Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1962)

 

The formula for Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which we have covered in previous posts for the 1960 and 1961 episodes, did not change over the last 26 episodes of Season 7 which aired in 1962. The host continued denigrating his commercial sponsors and lampooning other popular TV programs in his opening and closing vignettes. In the opening and closing segments of "The Kerry Blue" (April 17, 1962), Hitchcock spoofs Candid Camera with a parody called Candid Capers, essentially a blackmailing scheme in which Hitchcock and his photographer capture well-healed victims in comprising public appearances and plan to show the photos on their program unless they are paid off. For "The Test" (February 20, 1962), Hitchcock dons a fake Van Dyke beard and assumes an exaggerated conductor's movements in a parody of popular TV sing-a-long host Mitch Miller. As in previous years, there is the token sweet story with a happy ending in "The Door Without a Key" (January 16, 1962), for which Hitchcock closes with an apology for a lack of bloodshed that he hopes to make up for with the last commercial. As usual, there are plenty of dysfunctional marriages, such as those depicted in the 19th century London period piece "The Silk Petticoat" (January 2, 1962), the cheating husband plot that backfires in "Apex" (March 20, 1962), the vengeful dog-loving husband in "The Kerry Blue," and the despised but trapped husband in "The Opportunity" (May 22, 1962).

Other commonly used themes include the mild-mannered, long-suffering company employee who commits a brash theft as payback for years of neglect in "Profit-Sharing Plan" (March 13, 1962) and "The Twelve Hour Caper" (May 29, 1962). There are plenty of scam artists who get their come-uppance in "The Case of M.J.H." (January 23, 1962), "The Faith of Aaron Menefee" (January 30, 1962), "Strange Miracle" (February 13, 1962), "The Big Score" (March 6, 1962), "Most Likely to Succeed" (May 8, 1962), and "The Big Kick" (June 19, 1962). One episode that seems to buck this trend is "The Matched Pearl" (April 24, 1962) as the pearl-swapping gang of Mr. Wilkins, his "wife" Lolly, and crusty sailor Randolph McCabe successfully bilk jewelry store owner Laurent DuBois of over $12,000, except that DuBois is also a crook and initially thought that he was pulling a fast one on them in marking up a rare black pearl beyond what it was worth and then underpaying his supplier McCabe.

The abundance of these stories dressed slightly differently in each episode shows how the program had fallen into a rut by Season 7 as the same group of writers largely failed to come up with anything new from week to week. Even the episode-ending plot twist that should have given each story an unexpected finish became formulaic, and viewers can see the twist coming almost from the very beginning. For example, the story of the insurance-scamming Mexican railroad worker in "Strange Miracle" ends as you come to expect: after faking becoming crippled in an accident, Pedro Sequiras is able to fool his doctors, the insurance claims agent, and initially even his wife (though he lets her in on the scam before receiving the final payment). When he grows tired of having to stay in a wheelchair whenever he leaves home, he thinks he has a way to escape the charade by going to a supposed miracle fountain in a village frequented by true believers. But when he pretends to be healed and walks again, with his wife calling out that it is a miracle, naturally he is struck down for his blasphemy and saddled with a real and lasting debilitation, while the innocent young girl back in his home village who first mentioned the miracle fountain to him has her legs miraculously healed in a stroke of poetic justice. Another inevitable plot twist is seen in "Apex" when cheating husband Claude Shorum tells his neighbor and mistress Margo that he will get rid of his wife Clara rather than divorce her because the latter option would leave him penniless. When he fails to summon the courage to follow through on his first attempt, he tells Margo he will have to hire someone to do it since he can't bring himself to commit the murder. Margo sees this as weakness on his part and decides she will have to take care of it herself, tricking Clara into drinking some poisoned tea after telling her it is the same brand she and Clyde enjoyed on their Tahitian honeymoon. You've probably already guessed that Clyde did follow through this time, and as Margo is leaving his house, having made certain that the poisoned Clara is dead, she is met at the front door by Clyde's hired assassin, who assumes that Margo is the wife he has been paid to kill. Though as we have noted in previous posts, Hitchcock delighted in flaunting accepted morés, cheaters are usually caught in their own scams, unless their crime is portrayed as justified payback against someone who has cheated them, as seen in "The Twelve Hour Caper."

