List of The Wild Wild West episodes
Encyclopedia
This is a complete list of episodes of The Wild Wild West
, an American television series that ran on the CBS
network from 1965 to 1969. During its four-season run a total of 104 episodes were broadcast. The Wild Wild West is a series that blended westerns
– hugely popular on television at the time (Gunsmoke
, Bonanza
, Wagon Train
, Rawhide
, etc.) – with spy adventure
, which came into vogue in the wake of the highly successful James Bond films
, resulting in such spy-oriented series as The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
, The Avengers
, and Secret Agent
.
The Wild Wild West is set in the 1870s and deals with the exploits of James West (played by Robert Conrad
) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin
), two agents of the United States Secret Service
who work directly under the command of then-President Ulysses S. Grant
. James West is presented as a sort of "James Bond
of the West
," i.e. the handsome, muscular action-hero
who is handy with his fists, as well as a dashing ladies' man. Artemus Gordon is West's partner, a master of disguise
s and also the inventor of the many gadgets that the two of them use in the course of their adventures. The two men travel about in a private train and use their talents to vanquish the many dastardly villains that threatened the United States — among them, disgraced ex-soldiers seeking revenge against President Grant, power-hungry megalomaniacs, and mad scientist
s with their brilliant but diabolical inventions. The last group includes the recurring character of Dr. Miguelito Loveless
, played by 3'11" Michael Dunn. As series producer Bruce Lansbury stated:
Ten years after the series was cancelled a made-for-television revival movie
, The Wild Wild West Revisited, aired and was successful enough to warrant a follow-up entitled More Wild Wild West (1980), thus bring the total number of episodes up to 106. The death of Ross Martin in 1981 ended any plans for a third film.
from Paramount Home Video in both individual box sets of each season as well as a box containing the whole series. Only the latter, however, contains the reunion films.
The complete run of the series is present below in broadcast order. Included are the episode titles, directors, writers, broadcast dates, guest stars and the roles they played, and a brief plot synopsis. Also, the various disguises that Ross Martin used in his Artemus Gordon character are listed.;(
The Wild Wild West was created by Michael Garrison
, a movie producer
(Peyton Place
, The Long, Hot Summer
, An Affair to Remember
) who had, at one time, co-owned the rights Ian Fleming
's first James Bond
novel
, Casino Royale
. Garrison produced the series pilot episode himself but, once the series was approved by the CBS network, it became necessary to find a more experienced producer to handle the subsequent episodes. Garrison, in the meantime, was moved into the position of Executive Producer. Collier Young, who hitherto had produced a series entitled The Rogues
, was assigned to The Wild Wild West but, after overseeing only three episodes, was replaced due to "a difference in concept between the network and [him]." Fred Freiberger
, his replacement, brought the series back on track with adventures featuring beautiful women, strong adversaries, and "something very bizarre." Also under Freiberger the character of Dr. Loveless was created. Loveless became an immediate hit, resulting in actor Michael Dunn being contracted to do four episodes per season. However, after producing ten episodes, Fred Freiberger was replaced by John Mantley
, reputedly due to a behind-the-scenes power struggle. Mantley, who had been associate producer on Gunsmoke
, produced seven episodes before he too was replaced. Mantley returned to his former position on Gunsmoke while Gene Coon took over the production reins for of The Wild Wild West. However, Coon left after five episodes to take a screenwriting assignment at Warner Bros.
, leaving Michael Garrison to take on double-duty as producer and executive producer for the remainder of the season.
The 28 first season episodes of The Wild Wild West, all of which were photographed in black and white, were not broadcast in the order that they were filmed. Notably, the early ones produced by Collier Young were moved back in the broadcast schedule in favor of the Fred Freiberger- and John Mantley-produced episodes. The breakdown in broadcast order is thus:
During this season, The Wild Wild West placed at #23 in the ratings for the 1965-1966 season. One episode of this season, "The Night of the Howling Light", received an Emmy nomination for Best Cinematography.
The second season of The Wild Wild West continued the basic format of first season, but also made some changes. The most notable of these was that the series was now shot in color, which enhanced the Victorian ambiance of the 1870s setting. Both Robert Conrad and Ross Martin where given modified wardrobes, with Conrad wearing short bolero
jackets and tight-fitting pants. There was also a shift in the choreography of the fight scenes, changing the emphasis from karate (largely used in the first season) to boxing.
As in the first season, Dr. Loveless was featured in four episodes. Meanwhile, an attempt was made to establish another recurring villain with the character of Count Manzeppi (played by Victor Buono
, who had appeared in the pilot episode). However, the Count was dropped after only two episodes.
Again, as in the first season, 28 episodes were produced for the season. Initially, Michael Garrison continued in the dual capacity as producer and executive producer. However, after seven episodes, the producing chores were handed to Bruce Lansbury, the younger brother of actress Angela Lansbury
, and Garrison returned to working solely as the series' executive producer. Garrison died on August 17, 1966, when he fell down a flight of stairs at his home in Bel Aire.
The breakdown between the two producers, as broadcast, is:
However, the series continued to be listed as "A Michael Garrison Production in association with the CBS Television Network" in the end credits for the rest of the run.
The Wild Wild West slipped in the ratings during the second season and failed to be among the 25 most popular shows during the 1966–1967 season. However, guest star Agnes Moorehead
won an Emmy as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
for her performance in the episode "The Night of the Vicious Valentine."
On January 24, 1968, when The Wild Wild West was near the end of shooting for the season, star Robert Conrad
, who did the majority of his own stunt work, was seriously injured when he fell from a chandelier during the filming of the episode "The Night of the Fugitives." Production was shut down for the season and the "Fugitives" was completed and broadcast during the fourth season.
