List of Night Gallery episodes

The anthology series Night Gallery began on December 16, 1969 and ended on May 27, 1973—with three seasons and 43 episodes. It was created by Rod Serling and broadcast on NBC.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	Pilot	1	November 8, 1969
	1	6	December 16, 1970	January 20, 1971
	2	22	September 15, 1971	March 1, 1972
	3	15	September 24, 1972	May 27, 1973

Pilot

Segment	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The Cemetery"	Boris Sagal	Rod Serling	November 8, 1969
After murdering his uncle, a man (Roddy McDowall) is haunted by a family painting that keeps changing.
2	"Eyes"	Steven Spielberg	Rod Serling	November 8, 1969
A blind woman (Joan Crawford) undergoes an operation that gives her 12 hours to see.
3	"Escape Route"	Barry Shear	Rod Serling	November 8, 1969
A fugitive Nazi (Richard Kiley) faces the consequences of his past actions.

Season 1 (1970–71)

No. overall	No. in season	Segment title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1a	"The Dead Man"	Douglas Heyes	Douglas Heyes	December 16, 1970
A physician's experiment in hypnosis comes to a terrifying conclusion. Note: Based on a short story of the same name by Fritz Leiber
1	1b	"The Housekeeper"	John Meredyth Lucas	Matthew Howard	December 16, 1970
A dabbler in black magic (Larry Hagman) attempts to improve his marriage by transferring the soul of his housekeeper into his cold-hearted wife's body.
2	2a	"Room with a View"	Jerrold Freedman	Hal Dresner	December 23, 1970
A wealthy invalid (Joseph Wiseman) uses his unwitting nurse (Diane Keaton) to help with his revenge against his unfaithful gold digger wife. Note: Based on a short story of the same name by Hal Dresner
2	2b	"The Little Black Bag"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rod Serling	December 23, 1970
A doctor (Burgess Meredith) in the 20th century finds a medical bag from the 21st century. Note: Based on a short story of the same name by C.M. Kornbluth
2	2c	"The Nature of the Enemy"	Allen Reisner	Rod Serling	December 23, 1970
Scientists (Joseph Campanella, James Sikking) at mission control watch disaster unfold on the moon.
3	3a	"The House"	John Astin	Rod Serling	December 30, 1970
A young woman (Joanna Pettet) enters a house she's seen in her dreams. Note: Based on a short story by André Maurois
3	3b	"Certain Shadows on the Wall"	Jeff Corey	Rod Serling	December 30, 1970
The shadow of a recently deceased woman (Agnes Moorehead) remains cast on the parlor wall to haunt her sinister brother. Note: Based on the short story "The Shadows on the Wall" by Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
4	4a	"Make Me Laugh"	Steven Spielberg	Rod Serling	January 6, 1971
A comic (Godfrey Cambridge) desperate for laughs makes a deal with an equally desperate miracle worker.
4	4b	"Clean Kills and Other Trophies"	Walter Doniger	Rod Serling	January 6, 1971
A big-game hunter (Raymond Massey) faces the wrath of vengeful gods when he forces his son to shoot a deer.
5	5a	"Pamela's Voice"	Richard Benedict	Rod Serling	January 13, 1971
A husband (John Astin) murders his wife (Phyllis Diller), only to have her haunt him.
5	5b	"Lone Survivor"	Gene Levitt	Rod Serling	January 13, 1971
A man (John Colicos) adrift in a lifeboat labeled Titanic is picked up.
5	5c	"The Doll"	Rudi Dorn	Rod Serling	January 13, 1971
A hideous doll is used for revenge against an officer (John Williams) in the colonial forces of Queen Victoria. Note: Based on a short story of the same name by Algernon Blackwood
6	6a	"They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar"	Don Taylor	Rod Serling	January 20, 1971
A has-been salesman (William Windom) tries desperately to return to the past.
6	6b	"The Last Laurel"	Daryl Duke	Rod Serling	January 20, 1971
A crippled athlete (Jack Cassidy) plots to use mind over matter to commit murder. Note: Based on "The Horsehair Trunk" by Davis Grubb

Season 2 (1971–72)

