A list of guest stars. Pretty impressive.

GREAT RESEARCH. Combat was a starting point for MANY GREAT ACTORS of the 20th Century.
IT WAS a GREAT century....

Hey Kitking,

You are absolutely right about the impressive list of guest stars. As you noted, some of them were not all that well known when they were guest stars, but very, very many well known stars wanted to appear on the show because the show had such a good reputation. Folks like Lee Marvin, Eddie Albert, James Whitmore, Sal Mineo, Mickey Rooney, and others were very big stars at the time, and they agreed to appear for the "scale" or "minimum wage" for actors. Being a guest star on Combat! at that time was something many actors wanted very much to do, and a lot of them said they had a lot of fun doing it.

Tom Skerritt was one of the "little known" actors who was in a half dozen episodes in smaller parts. Skerritt, of course, did very well for himself in the years since then. Robert Duvall was already a journeyman actor when he appeared in three episodes as the featured guest star between 1965 and 1967. In the years since then, I would say Duvall might be considered as one of if not the best to appear on the show.

It was an excellent show.

Best wishes,
Dave Wile

I remember one episode with Sammy Davis, Jr.

Makes me wanna check this series out!