All of the episodes of this season were produced by Bruce Lansbury. Due to Conrad's injury only 24 episodes were made for this season. As in the second season, The Wild Wild West did not rank among the 25 most popular shows during the 1967-1968 season.
to use a double for any stunt that the studio considered "Chancy." Unfortunately, the fourth season proved unlucky for co-star Ross Martin
. On June 26, 1968, during filming of "The Night of the Avaricious Actuary" Martin fell and received a hairline fracture in his shin. As a result, the script the next episode filmed, "The Night of the Juggernaut", was re-written to have Martin's character, Artemus Gordon, receive a leg injury. A far more serious event befell Martin later on in the course of the season's filming. On August 17 of the same year he suffered a massive heart attack. A five week hiatus in filming had just begun, but Martin's recovery time was much longer. Producer Bruce Lansbury had no choice but again have rewrites of the scripts. Ten episodes were filmed without Martin although he continued to have co-star billing in the opening credits. The absence of his character was explained as being on "special assignment" in Washington
. For one of these episodes, "The Night of the Tycoons", James West operated solo. For the remaining nine episodes West worked with other agents. These were:
Ross Martin returned to filming for the final three episodes of the season, which also turned out to be the last episodes of the entire series. The Wild Wild West was cancelled after four seasons, possibly due to declining ratings (it again did not place among the top 25), but also possibly due to a crack-down on programs with excessive violence.
During this season, Ross Martin received an Emmy nomination for leading actor in a drama series. All of the fourth season episodes were produced by Bruce Lansbury. As in the third season, Michael Dunn made only one appearance as Dr. Loveless in this season.
and Ross Martin
reunited and reprised their respective roles as government agents James West and Artemus Gordon in a television reunion film, The Wild Wild West Revisited. This film proved to be one of CBS' highest rated specials of the year, thus warranting a second reunion film, More Wild Wild West. The second film, however, proved less successful.
These two reunion movies were produced by Robert Jacks and directed by Burt Kennedy
and are notably more comical than the original series.
Of note is that three episodes were directed by William Witney
, who had co-directed many "cliffhangers" during the 1930s
and 1940s
, including Zorro Rides Again
, The Lone Ranger
, and The Adventures of Captain Marvel. Also among the series directors are Mark Rydell
(who would go on to direct On Golden Pond
with Katharine Hepburn
, Henry Fonda
, and Jane Fonda
) and Richard Donner
(later to direct The Omen
, Superman, and the Lethal Weapon
series).
featured a large number of notable guest stars. Many of these guests also appeared on Star Trek
. These actors and the titles to the episodes of both series that they appeared in are listed below. A video montage of some of these performance can be found on You Tube.
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969....
, an American television series that ran on the CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
network from 1965 to 1969. During its four-season run a total of 104 episodes were broadcast. The Wild Wild West is a series that blended westerns
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
– hugely popular on television at the time (Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
, Bonanza
Bonanza
Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...
, Wagon Train
Wagon Train
Wagon Train is an American Western series that ran on NBC from 1957–62 and then on ABC from 1962–65...
, Rawhide
Rawhide (TV series)
Rawhide is an American Western series that aired for eight seasons on the CBS network on Friday nights, from January 9, 1959 to September 3, 1965, before moving to Tuesday nights from September 14, 1965 until January 4, 1966, with a total of 217 black-and-white episodes...
, etc.) – with spy adventure
Spy film
The spy film genre deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way or as a basis for fantasy . Many novels in the spy fiction genre have been adapted as films, including works by John Buchan, John Le Carré, Ian Fleming and Len Deighton...
, which came into vogue in the wake of the highly successful James Bond films
James Bond (film series)
The James Bond film series is a British series of motion pictures based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond , who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. Earlier films were based on Fleming's novels and short stories, followed later by films with original storylines...
, resulting in such spy-oriented series as The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968. It follows the exploits of two secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious secret international espionage and law-enforcement...
, The Avengers
The Avengers (TV series)
The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series set in the 1960s Britain. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed . Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants...
, and Secret Agent
Danger Man
Danger Man is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the program and wrote many of the scripts...
.
The Wild Wild West is set in the 1870s and deals with the exploits of James West (played by Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep...
) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin
Ross Martin
Ross Martin was a Polish-born American Emmy-nominated actor known for playing Artemus Gordon in the western TV series The Wild Wild West, starring Robert Conrad, and Andamo on Mr...
), two agents of the United States Secret Service
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...
who work directly under the command of then-President Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
. James West is presented as a sort of "James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
of the West
Western United States
.The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West or simply "the West," traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Because the U.S. expanded westward after its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time...
," i.e. the handsome, muscular action-hero
Hero
A hero , in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion...
who is handy with his fists, as well as a dashing ladies' man. Artemus Gordon is West's partner, a master of disguise
Disguise
A disguise can be anything which conceals or changes a person's physical appearance, including a wig, glasses, makeup, costume or other ways. Camouflage is one type of disguise for people, animals and objects...
s and also the inventor of the many gadgets that the two of them use in the course of their adventures. The two men travel about in a private train and use their talents to vanquish the many dastardly villains that threatened the United States — among them, disgraced ex-soldiers seeking revenge against President Grant, power-hungry megalomaniacs, and mad scientist
Mad scientist
A mad scientist is a stock character of popular fiction, specifically science fiction. The mad scientist may be villainous or antagonistic, benign or neutral, and whether insane, eccentric, or simply bumbling, mad scientists often work with fictional technology in order to forward their schemes, if...
s with their brilliant but diabolical inventions. The last group includes the recurring character of Dr. Miguelito Loveless
Dr. Loveless
Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless is a fictional character, a villain on the 1960s television series The Wild Wild West. He is a brilliant dwarf portrayed by Michael Dunn. As a mad scientist, and the arch-enemy of Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon, Dr. Loveless was involved in...
, played by 3'11" Michael Dunn. As series producer Bruce Lansbury stated:
"Jim [West]'s world was one of two-faced villainy, male and female, countless 'Mickey FinnMickey Finn (drugs)A Mickey Finn, is a slang term for a drink laced with a drug given to someone without his knowledge in order to incapacitate him...
s,' and needle-tipped baroque pinkie rings that put him to sleep even as he embraced their dispensers. There were inevitable trap doors, hotel walls that ground their victims to dust or revolved into lush Aubrey BeardsleyAubrey BeardsleyAubrey Vincent Beardsley was an English illustrator and author. His drawings, done in black ink and influenced by the style of Japanese woodcuts, emphasized the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement which also included Oscar Wilde and James A....
settings next door, lethal chairs that tossed occupants skyward or alternatively dumped them into dank sewers that subterraneously crisscrossed countless cow towns of the period. And then there was that old DutchNetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
sea captain, leaning in the corner of the swill-hole of a bar, who inexplicably winked at Jim as he entered … Artemus, of course, in one of his thousand disguises."
