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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Spy Games and Comic books

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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Spy Games and Comic books

 

Starring: Robert Vaughn as Napoleon Solo

David McCallum as Illya Kuryakin

Leo G. Carroll as Alexander Waverly

Original channel: NBC

Original run: September 22, 1964 – January 15, 1968

Total number of episodes: 104

 

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was an American television series that ran on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968, for 104 episodes. The series centered on a two-man troubleshooting team for a covert espionage organization: American Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn), and Russian Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum). Leo G. Carroll played Alexander Waverly, the British head of the organisation (who was the perfect choice, based on his performance in Alfred Hitchcock's North By Northwest, where he played a similar role).

 

James Bond creator Ian Fleming helped contribute to the show's creation. The book, The James Bond Films, reveals that Fleming's TV concept had two characters: Napoleon Solo and April Dancer (The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.). "Mr. Solo" was originally the name of a crime boss in Fleming's Goldfinger. Robert Towne and Harlan Ellison wrote scripts for the series, which was originally to have been titled "Solo".

 

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