I’ve had a tremendous affinity for the classic series The Twilight Zone since I was a young kid. In fact I think I added the definitive book about the series The Twilight Zone Companion to my collection in about 1982, and read it from cover-to-cover, often taking it to church with me to read during the service. During the late 1990’s I was able to assemble nearly a complete collection of TZ episodes on VHS tapes as they ran them on the Sci-Fi channel. Eventually, I replaced them season by season on DVD. As for autographs, I collected them when I can. Unfortunately, I skipped out on the Twilight Zone reunion that was held at the Hollywood Show in October of 2009.
Still, whenever I see a Twilight Zone photo among the collection of offerings from various celebrities at various shows, I try to snap it up. The following are three such celebrities, all of whom were in attendance at the Hollywood Show in Burbank on October 8, 2011.
The first of the three appeared in one of the spookiest episodes of the series, Twenty-Two. In the episode, Arlene Martel is the lady who utters the sinister phrase “Room for one more, honey!” first at the entrance to a morgue, and then at the entrance to an airplane. She also appeared in the TZ episode What You Need. Among her other credits were appearances in The Monkees, I Dream of Jeannie, Star Trek, and Columbo. She was a very sweet lady and took delight in adding the inscription on the photo as I requested it.
There was room for one more picture with her
H.M. Wynant
Next up was H.M. Wynant, who portrayed the leading role of David Ellington in the TZ episode The Howling Man. He would later return to perform on a handful of Twilight Zone radio productions including Of Late I Think of Cliffordville. He also made appearances in Batman (as Frosty), Get Smart, Dallas, and The West Wing. He too was an exceptionally nice fellow.
Scene from The Howling Man
A couple of howlin’ mens
Finally, I got the chance to meet the extremely attractive Morgan Brittany. She had begun her acting career on The Twilight Zone in two episodes, Nightmare as a Child and Caesar and Me, under her birth name Suzanne Cupito. As a child, she also starred in The Andy Griffith Show and the movie Yours, Mine, and Ours.
Morgan Brittany aka Suzanne Cupito
She would go on to bigger (but perhaps not better) things as an adult actress, scoring a recurring role on Dallas as Katherine Wentworth. She’s also had roles in The Dukes of Hazzard, The Love Boat, and Married…With Children. Like her Twilight Zone counterparts, she was very kind as well, and quite impressed that I not only chose the TZ photo, but could name the episode in which she appeared.
Caesar and Me
Morgan and me
I’m sure there will be more Twilight Zone celebrities in the future of my Twilight Zone-ish life. At least that’s what the signpost up ahead says.
Celebrities of the Fall 2011 Hollywood Show will continue…
RE: Morgan Brittany aka Suzanne Cupito. I’m surprised you didn’t mention her great role in “Gypsy” as well as some others.
LLulua Mahalo
February 4th, 2013