Scripted series · ABC
The Time Tunnel
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
James Darren
Tony Newman
30 eps
Robert Colbert
Doug Phillipps
30 eps
Whit Bissell
General Heywood Kirk
30 eps
Lee Meriwether
Dr. Ann McGregor
30 eps
John Zaremba
Dr. Raymond Swain
30 eps
Carroll O'Connor
Gen. Southall / Col. Phil Southall
1 eps
Lyle Bettger
Maj. Hoffman
1 eps
Robert Walker Jr.
Billy the Kid
1 eps
David Opatoshu
Shopkeeper
1 eps
Gary Merrill
Senator Leroy Clark
1 eps
George Mitchell
Sitting Bull
1 eps
Regis Toomey
Dr. Ben Berkhart
1 eps
Donald Harron
Robin Hood / Earl of Huntington
1 eps
Jim McMullan
King Arthur Pendragon
1 eps
Steven Geray
Perrault
1 eps
Tom Skerritt
Matthew Gebhardt
1 eps
Torin Thatcher
Dr. Everett Holland
1 eps
James Westerfield
Sheriff
1 eps
Elizabeth Rogers
Mrs. Reynerson
1 eps
Philip Ahn
Dr. Nakamura
1 eps
Richard Jaeckel
Sgt. Mueller
1 eps
Warren Stevens
Maj. 'Doc' Harlow, M.D.
1 eps
Heather Young
Joan
1 eps
Louis Mercier
Antoine Simon
1 eps
Victor Jory
Capt. Beal
1 eps
Anthony Caruso
Hernando Cortez
1 eps
Ellen Burstyn
Eve Holland
1 eps
Kam Tong
Sgt. Itsugi
1 eps
Paul Mantee
Ambahai
1 eps
Larry Ward
Col. Kane
1 eps
Tristram Coffin
Jess Crawford
1 eps
Mabel Albertson
Sarah
1 eps
Robert Duvall
Raul Nimon
1 eps
Paul Fix
Henderson
1 eps
Eduardo Ciannelli
Count Enrico Galba
1 eps
Abraham Sofaer
Father
2 eps
Paul Carr
Blaine
2 eps
Ross Elliott
Sheriff
2 eps
Joe E. Tata
Napoleon Bonaparte (as Joey Tata)
2 eps
John Hoyt
The Alien Leader
2 eps
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TV DNA
How The Time Tunnel actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Time Tunnel reads strongest on Character Depth, Spectacle and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.
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Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Irwin Allen
Showrunner
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Robert Hamner
Writer
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Barney Slater
Writer
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Bob Duncan
Writer
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Leonard Stadd
Writer
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Ellis St. Joseph
Writer
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William Welch
Writer
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Theodore Apstein
Writer
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Allan Balter
Writer
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Carey Wilber
Writer
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Wanda Duncan
Writer
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William Read Woodfield
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Irwin AllenProducer
Writing
- Robert HamnerWriter
- Barney SlaterWriter
- Bob DuncanWriter
- Leonard StaddWriter
- Ellis St. JosephWriter
- William WelchWriter
Direction
- Harry HarrisDirector
- Herschel DaughertyDirector
- Paul StanleyDirector
- Jerry HopperDirector
- Sobey MartinDirector
- William HaleDirector
Cinematography
- Winton C. HochDirector of Photography
Where to watch
Streaming
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