gatewood
Warren Stevens
Peter Falk
Ramos Clementine
Emily McLaughlin
Doris Richards
Veronica Cartwright
Joseph Wiseman
Michael Pataki
Jeep Driver (uncredited)
Betty Harford
Clerk
Elizabeth Montgomery
Woman
Arthur Hunnicutt
Barry Morse
Fitzgerald Fortune
Frank Sutton
Frank
Lloyd Bochner
Michael Chambers
Phyllis Thaxter
Theodore Bikel
Oliver Crangle
Nancy Kulp
Agnes Gann
James Gregory
Confederate Sergeant
Larry Blyden
Rocky Valentine
Liam Sullivan
Headmaster
Sandra Gould
Joe Maross
Jerry Riden
Richard Long
David Andrew Gurney
William Keene
Doctor
Joanne Linville
Lavinia Godwin
Lois Nettleton
Norma
Paul Mazursky
Frank
Susan Harrison
Ballerina
Larry Gates
Bill Stockton
Donald Pleasence
Ellis Fowler
Trevor Bardette
Robert Cornthwaite
Director
R.G. Armstrong
Contractor
Gary Merrill
Joseph Paradine
Charles Bronson
Man
Dean Stockwell
Lieutenant Katell / Lieutenant Yamuri
Terence de Marney
Gambler
Joan Marshall
Jonathan Winters
James Howard "Fats" Brown
Don Durant
Richard Kiel
Kanamit
Alex Nicol
Phyllis Love
Mrs. Lucas
Howard Smith
Misrell
Cliff Robertson
Jerry Etherson
Dub Taylor
Peters
Andy Devine
Somerset Frisby
John Dehner
Captain Allenby
Edy Williams
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Ben Wright
Chips
Arch Johnson
Jesse James
Ben Cooper
Dauger
Leonard Nimoy
Hansen
Robert Redford
Harold Beldon
Murray Matheson
Clown
Antony Carbone
Cristo
Frank Silvera
Dr. Koslenko
Joan Hackett
Susan Cummings
Patty
Linden Chiles
Hall
Helen Gurley Brown
James Flavin
1962 Policeman
John Marley
Sunnyvale Superintendant Cox
Buster Keaton
Woodrow Mulligan
Kaaren Verne
Innkeeper
Joseph Bernard
Marty Weiss
Josephine Hutchinson
Nico Minardos
Doctor
Ralph Moody
Pa Myrtlebank
Gladys Cooper
Wanda Dunn
Carol Burnett
Agnes Grep
Oscar Beregi Jr.
Gunther Lutze
George Murdock
Willie
Moyna MacGill
Mrs. Williams
Wesley Lau
Man #1
Jesse White
Harmon Cavender
Jeanette Nolan
Granny Hart
George E. Stone
Fenwick (uncredited)
Edgar Buchanan
Doc Bolton
Donald Foster
Sinclair
Peggy Stewart
Grace Stockton
Charles Herbert
Hardie Albright
Secretary General
Paul Tripp
Man #2
Geoffrey Horne
Williams - the Alien
Dale Ishimoto
Sergeant Yamazaki
Alice Frost
Sally
Earle Hodgins
Agee
Doris Packer
Aunt Nedra
Cliff Osmond
Manolo
Florence Marly
Susan Gordon
Jenny
Vladimir Sokoloff
Gallegos
Ralph Votrian
Hanachek
Russell Collins
Ben Conroy
Susie Garrett
Cloris Leachman
Mrs. Fremont
Max Showalter
Pat Riley
Jeanne Bates
Ethel Hollis
Lenore Kingston
Thelma Dunn
Thomas Hatcher
Bill Soames
Clem Bevans
Pete
Lenore Shanewise
Mrs. Densley
Anne O'Neal
Mrs. Wister
Jack Klugman
Jesse Cardiff
Joe Higgins
Bank Guard
Philippa Bevans
Mrs. Landers
Tom Lowell
Artie Beechcroft
Hank Patterson
Freitag
Pat Close
Hudson
Kevin O'Neal
Butler
Russell Horton
Bartlett
Buddy Joe Hooker
Dickie Weiss
Robert Biheller
Graham
Jimmy Baird
Boy
Kevin Jones
Boy
Darryl Richard
Thompson
James Browning
Rice
Dennis Kerlee
Whiting
Laird Stuart
Boy (uncredited)
Cyril Delevanti
Marvin
Fredd Wayne
Paul Malloy
Noah Keen
Mr. Vance
Bing Russell
George Cousins
Robert Karnes
Robbins
Harold J. Stone
Grant Sheckly
Robert Brubaker
Tower Operator (uncredited)
Jim Boles
Dispatcher
Betty Garde
Mrs. Bronson
Sandy Kenyon
Frank Henderson
John Larch
Mr. Fremont
Bill Mumy
Anthony Fremont
J. Pat O'Malley
Old Ben
Stephen Talbot
Howie Gutliff
Jack Albertson
Jerry Harlowe
Rex Holman
Charlie Constable
Warren J. Kemmerling
Jud Godwin
Jamie Farr
Soldier (uncredited)
Austin Green
Abraham Lincoln
David Garcia
Union Lieutenant
Don Keefer
Dan Hollis
Jason Wingreen
Mr. Shuster
Juney Ellis
Mrs. Shuster
Tom Reese
Intruder
Robert Stevenson
