Everett Sloane, who previously starred in Rod Serling's award-winning TV play Patterns, was reunited with Serling for this January 29, 1960, Twilight Zone installment. A most inoperative, deadly life-shattering affliction known as the Fever. He crashes through the glass and falls to his death. It is an area which we call the Twilight Zone." [15] Later that same year, Sloane appeared as a guest in "Stage Stop", the premiere episode of John Smith's second NBC western series, Laramie.[16]. When the great stock market crash hit in 1929, he turned to acting on stage as well as hundreds of radio dramas. The last scene shows Franklin's last dollar rolling up and spinning out flat near his outstretched, dead hand. He guest starred as a San Francisco attorney in the 1962 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Poison Pen Pal". He was also a songwriter and theatre director. Later in bed, he tells Flora that it was about to pay off, but deliberately broke down so that it would not have to give him his money. Sloane was born in Manhattan October 1, 1909, to Nathaniel I. Sloane and Rose (Gerstein) Sloane. Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Studio One Radio Program Biographies – Everett Sloane", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Everett_Sloane&oldid=1007220006, Articles needing additional references from November 2012, All articles needing additional references, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Actor, songwriter, theatre director, artist, Lillian Herman (1933–1965; his death; 2 children), This page was last edited on 17 February 2021, at 01:32. He starred in both the film and television versions of Rod Serling's Patterns, and in the first season of The Twilight Zone in the episode "The Fever" (S1, Ep.17; Airdate: Jan. 29, 1960). He also appeared in a few episodes of Bonanza and an episode in Rawhide. He became the sleuth's assistant on WOR's Impossible Detective Mysteries,[3] played the title character's sidekick, Denny, in Bulldog Drummond[5] and went on to perform in thousands of radio programs. He passed away in 1965. Can you name the the original Twilight Zone Episodes? 1. Sloane's Broadway theater career ended in 1960 with From A to Z, a revue for which he wrote several songs. The Twilight Zone' was the brainchild of Emmy Award-winner Rod Serling, who served as host and wrote more than 80 episodes of the original show's 150-plus episode run. Beginning in 1964, he provided character voices for the animated TV series Jonny Quest. He made his New York stage debut in 1928. Rod Serling captured the issue of gambling in an episode called “The Fever,” which is one of my favorite Twilight Zone Episodes ever. In the early 1960s, he voiced the title character of The Dick Tracy Show in 130 cartoons. We got a good run this time out. Description above from the Wikipedia article Everett Sloane , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Everett Sloane in 'The Twilight Zone: The Fever' Everett Sloane (1909 - 1965) . 1.1. [3][9][10], Sloane was a member of the repertory company that presented the radio news dramatization series The March of Time. In the 1940s, Sloane was a frequent guest star on the radio theater series Inner Sanctum Mystery and The Shadow (as comic relief Shrevie, the cab driver, among other roles), and was in The Mysterious Traveler episode "Survival of the Fittest" with Kermit Murdock. In 1961, Sloane appeared in an episode of The Asphalt Jungle. Sloane portrayed a doctor for paraplegic World War II veterans in 1950's The Men with Marlon Brando (in his film debut). After filming had wrapped, Sloane returned to New York to perform (together with fellow Kane stars Ray Collins and Paul Stewart) in Mercury Theatre's last play, Richard Wright's Native Son, which had 114 performances from March to June 1941. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Fever_(The_Twilight_Zone)&oldid=997491603, The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series season 1) episodes, Television episodes written by Rod Serling, Articles lacking reliable references from December 2011, Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Television episode articles with short description and disambiguated page names, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 31 December 2020, at 19:36. The story begins with Nan Adams, whose vehicle gets a flat tire on a cross-country road trip from New York City to Los Angeles. The camera pans in the direction from which the coin had come, and there sits the slot machine, "smiling". Shots looking up at Manhattan skyscrapers lend an appropriate sense of magnitude both to the story and to the business. Lights flicker on and off, cars start by themselves and, before too long, neighbor turns on neighbor when teenage Tommy suggests it’s the work of aliens from outer space. Seller 100% positive. In future episodes, the slot machine was used in "A Nice Place to Visit" and "The Prime Mover". Barry Nelson (who appeared on Twilight Zone in "Stopover in a Quiet Town") plays Raymond Houston, a newspaper reporter in a pinch for a gambling debt who convinces Mr. Marriner (Everett Sloane, of Twilight Zone's "The Fever") to allow him, Houston, to spend a night in the Murderers' Den of Marriner's Waxworks in order to write a feature story. This installment features episodes 1.16 (“The Hitch-Hiker” starring Inger Stevens), 1.17 (“The Fever” starring Everett Sloane) and 1.18 (“The Last Flight” starring Kenneth Haigh). Sloane also worked extensively on television. Test your knowledge on this television quiz and compare your score to others. He appeared on the NBC anthology series The Joseph Cotten Show, also known as On Trial, in the 1956 episode "Law Is for the Lovers", with co-star Inger Stevens. ... ORSON WELLES, EVERETT SLOANE & JOSEPH COTTEN "CITIZEN KANE" 8X10 PHOTO (AB-263) $7.98. He detests gambling, but his wife is excited about their vacation. Área de Afiliados Alternar menú; Área de Afiliados – Tutorial de Registro Alternar menú; Área de Embajadores Alternar menú; Área de Embajadores – Tutorial de Registro Alternar menú; Bienvenidos al Congreso Alternar menú; Confirma tu Correo Alternar menú; Evento – Comunicasex Alternar menú; Formulario Alternar menú; Gracias por tu compra Alternar menú Details about The Twilight Zone with Everett Sloan Photo with Press Release Details 1959 See original listing. Everett H. Sloane (Oc­to­ber 1, 1909 – Au­gust 6, 1965) was an Amer­i­can char­ac­ter actor who worked in radio, the­atre, films and tele­vi­sion. Then, to his horror, he sees the slot machine coming down the hallway towards their room, pursuing him; but Flora cannot see it. This is one of several episodes from Season One with its opening title sequence plastered over with the opening for Season Two. When Flora tries to coax him to stop, he declares that he has lost so much that he has to try to win some of it back. Later, Flora goes to the casino and finds him playing the machine obsessively. A mechanic puts a spare tire on her car and directs her to the nearest town to fix it properly. "The Fever" is episode seventeen of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. $10.64 previous price $10.64 + shipping. The police stand over his body, noting that his wife had stated that he had not slept in 24 hours. The Twilight Zone "The Fever" Everett Sloane, Vivi Janiss, William Kendis, Lee Millar, Lee Sands, Marc Towers, Art Lewis. [13] Although he did not appear in Welles's second film, The Magnificent Ambersons, in 1943 he joined fellow Mercury Theatre alumni Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, and Ruth Warrick in Journey into Fear. He loses his temper, knocks the machine over, and is taken screaming out of the casino. In Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Television's Last Angry Man, Gordon F. Sander wrote, "Serling celebrated the signing of his new show, The Twilight Zone by spending a weekend in Las Vegas. Everett Sloane, who would later star in TZ’s “The Fever,” plays no-nonsense boss Walter Ramsey. [11]:13 "It was like a stock company, whose members were the aristocrats of this relatively new profession of radio acting," wrote fellow actor Joseph Julian. He wrote the unused lyrics to "The Fishin' Hole", the theme song for The Andy Griffith Show. Franklin Gibbs and his wife Flora go to Las Vegas because she won a slogan contest. The cast of Gertrude Berg 's radio series House of Glass (1935) As Mr. Bernstein in the trailer for Citizen Kane (1941) He gets out of bed, telling his wife he cannot keep "tainted" money, and that he is going to get rid of it by putting it back in the machine. As they walk, Franklin is given a coin by a