Supporting and occasional lead actor Jan Merlin made his debut playing Roger Manning in the #92;sci-fi-adventure television series Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950). He made his first film appearances in 1955 in such films as Six Bridges to Cross and thereafter appeared frequently in #92;Westerns or #92;sci-fi films through the late '60s. During the '70s, his film career was sporadic as Merlin focused his energies on writing for the #92;soap opera Another World, winning two Daytime Emmys for Outstanding Writing in the process. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide