The first season of The Twilight Zone aired Fridays at 10:00–10:30 pm on CBS from October 2, 1959 to July 1, 1960. There are 36 episodes, including the pilot, "Where Is Everybody?". The theme music for this season, written by Bernard Herrman, is different from the music most commonly associated with the series, written by Marius Constant for the second season onwards.
Cast
Rod Serling
Self - Host
Ed Wynn
Lou Bookman
Edward Andrews
Carling
Vito Scotti
Peddler
Claude Akins
Steve Brand
Vaughn Taylor
Mr. Carsville
Keenan Wynn
Gregory West
Virginia Christine
Ethel Bedeker
Jeanne Cooper
Miss Smith
Ron Masak
Harmonica Man
Jean Marsh
Alicia
Everett Sloane
Franklin Gibbs
Shepperd Strudwick
Peter Selden
Eleanor Audley
Mrs. Whitney
Robert Sorrells
Casey
Roddy McDowall
Sam Conrad
Jack Perkins
Ground Crewman
Patrick Macnee
First Officer McLeod
Dewey Martin
Corey
Vera Miles
Millicent Barnes
John Anderson
Gabriel
Jon Lormer
Minister
Ivan Dixon
Reverend Anderson
J. Pat O'Malley
Homburg
Frank Overton
Robert Sloan
Charles Aidman
Ed Harrington
Ross Martin
Johnny Foster
Kevin McCarthy
Walter Jameson / Tom Bowen / Hugh Skelton
Kevin Hagen
James Webber
Larry Blyden
Rocky Valentine
Jason Wingreen
1960 Conductor
Martin Balsam
Danny Weiss
Vic Perrin
Martian
Ernest Truex
Pedott
Joe Maross
Jerry Riden
Peter Brocco
Mr. Marshak
Estelle Winwood
Laurette Bowen
Phyllis Kirk
Victoria West
Don Dubbins
Peter Kirby
Earl Holliman
Mike Ferris
David Wayne
Walter Bedeker
Walter Burke
Joe Mizell
Murray Hamilton
Mr. Death
Richard Conte
Edward Hall
Ted Knight
Adams
James Daly
Gart Williams
Mitzi McCall
Waitress
Barry Atwater
Les Goodman
Alexander Scourby
George Harper
Elizabeth Allen
Saleswoman
Nehemiah Persoff
Carl Lanser
Maxine Cooper
Amy
Harry Bartell
Langford
Sebastian Cabot
Mr. Pip
William Schallert
Policeman
Martin Milner
Paul Grinstead
Burgess Meredith
Henry Bemis
Albert Salmi
Joe Caswell
Jack Klugman
Joey Crown
Michael Fox
Doctor
Martin Landau
Dan Hotaling
Ted de Corsia
Marty Sall
Thomas Gomez
Cadwallader
Howard Smith
Misrell
Sandra Warner
Girl
Russell Johnson
Prof. Manion
Garry Walberg
Reporter #3
Doug McClure
Pete Grant
John McIntire
Professor Daemon
Abraham Sofaer
Dr. Stillman
Byron Morrow
Martian
Amzie Strickland
Woman
Patrick Whyte
Mr. Sloan
Gloria Pall
Girl in Bar
Orson Bean
James B.W. Bevis
Beverly Garland
Maggie
Denise Alexander
Jody Sturka
Gig Young
Martin Sloan
Steve Cochran
Fred Renard
Ferris Taylor
Passenger
Morgan Brittany
Little Girl
John Dehner
Captain Allenby
Edward Binns
Bob Donlin
Kenneth Haigh
William Decker
Cecil Kellaway
Jeremy Wickwire
Paul Langton
Doctor
Warren Oates
Jeep Driver
Dick Wilson
Jack
Sue Randall
Nurse
Jeff Morrow
Kurt Meyers
Jerome Cowan
Jerry Hearndan
Dan Duryea
Al Denton
Billy Booth
Short Boy
Rusty Wescoatt
Tall Man
Janice Rule
Helen Foley
Susan Oliver
Teenya
Rusty Lane
Commissioner
James Franciscus
Lt. Mueller
Ted Otis
Pierson
Bill Mullikin
Parking Attendant
Milton Frome
Detective
Charles Lane
Mr. Peckinpaugh
Frank Wolff
Baron
Naomi Stevens
Washroom Attendant
Fritz Weaver
William Sturka
Robert Warwick
Alexander 'Leadbottom' Mackaye
Jack Weston
Charlie Farnsworth
Inger Stevens
Nan Adams
Joe Flynn
Steve
Patricia Donahue
Janie Williams
Sheldon Allman
Alien
Joseph V. Perry
Police Lieutenant
Jim Hutton
Major William Gart
Henry Jones
J. Hardy Hempstead
Ned Glass
Pawnshop Man
Marjorie Bennett
Old Woman
Paul Comi
Mark Marcusson
Phillip Pine
Virge Sterig
Alice Frost
Sally
William Reynolds
Lt. Fitzgerald
Leonard Strong
The Hitch-Hiker
Burt Metcalfe
Don Martin
Will J. White
Guard
Horace McMahon
Bartender
Raymond Bailey
Doctor
Rod Taylor
Clegg Forbes
Don Gordon
Andy Marshak
Lew Gallo
Mechanic
Harry Townes
Arch Hammer
Wendell Holmes
Cooper
Jason Johnson
Man
House Peters Jr.