However, there is one episode that includes a rather novel episode-ending plot twist--"The Test" (February 20, 1962). This episode is a kind of quasi-Perry Mason tale centering around renowned defense attorney Vernon Wedge who is approached by the father of a young man accused of murder. The boy, Benjy Marino, was seen by a witness at the scene of the fatal stabbing with a knife and later apprehended with that knife, though it had no blood on it when he was caught. Though a member of a gang, Benjy claims his gang doesn't engage in violence, and that he had just bought the Boy Scout-like knife recently and only used it for whittling. Perry Mason's clients routinely lie to him about their actions around the time of the murder, mess up the crime scene, and generally do whatever would be the worst in mounting a defense, yet Mason always believes their stories and is able to bail them out with some theatrical trickery in the courtroom. However, Wedge initially presses Benjy to plead guilty to second degree murder with the hope that the judge will be lenient in his sentencing. Benjy and his father both refuse Wedge's advice and demand that he be defended with a not guilty plea. Unlike Perry Mason, Wedge isn't sure of Benjy's innocence, so he visits a chemist friend to learn about a chemical solution that can show whether a knife or other object has ever had human blood on it. Testing Benjy's knife with this solution would be extremely risky because the test does not discern whose blood may have been on the knife, only whether it has ever had any human blood on it. Wedge then petitions the judge to allow him to conduct the test on Benjy's knife after explaining the risks to the boy, who still claims the knife has never cut anyone. However, the prosecuting attorney objects to Wedge conducting the test, and the judge sustains the objection, after which Wedge hammers home to the jury that the test could have proven Benjy's innocence, and the jury acquits him. But back in his chambers Wedge summons Benjy and his father, tells them that he was counting on the prosecutor's objection, but now wants to prove to himself whether they have been telling him the truth. However, the father snatches Benjy's knife from Wedge and cuts his own hand with it, thereby ruining any chance of proving or disproving Benjy's innocence with the test. We may conclude that the father must have known Benjy was guilty to commit such an extreme act, or did he not want to know himself that his son was guilty? However, you interpret this finale, the episode raises a number of thorny questions about the American legal system, the gamesmanship that attorneys use in representing their clients, and whether the system really renders justice or merely rewards the party who plays the game most deftly.

Another interesting theme of the series that plays out in multiple episodes is the danger of isolation which makes victims vulnerable and defenseless. There is a claustrophobic ambience in many of the stories hinted at by the relatively few characters at the center of the action. The previously mentioned "Apex" is one such example, involving the classic love triangle that necessitates murder, and in this case a double murder. The bulk of the story shows us only the husband Clyde Shorum, wife Clara, and mistress Margo, with the assassin only showing up at the very end. All of the action takes place at the Shorums' and Margo's two homes, and the landscape is further restricted in that Margo lives next door to the Shorums. The opening scene shows Clyde and Margo kissing, and when he leaves to go home, we see him walk outside and down the sidewalk to his own front door. While Clyde has an office to go to and we later hear him call Clara from his golf club, we never see Clara leave her home, except when she is next door at Margo's having her hair done. Clara is the wealthy member of her marriage--in fact, Clyde was bestowed his executive position by his wife at the company she inherited from her late father--and wealth tends to bring isolation, certainly from work colleagues. And Clara's isolation makes her susceptible to Margo's duplicity. When she has drunk the poison tea, she has to rely on Margo to call her doctor for help, but Margo only pretends to make the call, placing her thumb on the receiver button so that the call never goes through. However, Margo is then ensnared in an isolation of her own when Clyde's assassin shows up--she is trapped in his house with no one to defend her from a brutal murderer. A similar scenario plays out in "The Opportunity" in which department store assistant manager Paul Devore is at the mercy of his wealthy wife who despises him but refuses to divorce him because he would receive community property. Like Clyde Shorum, Devore was bestowed his job by his wife, but he finds an opportunity to turn the tables on her when he is presented well-off shoplifter Mrs. Callen whom he browbeats into helping him with his scheme upon threat of exposing her crimes to her respectable family. The flaw in Devore's plan, however, is that after stealing all of his wife's valuable jewels, he attempts to make it look like a robbery by having Mrs. Callen bind and gag him to his wife's bed, then leave the scene so that when the wife returns from an out-of-town trip, she will think the robbers' were the ones who tied him up. What he doesn't realize is that he has put himself into the most vulnerable and isolated position possible, and when his wife returns she quickly figures out his game and sees this as an opportunity to make it look like the robbery also included murder.

