The Wild Wild West
(1965)
Run Time: 50 min
Color: Color
Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1
Sound: Mono
Producer: Columbia Broadcasting Productions
Genre
- Action
- Adventure
- Western
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 104
Overview
The Wild Wild West is an American Western espionage and science fiction television series that ran on the CBS television network for four seasons from September 17, 1965 to April 11, 1969. Two satirical comedy television films were made with the original cast in 1979 and 1980, and the series was adapted for a theatrical film in 1999.*Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant (1869?1877), the series followed Secret Service agents James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over part or all of the United States. The show featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque technology have led several Steampunk web sites to cite the show as a pioneering influence on the genre. This aspect was accentuated even more in the 1999 film adaptation.*Despite high ratings, the series was cancelled near the end of its fourth season as a concession to Congress over television violence.
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2.
The Night of the Golden Cobra
Jim West is kidnapped by a maharajah who wants his sons to be tutored in the fine art of killing. Guest stars: Boris Karloff (Mr. Singh), Audrey Dalton (Veda Singh), Jose De Vega (John Mountain-Top), James Westmoreland (Chandra), Michael York (Cupta), Morgan Farley (Mudjaz), Asoka (Dancer), Sujata (Dancer), John Alonzo (Sarrkan), Simon Scott (Colonel Stanton Mayo).
Ross Martin was disguised as:East Indian magician
3.
The Night of the Raven
The fifth encounter with Dr. Loveless, whose latest diabolical invention involves a powder that miniaturizes people. Jim West and an Indian princess are among his victims. Will a cat bring about the end of Agent West? Dr Loveless appears as a Sheriff of a "ghost town". Guest stars: Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless), Phyllis Newman (Princess Wanakee), Phoebe Dorin (Antoinette), Howard Hoffman (War Eagle), Sandy Josol (Chawtaw).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
4.
The Night of the Big Blast
Dr. Faustina has created human-like robots that are walking time bombs. One of them looks exactly like Jim West and another like Artemus Gordon. Guest stars: Ida Lupino (Dr. Faustina), Patsy Kelly (Prudence Fortune), Mala Powers (Lily Fortune), Robert Miller Driscoll (Lyle Peters), Melville Ruick (Attorney General), Rita D'Amico (Carmen), Michael McCloud (Miklos).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(No make-up-but played a reanimated corpse/Human bomb)
5.
The Night of the Returning Dead
Jim and Artie confront a ghost rider who seems to be immune to bullets. Guest stars: Sammy Davis Jr. (Jeremiah), Peter Lawford (Carl Jackson), Hazel Court (Elizabeth Carter), Frank Wilcox (Bill Mott), Alan Baxter (Ned Briggs), Ken Lynch (Tom Kellogg).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
6.
The Night of the Flying Pie Plate
A bizarre scheme has West and Gordon involved with a green-skinned girl who emerged from what seems to a spaceship. She claims that her ship needs gold for fuel. Guest stars: William Windom (Ben Victor), Leslie Parrish (Morn), Whitey Hughes (Jerry), Ford Rainey (Simon), Pitt Herbert (Byron Pettigrew), Woodrow Chambliss (Wingo), Cindy Taylor (Pan), Arlene Charles (Alna).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Dirk DeJohn, gem expert;Mr. Spock type
7.
The Night of the Poisonous Posey
The town of Justice, Nevada, is hangout for a group of international criminals headed by Lucrece Posey, who is planning on leading her group into a world-wide criminal organization-her gang is made up of a pyromaniac; a thuggish pugilist; a South American Assassin; a Cowboy outlaw; an explosives expert, a mad Cossack and a Confidence Man. Unfortunately for them a certain two secret service agents on vacation happen to be passing through, and it's up to the pair to battle them into submission. Guest stars: Delphi Lawrence (Lucrece Posey), Percy Rodriguez (Brutus), Michael Masters (Cyril), Shug Fisher (Sheriff Blayne Cord), Christopher Cary (Snakes Tolliver), Eugene Iglesias (Gallito), George Keymas (Sergei), Hal Lynch (Sam Colburn), Andre Philippe (Ascot Sam), H. M. Wynant (Pinto).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Villain Ascot Sam
8.
