Once Upon a Time (The Twilight Zone)

"Once Upon a Time"
The Twilight Zone episode
Keaton as Woodrow Mulligan
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 13
Directed by	Norman Z. McLeod
Written by	Richard Matheson
Featured music	William Lava (piano score played by Ray Turner)
Production code	4820
Original air date	December 15, 1961 (1961-12-15)
Guest appearances
Buster Keaton Stanley Adams Jesse White James Flavin Gil Lamb Milton Parsons Warren Parker Harry Fleer George E. Stone
Episode chronology
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The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series) (season 3)
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"Once Upon a Time" is episode 78 of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. It originally aired on December 15, 1961. It features early film star Buster Keaton in one of his later roles, as an unlikely time traveler, and the opening and closing scenes pay tribute to the silent films for which he was famous.