Supporting and occasional lead actor Jan Merlin made his debut playing Roger Manning in the sci-fi-adventure television series [[Feature~V50289~Tom Corbett, Space Cadet~tomcorbettspacecadet[tvseries]]] (1950). He made his first film appearances in 1955 in such films as [[Feature~V110428~Six Bridges to Cross~sixbridgestocross]] and thereafter appeared frequently in Westerns or sci-fi films through the late '60s. During the '70s, his film career was sporadic as [[Performer~P175795~Merlin~merlin]] focused his energies on writing for the soap opera Another World, winning two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Writing in the process. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi