Montgomery Pittman (March 1, 1920 – June 26, 1962) was a television writer, director, and actor. Among his notable credits are his work writing and directing various episodes of The Twilight Zone, Maverick and 77 Sunset Strip. Early years According to his own account in the 1950's, Pittman was born in Louisiana in 1917 and reared in Arkansas. Both the birth year and birthplace are false; he was actually born March 1, 1920, in Oklahoma. There are no verifiable contemporary sources to show that he ever lived in either Arkansas or Louisiana. Born Montgomery Cherlez Pittman in Waldon Township, Grady County, Oklahoma, he was the son of John Griffin Pittman, a tenant farmer, and Mary Belle Pittman. (The US Census taker for 1920 had visited the family on February 3 of that year, hence his absence from that record). His parents and older siblings had all been born in Arkansas. As a teenager he was known as "Marty"; he was closest with his brother Graylon H. Pittman, known as "Smokey" who became a vaudeville performer in the southern and southwestern U.S. From 1935 thru 1940 Pittman lived in Oklahoma City with his married sister Myrtle, who went by the name "Johnnie", and her husband Jesse Brogdon. According to the 1940 Census he had been out of work for the previous year. During September 1940 Pittman enlisted in the Oklahoma National Guard, and was assigned as a private to a field artillery unit. His occupation was listed as "unskilled amusement, recreation, and motion picture backgrounds" and his education as "Grammar School". He was listed as being 5' 11" (180.3 cm) tall and weighed 150 pounds (68 kg). There is no further public information about his enlistment. When registering for the draft on December 8, 1941, Pittman said he was not employed, gave his correct birthdate and listed his sister's address in Oklahoma City as a contact, but for the first time gave his birthplace as New Orleans, Louisiana. He also handwrote a new address in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on the card, indicating he had left Oklahoma City where the draft board was located. The draft registrar recorded him as having brown hair, brown eyes, light complexion, and found he now weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). Career Again, according to his own account, Pittman left home and joined a carnival as a snake oil salesman. He eventually made his way to New