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Ned Glass
Fridge Repairman (uncredited)
Walter Brooke
Chad Cooper
Jay Adler
Tramp
Mark Tapscott
Lieutenant
Jack Mann
Mallory
Jay Overholts
Taxi Driver
Howard Wright
Hardy
Addison Myers
Sentry (uncredited)
William Windom
Major
Kelton Garwood
Tramp
Clark Allen
Bagpiper
Carol Hill
Woman
Mona Houghton
Little Girl
Stanley Adams
Rollo
Gil Lamb
Officer Flannagan
Arthur Tovey
Sidewalk Onlooker (uncredited)
Milton Parsons
Professor Gilbert (uncredited)
Warren Parker
Clothes Store Manager (uncredited)
Norman Papson
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Harry Fleer
1962 Policeman #2 (uncredited)
James Best
Jeff Myrtlebank
Lance Fuller
Orgram Gatewood
Joseph Ruskin
Kanamit (voice) (uncredited)
Robert McCord
UN Translator (uncredited)
Jerry Fujikawa
Japanese Delegate
Bartlett Robinson
Colonel #1
Kenner G. Kemp
UN Translator (uncredited)
Lomax Study
Leveque
Robert Tafur
Señor Valdes
Russ Bender
Doctor
Johnny Eimen
Pitcher
Charles Aidman
Bill
Robert Sampson
Chris Miller
Sarah Marshall
Ruth Miller
Tracy Stratford
Tina Miller (uncredited)
Rhoda Williams
Tina Miller (voice) (uncredited)
Michael Keep
Policeman
Shirley Ballard
Wilma #1
Julie Van Zandt
Wilma #2
Michael Ford
Spaceman
Peter Brocco
Alien (uncredited)
Robert Eaton
Spaceman
Howard McNear
Mitchell
Dabbs Greer
Scanlan
Larry Breitman
Alien (uncredited)
Milton Selzer
Alien
John Albright
Alien (uncredited)
Theo Marcuse
Farraday
Joseph Schildkraut
John Holt
Alma Platt
Marie Holt
Edson Stroll
Young John Holt
Mary McMahon
Receptionist
David Armstrong
Surgeon
Robert Boon
Taxi Driver
Gene Coogan
Victim (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Victim (uncredited)
Chuck Fox
Victim (uncredited)
David O. McCall
Victim (uncredited)
Sailor Vincent
Gambler
Edmund Vargas
Pedro
Eumenio Blanco
Townsman (uncredited)
Carmen D'Antonio
Woman (uncredited)
Sandra Warner
Noreen
David Fresco
Man (uncredited)
John Harmon
Georgie
Joseph V. Perry
Man (uncredited)
Ralph Manza
Doorkeeper
Lea Marmer
Woman (uncredited)
Rudy Dolan
Emcee (uncredited)
Bethelynn Grey
Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Albert Salmi
Sergeant Causarano
John McLiam
Cop (uncredited)
Jon Lormer
Strauss
Ezelle Poule
Ma Myrtlebank
James Houghton
Jerry
Helen Wallace
Ma Gatewood
William Fawcett
Reverend Siddons
Mabel Forrest
Mrs. Ferguson
Vickie Barnes
Liz Myrtlebank
Patrick Hector
Tom
Fred Rapport
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Younger
Truck driver
Will Kuluva
General De Cruz
Arthur Batanides
Tabal
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
Garcia
Richard Karlan
D'Alessandro
Val Ruffino
Guard
Michael Burns
Paul Stockton
Jo Helton
Martha Harlowe
Moria Turner
Mrs. Weiss
Mary Gregory
Mrs. Henderson
Scotty Morrow
Boy
Albert Carrier
Frenchman
Donna Douglas
Debutante
John Fiedler
Field Rep #3
Pitt Herbert
Field Rep #2 (uncredited)
William O'Connell
Field Rep #1 (uncredited)
Burt Mustin
Carlson
Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Summers
Ernest Truex
Charles Whitley
Eve McVeagh
Nurse (uncredited)
Gregory McCabe
Boy #1 (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Resident (uncredited)
Barry Truex
David Whitley (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Gatekeeper
Charles Seel
Reverend Wood
Richard Devon
Dagget
Ron Hagerthy
Ben
Joseph Mell
Jimmy
Lee Van Cleef
Steinhart
Strother Martin
Mothershed
Troy Melton
Cowboy #1
Elen Willard
Ione Sykes
Stafford Repp
Ira Broadly
William Challee
Jasen
Episodes
Two
A man and a woman, on opposite sides of a future war, encounter each other in a deserted town.