Policeman
Allan Lurie
Subway Guard
William Phipps
Sergeant
Russ Bender
Counterman
Marc Cavell
Freeman
Howard Duff
Arthur Curtis / Gerry Reagan
Eileen Ryan
Nora Reagan
David White
Brinkley
Dana Dillaway
Maggie Polanski
Jay Overholts
Doctor
Ken Lynch
Charlie
Malcolm Atterbury
Henry J. Fate
Ida Lupino
Barbara Jean Trenton
Merritt Bohn
Truck Driver
Irene Tedrow
Mrs. Sloan
Jacqueline deWit
Helen Bemis
Lela Bliss
Mrs. Chester
Nesdon Booth
Guard
Suzanne Lloyd
Maya / Miss Thomas
Read Morgan
Lefty
Bernard Fein
Penell
Lori March
Eve Sturka
Leslie Barrett
Brandt
Vivi Janiss
Flora Gibbs
William Kendis
Hansen
Lee Sands
Floor Manager
Marc Towers
Cashier
Arthur Peterson
Sheriff
Simon Scott
Maj. Wilson
Harry Raybould
Corporal
Jerry Catron
Guard
S. John Launer
Lieutenant Colonel
Michael Vandever
Smitty
Joseph Hamilton
Ticket Agent
Therese Lyon
Old Woman
Edwin Rand
Bus Driver
Jan Handzlik
Tommy
Mary Gregory
Sally
Anne Barton
Myra Brand
Leah Waggner
Mrs. Goodman
Joan Sudlow
Old Woman
Ben Erway
Pete Van Horn
Lyn Guild
Mrs. Farnsworth
Frank Maxwell
Marty Fisher
Gail Kobe
Sally
Peter Walker
Sam
Susan Dorn
Marion Curtis
Bill Idelson
Kelly
Edgar Stehli
Sam Kittridge
Dodie Heath
Susanna Kittridge
Vernon Gray
Martian
Stephen Perry
Henry Temple
Kim Hamilton
Frances Temple
Than Wyenn
Paul Johnson
Fay Roope
Judge
Henry Scott
Thomas
Richard Karlan
Bartender
Mavis Neal Palmer
Helen
James Maloney
1888 Conductor
Patricia Barry
Leila
Terry Burnham
Markie
Barbara Perry
Blonde Woman
Mary Webster
Nan
James Millhollin
Mr. Armbruster
Florence MacMichael
Margaret
Dorothy Neumann
Landlady
John Conwell
Elevator Man
Colleen O'Sullivan
Michelle
Nancy Rennick
Ms. Keevers
Timmy Cletro
Boy
Mary LaRoche
Mary
Alan Dexter
Beasley
Don Kelly
Monk
Jonathan Hole
Team Doctor
Pat O'Malley
Mr. Wilson
Ben Wright
Captain Wilbur
Arthur Batanides
Leader
Michael Montgomery
Young Marty
Ron Howard
Wilcox Boy
Byron Foulger
Charlie
Sheridan Comerate
Gas Station Attendant
Joe Corey
Soda Jerk
Buzz Martin
Teenager
Nan Peterson
Woman in Park
Bill Erwin
Wilcox (uncredited)
James Turley
Carstairs
Deirdre Owens
Barbara Stanley
Leslie Bradley
Major Devereaux
Kendrick Huxham
Bartender
Hugh Sanders
Jerry Potter
Richard Peel
Steward
Donald Journeaux
Steward
Barry Bernard
Engineer
Debbie Joyce
Little Girl (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Bartender
Joe Bassett
Medical Officer
Lisabeth Field
Nurse
Logan Field
Investigator
Oliver McGowan
Officer
William Edmonson
Bartender
Doris Karnes
Woman
Fred Kruger
Man on Street
Norman Sturgis
Hotel Clerk
Juney Ellis
Woman on Street (uncredited)
Frank Logan
Waiter (uncredited)
Mark Sunday
Photographer (uncredited)
John Clarke
Young Jerry (uncredited)
Carter Mullally Jr.
