We have talked over at The Land of Whatever about how some supporting actors (i.e. Tim Conway, Paul Lynde) didn't fare well as leads.
Howard Morris, had The Last Thing at Night gone to series in 1958, would've challenged that theorem.
This unsold pilot represented the only time Morris was given a shot as a leading man, and the concept of a man engaging in Walter Mitty-esque fantasies would later be realized some 20-odd years later at CBS with Steve Guttenberg's short-lived Billy. Morris was coming off Sid Caesar's legendary Your Show of Shows, along with writer-creator Lucille Kallen, for this pilot.
We've seen Morris do drama since then (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) and cartoons (i.e. Beetle Bailey, Magilla Gorilla, The Flintstones, The Archie Show), and also direct. There's more stuff with Howard coming soon.
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