drunk man who makes him use it in another machine. In 1957, he co-starred in the ninth episode of Suspicion co-starring Audie Murphy and Jack Warden. Just before she leaves, Nan notices a strange-looking man hitchhiking. Everett Sloane was born on October 1, 1909, in New York City. But unbeknownst to either Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs is the fact that there's a prize in their package, neither expected nor bargained for. Unnerved, she driv… [3][7][8], Sloane made his Broadway debut in 1935, playing Rosetti the agent in George Abbott's hit comedy, Boy Meets Girl. He then hears the machine again calling his name. This is also one of three Season One episodes with Marius Constant's theme instead of Bernard Herrmann's over the closing credits. https://www.oldtimeradiodownloads.com/actors/everett-sloane While Carol Serling was having good luck nearby, he became enslaved by a merciless one-armed bandit, an incident he would turn into one of his first Twilight Zone episodes.". Sloane moved with the rest of the company to Los Angeles to continue recording the show after Welles signed his contract with RKO Pictures. Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone premiered on October 2, 1959 and over the course of its five-year run would churn out 156 episodes and cement itself as a classic of science-fiction television. The machine hounds him towards the window, repeating his name over and over. Sloane recorded one program with The Mercury Theatre on the Air and became a regular player when the show was picked up by a sponsor and became The Campbell Playhouse. The Twilight Zone by spending a weekend in Las Vegas. Enjoy! Vintage Hand Signed/Authentic 3"x 5" Index Card. Sloane guest starred on the show in 1962, playing Jubal Foster in the episode "The Keeper of the Flame". A casino manager comments that he's "seen a lot of 'em get hooked before, but never like him". ... Franklin Gibbs (Everett Sloane) is a conservative man who thinks gambling is evil, but when his wife wins a trip to Las Vegas, he is haunted by a slot machine that is in fact quite evil. At that time Julian had to content himself with being an indistinguishable voice in crowd scenes, envying this "hallowed circle" that included Sloane, Kenny Delmar, Arlene Francis, Gary Merrill, Agnes Moorehead, Jeanette Nolan, Paul Stewart, Orson Welles, Richard Widmark,[12]:9 Art Carney, Ray Collins, Pedro de Cordoba, Ted de Corsia, Juano Hernandez, Nancy Kelly, John McIntire, Jack Smart and Dwight Weist. In just a moment, one of them will succumb to an illness worse than any virus can produce. Rod Serling: Before ‘The Twilight Zone’ came Emmy-winning landmark live TV dramas. When Franklin puts his last dollar into the machine, it malfunctions and will not spin. In 1953, he starred as Captain Frank Kennelly in the CBS radio crime drama 21st Precinct. Rod Serling: Viewed From Beyond The Twilight Zone Written by Andrew Sarris (April 1985) When and if the history of television is properly preserved and adequately chronicled, the late Rod Serling will be remembered, perhaps uniquely, as both a powerful force and a familiar face in the emergence of the medium as an outlet for imaginative drama. [1][2] At age seven he played Puck in a play at Manhattan's Public School 46 and decided to become an actor. Its influence would be felt in any number of shows and movies that would follow - from The Walking Dead to Stranger Things - and beyond, becoming one of the enduring pop culture staples of its era. The March of Time was one of radio's most popular shows.[11]:12–13. Menú principal. Sloane made his Broadway debut in 1935, playing Rosetti the agent in George Abbott's hit comedy, Boy Meets Girl. Mr. Franklin Gibbs, visitor to Las Vegas, who lost his money, his reason, and finally his life to an inanimate, metal machine, variously described as a "one-armed bandit", a "slot machine", or, in Mr. Franklin Gibbs' words, a "monster with a will all of its own." The stakes? [6], Sloane married Lillian (Luba) Herman, an actress on stage and radio, January 4, 1933, in Manhattan. In between, he acted in plays such as Native Son (1941), A Bell for Adano (1944), and Room Service (1953), and directed the melodrama The Dancer (1946). He played an assassin in Renaissance-era Italy opposite Welles' Cesare Borgia in Prince of Foxes (1949).