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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, popular {{Soul}} group The 5th Dimension played [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of themselves in "To Sing a Song of Murder" (along with their producer and manager), and racing legend Mario Andretti appeared AsHimself in "The Steal Driving Man".

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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}} CelebrityCameo in "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?". Also, popular {{Soul}} group The 5th Dimension played [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of themselves in "To Sing a Song of Murder" (along with their producer and manager), and racing legend Mario Andretti appeared AsHimself in "The Steal Driving Man".
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** Also, "Project 'X'" features Canadian actor Lloyd Bochner as a British scientist.

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** Also, "Project 'X'" features Canadian actor Lloyd Bochner Creator/LloydBochner as a British scientist.
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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''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". At that time it ''wasn't'' PlayingAgainstType for him, he frequently played villains before being cast as Murray Slaughter.

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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray Slaughter from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''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". At that time it ''wasn't'' PlayingAgainstType for him, as he frequently played villains before being cast as Murray Slaughter.
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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''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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** And then there's Gavin [=MacLeod=] (Murray from ''Series/TheMaryTylerMooreShow'', Captain Stubing from ''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". At that time it ''wasn't'' PlayingAgainstType for him, he frequently played villains before being cast as Murray Slaughter.
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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, popular SoulMusic group The 5th Dimension played [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of themselves in "To Sing a Song of Murder" (along with their producer and manager), and racing legend Mario Andretti appeared AsHimself in "The Steal Driving Man".

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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, popular SoulMusic {{Soul}} group The 5th Dimension played [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of themselves in "To Sing a Song of Murder" (along with their producer and manager), and racing legend Mario Andretti appeared AsHimself in "The Steal Driving Man".
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** Julie Nnewmar is [[OohMeAccentsSlipping supposed]] to be one in "[[PunnyName The Funeral Is on Mundy]]."

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** Julie Nnewmar Newmar is [[OohMeAccentsSlipping supposed]] to be one in "[[PunnyName The Funeral Is on Mundy]]."
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** Julie Nnewmar is [[OohMeAccentsSlipping supposed]] to be one in "[[PunnyName The Funeral Is on Mundy]]."
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** 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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** 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''.''Film/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, popular SoulMusic group 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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* 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, popular SoulMusic group The 5th Dimension appeared [[AsHimself as themselves]] played [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of themselves in "To Sing a Song of Murder" (along with their producer and manager), as did and racing legend Mario Andretti appeared AsHimself in "The Steal Driving Man".
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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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* 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, popular SoulMusic group 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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* 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?"
** 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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Hey Its That Guy cut by TRS decision. Ditto for Hey Its That Voice.


* 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.
** Malachi Throne ([[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Commodore Mendez]]) is Noah Bain.
** In the first episode, Mark Richman ([[Film/AgentForHARM Adam Chance]]) is an enemy agent and Susan Saint James ([[Series/McMillanAndWife Sally McMillan]]) makes her first appearance as RecurringCharacter "Charlie" Brown.
** Ricardo Moltalban ([[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]]) is Nick Grobbo, and Richard Kiel ([[Film/TheSpyWhoLovedMe Jaws]]) was once one of his thugs.
** [[Series/TheBradyBunch Jan Brady]] ''is'' "The Radomir Minature".
** 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!
** Creator/PeterSellers appears in "Who'll Bid Two Million Dollars?"... [[TheCameo for all of 30 seconds]].
** Creator/FredAstaire has a recurring role as Al's father in series three.
** 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".
** [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Baltar]] speaks for an eco-terrorist group in "Project 'X'".
** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fans will recognize the name of writer/producer Gene L. Coon, who later wrote and/or produced several episodes of this series.
** The cameo-filled pilot includes Raymond Burr (Franchise/PerryMason) as Noah's superior, [[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.
** Wagner's future ''Series/HartToHart'' co-stars Stephanie Powers and Lionel Standler make guest appearences in separate episodes.
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** [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic Baltar]] speaks for an eco-terrorist group in "Project 'X'".

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** [[Series/BattlestarGalacticaClassic [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 Baltar]] speaks for an eco-terrorist group in "Project 'X'".

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Not trivia.


* 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?"
** 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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* 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?"
** 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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