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** The cameo-filled pilot includes Raymond Burr (Franchise/PerryMason) as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, Creastor/LeslieNielsen as an SIA security officer, and Doug [=McClure=] ([[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.

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** The cameo-filled pilot includes Raymond Burr (Franchise/PerryMason) as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon [[Film/EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, Creastor/LeslieNielsen as an SIA security officer, and Doug [=McClure=] ([[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.
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** The cameo-filled pilot includes Franchise/PerryMason as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, [[Series/PoliceSquad Frank Drebbin]] as an SIA security officer, and Doug [=McClure=] ([[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.
** Wagner's future ''HartToHart'' co-stars Stephanie Powers and Lionel Standler make guest appearences in separate episodes.

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** The cameo-filled pilot includes Franchise/PerryMason Raymond Burr (Franchise/PerryMason) as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, [[Series/PoliceSquad Frank Drebbin]] Creastor/LeslieNielsen as an SIA security officer, and Doug [=McClure=] ([[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.
** Wagner's future ''HartToHart'' ''Series/HartToHart'' co-stars Stephanie Powers and Lionel Standler make guest appearences in separate episodes.



** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''TheLoveBoat''). He played [[YouLookFamiliar three different characters]], all villains; he's surprisingly convincing as a brutal, sadistic mob enforcer in "Rock-A-Bye, Bye, Baby".

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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''TheLoveBoat'').''Series/TheLoveBoat''). He played [[YouLookFamiliar three different characters]], all villains; he's surprisingly convincing as a brutal, sadistic mob enforcer in "Rock-A-Bye, Bye, Baby".
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** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Commodore Mendez]] is Noah Bain.

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** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Malachi Throne ([[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Commodore Mendez]] Mendez]]) is Noah Bain.
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** In the first episode, Mark Richman ([[Film/AgentForHARM Adam Chance]]) is an enemy agent and Susan Saint James ([[Series/McMillanAndWife Sally McMillan]]) is "Charlie" Brown.
** Ricardeo Moltalban ([[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]]) is Nick Grobbo, and Richard Kiel ([[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]]) was once one of his thugs.

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** In the first episode, Mark Richman ([[Film/AgentForHARM Adam Chance]]) is an enemy agent and Susan Saint James ([[Series/McMillanAndWife Sally McMillan]]) is makes her first appearance as RecurringCharacter "Charlie" Brown.
** Ricardeo Ricardo Moltalban ([[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]]) is Nick Grobbo, and Richard Kiel ([[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]]) was once one of his thugs.
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** In the first episode, [[AgentForHarm Adam Chance]] is an enemy agent and [[McMillanAndWife Sally McMillan]] is "Charlie" Brown.
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] is Nick Grobbo, and [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]] was once one of his thugs.

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** In the first episode, [[AgentForHarm Mark Richman ([[Film/AgentForHARM Adam Chance]] Chance]]) is an enemy agent and [[McMillanAndWife Susan Saint James ([[Series/McMillanAndWife Sally McMillan]] McMillan]]) is "Charlie" Brown.
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] Ricardeo Moltalban ([[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]]) is Nick Grobbo, and [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]] Richard Kiel ([[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]]) was once one of his thugs.

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** Also, "Project 'X'" features Canadian actor Lloyd Bochner as a British scientist. * HeyItsThatGuy: Since this was a series made by Creator/{{Universal}}'s TV arm in the late 60's, expect a lot of this. It often overlaps with StuntCasting in the third season.

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** Also, "Project 'X'" features Canadian actor Lloyd Bochner as a British scientist.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Since this was a series made by Creator/{{Universal}}'s TV arm in the late 60's, expect a lot of this. It often overlaps with StuntCasting in the third season.



* PlayingAgainstType: George Palmer, Al's EvilCounterpart from "To Steal a Battleship", was played by Creator/BillBixby, who was best known for portraying {{Nice Guy}}s such as Tim O'Hara in ''MyFavoriteMartian''.

