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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1.
The Night of the Inferno
This episode (the series' pilot) is formatted differently from all the other episodes of the series. It is the only episode that features the opening credits before the teaser, the only first season episode that features the commercial art break in a cartoon fashion (the remainder of the first season episodes featured them as a textured photograph), and the only episode to place a commercial art break in the bottom center picture. This is also the only episode to feature James Gregory as President Grant. It also shows a brief glimpse at the end of the episode of the train crew (engineer; fireman) & West's Butler. Villain: Juan Manolo/Wing Fat. Posing as a rich eastern "dude" traveling west in his own private railway car, Jim goes to Texas to track down General Juan Manolo, who is trying to take over the region. Guest stars: Suzanne Pleshette (Lydia Monteran), Victor Buono (Wing Fat/Juan Manolo), Nehemiah Persoff (Juan Manolo/General Cassinello), Walter Woolf King (Colonel Shear), James Gregory (President Ulysses S. Grant), Bebe Louie (Mei Mei), Phil Chambers (Train Captain), Tom Reese (The Driver), Warren Parker (The Engineer), Clint Ritchie (The Lieutenant), Alberto Morin (The Majordomo)
Ross Martin was disguised as:A drunken soldier;A poor Mexican beggar
1.
The Night of the Eccentrics
While searching for an undercover fellow agent {who turns up dead}, Jim and Artie arrive at a circus where they find themselves pitted against the Eccentrics, a league of assassins commanded by the vicious Count Manzeppi.
Ross Martin was disguised as:Aide to President Juarez
2.
The Night of the Deadly Bed
West learns that a crazed assassin plans to reclaim Mexico and install himself as the new Napoleon. Villain: Flory. Guest stars: J. D. Cannon (Flory), Barbara Luna (Gatita), Don Diamond (Bartender), Danica d'Hondt (Roxanne), Anna Shin (Marguerita)
Ross Martin was disguised as:A Mexican peon
3.
The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth
West and Gordon have their first encounter with the brilliant but evil dwarf, Dr. Miguelito Loveless, along with the doctor's two assistants, the lovely Antoinette and the mute and simple-minded giant, Voltaire. Dr. Loveless is planning to take over California from control of Governor Newton Booth, which the doctor claims rightfully belongs to him through his mother's venerable Ranchero family line. Villain: Miguelito Loveless. Guest stars: Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless), Phoebe Dorin (Antoinette), William Mims (Governor), Harry Bartell (Professor Nielsen), Sigrid Valdis (Miss Piecemeal), Leslie Parrish (Greta), Richard Kiel (Voltaire), Michael Masters (Wrestler).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
4.
The Night of Sudden Death
Jim West is on the trail of counterfeiters and almost gets to tangle with crocodiles. Villain: Warren Trevor. Guest stars: Robert Loggia (Warren Trevor), Joel Fluellen (Chief Vanoma), Bill Cassidy (Sterling), Don Gazzaniga (Hotel Clerk), Henry Hunter (Boone), Elisa Ingram (Cosette), Julie Payne (Corinne Foxx), Antoinette Bower (Janet Coburn), Sandy Kenyon (Hugo), Harlan Warde (Foxx), Robin Hoff.
Ross Martin was disguised as:A clown
5.
Night of the Casual Killer
Jim and Artie head out west to find the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington, D.C., for trial. Villain: John Avery. Guest stars: John Dehner (John Avery), Ruta Lee (Laurie Morgan), Dub Taylor (Guard), Bill Williams (Marshal Kirby), Charles Davis (Tennyson), Curtis Taylor (Captain Davis), Ed Gilbert (Hendrix), Mort Mills (Harper), Len Lesser (Mason).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Actor, a hammy Artemus Gordon
6.
The Night of a Thousand Eyes
When ships along the Mississippi River are attacked by a gang of pirates known as the "Thousand Eyes", Jim and Artie are sent to investigate. The trail leads to the leader of the gang: Captain Ansel Coffin, a blind man seeking revenge. His gang uses false lights to lead ships astray, crash them, and then plunder them. Villain: Ansel Coffin. Guest stars: Jeff Corey (Captain Ansel Coffin), Linda Ho (Oriana), Victor French (Arnold), E.J. Andr? (Proprietor), Donald O'Kelly (Peavey), Jeanne Vaughn (Glory), Janine Gray (Crystal), Barney Phillips (Captain Tenney), Jack Searl (Pilot), Diane McBain (Jennifer Wingate).