Other episodes that feature a small cast of characters seemingly trapped in a claustrophobic environment include the 19th-century London story "The Silk Petticoat" in which newly married bride Elisa Minden appears to be trapped in the estate of her secretive, jealous, and perverted husband Sir Humphrey Orford, who forbids her from going into his study, where he does his research and writing about Christian martyrs who have been horribly tortured. However, the twist we get at the end is that when Sir Humphrey locks himself in his study he has no ally when he falls prey to his still living but disfigured first wife and her long-brewing vengeance. "Most Likely to Succeed" show another trapped rich wife, Louise Towers, who has grown tired of her shady business mogul husband Stanley and pleads with their newly hired servant Dave Sumner to help her escape. But when Stanley comes home and finds her bags packed, he gets her to confess she isn't ready to give up  the luxurious life he provides for her, even if it means he is always working and never available or interested in spending time with her. However, after he fires Sumner, his former fraternity brother and class valedictorian, Stanley finds himself ensnared in a different sort of trap when he learns that Sumner is a crack U.S. Treasury investigator who has been working for him undercover to gather the inside information needed to put him behind bars. "Where Beauty Lies" (June 26, 1962) paints a different picture of claustrophobic entrapment in a story about long-suffering ugly duckling Caroline Hardy who has spent her life as an unofficial housekeeper for her more attractive and successful brother and actor Collin. When Collin gets engaged to vapid, self-absorbed Joan Blake, Caroline is unsure whether her brother expects her to continue in her subservient role while living with him and Joan or if she is to be cast out altogether. Both scenarios seem like a tragedy to her, so she engineers her perfect solution by dousing their fireplace with flammable paint thinner, then lures Collin into lighting it to warm a dinner she left for him late one evening, thereby causing him to be horribly burnt on the face and blinded. While plastic surgery is able to restore his former good looks, Caroline talks to him as if he does not look that bad, knowing that a man whose career was built on his physical appearance cannot stand to be seen if he is not beautiful, thereby assuring that Caroline will have him all to herself in perpetuity. In all these cases, horror arises from being isolated with the one person whom you should most be able to trust, that is, unless you have treated that person in a way that would make them want to exact some form of revenge against you. In the case of the viewers of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, they appeared to grow tired of the program's redundant formulas and abandoned it in favor of fresher entertainment.

Season 7 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents that aired in 1962 are currently available to view for free on The Roku Channel, except for the following missing episodes: "Act of Faith" (April 10, 1962) and "What Frightened You, Fred?" (May 1, 1962). Though imdb.com lists the episode "The Sorceror's Apprentice" as a 1962 Season 7 episode without listing a specific date, the copyright screen for this episode says 1961, suggesting that it could have been the final episode of Season 6 rather than Season 7. It would be unusual for an episode filmed in 1961 to be aired after some 20 or more episodes filmed in 1962.

 

 

 

The Actors

For the biography of Alfred Hitchcock, see the 1960 post on Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Notable Guest Stars

Season 7, Episode 13, "The Silk Petticoat": Michael Rennie (shown on the left, starred in The Day the Earth Stood Still, Les Miserables (1952), The Robe, Omar Khayyam, and The Lost World and played Harry Lime on The Third Man) plays 19th-century London nobleman Sir Humphrey J. Orford. Antoinette Bower (Fox Devlin on Neon Rider) plays his fiance Elisa Minden. Jack Livesey (appeared in The Wandering Jew, Affairs of a Rogue, Mystery at the Burlesque, Patterns, and That Touch of Mink) plays her father Dr. Minden. Shirley O'Hara (Debbie Flett on The Bob Newhart Show) plays Orford's first wife Flora. Doris Lloyd (starred in Waterloo Bridge, Tarzan the Ape Man, Oliver Twist, The Time Machine, and The Sound of Music) plays Orford's housekeeper Mrs. Boyd. David Frankham (appeared in Return of the Fly, Master of the World, and King Rat and played Reverend Daniels on The Bold and the Beautiful) plays Elisa's cousin Philip Haven.