No. overall	No. in season	Segment title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
7	1a	"The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes"	John Badham	Rod Serling	September 15, 1971
A phenomenally successful young seer (Clint Howard) refuses to continue making predictions. Note: Based on a short story of the same name by Margaret St. Clair
7	1b	"Miss Lovecraft Sent Me"	Gene Kearney	Jack Laird	September 15, 1971
A vampire (Joseph Campanella), not dissimilar to Dracula, hires as a babysitter (Sue Lyon).
7	1c	"The Hand of Borgus Weems"	John M. Lucas	Alvin Sapinsley	September 15, 1971
A man (George Maharis) discovers that one of his hands has a murderous mind of its own. Note: Based on the short story "The Other Hand" by George Langelaan
7	1d	"Phantom of What Opera?"	Gene Kearney	Gene Kearney	September 15, 1971
The Phantom of the Opera (Leslie Nielsen) is surprised by the woman he has taken prisoner.
8	2a	"A Death in the Family"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rod Serling	September 22, 1971
A wounded killer takes refuge in a funeral home where the undertaker has an unusual compassion for his charges. Note: Based on a short story by Miriam Allen deFord
8	2b	"The Merciful"	Jeannot Szwarc	Jack Laird	September 22, 1971
A woman's (Imogene Coca) effort to end her husband's (King Donovan) misery backfires. Note: Based on a short story of the same name by Charles L. Sweeney, Jr.; twist on "The Cask of Amontillado"
8	2c	"The Class of '99"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rod Serling	September 22, 1971
In the year 1999, a graduating class takes a rather revealing final exam.
8	2d	"Witches Feast"	Jerrold Freedman	Gene Kearney	September 22, 1971
A group of witches goes through a menu. Note: This segment was replaced by "Satisfaction Guaranteed" on the episode's repeat broadcast on March 22, 1972.
9	3a	"Since Aunt Ada Came to Stay"	William Hale	Alvin Sapinsley	September 29, 1971
A college professor (James Farentino) suspects his wife's (Michele Lee) aunt (Jeanette Nolan) of being a witch. Note: Based on a short story "The Witch" by A. E. van Vogt
9	3b	"With Apologies to Mr. Hyde"	Jeannot Szwarc Adam West, Jack Laird	Jack Laird	September 29, 1971
Dr. Jekyll tests a new potion.
9	3c	"The Flip-Side of Satan"	Jerrold Freedman	Malcolm Marmorstein & Gerald Sanford	September 29, 1971
A disc jockey (Arte Johnson) confronts his past in an old abandoned radio station. Note: Based on a short story by Hal Dresner
10	4a	"A Fear of Spiders"	John Astin	Rod Serling	October 6, 1971
A heartless gourmet (Patrick O'Neal) is punished by his arachnophobia. Note: Based on a short story "The Spider" by Elizabeth Walter
10	4b	"Junior"	Theodore J. Flicker	Gene Kearney	October 6, 1971
A mother and father (Wally Cox) learn the hardships of parenting.
10	4c	"Marmalade Wine"	Jerrold Freedman	Jerrold Freedman	October 6, 1971
A careless braggart (Robert Morse) has a fateful meeting with a reclusive surgeon (Rudy Vallee). Note: Based on a short story by Joan Aiken
10	4d	"The Academy"	Jeff Corey	Rod Serling	October 6, 1971
A widower (Pat Boone) investigates the unusual strictness of a military school his son wants to attend. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by David Ely
11	5a	"The Phantom Farmhouse"	Jeannot Szwarc	Halsted Welles	October 20, 1971
A psychiatrist (David McCallum) falls for a woman (Linda Marsh) whose last visitor (David Carradine) was supposedly killed by animals. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Seabury Quinn
11	5b	"Silent Snow, Secret Snow"	Gene Kearney	Gene Kearney	October 20, 1971
A boy's (Radames Pera) fascination with snow lures him into a fantasy world. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Conrad Aiken; narrated by Orson Welles
12	6a	"A Question of Fear"	Jack Laird	Theodore J. Flicker	October 27, 1971
An adventurer (Leslie Nielsen) accepts a bet that he can stay overnight in a haunted house for $15,000. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Bryan Lewis
12	6b	"The Devil Is Not Mocked"	Gene Kearney , Francis Lederer, Hank Brandt	Gene Kearney	October 27, 1971
A Nazi general (Helmut Dantine) receives a strangely warm welcome at a Balkan castle. Notes: Based on a short story of the same title by Manly Wade Wellman. Lederer reprises his role as Dracula from The Return of Dracula.