Air Force Captain
Jim Johnson
Air Force Staff Sergeant
Mickey Maga
Ricky (uncredited)
Robert Burton
Doctor
Tex Holden
Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Barfly (uncredited)
Joe Phillips
Barfly (uncredited)
Bob Reeves
Barfly (uncredited)
James Gregory
Air Force General
James McCallion
Reporter #1
Lee Millar
Joe
Dick York
Capt. Phil Riker
Arlene Martel
Girl in Bar
Barney Phillips
E.L. Gunther
John Larch
Eliot Rathmann
Robert Haines
Bank Customer
Max Wagner
Roller Coaster Operator
Russell Trent
Rifle Range Barker
Ted Stanhope
Man on Street
Eddie Marr
Girlie Barker
George Mitchell
Old Man
Art Lewis
Drunk
George Bruggeman
Gambler
Steve Carruthers
Casino Worker / Gambler
Mitchell Rhein
Croupier
Jeffrey Sayre
Croupier
Harry Jackson
Trumpeter
Jeanne Evans
Ann Riden
Adam Williams
Sailor
Paul Mazursky
Orderly
Bill Walsh
Alien
George Grizzard
Roger Shackleforth
James Flavin
Truck Driver
Anne Francis
Marsha White
Herschel Graham
Executive (uncredited)
Jack Warden
Mouth McGarry
Gene Coogan
Pedestrian
Raoul Freeman
Pedestrian
John Albright
Barfly
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Man in Park
George Baxter
Judge Cummings
Paul E. Burns
Janitor
Arthur Tovey
Onlooker in Subway
Ron Nyman
Police Officer
John Pedrini
Man on Street
Jeanne Baker
Woman on Bench
Dick Cherney
Man in Bar
Pat Comiskey
Man in Bar
Bob Hopkins
Man in Bar
Marco López
Hotel Guest
Sam Rawlins
Ramón
Tony Rosa
Man on Bench
Marv Goux
Workman
Ray Pourchot
Workman
Boyd Cabeen
Technician
Kenner G. Kemp
Rocket Launch Technician
Dwight Townsend
Highway Flagman
Paul Baxley
Driver
John Burnside
Soldier
Irvin 'Zabo' Koszewski
Soldier
Gordon Mitchell
Soldier
Walter Bacon
Beauty Contest Guest
Frank Baker
Hotel Guest
George Boyce
Barbara Chrysler
Beauty Contestant
Alphonso DuBois
Chester Hayes
Ice Cream Man
Jimmie Horan
June McCall
Beauty Contestant
William Meader
Spec O'Donnell
Poker Player
Charles Perry
Spectator at Rally
Joe Ploski
Beauty Contest Guest
Paul Power
Farmer
Stephen Soldi
Anthony Redondo
Police Officer
Jack Stoney
Finch
Diane Livesey
Townswoman
Walton Walker
Chet Brandenburg
Technician
Sally Yarnell
Waitress
Michael Jeffers
Technician
Thomas Martin
Technician
Brad Brown
Student
Beverly Englander
Student
Herbert Winters
Martian Observer (uncredited)
Wesley Gale
Tenant
Joseph Glick
Handler
Charles Horvath
Joey Consiglio
Joe Haworth
TV Cowboy
Mike Lally
Handler
Joy Rogers
Citizen
Carl MacIntire
Announcer
Lillian Taylor
Tenant
Dan Terranova
Call Boy
Frankie Van
Referee
John Close
Cop
Barbara English
Dancing Girl
Charles Fogel
Casino Patron
George Ford
Casino Patron
Peter Hornsby
Croupier
Robert McCord
Waiter
Nels P. Nelson
Short Cop
Murray Pollack
Casino Patron
Norman Stevans
Casino Patron
Wayne Tucker
Croupier
James Gonzalez
Passenger
Ryan Hayes
Engineer
Butch Hengen
Tall Boy
Perk Lazelle
Executive
Clark Ross
Executive
Bernard Sell
Executive
Max Slaten
Man on Wagon
Hal Taggart
Executive
Duane Grey
Bartender
Peter Gabel
Guy with Match
Diane Honodel
Woman Pedestrian
Don Anderson
Shopper
Yvonne Romain
Bride
Episodes
Where Is Everybody?
