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6 unusual facts about The Man from U.N.C.L.E.


Charles F. Haas

Ultimately, however, he settled in television, directing episodes of such popular series as Bonanza, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Outer Limits, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Gyrojet

About 1,000 of the "Rocketeer" model pistols were produced; a few saw service in the Vietnam War, and were featured in a James Bond book and movie You Only Live Twice, as well as one of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. novels.

Marian McCargo

She also made appearances on television shows like Hawaii Five-O, Hogan's Heroes, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Mannix, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

Sam Rolfe

Samuel Harris Rolfe (February 18, 1924 – July 10, 1993) was an American screenwriter best known for creating (with Herb Meadow) the well-remembered television series Have Gun Will Travel, first appearing on CBS, as well as his work on the 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Eleventh Hour, both on NBC.

Most of Rolfe's subsequent career was spent in television, where he created and was part of the writing staff on the highly regarded western series Have Gun - Will Travel and, most famously, The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

The Man from UNCLE Gun

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Gun is an immensely popular gun based on the popular TV show titled The Man from U.N.C.L.E..


Arlene Martel

She also made guest appearances on The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Untouchables, Mission Impossible (season 4, episode 20, 1970), The Wild Wild West, Columbo, Battlestar Galactica, the 1968 movie Angels from Hell, and two appearances on The Monkees.

Every Mother's Son

Because the group was signed to MGM Records, MGM Television (by way of Arena Productions) decided to feature the group in a two-part episode of The Man From U.N.C.L.E., "The Karate Killers (The Five Daughters Affair)," singing the song in a nightclub as a fight breaks out.

Hunt Stockwell

Not much is revealed of Stockwell's own history, although several pieces are filled in, in the episode "The Say U.N.C.L.E. Affair" (a reference to Robert Vaughn's starring role on the show The Man from U.N.C.L.E.), wherein he is betrayed and held captive by his former partner Ivan Trigorin (played by David McCallum, also Vaughn's co-star on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.).

Hy Averback

Averback also directed for The Dick Powell Show (1961–1963), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964–1968), The Flying Nun (1967–1970), Columbo: Suitable for Framing (1971), McCloud (1971), M*A*S*H (1972), Needles and Pins (1973), Quark (1977-1978), Matt Houston (1982–1983), The Four Seasons (1984), and the miniseries Pearl (1978).

Jennifer Billingsley

Billingsley's guest spots on TV included Naked City, Gunsmoke, Route 66, Dr. Kildare, Wagon Train, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mannix, Hawaii Five-O, Police Story, Alice, Baretta, and The Amazing Spider-Man.

Joseph Sargent

He switched to directing in the mid-1950s, with directing credits including episodes of the television series Lassie, The Invaders, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Star Trek.

Moon McDare

Usually McDare accompanied other figures produced by Gilbert, including James Bond figures, Honey West and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. characters Illya Kuryakin and Napoleon Solo.

The Man from Jupiter

The episode title is a reference to the television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the town of Jupiter, Florida, which is where Reynolds spent most of his childhood.

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E

The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen-Years-Later Affair is a made-for-television film based on the series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., starring Robert Vaughn and David McCallum reprising the roles they had originated on that program.

Walter Scharf

Scharf composed music for dozens of 1960s television dramas including Ben Casey, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and Mission: Impossible, although he became best known for his music for the National Geographic Society and The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau documentaries, which he scored between 1965 and 1975.

William Boyett

Boyett appeared in a number of television programs, such as Perry Mason, Highway Patrol, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Sea Hunt, I Spy, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (uncredited; "The Secret Sceptre Affair" from 1965), Fantasy Island, The Rockford Files, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The A-Team and Night Court.


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