[Maine Mariner]

I much preferred Steven Hill to Peter Graves.

The producer of the show, Bruce Geller was also Jewish I believe.

[Buckeye McFrog]

The producer of the show, Bruce Geller was also Jewish I believe.

As were Hill's co-stars, Barbara Bain and Martin Landau. And right down the hall they were shooting Star Trek with Jewish stars William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Reportedly it was Hill's attempts to recruit the other Jews working at Desilu into joining his observance of the Sabbath that pushed the studio to can him.