Ross Martin was disguised as:A dapper gentleman
7.
The Night of the Glowing Corpse
Jim and Artemus are assigned to recover stolen radioactive materials. Their only clue is a set of fingerprints found on the ankle of a pretty secretary. Villain: Cluny Ormont. Guest stars: Oscar Beregi (Dr. Ormont), Jayne Massey (Cecile), Louise Lawson (Blonde), Frank Delfino (Barker), Ron Whelan (Consul-General Potez), Marion Thompson (Amelie Charlemont), Charles Horvath (Ironfoot), Phillip E. Pine (Lt. Armand Renard), Kipp Hamilton (Cluny Ormont).
Ross Martin was disguised as:An Irish freight man
8.
The Night of the Dancing Death
Jim and Artie are assigned to rescue a kidnapped princess from the Camorra. Villain: Gio Carlotica. Guest stars: Peter Mark Richman (Prince Gio Carlotica), Eva Soreny (Baroness), Wolfe Barzell (Landgrave), Booth Colman (Perkins), Arthur Batanides (Marius Ascoli), Francoise Ruggieri (Nola), Byron Murron (Major-Domo), Leslie Brander (Princess Gina Carlotica), Lynn Carey (Imposter), Ilze Taurins (Marianna).
Ross Martin was disguised as:The Grand Elector of Saxony
9.
The Night of the Double-Edged Knife
Trouble is brewing along the railroad: the local Indians are demanding gold and have threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid. Jim and Artie find that things are not what they seem to be. Villain: Ball. Guest stars: Katharine Ross (Sheila Parnell), Leslie Nielsen (General Ball), John Barrymore Jr. (American Knife), Elisha Cook Jr. (Mike McGreavy), Jackie Joseph (Girl at General Ball's Camp), Susan Silo (Little Willow), Ed Peck (Merritt), Tyler McVey (Parnell), Vaughn Taylor (Adamson), Harry Townes (Penrose), Charles Davis (Tennyson).
Ross Martin was disguised as:A tame Indian;A gentle old railroad worker,A dead Indian
10.
The Night That Terror Stalked the Town
The second encounter with Dr. Loveless. West is lured into a ghost town filled with lifelike dummies, where Loveless is hatching his latest scheme: the surgical alteration of Janus, one of his assistants. Once done, Janus would look exactly like James West. Villain: Miguelito Loveless 2. Guest stars: Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless), Jean Hale (Marie), Phoebe Dorin (Antoinette), Joe Hooker (Mr. Abernathy), Jordan Shelley (Baron Colinelcy), Richard Kiel (Voltaire), Chuck O'Brien (Janus).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
11.
The Night of the Red-Eyed Madmen
An army of fanatics is dedicated to overthrowing the United States Government, and it's up to James West to thwart their plans. Villain: Grimm. Guest stars: Martin Landau (General Grimm), Ray Kellogg (Captain O'Brien), Gregg Martell (Otto), Nelson Olmsted (Senator Rawls), Ted Markland (Jack Talbot), Marianna Case (Cloris), Shary Marshall (Jenny), Joan Huntington (Sgt. Musk), Don Rizzan (Trooper), Toian Matchinga (Lola Bracer).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Colonel Cross, a German military expert
12.
The Night of the Human Trigger
An insane geologist has developed an elaborate extortion scheme: He has mastered the power to create earthquakes. Guest stars: Burgess Meredith (Professor Okrney Cadwallader), Kathie Browne (Faith Cadwallader), Michael Masters (Hercules Cadwallader), Dick Winslow (Piano Player), C. Lindsay Workman (Bartender), Gregg Palmer (Thaddeus Cadwallader), Bill Henry (Sheriff), Robert I. McCord (Sidney), Hank Patterson (Mr. Porter), Vernon Scott (Clerk), Virginia Sale (Aunt Martha), Robert Phillips (Sam), James Jeter (Harry).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Austrian Professor Neinindorf
13.
The Night of the Torture Chamber
An obsessed museum curator has his own private designs for the state treasury. Guest stars: Alfred Ryder (Professor Horatio Bolt), Henry Beckman (Governor Bradford/Sam Jameson), H. M. Wynant (Durand), Sigrid Valdis (Miss Piecemeal), Nadia Sanders (Helva), Michael Abelar (Guard), Viviane Ventura (Angelique).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Art critic Messr. Gaston LaRusse of the Sorbonne
14.
