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Overton appeared in numerous television programs during the early 1950s and through the late 1960s. In 1959, he appeared in an episode of The Twilight Zone with Gig Young, called "Walking Distance". Overton also appeared in the episode titled "Mute" as Sheriff Harry Wheeler with Ann Jillian.
Mute: Directed by Stuart Rosenberg. With Barbara Baxley, Frank Overton, Irene Dailey, Ann Jillian. Ilse, the orphaned daughter of telepathic parents must learn to speak and deal with a world she cannot communicate in.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Stuart Rosenberg
- 1963-01-31
Walking Distance: Directed by Robert Stevens. With Rod Serling, Gig Young, Frank Overton, Irene Tedrow. A man, fed up with where he's at in life, finds himself not only in his old hometown, but back to the time when he was a boy.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Robert Stevens
- 1959-10-30
He was twice featured on The Twilight Zone (1959). On the episode, Walking Distance (1959) , he played the father of advertising executive Martin Sloan ( Gig Young ), who, unhappy with his life such as it is, has somehow time-traveled back to his hometown.
- January 1, 1
- Babylon, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- Pacific Palisades, California, USA
"Walking Distance" is episode five of the American television series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on October 30, 1959. The episode was listed as the ninth best episode in the history of The Twilight Zone by Time magazine.
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Frank Overton, who had played the father in "Walking Distance" during the first season and since then made a notable appearance as Heck Tate in To Kill a Mockingbird, was cast as Sheriff Wheeler. Barbara Baxley, who had roles in several (now obscure) Rod Serling films and Playhouse 90's, played his wife, Cora.
Case in point, that of Ilse Nielsen, former resident of the Twilight Zone. Cast. Ann Jillian as Ilse Nielsen; Claudia Bryar as Frau Nielsen; Robert Boon as Holger Nielsen; Frank Overton as Harry Wheeler; Barbara Baxley as Cora Wheeler; Irene Dailey as Miss Frank; Oscar Beregi, Jr. as Professor Karl Werner; Percy Helton as Tom Poulter
