Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Tales Of The Unexpected' from 1970-1982:
- William Conrad as Narrator (1977)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Tales Of The Unexpected':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: John Wilder D: Richard Lang
With Roy Thinnes (Frank Harris), Ned Beatty (John McClaskey), Neva Patterson (Helen Reeves), Tim O'Connor (Zimmerman), Ramon Bieri (Warden Greer), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Hayes), Don Calfa (Mike Kelso), Brendon Dillon (Chaplain). An investigative reporter has himself committed to death row under an assumed name in order to probe the psychological impact of the death sentence -- and is shocked to find that his jailer is a man whose reputation he had destroyed years before.
Season 1, episode 2
W: Ken Trevey D: Richard Lang
With Marlyn Mason (Dr. Viviana Kadar), Robert Foxworth (Alexander Rush), Victor Jory (Leon Davidian), Linda Kelsey (Gerry), Clyde Kusatsu (Kenji), Steve Sandor (Peter Brolander). A fictional institute is led by a cold, attractive woman who treats her wealthy patients with an "elixir of youth", which keeps them looking and feeling young, provided they return at prescribed intervals for follow-up treatments.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Arnold Somkin D: Harry Falk
With Ronny Cox (Jerry Colby), Christine Belford (Ann Colby), Van Williams (Sheriff), David Hollander (Todd Colby), Larry Mahan (Deputy), David McLean (Croft), Russell Thorson (Scottie). A small community finds itself terrorized by a pack of vicious dogs who are following a satanic leader. When a farmer fights back, he finds his family's own dogs turning against him.
Season 1, episode 4
W: Earl Wallace D: Allen Reisner
With David Birney (Paul Rogers), Lynne Marta (Anne), David Huddleston (Sheriff Henry), Eugene Roche (Maj. Langston), Katherine Justice (Barbara), Read Morgan (Brody), Alvah Stanley (Psychiatrist). A Vietnam veteran with a history of mental illness stumbles across a hidden colony of aliens and learns of their plot to take over the Earth -- but no one will believe him.
Season 1, episode 5
W: John Wilder D: Curtis Harrington
With Rick Nelson (Sonny Blue), Janice Lynde (Brenda Jackson), Carl Weathers (Dalby), Alfred Ryder (Dr. Stegner), Henry Brown (Eugene), Paul Cavonis (Art Winters), Derrell Fetty (Ronald Baker), Aldine King (Helen Dalby), Erik Kilpatrick (Jimmy Lee). A major league baseball pitcher loses a hand in a traffic accident and undergoes a successful transplant -- then finds the limb taking on a life of its own.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Robert M. Young D: Richard Lang
With Lloyd Bridges (Dr. Yale Carrington), Pat Crowley (Maggie Carrington), Eve Plumb (Cindy Carrington), William Watson (Teddy Jakes), John Anderson (Floyd Carrington), William Kirby Cullen (John), Cindy Eilbacher (Bonnie), Jerry Ayres (Deputy Jones). A paroled rapist-murderer returns to a small community to take revenge against a doctor whose testimony sent him to prison.
Season 1, episode 7
W: Carol Saraceno D: Allen Reisner
With Joanna Pettet (Julie Thomas), Herb Edelman (Don Lucas), Gary Collins (John Harris), Patricia Smith (Amelia Brownlee), Jenny O'Hara (Mary Ann), John Dullaghan (Detective Peterson), Patricia Mattick (Betty), Jan Merlin (Philip Mitchell), Sarah Hardy (Ellen). A public relations woman finds her personal privacy in a high rise apartment building invaded by a voyeur with sophisticated equipment.
Season 1, episode 8
W: Richard Fielder D: Walter Grauman
With Bill Bixby (Lt. Commander John Kelty), Robert Pine (Lt. Stevens), Hal England (Dr. John Kelty), Robert Hogan (Commander Lear), Sheila Larken (Tracey Ayres), Davey Davison (Amanda Kelty), Dean Stockwell (Richard Ayres), Len Wayland (Jack Hardy), Robert Brubaker (Capt. Ferris), Karl Ellis (Yeoman Parks). A businessman with no time for his little boy sails his boat into a time warp and sees his son, now grown, repeating the same mistake with his family.