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* StuntCasting: Plenty of it in the third season. Creator/FredAstaire played the RecurringCharacter Alistair Mundy, Creator/BetteDavis guest starred in "Touch of Magic", and Creator/PeterSellers did a {{Cameo}} in "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?". Also, as noted above, The 5th Dimension appeared [[AsHimself as themselves]] in "To Sing a Song of Murder" (along with their producer and manager), as did Mario Andretti in "The Steal Driving Man".

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Since this was a series made by Creator/{{Universal}}'s TV arm in the late 60's, expect a lot of this. It often overlaps with StuntCasting in the third season.

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** Al sometimes poses as an Englishman. [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent Too bad Robert Wagner never learned to do a good British accent...]]
** "Charlie" Brown poses as this in "When Thieves Fall In".
** Also, "Project 'X'" features Canadian actor Lloyd Bochner as a British scientist.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Since this was a series made by Creator/{{Universal}}'s TV arm in the late 60's, expect a lot of this. It often overlaps with StuntCasting in the third season.
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** Wagner's future ''HartToHart'' co-stars Stephanie Powers and Lionel Standler make guest appearences in separate episodes.
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** The cameo-filled pilot includes [[PerryMason Perry Mason]] as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, [[PoliceSquad Frank Drebbin]] as an SIA security officer, and Doug McClure ([[TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.

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** The cameo-filled pilot includes [[PerryMason Perry Mason]] Franchise/PerryMason as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, [[PoliceSquad [[Series/PoliceSquad Frank Drebbin]] as an SIA security officer, and Doug McClure ([[TheSimpsons [=McClure=] ([[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.

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** The cameo-filled pilot includes [[PerryMason Perry Mason]] as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, and Doug McClure ([[TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.

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** The cameo-filled pilot includes [[PerryMason Perry Mason]] as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, [[PoliceSquad Frank Drebbin]] as an SIA security officer, and Doug McClure ([[TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.


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** In the pilot, Wally Cox is briefly seen as a man trying to buy an airline ticket. In the series' final episode ("Project 'X'"), an EpisodeOnAPlane, Cox plays airline passenger Professor Moses.

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** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fans will recognize the name of writer/producer Gene L. Coon, who later wrote and/or produced several episodes of this series.

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** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fans will recognize the name of writer/producer Gene L. Coon, who later wrote and/or produced several episodes of this series.series.
** The cameo-filled pilot includes [[PerryMason Perry Mason]] as Noah's superior, [[EnterTheDragon Roper]] as a bad guy, and Doug McClure ([[TheSimpsons NOT Troy McClure]]) as an airline ticket agent.


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* YouLookFamiliar: Susan Saint James played an SIA agent under cover as a flight attendant in the original pilot ("Magnificent Thief"). She then made her first appearance as "Charlie" Brown in the series first episode, "It Takes One to Know One". While they're clearly different characters ([[spoiler: the SIA agent gets murdered]]), you'd think Al would ask Brown, "You have a twin sister?"
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** Creator/GeorgeTakei (who was still playing Sulu on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'') guest stars in "To Catch a Roaring Lion".

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** Creator/GeorgeTakei (who was still playing Sulu on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'') guest stars in "To Catch a Roaring Lion". He appears alongside Khigh Dhiegh; that's right, Sulu and [[Series/HawaiiFiveO Wo Fat]] knew each other!
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** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] is Nick Grobbo, and [[TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]] was once one of his thugs.

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** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] is Nick Grobbo, and [[TheSpyWhoLovedMe [[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]] was once one of his thugs.
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** PeterSellers appears in "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?"... [[TheCameo for all of 30 seconds]].

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** PeterSellers Creator/PeterSellers appears in "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?"... [[TheCameo for all of 30 seconds]].
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** [[BattlestarGalacticaClassic Baltar]] speaks for an eco-terrorist group in "Project 'X'".
** ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fans will recognize the name of writer/producer Gene L. Coon, who later wrote and/or produced several episodes of this series.

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** [[BattlestarGalacticaClassic [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic Baltar]] speaks for an eco-terrorist group in "Project 'X'".
** ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fans will recognize the name of writer/producer Gene L. Coon, who later wrote and/or produced several episodes of this series.
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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''TheLoveBoat''), who's surprisingly convincing as a brutal, sadistic mob enforcer in "Rock-A-Bye, Bye, Baby".

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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''TheLoveBoat''), who's ''TheLoveBoat''). He played [[YouLookFamiliar three different characters]], all villains; he's surprisingly convincing as a brutal, sadistic mob enforcer in "Rock-A-Bye, Bye, Baby".
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** StarTrekTOS fans will recognize the name of writer/producer Gene L. Coon, who later wrote and/or produced several episodes of this series.

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** StarTrekTOS ''StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fans will recognize the name of writer/producer Gene L. Coon, who later wrote and/or produced several episodes of this series.
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** [[BattlestarGalacticaClassic Baltar]] speaks for an eco-terrorist group in "Project 'X'".
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* PlayingAgainstType: George Palmer, Al's EvilCounterpart from "To Steal a Battleship", was played by BillBixby, who was best known for portraying {{Nice Guy}}s such as Tim O'Hara in ''MyFavoriteMartian''.

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* PlayingAgainstType: George Palmer, Al's EvilCounterpart from "To Steal a Battleship", was played by BillBixby, Creator/BillBixby, who was best known for portraying {{Nice Guy}}s such as Tim O'Hara in ''MyFavoriteMartian''.
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* PlayingAgainstType: George Palmer, Al's EvilCounterpart from "To Steal a Battleship", was played by Bill Bixby, who was best known for portraying {{Nice Guy}}s such as Tim O'Hara in ''MyFavoriteMartian''.

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* PlayingAgainstType: George Palmer, Al's EvilCounterpart from "To Steal a Battleship", was played by Bill Bixby, BillBixby, who was best known for portraying {{Nice Guy}}s such as Tim O'Hara in ''MyFavoriteMartian''.

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Since this was a series made by Creator/{{Universal}}'s TV arm in the late 60's, expect a lot of this:

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* HeyItsThatGuy: Since this was a series made by Creator/{{Universal}}'s TV arm in the late 60's, expect a lot of this:this. It often overlaps with StuntCasting in the third season.


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** The racing-themed episode "The Steal-Driving Man" features Mario Andretti (AsHimself) and Dick Smothers.
** BetteDavis plays retired thief Bessie Grindel in "Touch of Magic".
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** Creator/FredAstaire has a recurring role in series three.

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** Creator/FredAstaire has a recurring role as Al's father in series three.
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** Creator/FredAstaire has a recurring role in series three.

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** PeterSellers appears in "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?"... [[TheCameo for all of 30 seconds]].



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** Creator/GeorgeTakei (who was still playing Sulu on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' guest stars in "To Catch a Roaring Lion".

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** Creator/GeorgeTakei (who was still playing Sulu on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'') guest stars in "To Catch a Roaring Lion".
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** Creator/GeorgeTakei (who was still playing Sulu on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' guest stars in "To Catch a Roaring Lion".
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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''TheLoveBoat''), who's surprisingly convincing as a brutal, sadistic mob enforcer in "Rock-A-Byr, Bye, Baby".

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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''TheLoveBoat''), who's surprisingly convincing as a brutal, sadistic mob enforcer in "Rock-A-Byr, "Rock-A-Bye, Bye, Baby".
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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''TheLoveBoat''), who's surprisingly convincing as a brutal, sadistic mob enforcer in "Rock-A-Byr, Bye, Baby".
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Since this was a series made by Creator/{{Universal}}'s TV arm in the late 60's, expect a lot of this:
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Commodore Mendez]] is Noah Bain.
** In the first episode, [[AgentForHarm Adam Chance]] is an enemy agent and [[McMillanAndWife Sally McMillan]] is "Charlie" Brown.
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] is Nick Grobbo, and [[TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]] was once one of his thugs.
** [[Series/TheBradyBunch Jan Brady]] ''is'' "The Radomir Minature".
* PlayingAgainstType: George Palmer, Al's EvilCounterpart from "To Steal a Battleship", was played by Bill Bixby, who was best known for portraying {{Nice Guy}}s such as Tim O'Hara in ''MyFavoriteMartian''.
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