The Wild Wild West The Night of the Puppeteer (Season 1, Episode 21)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Western

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The Wild Wild West

The Night of the Puppeteer (Season 1, Episode 21)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Western

The mad puppeteer Zachariah Skull re-creates a courtroom drama, using life-size puppets, to seek revenge on both Jim and the Supreme Court Justices who sentenced him to death.

Director

Irving J. Moore

Writers

Henry Sharp (written by) | Michael Garrison (creator)

Producer

John Mantley

Composer

Dave Grusin (music composed and conducted by)

Cinematographer

Ted Voigtlander (as Ted Voigtlander)

Editor

Alan Jaggs (as Alan L. Jaggs)

Casting Director

James Lister

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 25, 1966

Release date

Feb 25, 1966 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 6 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
24 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Conrad Jim West Jim West See fewer	Jingle All the Way (1996)
Ross Martin Artemus Gordon Artemus Gordon See fewer	The Great Race (1965)
Lloyd Bochner Zachariah Skull Zachariah Skull See fewer	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
John Hoyt Justice Vincent Chayne Justice Vincent Chayne See fewer	When Worlds Collide (1951)
Imelda De Martin Vivid Vivid See fewer	The Wild Wild West (1965)
Nelson Olmsted Dr. Lake Dr. Lake See fewer	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Sara Taft Mrs. Chayne Mrs. Chayne See fewer	Tower of London (1962)
Lennie Rogel Sign Man (as Len Rogel) Sign Man (as Len Rogel) See fewer	The Wild Wild West (1965)
Janis Hansen Waitress Waitress See fewer	Airport (1970)
Nick Borgani Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited) See fewer	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
John Breen Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited) See fewer	Gunsmoke (1955)
Bill Catching Bar Fighter with Jim West (uncredited) Bar Fighter with Jim West (uncredited) See fewer	Mean Streets (1973)
Bob Herron Man in Bar (uncredited) Man in Bar (uncredited) See fewer	L.A. Confidential (1997)
Richard Monahan Soldier #2 (uncredited) Soldier #2 (uncredited) See fewer	The Steel Helmet (1951)
Chuck O'Brien Bar Fighter with Jim West (uncredited) Bar Fighter with Jim West (uncredited) See fewer	The Wild Wild West (1965)
Walter Painter Caveman Puppet (uncredited) Caveman Puppet (uncredited) See fewer	Celebration (1981)
Noel Parenti Soldier #1 (uncredited) Soldier #1 (uncredited) See fewer	Popeye (1980)
Ron Poindexter Soldier #3 (uncredited) Soldier #3 (uncredited) See fewer	Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967)
Anthony Redondo Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited) See fewer	Mannix (1967)
Clark Ross Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited) See fewer	Mission: Impossible (1966)
Bernard Sell Juror (uncredited) Juror (uncredited) See fewer	Crazy Knights (1944)
June Smaney Barfly (uncredited) Barfly (uncredited) See fewer	Tailspin Tommy (1934)
Mabel Smaney Bartender (uncredited) Bartender (uncredited) See fewer
Jack Tygett Butler (uncredited) Butler (uncredited) See fewer	Cinderella (I) (1965)