Unidentified Flying Oddball

Unidentified Flying Oddball (also known as The Spaceman and King Arthur and A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court) is a 1979 film adaptation of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, directed by Russ Mayberry and produced by Walt Disney Productions. Subsequently re-released in the United States under the titles The Spaceman and King Arthur and A Spaceman in King Arthur’s Court, the film starred Dennis Dugan as NASA employee Tom Trimble who unintentionally travels back in time with his look-alike android Hermes. Trimble’s NASA spacecraft travels faster than the speed of light, landing him and the android near King Arthur’s Camelot, where – with the aid of their 20th-century technology – they must defeat a plot by the evil Sir Mordred and Merlin to oust King Arthur from the throne.

Contents

• The cinema snob unidentified flying oddball
• Unidentified flying oddball trailer
• Cast
• Props
• 1995 adaptation
• References

Cast

Dennis Dugan as Tom Trimble/Hermes

Jim Dale as Sir Mordred

Ron Moody as Merlin

Kenneth More as King Arthur

John Le Mesurier as Sir Gawain

Rodney Bewes as Clarence

Sheila White as Alisande

Robert Beatty as Senator Milburn

Cyril Shaps as Dr. Zimmerman

Kevin Brennan as Winston

Ewen Solon as Watkins

Pat Roach as Oaf

Reg Lye as Prisoner

Harry Maddison as Character Parts including "chicken seller"

Props

The spacecraft that was featured in this movie was on display at the Blackgang Chine theme park in the Isle of Wight.

1995 adaptation

Disney’s A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (1995), likewise based on the aforementioned novel, follows the same premise: a contemporary American male (in this case, an adolescent) travels back in time to the 6th century and King Arthur’s Camelot, impressing the inhabitants with technology from the distant future. Moody again plays Merlin in the film, on this occasion as a more sympathetic character.