Season 7, Episode 14, "Bad Actor": Robert Duvall (shown on the right, starred in To Kill a Mockingbird, Bullitt, True Grit, MASH, The Godfather, The Godfather -- Part II, The Eagle Has Landed, and Apocalypse Now and played Augustus McRae on Lonesome Dove) plays surly actor Bart Collins. Carole Eastman (wrote the screenplays for The Shooting, Five Easy Pieces, and The Fortune) plays his fiance Marjorie Rogers. David Lewis (Senator Ames on The Farmer's Daughter, Warden Crichton on Batman, and Edward L. Quartermaine on General Hospital) plays his agent Ed Bolling. Charles Robinson (appeared in The Interns, Dear Brigitte, The Sand Pebbles, and The Brotherhood of Satan) plays rival actor Jerry Lane. Bartlett Robinson (Willard Norton on Wendy and Me and Frank Caldwell on Mona McCluskey) plays theatrical director Donald Wellman. William Schallert (see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) plays police detective Lt. Gunderson. Jo Helton (Nurse Bonnie Conant on Dr. Kildare) plays Wellman's secretary.

Season 7, Episode 15, "The Door Without a Key": Claude Rains (shown on the left, starred in The Invisible Man, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Casablanca, Phantom of the Opera, Notorious, and Lawrence of Arabia) plays supposed amnesiac Lloyd Eldridge. John Larch (starred in The Wrecking Crew, Play Misty for Me, and Dirty Harry and played Deputy District Attorney Jerry Miller on Arrest and Trial, Gerald Wilson on Dynasty, and Arlen & Atticus Ward on Dallas) plays night-desk police Sgt. Shaw. Robert Carson (Mr. Maddis on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show) plays his boss. Bill Mumy (Will Robinson on Lost in Space, Weaver on Sunshine, and Lennier on Babylon 5) plays lost boy Mickey Hollins. Connie Gilchrist (starred in Tortilla Flat, A Letter to Three Wives, and Long John Silver and played Purity Pinker on The Adventures of Long John Silver) plays chronic drunk Maggie Vanderman. Andy Romano (appeared in Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Pajama Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini and played Lt. Joe Caruso on Get Christie Love!, Frank Richards on Friends (1979), Warren Briscoe on Hill Street Blues, and Inspector Aiello on NYPD Blue) plays police patrolman Perry. Jimmy Hawkins (see the biography section for the 1961 post on The Donna Reed Show) plays motorcycle gang member Dewey Simms. Susan Hart (appeared in The Slime People, Ride the Wild Surf, Pajama Party, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, and The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini) plays his friend Marti Thomas. Sam Gilman (Sam Grafton on Shane) plays a squad car officer. David Fresco (Albert Wysong on Murder One) plays cafe delivery man Dave.

Season 7, Episode 16, "The Case of M.J.H.": Robert Loggia (shown on the right, starred in The Greatest Story Ever Told, Revenge of the Pink Panther, Scarface, and Big and played T. Hewitt Edward Cat on T.H.E. Cat, Admiral Yuri Burkharin on Emerald Point, N.A.S., Nick Mancuso on Mancuso, FBI, Ben Benedict on Sunday Dinner, and Judge Thomas O'Neill on Queens Supreme) plays blackmailer Jimmy French. Theodore Newton (appeared in The Sphinx, Ace of Aces, Somebody Up There Likes Me, and Friendly Persuasion) plays eminent psychotherapist Dr. Ernest Cooper. Barbara Baxley (starred in Countdown, Nashville, Norma Rae, and The Exorcist III and played L.W. Carruthers in All That Glitters) plays Newton's secretary Maude Sheridan. Richard Gaines (appeared in The Howard of Virginia, Double Indemnity, Unconquered, and Ace in the Hole and played the judge 14 times on Perry Mason) plays Newton's patient M.J. Harrison. Marjorie Eaton (appeared in That Forsyte Woman, Witness for the Prosecution, Mary Poppins, and The Trouble With Angels) plays French's landlady.