The Arrival
A plane lands safely, but all its passengers, pilot and crew are missing!
The Shelter
When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter.
The Passersby
On the road home from the Civil War, a Confederate soldier stops at a burned-out house and gets to know the owner, a recent widow.
A Game of Pool
Championship pool player Fats Brown returns from the grave for one last game.
The Mirror
After a poor but ambitious Central American farm worker overthrows his country's tyrannical leader, he believes he sees assassins everywhere. A look in the mirror reveals his most dangerous enemy.
The Grave
Before he died, notorious gunslinger Pinto Sykes put a curse on hired-gun Conny Miller. Miller returns to town and is challenged to visit the grave of Sykes, despite the curse.
It's a Good Life
Little Anthony Fremont controls an entire town with his ability to read minds and make people do as he wishes. Which is a real good thing.
Deaths-Head Revisited
A former Nazi SS Captain returns to the ruins of a concentration camp to reminisce, and is met by one of his victims.
The Midnight Sun
The Earth's orbit has been changed, drawing ever closer to the sun and promising eminent destruction.
Still Valley
Confederacy scout Sgt. Joseph Paradine finds a town full of Union soldiers, and an old man who claims he used witchcraft to paralyze them.
The Jungle
Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's voodoo doctor puts a curse on him.
Once Upon a Time
Woodrow, a janitor living in the year 1890, accidentally activates a time travelling helmet which transports him to 1962 - then promptly breaks down!
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
A hobo, clown, bagpipe player, ballerina and military officer are trapped in a huge cylinder.
A Quality of Mercy
A gung ho young soldier gets a new viewpoint on war when he inexplicably changes places with a Japanese officer trying to stop his superior from leading a charge against American forces.
Nothing in the Dark
A lonely old woman refuses to leave her apartment for fear of meeting "Mr. Death."
One More Pallbearer
Paul Radin has invited three people to join him in his bomb shelter.
Dead Man's Shoes
A vagrant steps into a murdered gangster's expensive shoes and is taken over by the dead man's ghost, who vows to remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer.
The Hunt
On a hunting trip, Hyder Simpson and his dog Rip dive into a lake after a raccoon. When he gets home he finds that no one can see or hear him.
Showdown with Rance McGrew
The star of a Western TV series suddenly finds himself transported back in time to the real Wild West, and face-to-face with the real Jesse James.
Kick the Can
A retiree living in a rest home thinks he has discovered the secret of youth — acting young, and in particular playing a children's game called "kick-the-can".
A Piano in the House
Fortune discovers that a piano he bought his wife for her birthday has magical properties - the music that it plays makes people reveal their true essence.
The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank
Jeff Myrtlebank comes back to life at his own funeral and soon begins to act very strangely...
To Serve Man
The Kanamits, 9 foot tall aliens, arrive on Earth with one lofty goal: To Serve Man.
The Fugitive
Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl.
Little Girl Lost
A six-year-old girl rolls under her bed and vanishes into a fourth dimension. Her parents and a neighbor struggle to free her before the hole between the dimensions closes forever.
Person or Persons Unknown
David Gurney wakes up to find that no one - his wife, his co-workers, his best friend, not even his own mother knows him.
The Little People
An astronaut declares himself a god when his ship lands on a planet populated by people smaller than ants.
Four O'Clock
Oliver Crangle is a bitter, prejudiced man. Through unknown means he intends to shrink every evil person in the world at four o'clock.
Hocus-Pocus and Frisby
A loud-mouthed braggart's boasts attract the attention of some aliens.
The Trade-Ins
An elderly couple visit the New Life Corporation, hoping to transport their personalities into youthful artificial bodies.
The Gift
An alien who crash-lands into a remote mountain village stirs up the villagers' fears and animosity, but he befriends a little boy and gives him a mysterious present.
The Dummy
A ventriloquist is convinced that his dummy, Willie, is alive and evil. He makes plans for a new act with a new dummy: plans that Willie doesn't support!
Young Man's Fancy
When a newlywed couple briefly return to the groom's childhood home, the ties of the past prove too strong to resist.
I Sing the Body Electric
A widower buys a robot grandmother for his three children.
Cavender is Coming
Cavender, an angel trying to win his wings, tries to help down-on-her-luck Agnes, who has just been fired.
The Changing of the Guard
An elderly private school teacher wonders if his life has meant anything as he contemplates suicide on Christmas Eve and is reminded by former students that he has, indeed, made an effect on the lives of his students over the years.
The Twilight Zone Ratings
Overall
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Scares
How effective are the jump scares
Atmosphere
How immersive and tense is the atmosphere
Gore
Level and quality of gore/violence
Story
Quality of the storyline and plot
Special Effects
Quality of special/visual effects
Character Development
Depth and growth of characters
Pacing
Flow and timing of the narrative