Ten years after the series was cancelled a made-for-television revival movie
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
, The Wild Wild West Revisited, aired and was successful enough to warrant a follow-up entitled More Wild Wild West (1980), thus bring the total number of episodes up to 106. The death of Ross Martin in 1981 ended any plans for a third film.
DVD releases
The entire four-season run of The Wild Wild West is available on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
from Paramount Home Video in both individual box sets of each season as well as a box containing the whole series. Only the latter, however, contains the reunion films.
| The Wild Wild West The Wild Wild West The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969.... DVD releases |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Episodes | Discs | |Region 1 | |||
| 1 | 28 | 7 | 1965–1966 | June 6, 2006 | ||
| 2 | 28 | 7 | 1966—1967 | March 20, 2007 | ||
| 3 | 24 | 6 | 1967—1968 | November 20, 2007 | ||
| 4 | 24 | 6 | 1968—1969 | March 18, 2008 | ||
| Entire Series (box set) | 104 + 2 reunion movies | 27 | 1965—1969 | November 4, 2008 | ||
The complete run of the series is present below in broadcast order. Included are the episode titles, directors, writers, broadcast dates, guest stars and the roles they played, and a brief plot synopsis. Also, the various disguises that Ross Martin used in his Artemus Gordon character are listed.;(
Season One: 1965–1966
Michael Garrison (producer)
Michael Garrison was the creator of the television series The Wild Wild West.His mausoleum is in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.-External links:...
, a movie producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
(Peyton Place
Peyton Place (film)
Peyton Place is a 1957 American drama film directed by Mark Robson. The screenplay by John Michael Hayes is based on the bestselling 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious.-Plot:...
, The Long, Hot Summer
The Long, Hot Summer
The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt, starring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury and Orson Welles...
, An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember
An Affair to Remember is a 1957 film starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr, and directed by Leo McCarey. It was distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation....
) who had, at one time, co-owned the rights Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British author, journalist and Naval Intelligence Officer.Fleming is best known for creating the fictional British spy James Bond and for a series of twelve novels and nine short stories about the character, one of the biggest-selling series of fictional books of...
's first James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
, Casino Royale
Casino Royale (novel)
Casino Royale is Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel. It paved the way for a further eleven novels by Fleming himself, in addition to two short story collections, followed by many "continuation" Bond novels by other authors....
. Garrison produced the series pilot episode himself but, once the series was approved by the CBS network, it became necessary to find a more experienced producer to handle the subsequent episodes. Garrison, in the meantime, was moved into the position of Executive Producer. Collier Young, who hitherto had produced a series entitled The Rogues
The Rogues (TV series)
The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964 to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and very unscrupulous mark...
, was assigned to The Wild Wild West but, after overseeing only three episodes, was replaced due to "a difference in concept between the network and [him]." Fred Freiberger
Fred Freiberger
Fred Freiberger was an American film and television screenwriter and television producer, with a career spanning four decades including The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Star Trek, and Space: 1999...
, his replacement, brought the series back on track with adventures featuring beautiful women, strong adversaries, and "something very bizarre." Also under Freiberger the character of Dr. Loveless was created. Loveless became an immediate hit, resulting in actor Michael Dunn being contracted to do four episodes per season. However, after producing ten episodes, Fred Freiberger was replaced by John Mantley
John Mantley
John Truman Mantley was a Canadian theatrical actor, writer, director, screenwriter and producer of the long-running television series, Gunsmoke, and was Mary Pickford's cousin.-Family:Mantley had a sister, eleven years older than himself, who taught dancing well into her eighties...
, reputedly due to a behind-the-scenes power struggle. Mantley, who had been associate producer on Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West....
, produced seven episodes before he too was replaced. Mantley returned to his former position on Gunsmoke while Gene Coon took over the production reins for of The Wild Wild West. However, Coon left after five episodes to take a screenwriting assignment at Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
, leaving Michael Garrison to take on double-duty as producer and executive producer for the remainder of the season.
The 28 first season episodes of The Wild Wild West, all of which were photographed in black and white, were not broadcast in the order that they were filmed. Notably, the early ones produced by Collier Young were moved back in the broadcast schedule in favor of the Fred Freiberger- and John Mantley-produced episodes. The breakdown in broadcast order is thus:
- Michael Garrison — Episodes 1, 27, and 28
- Collier Young — Episodes 5, 9, and 15
- Fred Freiberger — Episodes 2-4, 6-8, and 10-13
- John Mantley — Episodes 14 and 16-21
- Gene Coon — Episodes 23-26
During this season, The Wild Wild West placed at #23 in the ratings for the 1965-1966 season. One episode of this season, "The Night of the Howling Light", received an Emmy nomination for Best Cinematography.
| Series # | Season # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Airdate | Artie's disguises |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season Two: 1966–1967
| "Classics of literature, film, and contemporary science were shamelessly commandered as their elements were submurged and made over into a style that was, and still is, unique to television. We sought words and images to convey that style … baroque, outre, tiffany hues, rich crimsons and forest green, all in the mystery of chiaroscuro." |
| — Bruce Lansbury |
The second season of The Wild Wild West continued the basic format of first season, but also made some changes. The most notable of these was that the series was now shot in color, which enhanced the Victorian ambiance of the 1870s setting. Both Robert Conrad and Ross Martin where given modified wardrobes, with Conrad wearing short bolero
Bolero
Bolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...
jackets and tight-fitting pants. There was also a shift in the choreography of the fight scenes, changing the emphasis from karate (largely used in the first season) to boxing.
As in the first season, Dr. Loveless was featured in four episodes. Meanwhile, an attempt was made to establish another recurring villain with the character of Count Manzeppi (played by Victor Buono
Victor Buono
Charles Victor Buono was an American actor and comic.-Early life and career:Buono was born in San Diego, California, the son of Myrtle Belle and Victor Francis Buono . His maternal grandmother, Myrtle Glied , was a Vaudeville performer on the Orpheum Circuit...
, who had appeared in the pilot episode). However, the Count was dropped after only two episodes.
Again, as in the first season, 28 episodes were produced for the season. Initially, Michael Garrison continued in the dual capacity as producer and executive producer. However, after seven episodes, the producing chores were handed to Bruce Lansbury, the younger brother of actress Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Angela Brigid Lansbury CBE is an English actress and singer in theatre, television and motion pictures, whose career has spanned eight decades and earned her more performance Tony Awards than any other individual , with five wins...