13	7a	"Midnight Never Ends"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rod Serling	November 3, 1971
A woman (Susan Strasberg) experiences déjà vu when she picks up a marine hitchhiker (Robert F. Lyons).
13	7b	"Brenda"	Allen Reisner	Matthew Howard	November 3, 1971
A lonely girl (Laurie Prange) falls in love with a slimy creature she traps in a quarry. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Margaret St. Clair
14	8a	"The Diary"	William Hale	Rod Serling	November 10, 1971
A diary's entries predict the future.
14	8b	"A Matter of Semantics"	Jack Laird	Gene Kearney	November 10, 1971
Count Dracula (Cesar Romero) comes to a blood bank.
14	8c	"Big Surprise"	Jeannot Szwarc	Richard Matheson	November 10, 1971
A farmer (John Carradine) persuades a group of boys to dig for a big surprise. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Richard Matheson
14	8d	"Professor Peabody's Last Lecture"	Jerrold Freedman	Jack Laird	November 10, 1971
A professor (Carl Reiner) gives a lecture on ancient cults that turn out to be real.
15	9a	"House - with Ghost"	Gene Kearney	Gene Kearney	November 17, 1971
A philandering husband (Bob Crane) and his unsuspecting wife (Jo Anne Worley) move into a haunted house. Note: Based on a short story by August Derleth
15	9b	"A Midnight Visit to the Neighborhood Blood Bank"	William Hale	Jack Laird	November 17, 1971
A thirsty vampire (Victor Buono) visits a young woman, who's already been to a blood bank.
15	9c	"Dr. Stringfellow's Rejuvenator"	Jerrold Freedman	Rod Serling	November 17, 1971
A medicine man (Forrest Tucker) in the Old West promises to heal a farmer's dying daughter.
15	9d	"Hell's Bells"	Theodore J. Flicker	Theodore J. Flicker	November 17, 1971
A newly-deceased man (John Astin) is in for a shock when he goes to hell. Note: Based on a short story by Harry Turner
16	10a	"The Dark Boy"	John Astin	Halsted Welles	November 24, 1971
A teacher (Elizabeth Hartman) tries to reach a strange fourth-grader. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by August Derleth
16	10b	"Keep in Touch – We'll Think of Something"	Gene Kearney	Gene Kearney	November 24, 1971
A man (Alex Cord) searches for a very special woman (Joanna Pettet).
17	11a	"Pickman's Model"	Jack Laird	Alvin Sapinsley	December 1, 1971
A woman (Louise Sorel) of Victorian Boston develops a relationship with an artist (Bradford Dillman) obsessed with ghouls. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by H. P. Lovecraft
17	11b	"The Dear Departed"	Jeff Corey	Rod Serling	December 1, 1971
A fake medium (Steve Lawrence) has an affair with his assistant's unfaithful wife (Maureen Arthur). Note: Based on a short story of the same name by Alice-Mary Schnirring
17	11c	"An Act of Chivalry"	Jack Laird	Jack Laird	December 1, 1971
A living skeleton gets a lesson in elevator manners.
18	12a	"Cool Air"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rod Serling	December 8, 1971
A young woman (Barbara Rush) falls for her father's late colleague (Henry Darrow) – a man who can't stand warmth. Note: Based on a short story by H.P. Lovecraft
18	12b	"Camera Obscura"	John Badham	Rod Serling	December 8, 1971
A moneylender gets his due thanks to a client's unusual telescope. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Basil Copper
18	12c	"Quoth the Raven"	Jeff Corey	Jack Laird	December 8, 1971
Edgar Allan Poe (Marty Allen) finds inspiration for his poem The Raven.
19	13a	"The Messiah on Mott Street"	Don Taylor	Rod Serling	December 15, 1971
A near-penniless Jew (Edward G. Robinson) determined to stay alive for his grandson hopes the Messiah will give him salvation.
19	13b	"The Painted Mirror"	Gene Kearney	Gene Kearney	December 15, 1971
An antique dealer uses a mirror reflecting an alien landscape to get rid of his hateful business partner. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Donald Wandrei
20	14a	"The Different Ones"	John Meredyth Lucas	Rod Serling	December 29, 1971
A grotesque-looking teenager lives at the turn of the century.
20	14b	"Tell David…"	Jeff Corey	Gerald Sanford	December 29, 1971
A woman (Sandra Dee) encounters a friendly yet odd couple. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Penelope Wallace
20	14c	"Logoda's Heads"	Jeannot Szwarc	Robert Bloch	December 29, 1971