Mike Ferris finds himself in a town strangely devoid of people. But despite the emptiness, he has the odd feeling that he's being watched...
One for the Angels
A street salesman cleverly eludes Death. But if he lives, a little girl must die in his place.
Mr. Denton on Doomsday
A has-been, drunk gunslinger finds his fast-draw abilities magically restored.
The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine
An aging, former movie star lives and dreams in the past, constantly watching her old movies alone in her room.
Walking Distance
A stressed advertising executive, driving through the country, leaves his car and starts to walk toward his hometown, Homewood. He finds things exactly as they were when he was a child.
Escape Clause
A hypochondriac exchanges his soul for immortality and indestructibility.
The Lonely
In 2046, imprisoned for murder on a distant asteroid, Corry receives an unexpected present that brings a semblance of companionship during his isolation.
Time Enough at Last
A bank teller, obsessed with reading, faces conflicts at work and home because of his passion for literature.
Perchance to Dream
A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.
Judgment Night
In 1942, a German wonders why he's on the deck of a British steamship, with no memory of how he got there.
And When the Sky Was Opened
Recovering in the hospital after a space mission, Major William Gart is visited by his co-pilot Lieutenant Colonel Clegg Forbes, who insists on the existence of a third astronaut.
What You Need
A two-bit thug thinks he's found the key to a better life in an old sidewalk salesman who has the uncanny ability to tell people what they need the most.
The Four of Us Are Dying
In this noirish tale, a man with the ability to change his face to resemble others gets into hot water with gangsters.
Third from the Sun
With all-out nuclear war about to ignite, a scientist and his pilot friend plot to escape on an experimental spaceship.
I Shot an Arrow into the Air
Three astronauts crash-land on an unknown planet and must confront survival challenges, unraveling their unity in the face of desperation.
The Hitch-Hiker
Alone on a cross-country trip, a woman continually encounters the same mysterious hitch-hiker who inexplicably reappears at various points in her journey.
The Fever
Tight fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name.
The Last Flight
A World War I flying ace flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1959!
The Purple Testament
Lieutenant Fitzgerald, serving in World War II, possesses the disquieting ability to foresee impending death by observing a strange glow on the faces of his men before battle.
Elegy
Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.
Mirror Image
In a bus depot, Millicent Barnes experiences odd events, leading to concerns about her sanity.
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Paranoia strikes the residents of Maple Street when they believe human-looking aliens have invaded the neighborhood.
A World of Difference
Arthur Curtis, a successful businessman sitting in his office discovers that he is on a film set and everyone refers to him as Gerry Reagan, a movie star struggling with alcoholism and a declining career.
Long Live Walter Jameson
Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.
People Are Alike All Over
After a space exploration crash-lands on Mars, the lone surviving astronaut is surprised to find that Martians are human-looking and friendly.
Execution
Just before being hanged for shooting a man in the back, an outlaw cowboy in 1880 is transported into the future.
The Big Tall Wish
Washed-up boxer Bolie Jackson, with the help of a special wish from his young friend Henry, miraculously switches places with his opponent during a comeback fight, turning the tide in his favor.
A Nice Place to Visit
After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for.
Nightmare as a Child
Schoolteacher Helen Foley finds a strange and very serious little girl on the stairs outside her apartment, who tries to jog Helen's memory about a man she saw earlier that day.
A Stop at Willoughby
Riding home on the train one day, a stressed businessman falls asleep and dreams it is 1888, and he is entering a small, idyllic town called Willoughby.
The Chaser
A man, desperate to win the affection of a beautiful woman, seeks the help of an old professor, who provides him with a love potion.
A Passage for Trumpet
A down-and-out trumpet player who's convinced he'll never amount to anything attempts suicide and finds himself in a world where no one can hear or see him.
Mr. Bevis
After losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new lease on life from his guardian angel, but there is a price for keeping it.
The After Hours
Puzzled and unsettled by the odd behavior of the salespeople, a woman discovers that the floor of a department store, on which she bought a gold thimble, doesn't exist.
The Mighty Casey
A baseball manager takes his team to the championships thanks to a robot pitcher.
A World of His Own
Coming home, Victoria catches her husband Gregory flirting with a beautiful woman in his study. His explanation that characters come to life before his eyes when he speaks into his dictation machine, leads Victoria to question his sanity.
The Twilight Zone Ratings
Overall
Overall rating of the media
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