September 22, 1964 –
Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, who kept the world safe on The Man from U.N.C.L.E, made their first appearance on NBC-TV on this date.
Originally, Will Kuluva was to play the head of U.N.C.L.E., but was replaced by Leo G. Carroll. After the pilot was screened for the network executives, they told the producers to “get rid of the foreign guy“. They really meant for David McCallum’s Russian character Ilya Kuriyakin to get the axe, but the producers thought they meant Kuluva.
The Haus of Dcaligari 