Season 7, Episode 17, "The Faith of Aaron Menefee": Andrew Prine (shown on the left, see the biography section for the 1962 post on Wide Country) plays gas station attendant Aaron Menefee. Sidney Blackmer (starred in Kismet (1930), Little Caesar, The Count of Monte Cristo, Heidi (1937), High Society, and Rosemary's Baby and played Dr. Morgan Granger on Ben Casey) plays faith healer Otis Jones.  Maggie Pierce (Barbara Crabtree on My Mother the Car) plays Jones' daughter Emily. Olan Soule (Aristotle "Tut" Jones on Captain Midnight, Ray Pinker on Dragnet (1952-59), Cal on Stagecoach West, the Hotel Carlton desk clerk on Have Gun -- Will Travel, and Fred Springer on Arnie and voiced Batman on The All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Superfriends, The World's Greatest SuperFriends, and Super Friends) plays Jones' assistant Brother Fish. Robert Armstrong (starred in King Kong, The Son of Kong, Framed, Dive Bomber, Blood on the Sun, and Mighty Joe Young and played Sheriff Andy Anderson on State Trooper) plays Menefee's physician Doc Buckles. Gail Bonney (Goodwife Martin on Space Patrol and Madeline Schweitzer on December Bride) plays a woman healed by Jones.

Season 7, Episode 18, "The Woman Who Wanted to Live": Charles Bronson (shown on the right, starred in The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Valachi Papers, and four Death Wish movies and played Mike Kovac on Man With a Camera, Paul Moreno on Empire, and Linc Murdock on The Travels of Jamie McPheeters) plays escaped convict Ray Bardon. Ray Montgomery (Prof. Howard Ogden on Ramar of the Jungle) plays gas station attendant Fred.  Lola Albright (see the biography section for the 1960 post on Peter Gunn) plays Bardon's hostage Lisa. Craig Curtis (Greg Selby on The Clear Horizon and Max Matthews on The Young Married) plays hoodlum Rook. Jesslyn Fax (appeared in Rear Window, The Music Man, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, and The Love God? and played Angela Devon on Our Miss Brooks, Emma the fan club VP on The Jack Benny Program, and Wilma Fritter on Many Happy Returns) plays a motel manager.

Season 7, Episode 19, "Strange Miracle": David Opatoshu (appeared in The Brothers Karamazov, Cimarron, Exodus, and Torn Curtain and played Walter Rogers on Bonino and Fred Kirsh on Dr. Kildare) plays Mexican railroad worker Pedro Sequiras. Miriam Colon (shown on the left, played Dr. Santos on The Edge of Night, Maria Delgado on One Life to Live, Lydia Flores on All My Children, and Cam's Grandma on How to Make It in America) plays his wife Lolla.  Frank DeKova (Chief Wild Eagle on F Troop and Louis Campagna on The Untouchables) plays insurance agent Senor Vargas. Eduardo Ciannelli (see the biography section for the 1960 post on Johnny Staccato) plays the village priest.

Season 7, Episode 20, "The Test": Brian Keith (shown on the right, see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Westerner) plays renowned defense attorney Vernon Wedge. Eduardo Ciannelli (see "Strange Miracle" above) plays oil field manager Mr. Marino. Eve McVeagh (starred in High Noon, The Glass Web, and Tight Spot and played Frances Moseby on The Clear Horizon and Miss Hammond on Petticoat Junction) plays murder victim's mother Mrs. Archer. Dee J. Thompson (Agnes on Grindl) plays Wedge's secretary Olga. Rusty Lane (Harry Moseby on The Clear Horizon) plays the trial judge.

Season 7, Episode 21, "Burglar Proof": Robert Webber (shown on the left, appeared in The Sandpiper, The Silencers, The Dirty Dozen, 10, Private Benjamin, and S.O.B. and played Alexander Hayes on Moonlighting) plays advertising salesman Harrison Fell. Whit Bissell (starred in He Walked by Night, Creature From the Black Lagoon, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, and Hud and played Bert Loomis on Bachelor Father, Calvin Hanley on Peyton Place, and Lt. Gen. Heywood Kirk on The Time Tunnel) plays his boss Mr. Bliss. Philip Ober (one-time husband of Vivian Vance, appeared in From Here to Eternity, North by Northwest, and Elmer Gantry) plays safe company owner Wilton Stark. Paul Hartman (Albie Morrison on The Pride of the Family, Charlie on Our Man Higgins, Emmett Clark on The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D., and Bert Smedley on Petticoat Junction) plays legendary safecracker Sammy "The Touch" Morrissey. Josie Lloyd (Nurse Roth on Dr. Kildare) plays his daughter Dorothy.

