Checkmate The Paper Killer (Season 1, Episode 25)
TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Checkmate

The Paper Killer (Season 1, Episode 25)

TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A successful cartoonist, played by Mickey Rooney, becomes tormented when he believes his star cartoon character, O'Hara, is alive and trying to kill him.

Director

Don Taylor

Writers

James Gunn (teleplay) | Stuart Jerome (story)

Composer

John Williams (as Johnny Williams)

Cinematographer

Benjamin H. Kline

Editor

Tony Martinelli

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 25, 1961

Release date

Mar 25, 1961 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 nomination

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Anthony George Don Corey Don Corey See fewer	Dark Shadows (1966)
Doug McClure Jed Sills Jed Sills See fewer	The Virginian (1962)
Sebastian Cabot Dr. Carl Hyatt Dr. Carl Hyatt See fewer	The Jungle Book (1967)
Mickey Rooney Steve Margate Steve Margate See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Dianne Foster Edna Margate Edna Margate See fewer	Night Passage (1957)
Dennis Patrick Jack Taggett Jack Taggett See fewer	Joe (1970)
William Schallert Andy Winston Andy Winston See fewer	Innerspace (1987)
Betty Lou Gerson Bess Cadwallader Bess Cadwallader See fewer	One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Donna Douglas Barbara Simmons Barbara Simmons See fewer	The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Allyson Ames Receptionist Receptionist See fewer	Incubus (1966)