"The Outer Limits" (1963) TV series 1963-1965

User Rating:

8.5/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

16 September 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

There is nothing wrong with your television. Do not attempt to adjust the picture.

Plot:

Anthology type science fiction program with a different cast each week. Tending toward the hard science...

Plot Keywords:

Anthology | Cult Favorite | Psychotronic | Alien | Supernatural

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Vic Perrin	...	Control Voice / ... (28 episodes, 1963-1965)
Bob Johnson	...	Anthean / ... (11 episodes, 1963-1964)

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Series Directed by
Gerd Oswald		(14 episodes, 1963-1965)
Byron Haskin		(6 episodes, 1963-1964)
Leslie Stevens		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Charles F. Haas		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Laslo Benedek		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
James Goldstone		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Leonard Horn		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Paul Stanley		(3 episodes, 1964)
John Brahm		(2 episodes, 1964)
Alan Crosland Jr.		(2 episodes, 1964)

Series Writing credits
Joseph Stefano		(12 episodes, 1963-1964)
Lou Morheim		(5 episodes, 1964)
Leslie Stevens		(4 episodes, 1963-1964)
Robert C. Dennis		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Seeleg Lester		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Meyer Dolinsky		(3 episodes, 1963-1964)
Sam Neuman		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Allan Balter		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Louis Charbonneau		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Anthony Lawrence		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Robert Mintz		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ed Adamson		(2 episodes, 1964)
Harlan Ellison		(2 episodes, 1964)
Milton Krims		(2 episodes, 1964)
Stephen Lord		(2 episodes, 1964)
Jerry Sohl		(2 episodes, 1964)

Series Produced by
Leslie Stevens	....	executive producer (49 episodes, 1963-1965)
Joseph Stefano	....	producer (32 episodes, 1963-1964)
Leon Chooluck	....	associate producer (19 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ben Brady	....	producer (17 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sam White	....	associate producer (17 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lou Morheim	....	associate producer (12 episodes, 1964)

Series Original Music by
Dominic Frontiere		(31 episodes, 1963-1964)
Harry Lubin		(17 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert Van Eps		(2 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Cinematography by
Kenneth Peach		(25 episodes, 1964-1965)
Conrad L. Hall		(15 episodes, 1963-1964)
John M. Nickolaus Jr.		(9 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Film Editing by
Anthony DiMarco		(18 episodes, 1963-1965)
Fred Baratta		(12 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Casting by
Meryl O'Loughlin		(11 episodes, 1964)
Harvey Clermont		(3 episodes, 1965)

Series Art Direction by
Jack Poplin		(49 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Set Decoration by
Chester L. Bayhi		(49 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Makeup Department
Fred B. Phillips	....	makeup supervision (49 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Production Management
Lindsley Parsons Jr.	....	production manager (22 episodes, 1963-1964)
Claude Binyon Jr.	....	production manager (17 episodes, 1964-1965)
Robert H. Justman	....	production manager (9 episodes, 1964)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert H. Justman	....	assistant director (20 episodes, 1963-1965)
Lee H. Katzin	....	assistant director (9 episodes, 1963-1964)
Claude Binyon Jr.	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1963-1964)
William P. Owens	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1964)
Phil Rawlins	....	assistant director (4 episodes, 1964)
Gregg Peters	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Art Department
Richard M. Rubin	....	properties (48 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Sound Department
Arthur Cornell	....	sound effects editor (49 episodes, 1963-1965)
Jay Ashworth	....	sound mixer (45 episodes, 1963-1965)
Ralph Butler	....	sound mixer (3 episodes, 1964)

Series Special Effects by
Jim Danforth	....	special photographic effects designer and creator: Project Unlimited, Inc. (24 episodes, 1963-1964)
Paul LeBaron	....	special photographic effects designer and creator: Project Unlimited, Inc. (24 episodes, 1963-1964)
Ralph Rodine	....	special photographic effects designer and creator: Project Unlimited, Inc. (24 episodes, 1963-1964)
Thol Simonson	....	special effects (16 episodes, 1963-1964)
Harry Redmond Jr.	....	special effects (15 episodes, 1963-1964)
Pat Dinga	....	special effects (11 episodes, 1964)

Series Visual Effects by
M.B. Paul	....	optical effects unit (16 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Stunts
George Robotham	....	stunt double: Paul Lukather / stunt double: Sean McClory (2 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Henry Maak	....	key grip (45 episodes, 1963-1965)
Norman C. McClay	....	chief set electrician (27 episodes, 1963-1965)
Lloyd Garnell	....	chief set electrician (21 episodes, 1963-1964)
Jack Boyd	....	key grip (3 episodes, 1964)

Series Casting Department
Meryl O'Loughlin	....	casting consultant (12 episodes, 1964)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Forrest T. Butler	....	costumer (48 episodes, 1963-1965)
Sabine Manela	....	costumer (48 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Editorial Department
Richard K. Brockway	....	supervising film editor / supervising editor (49 episodes, 1963-1965)

Series Music Department
John Elizalde	....	music supervisor (32 episodes, 1963-1964)
Roger A. Farris	....	music coordinator (32 episodes, 1963-1964)
John Caper Jr.	....	music supervisor (17 episodes, 1964-1965)
Dominic Frontiere	....	composer: "Outer Limits" theme / composer: theme (2 episodes, 1963-1964)

Series Other crew
Elaine Michea	....	production coordinator (49 episodes, 1963-1965)
Hope McLachlin	....	script supervisor (40 episodes, 1963-1964)
Dominic Frontiere	....	production executive (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
Lou Morheim	....	story consultant (31 episodes, 1963-1964)
John Erman	....	production associate / assistant to producer (19 episodes, 1963-1964)
Seeleg Lester	....	associate / story consultant (17 episodes, 1964-1965)
B. Ritchie Payne	....	assistant to producer (17 episodes, 1964-1965)
Calvin Ward	....	coordinator (13 episodes, 1964-1965)
Tom Selden	....	assistant to producer (12 episodes, 1964)
George Rutter	....	script supervisor (4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Helen Gailey	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1963)
Robert Gary	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1964)

Production Companies

• Villa Di Stefano
• Daystar Productions (in association with)
• United Artists Television (in association with)

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1963-1965) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• United Artists Television (1965) (worldwide) (TV)
• MGM/UA Television (1982) (worldwide) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Television (2005) (USA) (TV)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (VHS) (season 2)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1990) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (VHS) (season 1)
• Super Channel (2000) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Ford Motor Company  automobiles (uncredited)

Also Known As:

"Beyond Control" (USA) (working title)
"Please Stand By" (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

51 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | USA:TV-PG | UK:PG | Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Bradbury Building - 304 S. Broadway, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Villa Di Stefano

Trivia:

Ended its network run in 1965, the same year as its "rival" the "The Twilight Zone" (1959) ("The Twilight Zone" ceased producing new episodes in 1964, but CBS broadcast repeats of the fourth-season episodes in the summer of 1965).

Quotes:

The Control Voice: There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We can reduce the focus to a soft blur...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Munsters: If a Martian Answers, Hang Up (#1.18)" (1965)

One of the top five science fiction series of the 60's

If you wanted to know what really good,really spectacular effects along with a good story for maximum effort,then this show set the standard for all science fiction shows as we know it today. And for good reason. For one the stories were based on science fiction subjects ranging for nuclear explosions,aliens and extraterrestials from another world(and some of the most scariest monsters on TV back then!),and creatures from beyond the depths of imagination,and secondly humans who tried to communicate beyond the point of other dimensions and other lifeforms. This show came along with the status of other science fiction shows that domination TV sets throughout the 1960's,with titles like "The Twilight Zone", "Boris Karloff's Thriller","Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea","Lost in Space","Star Trek",and the UFO series "The Invaders". In my opinion about this show it scares the daylights out of me every time I see it. The new version doesn't have a clue to what the original was like,and to me the original rules. Point Blank. Even though it ran for two astounding seasons on ABC(from 1963-65),and brought some of the most electrifying special effects ever devised for TV(it would have really fantastic if the original series were in color in 65 but the entire series was shown in black and white). I happed to catch one of the episodes recently(the one I saw featured Leonard Nimoy,aka Mr. Spock years later on Star Trek)and others that made up the guest star roster each week which included David McCallum,Sally Kellerman,Robert Culp, Michael Ansara,Eddie Albert,and Cliff Robertson.