Checkmate The Someday Man (Season 2, Episode 29)
TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Checkmate

The Someday Man (Season 2, Episode 29)

TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A former football star always looking for the next big windfall gets into serious trouble with the mob, who want him to influence his young protege to shave points in the next big football game.

Director

Robert Ellis Miller

Writers

Eric Ambler (creator) | Richard De Roy (teleplay) (as Richard DeRoy)

Producer

Richard Berg (as Dick Berg)

Cinematographer

John F. Warren

Editor

Howard Epstein

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Edit Released

Updated May 2, 1962

Release date

May 2, 1962 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
13 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)
Don Taylor Chip Damion Chip Damion See fewer	Stalag 17 (1953)
Julie Adams Jean Damion Jean Damion See fewer	Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
Ron Randell Perry Fields Perry Fields See fewer	King of Kings (1961)
George Petrie Jack Pennell Jack Pennell See fewer	Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Joseph Hoover Tommy Gigelow Tommy Gigelow See fewer	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Lillian Bronson Mrs. Greenhouse Mrs. Greenhouse See fewer	In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
Robert Stevenson Ira Sandler Ira Sandler See fewer	Get Smart (1965)
Tom McBride Greenhouse (as Thomas McBride) Greenhouse (as Thomas McBride) See fewer	Highway Patrol (1955)
Sandy Kenyon George Diedrich George Diedrich See fewer	Down on Us (1984)
Leonard P. Geer Burke (uncredited) Burke (uncredited) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)