"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964)TV series 1964-1968

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

22 September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

The two top agents of the United Network Command for Law Enforcement fight the enemies of peace, particularly the forces of THRUSH.

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Secret Agent | United Nations Building | Clothing Press | Duo

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 13 nominations

Cast

Robert Vaughn	...	Napoleon Solo / ... (104 episodes, 1964-1968)
David McCallum	...	Illya Kuryakin / ... (101 episodes, 1964-1968)
Leo G. Carroll	...	Alexander Waverly / ... (97 episodes, 1964-1968)

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Series Directed by
E. Darrell Hallenbeck		(12 episodes, 1965-1967)
Joseph Sargent		(11 episodes, 1964-1966)
John Brahm		(8 episodes, 1965-1967)
Alf Kjellin		(8 episodes, 1965-1967)
Alvin Ganzer		(7 episodes, 1964-1966)
Barry Shear		(7 episodes, 1966-1967)
George Waggner		(7 episodes, 1966-1967)
Sherman Marks		(5 episodes, 1965-1967)
Marc Daniels		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard Donner		(4 episodes, 1964)
Seymour Robbie		(3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Sutton Roley		(3 episodes, 1967-1968)
John Peyser		(2 episodes, 1964)
Alex March		(2 episodes, 1966)
Boris Sagal		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Writing credits
Dean Hargrove		(11 episodes, 1965-1967)
Peter Allan Fields		(11 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Hill		(8 episodes, 1965-1967)
Alan Caillou		(7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Norman Hudis		(6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Boris Ingster		(4 episodes, 1965-1967)
Henry Slesar		(4 episodes, 1965-1966)
Stanford Sherman		(4 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert E. Thompson		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Jack Turley		(3 episodes, 1964-1967)
Dick Nelson		(3 episodes, 1964-1965)
Leonard Stadd		(3 episodes, 1965-1967)
Berne Giler		(3 episodes, 1966)
Jerry McNeely		(3 episodes, 1966)
John W. Bloch		(2 episodes, 1964-1967)
Sheldon Stark		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Mark Weingart		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Albert Aley		(2 episodes, 1965)
Harlan Ellison		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Stanley Ralph Ross		(2 episodes, 1966-1967)
Don Richman		(2 episodes, 1966)
Howard Rodman		(2 episodes, 1966)
David Victor		(2 episodes, 1966)
Joseph Cavella		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Produced by
Norman Felton	....	executive producer / producer (105 episodes, 1964-1968)
David Victor	....	supervising producer / producer (60 episodes, 1965-1967)
Irv Pearlberg	....	associate producer / producer (49 episodes, 1966-1968)
Boris Ingster	....	producer (38 episodes, 1966-1967)
Sam Rolfe	....	producer (28 episodes, 1964-1965)
George Lehr	....	associate producer (26 episodes, 1966-1968)
Joseph Calvelli	....	associate producer (16 episodes, 1964-1965)
Anthony Spinner	....	producer (16 episodes, 1967-1968)
Mort Abrahams	....	producer (9 episodes, 1965-1966)
Robert Foshko	....	associate producer (8 episodes, 1965)

Series Original Music by
Gerald Fried		(45 episodes, 1965-1967)
Robert Drasnin		(23 episodes, 1965-1967)
Jerry Goldsmith		(15 episodes, 1964-1967)
Richard Shores		(14 episodes, 1967-1968)
Morton Stevens		(13 episodes, 1964-1965)
Nelson Riddle		(11 episodes, 1966-1967)
Walter Scharf		(10 episodes, 1964-1965)
Lalo Schifrin		(2 episodes, 1965)

Series Cinematography by
Fred J. Koenekamp		(90 episodes, 1964-1967)
Robert B. Hauser		(5 episodes, 1967-1968)
Dale Deverman		(3 episodes, 1967)
Kenneth Peach		(2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Paul Ivano		(2 episodes, 1967)

Series Film Editing by
Joseph Dervin		(32 episodes, 1964-1968)
William B. Gulick		(31 episodes, 1964-1967)
Henry Berman		(21 episodes, 1964-1967)
Ray Williford		(9 episodes, 1966-1967)
John Baxter Rogers		(4 episodes, 1967)
Elmo Veron		(3 episodes, 1966)
Fred Maguire		(2 episodes, 1964)
John D. Dunning		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
George W. Davis		(105 episodes, 1964-1968)
James W. Sullivan		(67 episodes, 1965-1968)
Merrill Pye		(37 episodes, 1964-1965)

Series Set Decoration by
Henry Grace		(105 episodes, 1964-1968)
Charles S. Thompson		(18 episodes, 1965-1966)
Richard Pefferle		(16 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert R. Benton		(12 episodes, 1964-1965)
Budd Friend		(12 episodes, 1965)
Frank Lombardo		(11 episodes, 1965-1966)
F. Keogh Gleason		(7 episodes, 1966-1967)
James L. Berkey		(7 episodes, 1967)
Jack Mills		(6 episodes, 1966)
Joseph J. Stone		(6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Don Greenwood Jr.		(5 episodes, 1967)
Jerry Wunderlich		(4 episodes, 1964-1965)
Hugh Hunt		(2 episodes, 1967)
Richard Spero		(2 episodes, 1967)
Frank McEveety		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
William Tuttle	....	special makeup creator (1 episode, 1965)
Jay Sebring	....	hair designer: Robert Vaughn (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Finnegan	....	assistant director (24 episodes, 1965-1967)
E. Darrell Hallenbeck	....	assistant director / second unit director (22 episodes, 1964-1966)
Eddie Saeta	....	assistant director / second unit director (18 episodes, 1965-1967)
Maurice Vaccarino	....	assistant director / second unit director (11 episodes, 1964-1968)
Wilbur Mosier	....	assistant director (11 episodes, 1964-1966)
Tom McCrory	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1964-1965)
Richard C. Bennett	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1966-1968)
Glenn Cook	....	assistant director (6 episodes, 1967-1968)
Robert Webb	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1965-1966)
Donald C. Klune	....	assistant director (3 episodes, 1965)
Paul Baxley	....	second unit director (2 episodes, 1967)
Al Shenberg	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1967)
Donald Verk	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1967)
Lynn Guthrie	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Al Sheinberg	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
James A. Sullivan	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Rober Bruinekool	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Louis Bunge	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Frank Bunts	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Freeman W. Butts	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Max Cole	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Keith Crown	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Darrell Forney	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
G. Ray Kerciu	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Douglas McClellan	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Ben Norris	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Paul Pernish	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Jack Stuck	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)
Kenneth Wynsma	....	painter: paintings (1 episode, 1966)

Series Sound Department
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor (105 episodes, 1964-1968)
Van Allen James	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Gary Kent	....	stunt double: Robert Strauss / stunt double: Robert Vaughn (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
Frank Babich	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Lee Faulkner	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Earl C. Williman	....	lamp operator (29 episodes, 1964-1965)
Doug Byers	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
John D. Dunning	....	supervising editor (105 episodes, 1964-1968)

Series Music Department
Frank E. Anderson	....	music supervisor (104 episodes, 1964-1968)
Jerry Goldsmith	....	composer: theme music / composer: stock music / ... (99 episodes, 1964-1968)
Lalo Schifrin	....	music arranger: theme music / composer: stock music (32 episodes, 1965-1966)
Gerald Fried	....	music arranger: theme music / composer: stock music (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Robert Armbruster	....	music arranger: theme music / conductor (17 episodes, 1964-1968)
Morton Stevens	....	music arranger: theme music / music arranger: theme (13 episodes, 1965)

Series Other crew
Sam Rolfe	....	developer (105 episodes, 1964-1968)
George Lehr	....	assistant to producer (47 episodes, 1964-1966)
Norman Siegel	....	assistant to producer (30 episodes, 1966-1967)
Milton S. Gelman	....	story consultant (15 episodes, 1966-1967)
Boris Ingster	....	production executive (11 episodes, 1965-1966)
Mort Abrahams	....	production executive (10 episodes, 1965)
Chuck Painter	....	unit publicist (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Arena Productions
• MGM Television

Distributors

• NTV (196?) (Japan) (TV)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1964-1968) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Ian Fleming's Solo (USA) (working title)
Mr. Solo (USA) (working title)
Solo (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min (105 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Company:

Arena Productions

Trivia:

The name Illya Kuryakin comes from a Broadway play written and directed by Jules Dassin. "Ilya Darling" is Dassin's musical adaptation of his earlier film "Never on Sunday," or in Greek "Pote tin Kyriaki". The irony lies in the fact that the Kuryakin character is Russian and Dassin was blacklisted for years as a suspected Communist.

Quotes:

Illya Kuryakin: The next harvest is scheduled for the 20th. Today is the 17th. That gives you three days.
Napoleon Solo: Exactly three days; that's a relief. I thought it was going to be a rush job.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Kids in the Hall: (#1.9)" (1990)

One of the 5 greatest series ever.

Hollywood has missed a bet by not capitalizing on the fact that Robert Vaughn and David McCallum are still alive. There should be another series or a movie with these two, but it would require some good writing to get a show worth watching. DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE ON THE AVENGERS MOVIE. I've always maintained that if you wanted to watch a show about the past, you could watch Wild, Wild, West; if you wanted to watch a show about the present, you could watch Man From Uncle; if you wanted to watch a show about the future, you could watch Star Trek; if you wanted a foreign flavored show you could watch The Avengers; and if you wanted to watch a comedy, you could watch Get Smart. MFU started in 1964, WWW and Get Smart in 1965 and Star Trek in 1966. The Avengers with Emma Peel hit here around 1967. You can get by in life just watching these shows. My feeling is that the Sixties started in February 1964 with the Beatles on Ed Sullivan and ended with the Manson murders in August 1969. Those were 5 magical, wonderful years that I wish could be recaptured and relived somehow. Anyway, what made MFU such a hit? There were numerous teen-age baby-boomers who thought the exciting life shown on the show was how life was going to be. Women, travel, women, cool suits, women, weapons, excitement, women, etc,. Did I mention women? Sure beat the work-a-day world our Dads had to live in the 1960s. We were in for a big surprise when we grew up. No UNCLE organization, no space travel, no huge amounts of leisure time. Sigh.