Gunther Wyckoff — Dial 1119 Character Profile

About Gunther Wyckoff

The escaped mental patient and central antagonist who steals a pistol, takes over the Oasis Bar, and holds patrons hostage. He demands psychiatrist John Faron, shoots Faron dead during negotiations, and is ultimately killed by police after a hostage uses a hidden gun to wound him.

Gunther Wyckoff — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Marshall Thompson

Appears in

Dial 1119 (1950)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Gunther Wyckoff — Conflict Hostage Taker — Earl (Leon Ames)

  Fugitive confines older male companion to the hostage cluster.

• Gunther Wyckoff — Conflict Hostage Taker — Helen (Andrea King)

  Fugitive confines young female patron to the hostage group.

• Gunther Wyckoff — Conflict Hostage Taker — Freddy (Virginia Field)

  Fugitive confines barfly patron to a designated hostage zone.

• Gunther Wyckoff — Conflict Hostage Taker — Skip (Keefe Brasselle)

  Fugitive holds bartender assistant captive during the standoff.

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More characters from Dial 1119

• Freddy (Virginia Field)
• Helen (Andrea King)
• John D. Faron (Sam Levene)
• Whitey Tallman (Hal Baylor)
• Earl (Leon Ames)
• Bus Passenger (uncredited) (Albert Cavens)
• Mother (Naomi Childers)
• Boyd (Ralph Roberts)
• Skip (Keefe Brasselle)
• Dorothy (Barbara Billingsley)
• Martin (Peter Leeds)
• Wyckoff's Bus Seatmate (uncredited) (Argentina Brunetti)