Season 7, Episode 22, "The Big Score": Phillip Reed (appeared in The Woman in Red, The Last of the Mohicans (1936), Merrily We Live, Old Acquaintance, Song of the Thin Man, and Harum Scarum) plays widower and father Mr. Fellowes. Evans Evans (shown on the right, widow of John Frankenheimer, appeared in All Fall Down, Bonnie and Clyde, and The Iceman Cometh) plays his babysitter Dora. Rafael Campos (Ramon Diaz, Jr. on Rhoda and Jose on Days of Our Lives) plays hoodlum Gino. John Zaremba (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Ben Casey) plays police detective Lt. Morgan.

Season 7, Episode 23, "Profit-Sharing Plan": Henry Jones (shown on the left, played Dean Fred Baker on Channing, Owen Metcalf on The Girl With Something Extra, Judge Jonathan Dexter on Phyllis, Josh Alden on Mrs. Columbo, Homer McCoy on Gun Shy, B. Riley Wicker on Falcon Crest, and Hughes Whitney Lennox on I Married Dora) plays retiring financial services worker Miles Cheever. Ruth Storey (see the biography section for the 1961 post on 87th Precinct) plays his wife. Humphrey Davis (Charles Gray and Daniel Grady on The Doctors and Dr. Featherstone on The Edge of Night) plays his boss Mr. Dougherty. Rebecca Sand (Teresa Vetter on The Edge of Night) plays his mistress Anita. Frank Maxwell (Duncan MacRoberts on Our Man Higgins, Henry Coleman on The Young Marrieds, Col. Garraway on The Second Hundred Years, Capt. Nye on Felony Squad, and Dan Rooney on General Hospital) plays his coworker Rudy. Lew Brown (SAC Allen Bennett on The F.B.I. and Shawn Brady on Days of Our Lives) plays an airline desk clerk.

Season 7, Episode 24, "Apex": Mark Miller (Bill Hooten on Guestward Ho!, Jim Nash on Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Howard Jones on Bright Promise, and Ross Craig on The Name of the Game) plays company president Clyde Shorum. Vivienne Segal (Broadway musical star, wife of producer Hubbell Robinson, starred in Song of the West, Bride of the Regiment, and Viennese Nights) plays his wife Clara. Patricia Breslin (shown on the right, played Amanda Peoples Miller on The People's Choice, Laura Brooks on Peyton Place, and Meg Bentley on General Hospital) plays their neighbor Margo. George Kane (Link Morrison on Love of Life) plays golf caddy George Weeks.

Season 7, Episode 25, "The Last Remains": John Fiedler (shown on the left, appeared in 12 Angry Men, That Touch of Mink, The World of Henry Orient, Kiss Me, Stupid, Girl Happy, The Odd Couple, True Grit and played Emil Peterson on The Bob Newhart Show and Woody on Buffalo Bill) plays mortuary proprietor Amos Duff. Lennie Weinrib (the voice of H.R. Pufnstuf on H.R. Pufnstuf, Moonrock on The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, and Scrappy-Doo on Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo amongst many others) plays his assistant Stanley. Ed Gardner (Archie on Duffy's Tavern) plays business owner Marvin Foley. Walter Kinsella (Happy McMann on Martin Kane) plays police detective Lt. Morgan. Gail Bonney (see "The Faith of Aaron Menefee" above) plays a librarian.

Season 7, Episode 26, "Ten O'Clock Tiger": Robert Keith (shown on the right, father of actor Brian Keith, appeared in My Foolish Heart, The Reformer and the Redhead, The Wild One, Guys and Dolls, Written on the Wind, and The Lineup) plays boxing manager Arthur "The Professor" Duffy. Frankie Darro (starred in The Mayor of Hell, Wild Boys of the Road, Little Men, and played Robbie the Robot in Forbidden Planet) plays gambler Boots. Karl Lukas (Pvt. Stash Kadowski on The Phil Silvers Show, Scotty on Family Affair, and Carl the maintenance man on St. Elsewhere) plays washed-up boxer Soldier Fresno. Chuck Hicks (LaMarr Kane on The Untouchables) plays his sparring partner Gypsy Joe. Syl Lamont (Yeoman Tate on McHale's Navy) plays a boxing attendant. Andy Romano (see "The Door Without a Key" above) plays a policeman.