The Night of the Howling Light
Shades of The Manchurian Candidate: West is held prisoner in a lighthouse by a mad doctor who is using mind control to condition the Secret Service agent into becoming an assassin. Guest stars: Sam Wanamaker (Dr. Arcularis), Linda Marsh (Indra), Dan Riss (Naval Officer), Ralph Moody (Ho-Tami), Kay E. Kuter (Caged Man), Roy Barcroft (Sikes), Clancy Cooper (Trowbridge), Ottola Nesmith (Maggie), E.J. Andr? (Superintendent), Scott Marlowe (Ahkeema).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
15.
The Night of the Fatal Trap
While disguised as a notorious outlaw, Jim goes to arrest a Mexican bandit, only to be recognized by the villain's girlfriend. Guest stars: Ron Randell (Col. Francesco Vasquez), Joanna Moore (Linda Medford), Rodolfo Hoyos Jr. (Sgt. Gomez), Don Briggs (Sheriff Cantrell), Dal Jenkins (Luke Dawson), Alan Sues (Matt Dawson), Christian Anderson (Mark Dawson), Joseph Ruskin (Viper Black), Walker Edmiston (Charlie), Charles Davis (Tennyson), Paul Barselou (Bank Teller).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Mojave Mike, a crusty desert rat
16.
The Night of the Steel Assassin
After being crippled in an explosion that he blamed on the other men of his regiment, Colonel "Iron Man" Torres has rebuilt himself as a 19th century "cyborg". He is now seeking revenge on those he thinks wronged him ? including President Grant. Guest stars: John Dehner (Colonel "Iron Man" Torres), Sue Ane Langdon (Nina Gilbert), Roy Engel (President Grant), John Pickard (R.L. Gilbert), Sara Taft (Maria), Bruno Vesota (Bartender), Allen Jaffe (Lopez), Arthur Malet (Dr. Meyer), S. John Launer (Mayor), Phyllis Davis (Saloon Girl).
Ross Martin was disguised as:President Grant
17.
The Night the Dragon Screamed
Jim and Artie are tracking down the smugglers of opium and Chinese aliens. Their trail leads them to a British ex-colonel who is planning to take over the Chinese throne. Guest stars: Nancy Hsueh (Tsu Hsi), Ben Wright (Colonel Allenby-Smythe), Benson Fong (Mo Ti), Richard Loo (Wang Chung), Paul King (Oriental), Beulah Quo (May Li), Vince Eder (Lieutenant), Pilar Seurat (Princess Ching Ling), Philip Ahn (Quong Chu).
Ross Martin was disguised as:A coolie on the docks;Gen. Sumatra, an armaments expert
18.
The Night of the Flaming Ghost
Abolitionist John Brown appears to have returned from the grave after being hung by the neck. Jim and Artie are assigned to bring him in. Guest stars: John Doucette (John Obediah Brown), Robert Ellenstein (Luis Vasquez), Lynn Loring (Carma Vasquez), Karen Sharpe (Barbara Bosley), Charles Wagenheim (Shukie Summers), Harry Bartell (Will Glover).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Drunken whiskey salesman R.P. McGuffey;A cavalry soldier
19.
The Night of the Grand Emir
West is assigned to protect a visiting despot from Ecstasy La Joie, an assassin armed with a deadly ring and an explosive garter. Guest stars: Yvonne Craig (Ecstasy LaJoie), Richard Jaeckel (Christopher Cable), Robert Middleton (Emir El Emid), Arlene Charles (Emid #1 Girl), Phyllis Davis (Emid #2 Girl), Don Francks (T. Wiggett Jones), Arthur Gould-Porter (George), James Lanphier (Dr. Mohammed Bey), Tom Palmer (Williard Drapeau), Ralph Gary (Clay).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Sheik Hokar, a minister of the Emir
20.
The Night of the Whirring Death
The third encounter with Dr. Loveless. This time he is using exploding toys as part of his scheme to make California a kingdom for children. Guest stars: Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless), Pamela Austin (Priscilla Ames), Barbara Nichols (Bessie Bowen), Phoebe Dorin (Antoinette), Val Avery (John Crane), Norman Fell (Jeremiah Ratch), Richard Kiel (Voltaire), Jesse White (Governor Lewis), Jason Wingreen (Policeman), Sam Flint (Clerk), Chanin Hale (Flo), Richard Reeves (Bailey), Elena Martone (Hostess).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Opera singer Caruso del Artemo
21.