The Night of the Bottomless Pit
Jim and Artie infiltrate a prison to rescue a fellow agent from a vicious commandant. Guest stars: Theodore Marcuse (Gustave Mauvais / Hubert Crandee), Joan Huntington (Camille Mauvais), Tom Drake (Vincent Reed), Gregg Martell (Guard B), Ernie Misko (Guard A), Chuck O'Brien (Couteau), Fred Carson (Le Cochon), Seymour Green (Lime), Steve Franken (LeFou), Mabel Albertson (Mrs. Grimes).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Convict Pierre Gaspard, former legionnaire
9.
The Night of the Watery Death
Jim and Artie investigate a mysterious dragon-like creature that is blowing up American ships. Guest stars: John Ashley (Lt. Keighley), John van Dreelen (Marquis Philippe de La Mer), James Galante (Third Officer), Forrest Lewis (Captain Pratt), Jocelyn Lane (Dominique).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Swedish sailor
10.
The Night of the Green Terror
The sixth encounter with Dr. Loveless a.k.a. Robin Hood of Sherwood forest, whose latest scheme involves a chemical that kills plant life and a suit of medieval armor. Guest stars: Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless), Phoebe Dorin (Antoinette), Anthony Caruso (Bright Star Chief), Paul Fix (Old Chief), Peggy Rea (Wife of Bright Star Chief).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Indian woman
11.
The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse
Jim and Artie are assigned to investigate one Fabian Lavendor, a mortician who runs a peculiar side-line business: faking the deaths of wanted criminals. Guest stars: Carroll O'Connor (Fabian Lavender), Karen Sharpe (Rose Murphy), Paul Comi (Pellargo Double), Daniel Ades (Colonel Pellargo), Jack Perkins (Golo), Gene Tyburn (Finley), Andi Garrett (Barmaid), Alan Bergmann (Claudio Antille), Patricia Huston (Leda Pellargo).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Bespectacled old man;
12.
The Night of the Man-Eating House
Jim, Artie, and a local sheriff are accompanying a convict back to prison. While resting for the night, Artie has a strange dream where he, Jim, and the sheriff chase their prisoner to an old abandoned mansion which is haunted by the spirit of a dead woman. Guest stars: Hurd Hatfield (Liston Day), William Talman (Sheriff).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
13.
The Night of the Skulls
Jim becomes a fugitive on the run after he "shot and killed" Artie. In reality, however, he is tracking down a secret league of assassins. Guest stars: Donald Woods (Senator Stephen Fenlow), Lisa Gaye (Lorelei), Douglas Henderson (Colonel Richmond), Anne Doud (Lucinda), Michael Masters (Bluebeard), William Bagdad (Prisoner), Calvin Brown (Iron Hook Harper), Francis DeSales (Charlton), Kem Dibbs (Plainclothesman), Robert Herron (Tigo), Quintin Sondergaard (Monk), Madame Spivy (Axe Lady), Sebastian Tom (Samurai).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Minister at his own funeral;Tigo;A pompous senator
14.
The Night of the Infernal Machine
Jim and Artie aid a federal judge whose life has been threatened by a bomb-throwing clockmaker. Guest stars: Ed Begley (Judge M'Guigan), Bill Zuckert (Inspector Bulvon), Elaine Dunn (Vashti), Jon Lormer (Vickerman), John Harmon (Moody), Michael Pate (Bledsoe), Will Kuluva (Zeno Baroda), Vito Scotti (Cefalu), Bill Gwinn (Judge).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Herr Ostropolyer, pastry chef
15.
The Night of the Lord of Limbo
Jim and Artie encounter Colonel Vautrain, a crippled, legless former Confederate officer who has mastered the ability to travel through time. His plan is to go back in time and alter history, thus not only restoring his legs but also having the Confederate Army win the war?by killing Ulysses Grant. Guest stars: Ricardo Montalb?n (Colonel Noel Bartley Vautrain), Dianne Foster (Amanda Vautrain), Harry Harvey Sr. (Theater Manager), Tyler McVey (Professor), Gregory Morton (Levering), Felice Orlandi (Captain Vincent Scofield), Ed Prentiss (Colonel Fairchild), Davis Roberts (Bartender), Will J. White (Robber), Howard Wright (Professor).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Duelist Jack Maitland
16.