A major (Patrick Macnee) deals with African black magic. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by August Derleth
21	15a	"Green Fingers"	John Badham	Rod Serling	January 5, 1972
A tycoon (Cameron Mitchell) takes drastic steps to force a widow (Elsa Lanchester) off her land, only to discover her strange gardening talent. Note: Based on a short story by R. C. Cook
21	15b	"The Funeral"	John Meredyth Lucas	Richard Matheson	January 5, 1972
A funeral is held for a vampire. Note: Based on the short story of the same name by Richard Matheson
21	15c	"The Tune in Dan's Café"	David Rawlins	Gerald Sanford & Garrie Bateson	January 5, 1972
A song linked to a tragic romance gives a bickering couple (Pernell Roberts, Susan Oliver) a second chance. Note: Based on a short story by Shamus Frazier
22	16a	"Lindemann's Catch"	Jeff Corey	Rod Serling	January 12, 1972
A strange metamorphosis occurs when a sea captain (Stuart Whitman) captures a mermaid.
22	16b	"The Late Mr. Peddington"	Jeff Corey	Jack Laird	January 12, 1972
A widow (Kim Hunter) goes shopping for the cheapest funeral she can find for her late husband. Note: Based on a short story "The Flat Male" by Frank Sisk
22	16c	"A Feast of Blood"	Jeannot Szwarc	Stanford Whitmore	January 12, 1972
A suitor (Norman Lloyd) gives a woman (Sondra Locke) a brooch that looks almost alive. Note: Based on a short story "The Fur Brooch" by Dulcie Gray
23	17a	"The Miracle at Camafeo"	Ralph Senesky	Rod Serling	January 19, 1972
An insurance swindler (Harry Guardino) plans to stage a cure for his fake paralysis at a Mexican shrine. Note: Based on a short story by C. B. Gilford
23	17b	"The Ghost of Sorworth Place"	Ralph Senesky	Alvin Sapinsley	January 19, 1972
An American tourist (Richard Kiley) protects an English widow (Jill Ireland) from the ghost of her husband. Note: Based on the short story "Sorworth Place" by Russell Kirk
24	18a	"The Waiting Room"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rod Serling	January 26, 1972
A gunman (Steve Forrest) faces his day of reckoning.
24	18b	"Last Rites for a Dead Druid"	Jeannot Szwarc	Alvin Sapinsley	January 26, 1972
A woman (Carol Lynley) is tempted to buy a statue that resembles her husband (Bill Bixby) ...and is modeled after a satanic sorcerer.
25	19a	"Deliveries in the Rear"	Jeff Corey	Rod Serling	February 9, 1972
A surgery instructor (Cornel Wilde) uses cadavers from a most unexpected source.
25	19b	"Stop Killing Me"	Jeannot Szwarc	Jack Laird	February 9, 1972
A wife (Geraldine Page) believes her husband (James Gregory) is literally worrying her to death. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Hal Dresner
25	19c	"Dead Weight"	Timothy Galfas	Jack Laird	February 9, 1972
An exporter (Jack Albertson) who helps gangsters on the lam has a client (Bobby Darin) like no other. Note: Based on the short story "Out of the Country" by Jeffry Scott
26	20a	"I'll Never Leave You – Ever"	Daniel Haller	Jack Laird	February 16, 1972
A wife (Lois Nettleton) uses witchcraft to murder her husband (Royal Dano), whose spirit goes on and on. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Rene Morris
26	20b	"There Aren't Any More MacBanes"	John Newland	Alvin Sapinsley	February 16, 1972
A student (Joel Grey) of sorcery summons an ancient spirit to get rid of his bothersome uncle (Howard Duff). Notes: Based on the short story "By One, By Two and By Three" by Stephen Hall; features a brief, early appearance by Mark Hamill.
27	21a	"The Sins of the Fathers"	Jeannot Szwarc	Halsted Welles	February 23, 1972
A man (Richard Thomas) must cleanse himself of his father's sins by feasting in front of the father's corpse. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Christianna Brand
27	21b	"You Can't Get Help like That Anymore"	Jeff Corey	Rod Serling	February 23, 1972
A family's robot servants develop an instinct for survival.
28	22a	"The Caterpillar"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rod Serling	March 1, 1972
A British expatriate (Laurence Harvey) in Borneo plots a gruesome assassination of a romantic rival (Tom Helmore). Note: Based on the short story "Boomerang" by Oscar Cook
28	22b	"Little Girl Lost"	Timothy Galfas	Stanford Whitmore	March 1, 1972
A scientific genius is troubled by the death of his daughter. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by E.C. Tubb