The Night of the Puppeteer
An attack on a Supreme Court justice leads West and Gordon into a mysterious underground lair filled with deadly life-size marionettes. Guest stars: Lloyd Bochner (Zachariah Skull), Imelda de Martin (Vivid), John Hoyt (Justice Vincent Chayne), Janis Hansen (Waitress), Wayne Albritton (Harlequin), Walter Painter (Caveman), Jack Tygett (Butler), Len Rogel (Sign Man), Sara Taft (Mrs. Chayne), Nelson Olmsted (Dr. Lake).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
22.
The Night of the Bars of Hell
Jim and Artie are assigned to track down a band of outlaws who have centered their operations near a territorial prison. Guest stars: Arthur O'Connell (Theophilus Ragan), Indus Arthur (Jennifer McCoy), Elisha Cook Jr. (Gideon McCoy), Mickey Golden (Gate Guard), Russ McCubbin (Mr. Quincannon), Whitey Hughes (Prison Guard), Roy Sickner (Driscoll), Paul Genge (Kross), Robert Herron (Borg), Jeni Jackson (Kitten), Milton Parsons (Executioner), Chet Stratton (Adams), Shawn Michaels (Convict Painter).
Ross Martin was disguised as:A street preacher,Jeremiah P. Threadneedle;dealer in ladies' corsets;Aged prison executioner
23.
The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo
West and Gordon are assigned to protect a pleasure-loving prince who is visiting the United States. The prince insists on visiting a plush spa, only to find that assassins are eagerly awaiting his arrival. Guest stars: Nick Adams (Prince), Dana Wynter (Lady Beatrice Marquand-Gaynesford), Robert Emhardt (Claude Duchamps), Paul Comi (Vittorio Pellagrini), Al Wyatt (Coach Driver), C. Lindsay Workman (Manager), Clint Ritchie (1st Bandit).
Ross Martin was disguised as:A Hawaiian prince
24.
The Night of the Druid's Blood
Jim investigates the connection between a beautiful young woman; evil magicians and the deaths of several distinguished scientists. Guest stars: Sam Wade (Robert Perry), Rhys Williams (Dr. Tristam), Don Rickles (Asmodeus), Ann Elder (Astarte), Emanuel Thomas (Butler), Don Beddoe (Professor Robey), Simon Scott (Colonel Fairchild), Bartlett Robinson (Senator Clay Waterford), Susan Browning (Nurse).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
25.
The Night of the Freebooters
While posing as an ex-con, Jim infiltrates a renegade army. Guest stars: Keenan Wynn (Thorald Wolfe), Maggie Thrett (Rita Leon), William Campbell (Bender), John Sterling (Worker), James Connell (Richard Henry), James Gammon (Egan), Robert Matek (Oldfield), Andre Phillipe (Enrique Leon).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Col. Hernandez del Valle Santiago y Sandoval;Old lady running a cantina
26.
The Night of the Burning Diamond
West and Gordon investigate the mysterious disappearance of Serbia's Kara Diamond, which leads them into the lair of Morgan Midas. He has mastered a formula that can make him move so quickly that he becomes invisible to the naked eye. Guest stars: Robert Drivas (Morgan Midas), Christiane Schmidtmer (Lucretia Ivronin), Vito Carbonara (Serbian Minister), Whitey Hughes (Rudd), Calvin Brown (Clive), Chuck O'Brien (Serbian Guard), Dan Tobin (Thaddeus Baines).
Ross Martin was disguised as:Count Baron Felix von Schlesweig und Holtzbergen
27.
The Night of the Murderous Spring
West and Gordon meet Dr. Loveless for the fourth time. The doctor has now invented a hallucinatory drug which, when used on Jim, makes him believe that he has shot and killed Artie. Guest stars: Michael Dunn (Dr. Miguelito Loveless), Phoebe Dorin (Antoinette), Jenie Jackson (Kitten Twitty), Leonard Falk (Attendant), Bill McLean (Hotel Clerk), William Fawcett (Man), Todd Garrett (Child).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)
28.
The Night of the Sudden Plague
Upon arriving in Willow Springs, Jim and Artie find that a band of thieves have struck and are somehow managing to paralyze everyone in the entire town. Guest stars: Theodore Marcuse (Dr. Vincent Kirby), Eddie Durkin (Frank Doyle), Mark Baker (Barber), Robert Phillips (Lafe), Harvey Levine (Hobson), Nobu McCarthy (Anna Kirby), H. M. Wynant (Coley Rodman), Elliott Reid (Governor Marcus Hawthorne).
Ross Martin was disguised as:(none)