What About Bud?!!

A Tribute to Robert Leigh McCord III (1915-1980) and his record 75 "Twilight Zone" appearances, which is just under half of the series. In some episodes they used him for more than one role as an extra!! In those days, it didn't matter much because the TV shows were never expected to have the longevity that they've ended up having. He appeared in over 40 percent of the episodes, although less than five of them were screen-credited. Very little is known about Mr. McCord's life. He had a son, Robert IV (1938-2008) and a daughter named Penny. He was known as "Bud McCord." It is suspected that he served as both a stand-in and as a stunt double hired by Cayuga Productions. He also worked on other TV shows before and after "Twilight Zone", usually uncredited. At any rate, it is a fact that he appeared in more "Twilight Zone" episodes than any other person. Quite possibly, he was around for the filming of every episode. What a privilege. Bud was also hired as a stuntman for a number of episodes, for most of which he earned $125.00 per episode.

Special thanks to Paul Giammarco and the Twilight Zone Cafe members (but Paul deserves the vast majority of the credit) and their laser-sharp eyes.

Long Distance Call	Judgement Night
Escape Clause	Mr. Denton on Doomsday
Dust	Mr. Dingle, The Strong
Person or Persons Unknown	Nick of Time
A Nice Place to Visit	A World of Difference
Showdown With Rance McGrew	Dead Man's Shoes
I Shot an Arrow Into the Air	I Dream of Genie
You Drive	The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Mr. Garrity and the Graves	A Kind Of Stopwatch
I Am the Night - Color Me Black	Caesar and Me
Cavender is Coming #1	Cavender is Coming #2
The Purple Testament	The Odyssey of Flight 33
The Mind and the Matter	In Praise of Pip
The Shelter	The Old Man in the Cave
The Jungle	Valley of the Shadow
Walking Distance	Of Late I Think of Cliffordville
The Mirror	What You Need
The Four of Us Are Dying	100 Yards Over the Rim
What's In the Box	The Thirty Fathom Grave
To Serve Man	The Last Flight
Still Valley	The New Exhibit
The Hunt	Steel
And When the Sky Was Opened	To Serve Man
A Most Unusual Camera	Black Leather Jackets
The Obsolete Man	The Grave
A Piano in the House	Once Upon a Time
The Bard	The Bard
The Purple Testament (2)	Hocus Pocus & Frisby
Time Enough at Last	Third From the Sun
Once Upon a Time (2)	The Dummy
The Fever	Ring a Ding Girl
No Time Like the Past #1	No Time Like the Past #2
On Thursday We Leave for Home	On Thursday We Leave for Home #2
Printer's Devil	Miniature
The Gift	The Hitch Hiker
Perchance to Dream	Black Leather Jackets - The Eye
He's Alive #1	He's Alive #2
He's Alive #3	Five Characters in Seach of an Exit
Queen of the Nile	Where's Bud?! Can you find him in the same way that Waldo is found?! Email andrew@andrewramage.com if you find him anywhere else!

These two shots were taken from the film "The Thrill of it All" (1963), where McCord played an elevator passenger - again, uncredited.