The Night of the Tottering Tontine
West and Gordon are assigned to protect Dr. Raven, who is developing a secret weapon and also a member of a tontine, an investment group whose bylaws state that the last surviving member of the group will receive the group's assets. Guest stars: Harry Townes (Dr. Robert Raven), Wilhelm von Homburg (Gunther Pearse), William Wintersole (Edward Baring), Henry Darrow (Archduke Maurice), Robert Emhardt (Martin Grevely), Mike Road (Martin Dexter), Steve Gravers (Stimson), Arthur Space (Applegate), Ted Stanhope (Bartender), Lisa Pera (Amelia Maitlin).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Blond secretary to Dr. Raven;Angus MacGordon
17.
The Night of the Feathered Fury
Jim and Artie encounter Count Manzeppi again. This time around the count is attempting to acquire a wind-up bird that contains the Philosopher's Stone. Guest stars: Victor Buono (Count Carlos Mario Vincenzo Robespierre Manzeppi), Michele Carey (Gerda Scharff), Hideo Inamura (Benji), Perry Lopez (Dodo Le Blanc), Oliver McGowan (Colonel Armstrong), George Murdock (Luther Coyle), Georgia Schmidt (Scrub Woman), Audrey Lowell (Wanda).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Organ grinder;Bald Uncle Hansi
18.
The Night of the Gypsy Peril
The Sultan of Ramapur brings a sacred white elephant as a gift to President Grant. When bandits steal the elephant from Jim and Artie's train the outraged Sultan demands a compensation of $1 million. Events take an interesting turn when Jim follows the trail to a gypsy camp. Guest stars: Ruta Lee (Zoe Zagora), Ronald Long (Sultan of Ramapur), Arthur Batanides (Scullen), Nick Cravat (Performer), Andi Garrett (Gypsy Girl), Charles Horvath (Gombal), Johnny Seven (Mikolik), Mark Slade (Hillard).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Uncle Moe, the peddler
19.
The Night of the Tartar
President Grant orders West and Gordon to deliver Rimsky, a political prisoner, to Vladivostok in exchange for Millard Boyer, the American vice-consul. In the course of their duty the two are drugged and end up in Russia ? or so it seems. Guest stars: John Astin (Count Sazanov), Susan Odin (Anastasia), Malachi Throne (Kuprin), Andre Phillipe (Fecdor Rimsky), Martin Blaine (Millard Boyer), Nancy Dow (Tersa), Chubby Johnson (Prospector), Louise Lawson (Miss Minnow), Michael Panaieff (Chekov), Wendy Stuart (Marsha), Walter Sande (Colonel Crockett), Larry Anthony (Detective), Lola Bell (Barber).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Russian immigrant Theodore Rimsky
20.
The Night of the Vicious Valentine
Jim and Artie investigate the killings of wealthy industrialists. They find that all the victims are linked to a matchmaker named Emma Valentine. Jim is held captive in Emma's matchmaking machine--his ideal woman is a combination of Aphrodite; Helen of Troy and Lola Montez. Guest stars: Agnes Moorehead (Emma Valentine), Diane McBain (Elaine Dodd), Sherry Jackson (Michele LeMaster), Shephard Menken (E.N. Itnelav), Mitzie Evans (Gates), Quinn Cunningham (Minister), Don Delavay (Griffin the Butler), G. Edward McKinley (Curtis Langley Dodd), Walter Sande (Colonel Crockett), Henry Beckman (Paul J. Lambert), Whitey Hughes (Giggling Henchman). Agnes Moorehead won the series' only Emmy for her performance in this episode.
Ross Martin was disguised as:A Jewish tailor
21.
The Night of the Brain
Jim and Artie receive fake newspapers that predict the deaths of their friends which the agents cannot prevent from happening. Their investigation pits them against an evil super-genius. Guest stars: Edward Andrews (Braine), Margaret Mason (Lola), Phil Arnold (Almeric), Brioni Farrell (Voulee), Allen Jaffe (Leeto), Jay Jostyn (Butler), Don Rizzan (Guard), John Warburton (Arnette).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Leeto, the henchmen;Leeto disguised as Artemus Gordon
22.
The Night of the Deadly Bubble
West and Gordon, investigating a series of mysterious tidal waves off the coast of San Francisco, encounter a fanatical marine environmentalist bent on eco-terrorism. Guest stars: Alfred Ryder (Captain Horatio Philo), Judy Lang (Professor Abigail J. Pringle), Nacho Galindo (Pepe), Kai Hernandez (Maid), Nelson Welch (Professor McClennon), Lou Krugman (Blind Beggar/Felix), Whitey Hughes, Dick Cangey (Heavies), Mickey Golden, Robert Herron. Guest stars: Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless), John Doucette (Axel Morgan), Ivan Triesault (Ambassador), John Alonzo (Lightnin' McCoy), Noel Drayton (Museum Director), Quintin Sondergaard (Gunman), Jorge Moreno (Barkeep).
Ross Martin was disguised as:An old blind beggar;A drunken sailor
23.
The Night of the Surreal McCoy
West and Gordon encounter Dr. Loveless for the seventh time. His latest invention can transport real people in and out of the two-dimensional world of paintings. The idea was later used by Zygons in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special episode The Day of the Doctor to invade London via an art gallery.
Ross Martin was disguised as:Gunfighter Lightning McCoy
24.
The Night of the Colonel's Ghost
West rides into the town of Gibsonville where he encounters a series of broken neck murders along with arguments over a lost stash of gold. Meanwhile, Gordon is escorting President Grant to dedication of a statue of the late Colonel Wayne Gibson in the very same town. Guest stars: Kathie Browne (Jennifer Caine), Lee Bergere (Colonel Wayne Gibson), Alan Hewitt (Lawyer Vincent Pernell), Arthur Hunnicutt (Doc Gavin), Roy Engel (President Ulysses S. Grant), Walker Edmiston (Sheriff Tom Hollis), Gordon Wescourt (Bert Caine), Ralph Gary (Chris Davidson), Billy Shannon (Abel Caine).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Ian Gellico Cooper-Featherstone, a big game hunter;President Grant
25.
The Night of the Deadly Blossom
West and Gordon are assigned to guard the king of Hawaii, who is due to arrive secretly by ship. The deaths of four military officers and the mysterious sinking of the cruiser Youngstown lead them to believe that the king's life may be in danger. Guest stars: Peter Hale (Myron Kendrick), Nehemiah Persoff (Adam Barclay), Miiko Taka (Haruko), Pitt Herbert (Levering Mayhew David), George Keymas (Doctor 1), Lou Straley (Doctor 2), Carole Kane (Nurse), Tiki Santos (King Kalakua), Soon-Teck Oh (Houseboy), Reggie Valencia (Palea), Duane Grey (Dock Guard), Mel Prestidge (Polynesian).
Ross Martin was disguised as:A stevedore;A red-suited villain
26.
The Night of the Cadre
Jim impersonates a killer in order to track down General Titus Trask, a renegade army officer with a desire to kill President Grant. Can Jim stop Trask from turning President Grant into a mindless zombie? Guest stars: Don Gordon (General Titus Trask), Richard Jaeckel (Sergeant Stryker), Sheilah Wells (Josephine), Ken Drake (Professor Frimm), Tol Avery (Warden Primwick), Vince Howard (Ralph Kleed).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Kelton, a traveling salesman;A prison guard
27.
The Night of the Wolf
Jim and Artie's latest assignment is to protect Stefan, a soon-to-be-crowned king. However, the evil Talamantes (with a pack of werewolves) has kidnapped Stefan's daughter, Leandra, and will only release her if Stefan renounces the throne. Guest stars: Joseph Campanella (Talamantes), Lorri Scott (Leandra), Charles R. Radilac (Priest), Jonathan Lippe (Capt. Adam Dushan), Michael Shillo (Dr. Hanska), Eddie Fontaine (Sheriff Twilley), John Marley (King Stefan IX).
Ross Martin was disguised as:King Stephan
28.
The Night of the Bogus Bandits
The brilliant but evil Dr. Loveless is back for the eighth time with yet another plan to rule the world. His scheme this time around uses mock-ups of the prisons, armories, and the United States Treasury to train his henchmen to take over these resources upon his command. Guest stars: Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless), Marianna Hill (Belladonna), Patsy Kelly (Mrs. Bancroft), Grace Gaynor (Pearline Hastings), Don "Red" Barry (Rainey), Walter Sande (Colonel Crockett), Roland La Starza (Joe Kirby), Charles Wagenheim (Vance Rawlinson), William Challee (Fargo), Murray Alper (Bartender), Troy Melton (Whaley), Charles Fredericks (Drunk), Jack Orrison (Mr. Butcher), Jack Rigney (Mr. Krane), William Massey (Teller), Frank Sully (Telegrapher).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Mr. Lindsey, a southern artist;Mr. Fargo, an old-time blacksmith