Boris Karloff's Thriller - Cousin Tundifer

Season 2 Episode 21 1962 , with your host Boris Karloff , Mass murderer's descendant plots quicker inheritance options when his ill, rich uncle Pontifex, takes up with Queenie De Lyte, a stripper turned art fancier. A psychologist cured Pontifex's obsession with restoring ancient family homes, destroying nephew Tundifer's hope of having Pontifex declared incompetent. Tundifer looks exactly like his evil ancestor, a portrait of whom hangs in one family mansion, whose expensive renovation may include a portal to a prior century. A ubiquitous face in Hollywood from the early 1950s to the mid-1980s, character actor Edward Andrews has had guest spots on innumerable TV shows such as The Twilight Zone, The Wild Wild West, Bewitched, and Fantasy Island, as well as in movies like 1961's The Absent-Minded Professor and 1984's Gremlins. And fans of vintage TV will certainly recognize Howard McNear, better known as Floyd the barber on The Andy Griffith Show.
Written by Boris Sobelman ; Directed by John Brahm ;Starring Edward Andrews , Sue Ann Langdon , Vaughn Taylor , and Howard McNear ,Original Air Date February 19, 1962