, and Garrison returned to working solely as the series' executive producer. Garrison died on August 17, 1966, when he fell down a flight of stairs at his home in Bel Aire.
The breakdown between the two producers, as broadcast, is:
- Michael Garrison – Season episodes 1–5, 12, and 14
- Bruce Lansbury – Season episodes 6–11, 13, and 15–28
However, the series continued to be listed as "A Michael Garrison Production in association with the CBS Television Network" in the end credits for the rest of the run.
The Wild Wild West slipped in the ratings during the second season and failed to be among the 25 most popular shows during the 1966–1967 season. However, guest star Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Moorehead
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was an American actress. Although she began with the Mercury Theatre, appeared in more than seventy films beginning with Citizen Kane and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than thirty years, Moorehead is most widely known to modern audiences...
won an Emmy as Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series
This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series-Superlatives:-1960s:*1960: no award*1961: no award*1962: Pamela Brown – Victoria Regina*1963: Glenda Farrell – Ben Casey...
for her performance in the episode "The Night of the Vicious Valentine."
| Series # | Season # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Airdate | Artie's disguises |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season Three: 1967–1968
The third season of The Wild Wild West saw a shift away from fantasy and more toward traditional western with the "villains becoming more political and less outrageous." Also, because of serious health problems, Michael Dunn appeared as Dr. Loveless in only one episode during this season ("The Night Dr. Loveless Died").| "I had a bad injury in '68 … a very serious injury. I had a high-temporal concussion and a 6" linear fracture in my skull Human skull The human skull is a bony structure, skeleton, that is in the human head and which supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain.In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones... . The last two episodes (of that season) were cancelled." |
| — Robert Conrad |
On January 24, 1968, when The Wild Wild West was near the end of shooting for the season, star Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad
Robert Conrad is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep...
, who did the majority of his own stunt work, was seriously injured when he fell from a chandelier during the filming of the episode "The Night of the Fugitives." Production was shut down for the season and the "Fugitives" was completed and broadcast during the fourth season.
All of the episodes of this season were produced by Bruce Lansbury. Due to Conrad's injury only 24 episodes were made for this season. As in the second season, The Wild Wild West did not rank among the 25 most popular shows during the 1967-1968 season.
| Series # | Season # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Airdate | Artie's disguises |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season Four: 1968–1969
Due to his injury near the end of filming of the previous season, the fourth season of The Wild Wild West forced Robert ConradRobert Conrad
Robert Conrad is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep...
to use a double for any stunt that the studio considered "Chancy." Unfortunately, the fourth season proved unlucky for co-star Ross Martin
Ross Martin
Ross Martin was a Polish-born American Emmy-nominated actor known for playing Artemus Gordon in the western TV series The Wild Wild West, starring Robert Conrad, and Andamo on Mr...
. On June 26, 1968, during filming of "The Night of the Avaricious Actuary" Martin fell and received a hairline fracture in his shin. As a result, the script the next episode filmed, "The Night of the Juggernaut", was re-written to have Martin's character, Artemus Gordon, receive a leg injury. A far more serious event befell Martin later on in the course of the season's filming. On August 17 of the same year he suffered a massive heart attack. A five week hiatus in filming had just begun, but Martin's recovery time was much longer. Producer Bruce Lansbury had no choice but again have rewrites of the scripts. Ten episodes were filmed without Martin although he continued to have co-star billing in the opening credits. The absence of his character was explained as being on "special assignment" in Washington
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
. For one of these episodes, "The Night of the Tycoons", James West operated solo. For the remaining nine episodes West worked with other agents. These were:
- Charles AidmanCharles AidmanCharles Aidman was an American film scenarist and television actor.-Career:Among his many television credits include appearances on NBC's western series The Road West in the 1966 episode "The Lean Years"...
as Jeremy Pike (season episodes 10, 12, 13, & 18) - William SchallertWilliam SchallertWilliam Joseph Schallert is an American actor who has appeared in many films and in such television series as The Smurfs, The Rat Patrol, Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Waltons, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Love, American Style, Get...
as Frank Harper (season episodes 15 & 16) - Alan Hale, Jr.Alan Hale, Jr.Alan Hale, Jr. was an American film and television actor, best known for his role as Skipper on the popular sitcom Gilligan's Island. Hale was the lookalike son of popular supporting film actor Alan Hale, Sr....
as Ned Brown (season episode 17) - John WilliamsJohn Williams (actor)John Williams was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as chief inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder, and as portraying the second "Mr...
as Sir Nigel Scott (season episode 21)
Ross Martin returned to filming for the final three episodes of the season, which also turned out to be the last episodes of the entire series. The Wild Wild West was cancelled after four seasons, possibly due to declining ratings (it again did not place among the top 25), but also possibly due to a crack-down on programs with excessive violence.
During this season, Ross Martin received an Emmy nomination for leading actor in a drama series. All of the fourth season episodes were produced by Bruce Lansbury. As in the third season, Michael Dunn made only one appearance as Dr. Loveless in this season.
| Series # | Season # | Title | Director(s) | Writer(s) | Airdate | Artie's disguises |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reunion movies
Ten years after the cancellation of The Wild Wild West Robert ConradRobert Conrad
Robert Conrad is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep...
and Ross Martin
Ross Martin
Ross Martin was a Polish-born American Emmy-nominated actor known for playing Artemus Gordon in the western TV series The Wild Wild West, starring Robert Conrad, and Andamo on Mr...
reunited and reprised their respective roles as government agents James West and Artemus Gordon in a television reunion film, The Wild Wild West Revisited. This film proved to be one of CBS' highest rated specials of the year, thus warranting a second reunion film, More Wild Wild West. The second film, however, proved less successful.
These two reunion movies were produced by Robert Jacks and directed by Burt Kennedy
Burt Kennedy
Burt Kennedy was an American screenwriter and director known for mainly directing film Westerns.After World War II service in the 1st Cavalry Division, Muskegon, Michigan-born Kennedy found work writing for radio, then used his training as a cavalry officer to secure a job as a fencing trainer and...
and are notably more comical than the original series.
| Series # | Season # | Title | Director | Writer | Broadcast |
Emmy Awards
During its four year run The Wild Wild West received three Emmy nominations:| Emmy Award Emmy Award An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various... s |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Result | Award | Category |
| 1965 | Ted Voightlander for The Wild Wild West The Wild Wild West The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969.... Episode: "The Night of the Howling Light" |
Nominated | Primetime Emmy Award |
Best Cinematography |
| 1967 | Agnes Moorehead Agnes Moorehead Agnes Robertson Moorehead was an American actress. Although she began with the Mercury Theatre, appeared in more than seventy films beginning with Citizen Kane and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than thirty years, Moorehead is most widely known to modern audiences... for The Wild Wild West Episode: "The Night of the Vicious Valentine" |
Won | Primetime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Supporting Actress – Drama series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series-Superlatives:-1960s:*1960: no award*1961: no award*1962: Pamela Brown – Victoria Regina*1963: Glenda Farrell – Ben Casey... |
| 1969 | Ross Martin Ross Martin Ross Martin was a Polish-born American Emmy-nominated actor known for playing Artemus Gordon in the western TV series The Wild Wild West, starring Robert Conrad, and Andamo on Mr... for The Wild Wild West |
Nominated | Primetime Emmy Award |
Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama series Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Drama Series This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series winners.-1950s:*1956: Robert Young as Jim Anderson - Father Knows Best*1957: Robert Young as Jim Anderson - Father Knows Best... |
Producers
The Wild Wild West had six different producers during the course of its four-season run, plus a seventh for the two reunion movies. A breakdown of the episodes and their producers appears in the chart below.| Producer | Season | TVM | Total | |||
| One | Two | Three | Four | |||
| Gene Coon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Fred Freiberger Fred Freiberger Fred Freiberger was an American film and television screenwriter and television producer, with a career spanning four decades including The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Star Trek, and Space: 1999... |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Michael Garrison Michael Garrison (producer) Michael Garrison was the creator of the television series The Wild Wild West.His mausoleum is in Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery.-External links:... |
3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Robert Jacks Robert Jacks Robert Jacks is an Australian painter, sculptor and printmaker.Born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied sculpture from 1958 to 1960 at the Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, and painting in 1961 and 1962 at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology .In 1966 he had his first solo exhibition at... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bruce Lansbury | 0 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 69 |
| John Mantley John Mantley John Truman Mantley was a Canadian theatrical actor, writer, director, screenwriter and producer of the long-running television series, Gunsmoke, and was Mary Pickford's cousin.-Family:Mantley had a sister, eleven years older than himself, who taught dancing well into her eighties... |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Collier Young Collier Young Film producer and writer Collier Young worked on many films in the 1950s before becoming a television producer for such shows as NBC's Ironside and CBS's The Wild, Wild West as well as the supernatural series One Step Beyond .Young was married to actress and director Ida Lupino from 1948 to 1951,... |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 28 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 106 |
Directors
The Wild Wild West employed a large number of directors during its run, with Irving J. Moore directing the most episodes (25 total).Of note is that three episodes were directed by William Witney
William Witney
William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.He directed many Westerns during his career,...
, who had co-directed many "cliffhangers" during the 1930s
1930s in film
The decade of the 1930s in film involved many significant films. 1939 was one of the biggest years in Hollywood.----Contents# Events# List of films: # A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z....
and 1940s
1940s in film
The decade of the 1940s in film involved many significant films. Hundreds of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The great actor Humphrey Bogart made his most memorable films in this decade. Orson Welles's masterpiece Citizen Kane was also released...
, including Zorro Rides Again
Zorro Rides Again
Zorro Rides Again is a 12-chapter Republic film serial. It was the eighth of the sixty-six Republic serials, the third with a western theme and the last produced in 1937. The serial was directed by William Witney & John English and starred John Carroll as a modern descendant of the original Zorro...
, The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger (serial)
The Lone Ranger is a 1938 American Republic Movie serial. It was the ninth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic, the fourth western and the first of 1938...
, and The Adventures of Captain Marvel. Also among the series directors are Mark Rydell
Mark Rydell
Mark Rydell is an American actor, film director and producer.-Career:Rydell's initial training was in music. As a youth, he wanted to be a conductor. He began his career as an actor and first became known for his role as Walt Johnson on The Edge of Night and as Jeff Baker on As the World Turns,...
(who would go on to direct On Golden Pond
On Golden Pond (1981 film)
On Golden Pond is a 1981 American drama film directed by Mark Rydell. The screenplay by Ernest Thompson was adapted from his 1979 play of the same title. Henry Fonda won the Academy Award in what was his final film role. Co-star Katharine Hepburn also received an Oscar, as did Thompson for his...
with Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress of film, stage, and television. In a career that spanned 62 years as a leading lady, she was best known for playing strong-willed, sophisticated women in both dramas and comedies...
, Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor.Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins...
, and Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. She rose to fame in the 1960s with films such as Barbarella and Cat Ballou. She has won two Academy Awards and received several other movie awards and nominations during more than 50 years as an...
) and Richard Donner
Richard Donner
Richard Donner is an American film director, film producer, and comic book writer.The production company The Donners' Company is owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner. After directing the horror film The Omen, Donner became famous for the hailed creation of the first modern...
(later to direct The Omen
The Omen
An original score for the film, including the movie's theme song Ave Satani, was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, for which he received the only Oscar of his long career. The score features a strong choral segment, with a foreboding Latin chant...
, Superman, and the Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon
Lethal Weapon is a 1987 American buddy cop action film and the first in a series of films, all directed by Richard Donner and starring Mel Gibson and Danny Glover as a mismatched pair of LAPD detectives, and Gary Busey as their primary adversary...
series).
| Director | Season | TVM | Total | |||
| One | Two | Three | Four | |||
| Justin Addiss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Leon Benson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Caffrey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Marvin Chomsky | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| James B. Clark | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Alan Crosland, Jr. | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Edwin Dein | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lawrence Dobkin Lawrence Dobkin Lawrence Dobkin was an American television director, actor and television screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades.... |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Richard Donner Richard Donner Richard Donner is an American film director, film producer, and comic book writer.The production company The Donners' Company is owned by Donner and his wife, producer Lauren Shuler Donner. After directing the horror film The Omen, Donner became famous for the hailed creation of the first modern... |
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Alvin Ganzer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Harvey Hart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gunner Hellstrom | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jesse Hibbs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lee H. Katzin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lou Katzman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burt Kennedy Burt Kennedy Burt Kennedy was an American screenwriter and director known for mainly directing film Westerns.After World War II service in the 1st Cavalry Division, Muskegon, Michigan-born Kennedy found work writing for radio, then used his training as a cavalry officer to secure a job as a fencing trainer and... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Bernie Kowalski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sherman Marks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bernard McEveety | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike Moder | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Irving J. Moore Irving J. Moore Irving Joseph Moore was an American television director originally from Chicago, Illinois. He was known primarily for work in two night-time soap operas, Dallas and Dynasty as well as segments of such other series as Gunsmoke and Eight Is Enough.Moore launched his Hollywood career as a messenger... |
7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| Alex Nicol | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Lawrence Peerce | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charles Rondeau | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Mark Rydell Mark Rydell Mark Rydell is an American actor, film director and producer.-Career:Rydell's initial training was in music. As a youth, he wanted to be a conductor. He began his career as an actor and first became known for his role as Walt Johnson on The Edge of Night and as Jeff Baker on As the World Turns,... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Richard Sarafinan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ralph Senensky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Robert Sparr | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Don Taylor | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Herb Wallerstein | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Wedkos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Richard Whorf Richard Whorf Richard Whorf was an American actor, author, director, and designer.Richard was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts to Harry and Sarah Whorf. Richards's older brother was the well-known American linguist, Benjamin Lee Whorf. Whorf began his acting career on the Boston stage as a teenager then moving... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| William Witney William Witney William Nuelsen Witney was an American film and television director. He is best remembered for the movie serials he co-directed with John English for Republic Pictures such as Daredevils of the Red Circle, Zorro's Fighting Legion and Drums of Fu Manchu.He directed many Westerns during his career,... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 28 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 106 |
Guest stars
During its run, The Wild Wild WestThe Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969....
featured a large number of notable guest stars. Many of these guests also appeared on Star Trek
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
. These actors and the titles to the episodes of both series that they appeared in are listed below. A video montage of some of these performance can be found on You Tube.
| Actor | The Wild Wild West The Wild Wild West The Wild Wild West is an American television series that ran on CBS for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 4, 1969.... |
Star Trek |
| John Abbott John Abbott (actor) John Kefford was an English character actor professionally known as John Abbott. His memorable roles include the invalid Frederick Fairlie in the 1948 movie The Woman in White and the pacifist Ayelborne in the Star Trek episode "Errand of Mercy"... |
The Night of the Simian Terror | Errand of Mercy |
| Sharon Acker Sharon Acker Sharon Acker is a film, stage and television actress.Acker began her acting career in theater, and made her film debut when she recreated her stage role in Lucky Jim . Her first American film appearance was in the Lee Marvin action film, Point Blank .-Movies:*Lucky Jim ..... |
The Night of the Sedgewick Curse | The Mark of Gideon |
| Larry Anthony Larry Anthony Lawrence James "Larry" Anthony is a former Australianpolitician. He was a National Party of Australia member of theAustralian House of Representatives representing the Division of Richmond, New South Wales, from the March 1996 election until his defeat in the 2004 election... |
The Night of the Tartar | Dagger of the Mind |
| Barry Atwater Barry Atwater Garrett "Barry" Atwater was an American character actor who appeared frequently on TV from the 1950s into the 1970s... |
The Night of the Camera | The Savage Curtain |
| Emily Banks | The Night of the Avaricious Actuary | Shore Leave |
| Arthur Batanides Arthur Batanides Arthur Batanides was an American film and television actor, originally from Tacoma, Washington.In the 1959-1960 season, Batanides appeared in a supporting role as police Sergeant Olivera in the syndicated crime drama, Johnny Midnight, starring Edmond O'Brien as a New York City actor-turned-private... |
The Night of the Death-Maker The Night of the Gypsy Peril The Night of Miguelito's Revenge The Night of the Dancing Death |
That Which Survives |
| Eli Behar | The Night of the Legion of Death | Dagger of the Mind |
| Lee Bergere Lee Bergere Lee Bergere was an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Joseph Anders in the 1980s television series Dynasty.... |
The Night of the Colonel's Ghost | The Savage Curtain |
| Alan Bergmann | The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse | The Empath |
| Antoinette Bower Antoinette Bower Antoinette Bower is a German-born film and television actress, whose career lasted more than three decades. She appeared on the television series Neon Rider for 42 episodes. She is a naturalized United States citizen... |
The Night of the Sudden Death | Catspaw |
| Kathie Browne Kathie Browne Kathie Browne was an American film and television actress.-Background:Born in San Luis Obispo, California as Jacqueline Katherine Browne she appeared in many films and TV shows such as Star Trek: The Original Series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Perry Mason,... |
The Night of the Human Trigger The Night of the Colonel's Ghost |
Wink of an Eye |
| William Campbell | The Night of the Freebooters | The Squire of Gothos The Trouble With Tribbles |
| Fred Carson | The Night of the Bottomless Pit | Operation: Annihilate! |
| Anthony Caruso Anthony Caruso (actor) Anthony Caruso was an American character actor in over 100 American films, usually playing villains, including the First Season of Walt Disney's Zorro as Don Juan Ortega... |
The Night Dr. Loveless Died The Night of the Green Terror The Night of the Kraken |
A Piece of the Action |
| Paul Comi Paul Comi Paul Domingo Comi is an American film and television actor. Mr. Comi was invited to join and is active voting member of the Actor's Branch of the :Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.- Biography :... |
The Night of the Circus of Death The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse |
Balance of Terror Balance of terror The phrase "balance of terror" is usually used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.... |
| Elisha Cook, Jr. | The Night of the Double-Edged Knife The Night of the Bars of Hell |
Court Martial |
| Jeff Corey Jeff Corey Jeff Corey was an American stage and screen actor and director who became a well-respected acting teacher after being blacklisted in the 1950s.-Biography:... |
The Night of the Thousand Eyes The Night of the Underground Terror |
The Cloud Minders |
| Chuck Courtney | The Night of the Death Masks The Night of the Winged Terror |
Patterns of Force |
| Yvonne Craig Yvonne Craig Yvonne Joyce Craig is an American actress best known for her role as Batgirl from the 1960s TV series Batman, and as the Orion Marta in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode “Whom Gods Destroy”.-Early life and career:... |
The Night of the Grand Emir | Whom Gods Destroy |
| John Crawford John Crawford (actor) John Crawford was an American actor.Crawford was born Cleve Allen Richardson in Colfax, Washington. In films from the 1940s, Crawford appeared in bit parts for many years before playing leads in several films in the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s... |
The Night of Fire and Brimstone | The Galileo Seven |
| Maryesther Denver | The Night of Miguelito's Revenge | Catspaw |
| Lee Duncan Lee Duncan Lee Duncan is an American character actor.-Filmography:*7th Heaven - Ed*Cannon - Player*Darkroom - Steve*Knight Rider - Clark*Murder, She Wrote - Police Officer*Picket Fences - Justice Thomas*Sanford and Son - Deputy... |
The Night of the Tycoons | Elaan of Troyius |
| Michael Dunn | The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth The Night That Terror Stalked the Town The Night of the Whirring Death The Night of the Murderous Spring The Night of the Raven The Night of the Green Terror The Night of the Surreal McCoy The Night of the Bogus Bandits The Night Dr. Loveless Died The Night of Miguelito's Revenge |
Plato's Stepchildren |
| Marj Dusay Marj Dusay Marj Dusay is an actress known for her roles on American soap operas... |
The Night of the Kraken The Night of the Turncoat |
Spock's Brain |
| Jason Evers Jason Evers Jason Evers was an American actor.Evers was born Herb Evers in New York City, New York. After quitting high school to join the United States Army, Evers was so inspired by stars like John Wayne that he decided to try acting... |
The Night of the Kraken The Night of the Running Death |
Wink of an Eye |
| Morgan Farley | The Night of the Circus of Death The Night of the Golden Cobra |
The Return of the Archons The Omega Glory |
| Brioni Farrell | The Night of the Brain | The Return of the Archons |
| Paul Fix Paul Fix Paul Fix was an American film and television character actor, best known for his work in westerns. Fix appeared in more than a hundred movies and dozens of television shows over a 56-year career spanning from 1925 to 1981... |
The Night of the Green Terror The Night of the Hangman |
Where No Man Has Gone Before Where No Man Has Gone Before "Where No Man Has Gone Before" is the second pilot episode of the television series Star Trek: The Original Series. It was produced in 1965 after the first pilot, "The Cage", had been rejected by NBC. The episode was eventually broadcast third in sequence on September 22, 1966, and was re-aired on... |
| James Gregory James Gregory (actor) James Gregory was an American character actor noted for his deep, gravelly voice and playing brash roles such as McCarthy-like Senator John Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate , the audacious General Ursus in Beneath the Planet of the Apes, and loudmouthed Inspector Luger in Barney Miller... |
The Night of the Inferno | Dagger of the Mind |
| John Harmon | The Night of the Infernal Machine | The City on the Edge of Forever A Piece of the Action |
| Johnny Haymer Johnny Haymer Johnny Haymer was an American actor who played Staff Sergeant Zelmo Zale, a recurring character in the television series M*A*S*H. Another high-profile role was that of the painfully unfunny stand-up comedian in the Woody Allen film Annie Hall... |
The Night of the Vipers | All Our Yesterdays |
| Robert Herron | The Night of the Skulls | The Menagerie The Savage Curtain |
| Marianna Hill Marianna Hill Marianna Hill , born Mariana Schwarzkopf, in Santa Barbara, California on February 9, 1941 is an American actress mostly working in American television.She has appeared in more than 70 films and television episodes... |
The Night of the Bogus Bandits | Dagger of the Mind |
| Patrick Horgan Patrick Horgan Patrick Horgan is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Glen Rovers and has been a member of the Cork senior inter-county team since 2008.-Club:... |
The Night of the Diva | Patterns of Force |
| Vince Howard Vince Howard Vince Howard is an American actor who has made many guest appearances on television.-Television appearances:* General Hospital * Dallas * Murder, She Wrote * Hill Street Blues... |
The Night of the Cadre | The Man Trap |
| John Hoyt John Hoyt John Hoyt was an American film, stage, and television actor.-Early life:Hoyt was born John McArthur Hoysradt. Before becoming an actor with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, the Yale University graduate worked as a history instructor, acting teacher and even a nightclub comedian... |
The Night of the Plague The Night of the Puppeteer |
The Menagerie |
| Sherry Jackson Sherry Jackson Sherry Jackson is an American actress and former child star. She made her film debut at seven years old in the musical You're My Everything, starring Anne Baxter and Dan Dailey. During the course of appearing in several of the Ma and Pa Kettle movies during the 1950s as Susie Kettle, one of the... |
The Night of the Gruesome Games The Night of the Vicious Valentine |
What Are Little Girls Made Of? |
| Anthony Jochim | The Night of the Sedgewick Curse | The Menagerie |
| Bart LaRue | The Night of the Juggernaut | Patterns of Force Bread and Circuses Bread and circuses "Bread and Circuses" is a metaphor for a superficial means of appeasement... The Savage Curtain |
| Mark Lenard Mark Lenard Mark Lenard was an American actor, primarily in television.-Biography:Lenard was born Leonard Rosenson in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant, Abraham, and his wife, Bessie... |
The Night of the Iron Fist | Balance of Terror Balance of terror The phrase "balance of terror" is usually used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.... Journey to Babel |
| Perry Lopez Perry Lopez Perry Lopez was an American film and television actor. His acting career lasted over 40 years before his death in 2008.... |
The Night of the Feathered Fury The Night of the Pistoleros |
Shore Leave |
| John Lormer | The Night of the Infernal Machine The Night of the Spanish Curse The Night of the Bleak Island |
The Menagerie The Return of the Archons For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky |
| Hal Lynch | The Night of the Poisonous Posey | Tomorrow is Yesterday |
| Ken Lynch | The Night of the Returning Dead | The Devil in the Dark |
| Barbara Luna Barbara Luna BarBara Ann Luna is an American actress with an extensive list of roles in film, television, and shows. Notable roles included Five Weeks in a Balloon and Lt. Marlena Moreau in the classic Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror"... |
The Night of the Deadly Bed | Mirror, Mirror |
| Theo Marcuse Theo Marcuse Theo Marcuse was an American character actor who appeared frequently on TV in the 1950s and 1960s. His sinister, hulking countenance was enhanced by a shaven head that accentuated his elephantine ears.-Biography:... |
The Night of the Sudden Plague The Night of the Bottomless Pit The Night of the Headless Woman |
Catspaw |
| Sarah Marshall Sarah Marshall (British film actress) Sarah Marshall is a British stage, TV and film actress; the daughter of noted actors Herbert Marshall and Edna Best.She was nominated for the Tony Award in 1960 for her role in George Axelrod's play Goodbye, Charlie. During the 1960s, she appeared in several U.S... |
The Night of the Hangman | The Deadly Years |
| William Marshall | The Night of the Egyptian Queen | The Ultimate Computer |
| Arlene Martel Arlene Martel Arlene Martel is an American actress and acting coach. Prior to 1964, she was frequently billed as Arline Sax, Arlene Sax, or sometimes as Tasha Martel.... |
The Night of the Circus of Death | Amok Time |
| Charles Macauley | The Night of Fire and Brimstone | The Return of the Archons |
| Judy McConnell | The Night of the Death Masks | Wolf in the Fold |
| Oliver McGowan | The Night of the Feathered Fury | Shore Leave |
| Ricardo Montalbán Ricardo Montalbán Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán y Merino, KSG was a Mexican radio, television, theatre and film actor. He had a career spanning six decades and many notable roles... |
The Night of the Lord of Limbo | Space Seed |
| Byron Morrow Byron Morrow Byron Morrow was an American television and film actor, born in Chicago.His TV work ran from Peter Gunn in 1957 to Father Dowling Mysteries in 1991... |
The Night of Miguelito's Revenge | Amok Time For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky |
| Reggie Nalder Reggie Nalder Reggie Nalder was a prolific film and television character actor from the late 1940s to the early 1990s... |
The Night of the Gruesome Games | Journey to Babel |
| William O'Connell | The Night of the Pistoleros | Journey to Babel |
| Susan Oliver Susan Oliver Susan Oliver was an American actress, television director and aviator.-Early life and family:Susan Oliver was born Charlotte Gercke, the daughter of journalist George Gercke and astrology practitioner Ruth Hale Oliver, in New York City in 1932. Her parents divorced when she was still a child... |
The Night Dr. Loveless Died | The Menagerie |
| Gregg Palmer | The Night of the Human Trigger The Night of the Gruesome Games The Night of the Hangman |
Spectre of the Gun |
| Leslie Parrish Leslie Parrish Leslie Parrish is an American actress. She worked under her birth name, Marjorie Hellen, until she changed it in 1959.-Education:... |
The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth The Night of the Flying Pie Plate |
Who Mourns for Adonais? |
| Ed Peck | The Night of the Double-Edged Knife | Tomorrow is Yesterday |
| Jack Perkins Jack Perkins Jack Perkins is an American reporter, commentator, war correspondent, and anchorman. He has been dubbed "America's most literate correspondent" by the Associated Press.... |
The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse | Bread and Circuses Bread and circuses "Bread and Circuses" is a metaphor for a superficial means of appeasement... |
| Vic Perrin Vic Perrin Vic Perrin was an American actor and voice artist. He is best remembered as the "Control Voice" in the original version of the TV series The Outer Limits .... |
The Night of the Winged Terror | The Changeling Mirror, Mirror |
| Phillip Pine Phillip Pine Phillip Pine was an American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer.... |
The Night of the Glowing Corpse | The Savage Curtain |
| Paul Prokop | The Night of the Firebrand | Mirror, Mirror |
| Madlyn Rhue Madlyn Rhue Madlyn Soloman Rhue was an American character actress.Rhue was born in Washington, D.C. From the 1950s to the 1990s, Rhue appeared in some twenty films, including Operation Petticoat and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World... |
The Night of the Bubbling Death | Space Seed |
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The Night of the Sedgewick Curse | Elaan of Troyius |
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The Night of The Fatal Trap The Night of the Falcon |
The Gamesters of Triskelion |
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The Night of the Torture Chamber The Night of the Deadly Bubble |
The Man Trap |
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The Night of the Bubbling Death The Night of the Gruesome Games The Night of the Winged Terror |
The Trouble with Tribbles |
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The Night the Dragon Screamed | Wolf in the Fold |
| Judi Sherven | The Night of the Avaricious Actuary The Night of the Circus of Death |
Wolf in the Fold |
| Sandra Smith | The Night of the Vipers | Turnabout Intruder |
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The Night of the Running Death | Mudd's Women |
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The Night of the Tartar | The Menagerie |
| Tom Sebastian | The Night of the Amnesiac The Night of the Skulls |
Shore Leave |
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The Night of the Double-Edged Knife The Night of the Tottering Tontine |
The Return of the Archons |
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The Night of the Egyptian Queen | Arena |
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The Night of the Flying Pie Plate | The Doomsday Machine |
| William Wintersole | The Night of the Tottering Tontine | Patterns of Force |
| Venita Wolf | The Night of the Arrow | The Squire of Gothos |
| Celeste Yarnell | The Night of a Thousand Eyes | The Apple |
Merchandise tie-ins
As with many television series, The Wild Wild West had several merchandise tie-ins during its run. These are listed below.| Year | Item(s) | Manufacturer or Publisher |
| 1966 | Paperback novel by Richard Wormser | Signet Books |
| 1966 | Board Game | Transogram Co. |
| 1966(?) | Ross Martin Ross Martin Ross Martin was a Polish-born American Emmy-nominated actor known for playing Artemus Gordon in the western TV series The Wild Wild West, starring Robert Conrad, and Andamo on Mr... and Robert Conrad Robert Conrad Robert Conrad is an American actor. He is best known for his role in the 1965 CBS television series The Wild Wild West, in which he played the sophisticated Secret Service agent James T. West, and his portrayal of World War II ace Pappy Boyington in the television series Baa Baa Black Sheep... Note Pads |
Top Flight Paper Co. |
| 1966 | Secret "Sleeve Gun" | Ray Plastics |
| 1966–1969 | Gold Key Comic Books Comic book A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including... (7 issues) |
Western Publishing Co. |
| 1969 | Lunch Box Lunch box The lunch box, also referred to as a lunch pail or lunch kit, is used to store food to be taken to work or school. The concept of a food container has existed for a long time, but it wasn't until people began using tobacco tins to haul meals in the early 20th century, followed by the use of... and Thermose |
Alladin Co. |
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