Season 3 (1972–73)

No. overall	No. in season	Segment title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
29	1	"Return of the Sorcerer"	Jeannot Szwarc	Halsted Welles	September 24, 1972
A sorcerer (Vincent Price) hires a translator (Bill Bixby) to decode an ancient Arabic manuscript that's connected to his twin brother's death. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Clark Ashton Smith
30	2	"The Girl with the Hungry Eyes"	John Badham	Robert Malcolm Young	October 1, 1972
A photographer (James Farentino) hires a model (Joanna Pettet) whose eyes burn with a mysterious glow. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Fritz Leiber
31	3	"Rare Objects"	Jeannot Szwarc	Rod Serling	October 22, 1972
A gangster (Mickey Rooney) targeted for death meets a specialist (Raymond Massey) who guarantees him sanctuary ... at a very high price.
32	4	"Spectre in Tap Shoes"	Jeannot Szwarc	Teleplay by: Gene R. Kearney; Story by: Jack Laird	October 29, 1972
A woman is haunted by the ghost of her sister (both played by Sandra Dee) who committed suicide.
33	5a	"You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan"	John Badham	Rod Serling	November 12, 1972
An inventor (Ozzie Nelson) and his wife (Harriet Nelson) trade in their clumsiness for an experiment in immortality. Note: Based on the short story "The Secret of the Vault" by J. Wesley Rosenquist
33	5b	"Smile, Please"	Jack Laird	Jack Laird	November 12, 1972
A woman (Lindsay Wagner) tries to get a photo of a vampire (Cesare Danova).
34	6	"The Other Way Out"	Gene Kearney	Teleplay by: Gene R. Kearney; Story by: Kurt van Elting	November 19, 1972
A murderer (Ross Martin) is lured to an isolated house where a cold, calculating avenger (Burl Ives) makes him pay for his crime.
35	7	"Fright Night"	Jeff Corey	Teleplay by: Robert Malcolm Young; Story by: Kurt van Elting	December 10, 1972
A young couple (Stuart Whitman, Barbara Anderson) inherits a farmhouse where they experience unseen terrors.
36	8	"Finnegan's Flight"	Gene Kearney	Rod Serling	December 17, 1972
A prison lifer (Burgess Meredith) wishing for freedom subjects himself to his cellmate's (Cameron Mitchell) mind-over-matter experiments.
37	9	"She'll Be Company for You"	Gerald Perry Finnerman	David Rayfiel	December 24, 1972
A widower (Leonard Nimoy) is watched by a strangely menacing cat. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Andrea Newman
38	10	"The Ring with the Red Velvet Ropes"	Jeannot Szwarc	Robert Malcolm Young	January 7, 1973
A boxing champ (Gary Lockwood) learns he has one more bout before he can claim the title. Note: Based on a short story of the same title by Edward D. Hoch
39	11	"Something in the Woodwork"	Edward M. Abroms	Rod Serling	January 14, 1973
An alcoholic woman (Geraldine Page) asks a reluctant ghost for help in her plot for revenge against her ex-husband (Leif Erickson). Note: Based on the short story "Housebound" by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
40	12	"Death on a Barge"	Leonard Nimoy	Halsted Welles	March 4, 1973
A fishmonger ignores his friends' warnings when he falls for a wraith-like young woman (Lesley Ann Warren). Note: Based on the short story "The Canal" by Everil Worrell; Nimoy's directing debut
41	13	"Whisper"	Jeannot Szwarc	David Rayfiel	May 13, 1973
A young woman (Sally Field) listens to the voices of the dead. Note: Based on a short story by Martin Waddell
42	14	"The Doll of Death"	John Badham	Jack Guss	May 20, 1973
An Englishman uses voodoo to get revenge on a romantic rival (Alejandro Rey). Note: Based on a short story by Vivian Meik
43	15a	"Hatred unto Death"	Gerald Perry Finnerman	Halsted Welles	May 27, 1973
Anthropologists (Steve Forrest, Dina Merrill) respond to a captive gorilla's primeval hatred.
43	15b	"How to Cure the Common Vampire"	Jack Laird	Jack Laird	May 27, 1973
Two men (Richard Deacon, Johnny Brown) debate the best way to kill vampires.

Syndication-only segments

Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
"Satisfaction Guaranteed"	Jeannot Szwarc	Jack Laird	March 22, 1972 (1972-03-22)
A customer proves very hard to please at an employment agency.
"Die Now, Pay Later"	Timothy Galfas	Teleplay by: Jack Laird Based on the short story "Year-End Clearance" by: Mary Linn Roby	1973
An undertaker (Will Geer) slashes funeral prices at a January clearance sale. Note: This segment was produced for the second season but never aired during the series' original broadcast.
"Room for One Less"	Jack Laird	Jack Laird	1973
A creature teaches an elevator operator some manners. Note: This segment was produced for the second season but never aired during the series' original broadcast.