page_title: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet
section_title: Cast
hierarchical_section_title: Tom Corbett, Space Cadet / Television / Cast
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Frankie Thomas (Tom Corbett) and Margaret Garland (Dr. Joan Dale) from the television program Tom Corbett, Space Cadet.
context_page_description: Tom Corbett is the main character in a series of Tom Corbett—Space Cadet stories that were depicted in television, radio, books, comic books, comic strips, and other media in the 1950s.
  The stories followed the adventures of Corbett, Astro, and Roger Manning, cadets at the Space Academy as they train to become members of the Solar Guard. The action takes place at the Academy in classrooms and bunkrooms, aboard their training ship the rocket cruiser Polaris, and on alien worlds, both within the solar system and in orbit around nearby stars.
context_section_description: Tom Corbett – Frankie Thomas, Jr.
  Astro – Al Markim: A Venusian cadet
  Roger Manning – Jan Merlin: A smug, egotistical cadet with an inordinately high opinion of his own abilities, although he occasionally proved himself to be nearly as skilled as he imagined himself to be. Roger occasionally made condescending, racist remarks about Astro but gradually came to like and respect the Venusian, although he sometimes maintained his bigoted attitude as a distancing mechanism.  (October 1950-May 1954)
  Captain Steve Strong – Edward Bryce
  Dr. Joan Dale – Margaret Garland
  Commander Arkwright – Carter Blake
  Cadet Alfie Higgins – John Fiedler
  Cadet Eric Rattison – Frank Sutton
  Cadet T. J. Thistle – Jack Grimes (December 1954-June 1955)
  Michael Harvey played Captain Strong for the first six episodes of the CBS series; Pat Ferris played Dr. Dale for two episodes of the DuMont series.
caption: Corbett and Doctor Joan Dale
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