Season 7, Episode 28, "The Kerry Blue": Gene Evans (shown on the left, starred in The Steel Helmet, Thunderbirds, Donovan's Brain, and Operation Petticoat and played Rob McLaughlin on My Friend Flicka and Spencer Parrish on Spencer's Pilots) plays dog owner Ned Malley. Carmen Mathews (appeared in A Rage to Live, Rabbit, Run, and Sounder and played Theodora Van Alen on The Doctors and Bess Killworth on Another World) plays his wife Thelma. John Zaremba (see "The Big Score" above) plays their veterinarian Dr. Chaff. David Carlile (Deputy Bookright on The Long, Hot Summer) plays a police detective.

Season 7, Episode 29, "The Matched Pearl": Emile Genest (Napoleon Plouffe on La famille Plouffe, Charles Gougier on Monsieur le ministre, Raoul Dupuis on Dominique, and Wilfrid Paquette on Les as) plays jewelry store owner Laurent DuBois. Ernest Truex (Grandpa McHummer on Jamie, Mr. Remington on Mister Peepers, Jason McCauley on The Ann Sothern Show, and Pop on Pete and Gladys) plays his elderly, wealthy customer Mr. Wilkins. Sharon Farrell (Polly Holloran on Saints and Sinners, Det. Lorrie Wilson on Hawaii Five-O, and Florence Webster on The Young and the Restless) plays Wilkins' much younger "wife" Lolly. John Ireland (shown on the right, starred in Red River, All the King's Men, I Shot Jesse James, and Spartacus and played John Hunter on The Cheaters, Jed Colby on Rawhide, and Lyman Shackleford on Cassie & Co.) plays pearl-diving sailor Randolph McCabe.

Season 7, Episode 31, "Most Likely to Succeed": Jack Carter (legendary stand-up comedian, appeared in The Horizontal Lieutenant, The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington, and History of the World: Part 1, and played Glenn Wallace on Santa Barbara and Stan on Shameless) plays shady business mogul Stanley Towers. Joanna Moore (shown on the left, see the biography section for the 1962 post on The Andy Griffith Show) plays his wife Louise. Howard Morris (appeared in Boys' Night Out, The Nutty Professor, and High Anxiety, played Ernest T. Bass on The Andy Griffith Show, and voiced Beetle Bailey, Gen. Halftrack, Otto, and Rocky on Beetle Bailey, Breezly Bruin on The Peter Potamus Show, Mr. Peebles on The Magilla Gorilla Show, Atom Ant on The Atom Ant Show, Jughead Jones, Big Moose, and Dilton Doiley on The Archie Show and Archie's Funhouse, Frankie, Wolfie, and Dr. Jekyll on Sabrina and the Groovie Goulies, Cousin Ambrose on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and The Hamburglar on McDonaldland) plays his  former fraternity brother Dave Sumner. King Calder (Lt. Gray on Martin Kane) plays Towers' attorney Jim. John Zaremba (see "The Big Score" above) plays a U.S. Treasury tax investigator.

Season 7, Episode 32, "Victim Four": Paul Comi (shown on the right, see the biography section for the 1961 post on Ripcord) plays newlywed cripple Joe Drake. Peggy Ann Garner (appeared in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Pied Piper, Jane Eyre, Daisy Kenyon, and Thunder in the Valley and played Barbara Smith on Two Girls Named Smith) plays his wife Madeline. John Lupton (Tom Jeffords on Broken Arrow, Frank on Never Too Young, and Tommy Horton on Days of Our Lives) plays her former boyfriend Ralph Morrow. Bryan O'Byrne (Man in the Middle on Occasional Wife) plays restaurant owner Mr. Tuttle.

Season 7, Episode 33, "The Opportunity": Richard Long (shown on the left, starred in The Stranger, Criss Cross, All I Desire, and as Tom Kettle in 4 Ma and Pa Kettle features, and played Red Randolph on Bourbon Street Beat and 77 Sunset Strip, Jarrod Barkley on The Big Valley, Professor Everett on Nanny and the Professor, and Ernie Paine on Thicker Than Water) plays department store assistant manager Paul Devore. Rebecca Sand (see "Profit-Sharing Plan" above) plays his wife Kate. Coleen Gray (starred in Kiss of Death, Nightmare Alley, The Killing, The Vampire, The Leech Woman, and The Phantom Planet and played Muriel Clifford on McCloud) plays shoplifter Mrs. Lois Callen. Olive Dunbar (Mrs. Pfeiffer on My Three Sons, Ruth Jensen on My World and Welcome To It, and Bertha Bottomly on Big John, Little John) plays Paul's assistant Mrs. Ranwiller.

