Boris Karloff's 'Thriller' - Doktor Markesan - Pt. 5/5

A superb television performance by Boris Karloff on "Thriller," 1961!



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• classic horror

[susan462]

my apologies, i have had these 2 actors names wrong all these years then.

[monster4josh]

Oh man, don't apologize...

I'm sure these guys are mixed up all the time. Not an expert, but I think York was replaced by Sargent on "I Dream of Genie"

He's also in a few Twilight Zones, and is good in them. He plays to type really well, and can be very funny.

[susan462]

This is Dick Sargeant, i think the actor Dick York who portrayed Darren Stevens #2 was gay.

[monster4josh]

It is Dick York, check the credits

[monster4josh]

Its hard to compare with Twilight Zone. I don't see many similarities, although they do feature some of the same actors.

[tapeduk]

Dick York was one of those rare actors that could do comedy and drama

[luvsmovies79]

MOLLY! Dumb...Dumb...DEE...Dumb...dum­b!

[AllisChalmersD19]

I live in Markesan!



[saml760]

the ending gave me nightmares for quite some time,real scary stuff!!

[pandorabangles]

Finally, a decent offering from this incredibly overrated series. The one with Liz Montgomery and Tom Poston was AWFUL, as was the three parter called "Trio."

This show was NEVER in the same quality as "Twilight Zone" or "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." And, no, Dick York was the original "Darrin" on "Bewitched."

[CrashingCrockery]

How did Doktor Markesan reanimate HIMSELF, and get himself out of his own crypt if he was indeed dead, as Angus Holden testifies ("I attended the funeral")?

[DisneyBlackJet]

That "NOOOOO!!!!" at the end is fantastic.

[maxreger100]

Always loved the music on this series.

Another terrific aspect of why it was such a success.

[Lurvy1963]

Fred Bancroft (Dick York), you should have brought your wife Molly (Carolyn Kearney) with you when you paid a late night visit with the professor so the undead, demented doctor wouldn't have turned your beloved wife into a zombie. An oldie but a goldie horror series from the early 1960s. I'm looking forward to finding it on DVD.

[Shawnster65]

@arfies

What a great great episode!

I see a LOT of the influence from this episode in other horror films:.

"The Unearthly" with John Carradine, "Dead And Buried," "Re-Animator" and of course, Fulci's "House By The Cemetery." All centrally themed in their portrayal of mad doctors who kept themselves alive (undead, actually) thru the body parts of others.

Save for Re-Animator ,where the doctor was LIVING and trying to conquer death. Again, what a great episode.. Karloff is KING!

[arfies]

@robothat23 You're thinking of Dick Sargent, the "second Darrin," who was gay. Dick York (first Darrin, who is the actor here) was straight. As for him going out at night in this episode, it was probably to get away from his whiny wife Molly... nothing against the actress personally. But her character, yeesh...

[greymalkinfilms]

you don´t happen to have the "weird tailor" episode tucked away in a dusty vault somewhere, do you? that was a very creepy little piece, as i remember.