Alfred Hitchcock Presents - "Murder Me Twice" - 01:35 am Thursday, May 28 on WJLP MeTV

Phyllis Thaxter (Actor) .. Lucy Prior

Born: November 20, 1921
Died: August 14, 2012

Trivia: The daughter of a Supreme Court judge, Phyllis Thaxter followed the example of her mother, a former actress. Thaxter made her first stage appearance, at the Ogunquit (Maine) Playhouse. In her teens, she received on-the-job training with the Montreal Repertory. On Broadway from 1938, she appeared in such popular plays as What a Life!, There Shall Be No Night, and Claudia. Signed to an MGM contract in 1944, Phyllis was often wasted in traditional faithful-wife roles, but on occasion was permitted a wider acting range in such parts as the schizophrenic heroine of Arch Oboler's Bewitched (1944). While at MGM, Phyllis married James Aubrey, who later ascended to the presidency of CBS-TV (and still later, took over MGM); the union lasted until 1962, producing a daughter, actress Skye Aubrey. Sidelined by an attack of infantile paralysis in 1952, Thaxter made a slow, steady stage, screen and TV comeback in character parts, frequently accepting roles that would challenge her physical limitations. In 1978, after a long absence from the screen, Phyllis Thaxter was cast as Martha Kent, mother of Clark Kent, in Superman: The Movie. She made her last on-camera appearance in a 1992 episode of Murder, She Wrote.

Tom Helmore (Actor) .. Farham

Born: January 01, 1904
Died: September 12, 1995

Trivia: Well-mannered, well-tailored British character actor Tom Helmore made his first film in 1928. He remained in films until the 1960s, nearly always playing men of wealth and property, and nearly never winning the heroine from the hero (e.g. losing Lauren Bacall to Gregory Peck in Designing Women [1957]). Helmore's most famous role was as Gavin Elster, the outwardly concerned husband of mental case Kim Novak, in Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958). A member in excellent standing of Hollywood's unofficial "British colony," Tom Helmore counted among his best friends actor Boris Karloff -- and that was even after Karloff married Helmore's ex-wife Evelyn.

Alan Marshal (Actor) .. Prior

Born: January 29, 1909
Died: July 13, 1961
Birthplace: Sydney

Trivia: Handsome, sophisticated, mustachioed Australian actor Alan Marshal launched his screen career in 1936, appearing in two films, The Garden of Allah and After the Thin Man. Marshal is frequently cast as witty, daring heroes. Notable film appearances include The Conquest (1937), in which he appeared opposite Greta Garbo, and The White Cliffs of Dover (1943) with Irene Dunne. Before coming to the U.S. in the mid-'30s, Marshal worked on the Australian stage. In Hollywood, he contracted with David O. Selznick and MGM, but frequently was loaned out to appear in other studios' productions. A nervous condition prevented Marshal from appearing in films throughout much of the 1940s. During that period, Marshal returned to stage work. He made his final film appearances in the late '50s. Marshal, who at one time had been compared to Ronald Colman, died on the Chicago stage while working opposite Mae West in Sextet.

Liz Carr (Actor) .. Adele

Born: January 01, 1972
Birthplace: Wirral, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Herbert Anderson (Actor) .. George

Born: March 30, 1917
Died: June 11, 1994

Trivia: Perhaps best remembered for playing Henry Mitchell, the father of an energetic tow-headed boy in the popular television sitcom Dennis the Menace (1959-1963), tall, slender, and bespectacled character actor Herbert Anderson's career encompassed extensive experience on Broadway and in Hollywood films. Contracted to Warner Bros. around 1940, he made his film debut in Meet the Fleet (1940). His first two years were quite busy, but by mid-decade he was landing fewer roles. On stage, he appeared with Henry Fonda in a 1953 production of Caine Mutiny Court Martial. After the cancellation of Dennis the Menace, Anderson's film appearances became quite rare, though he made frequent guest appearances on other television shows, including Batman, Bewitched, and Dragnet. Heart trouble in the early '80s forced Anderson to retire.

Ward Costello (Actor) .. William G. Burke

Born: July 05, 1919
Died: June 04, 2009

Trivia: Costello, a character actor, has been on screen since the '60s.

King Calder (Actor) .. Lawyer

Born: January 01, 1899
Died: January 01, 1964

Robert Carson (Actor) .. Glen

Born: January 01, 1909
Died: January 01, 1979

Charles Seel (Actor) .. County Court Clerk

Born: April 29, 1897

Alma Lawton (Actor) .. Alma

Born: August 17, 1896

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Murder Me Twice

01:35 am - 02:05 am, Thursday, May 28 on WJLP MeTV (33.1)

Murder Me Twice

Season 4, Episode 9