Season 7, Episode 34, "The Twelve Hour Caper": Dick York (shown on the right, see the biography section for the 1962 post on Going My Way) plays investment firm assistant cashier Herbert Wiggam. Gage Clarke (see the biography section for the 1961 post on Gunsmoke) plays head cashier T.J. Frisbee. Sarah Marshall (starred in The Long, Hot Summer, Lord Love a Duck, and Dave and played Evelyn Winslow on Miss Winslow and Son) plays office secretary Miss Pomfritt. Don Durant (Johnny Ringo on Johnny Ringo) plays her romantic pursuer Lowe. Andy Romano (see "The Door Without a Key" above) plays a policeman

Season 7, Episode 35, "The Children of Alda Nuova": Jack Carson (shown on the left, starred in Gentleman Jim, Arsenic and Old Lace, Mildred Pierce, Romance on the High Seas, Red Garters, and A Star Is Born) plays bored American tourist Frankie Fane. Christopher Dark (Sgt. Art Zavala on Code 3) plays archaeology student Ainsley Crowder. Stefan Schnabel (appeared in The Iron Curtain, Diplomatic Courier, and Dracula's Widow and played Firebeard on Tales of the Vikings) plays Roman government official Siani. David Fresco (see "The Door Without a Key" above) plays an Alda Nuova cripple.

Season 7, Episode 36, "First Class Honeymoon": Robbert Webber (see "Burglar Proof" above) plays recent divorcee Edward Gibson. Jeremy Slate (shown on the right, starred in The Sons of Katie Elder, The Devil's Brigade, and True Grit and played Larry Lahr on The Aquanauts) plays his poor friend Carl Seabrook. John Abbott (appeared in The Woman in White, Madame Bovary, The Merry Widow, and Gigi and played Rev. David Cowper on Emmerdale Farm) plays art dealer Abner Munro. Marjorie Bennett (see the biography section for the 1960 post on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) plays Gibson's housekeeper Mrs. Faylen. Kim Hamilton (appeared in Odds Against Tomorrow, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Wild Angels, played Nurse Leona on Days of our Lives and Eleanor on Paper Dolls, and voiced Microwoman on Tarzan and the Super 7) plays Seabrook's maid. James Flavin (Lt. Donovan on Man With a Camera and Robert Howard on The Roaring 20's) plays Seabrook's apartment building doorman.

Season 7, Episode 37, "The Big Kick": Brian G. Hutton (directed Sol Madrid, Where Eagles Dare, and Kelly's Heroes) plays beatnik trumpet player Mitch. Anne Helm (starred in Follow That Dream, The Interns, and Honeymoon Hotel and played Molly Pierce on Run for Your Life and Mary Briggs on General Hospital) plays girlfriend Judy Baker. Wayne Rogers (shown on the left, played Slim Davis on Search for Tomorrow, Luke Perry on Stagecoach West, Capt. John McIntiye on M*A*S*H*, Jake Axminster on City of Angels, Dr. Charley Michaels on House Calls, and Charlie Garrett on Murder, She Wrote) plays college assistant professor Ken Redmond.

Season 7, Episode 38, "Where Beauty Lies": George Nader (starred in Robot Monster, Lady Godiva of Coventry, and The Female Animal and played Ellery Queen on The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen, Dr. Glenn Barton on The Man and the Challenge, and Joe Shannon on Shannon) plays handsome, famous actor Collin Hardy. Cloris Leachman (shown on the right, starred in The Last Picture Show, Charley and the Angel, Dillinger, and Young Frankenstein and played Effie Perrine on Charlie Wild, Private Detective, Ruth Martin on Lassie, Rhoda Kirsh on Dr. Kildare, Phyllis Lindstrom on Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda, and Phyllis, Beverly Ann Stickle on The Facts of Life, Mrs. Frick on The Nutt House, Emily Collins on Walter & Emily, Grammy Winthrop on Thanks, Dot Richmond on The Ellen Show, Ida on Malcolm in the Middle, Maw Maw on Raising Hope, and Mrs. Mandelbaum on Mad About You) plays his spinster sister Caroline. Norman Leavitt (Ralph on Trackdown) plays house painter Mr. Burns. Raymond Bailey (see the biography section for the 1961 post on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis) plays a hospital doctor.