Updated: November 25, 2023

An original futuristic soldier's war helmet prop used by Michael Ansara as "Qarlo Clobregnny" in the season-2 episode "Soldier," from the television series, The Outer Limits ( United Artists Television, 1964 ).

This helmet is composed of fiberglass, hand-painted in a metalic finish. The interior features plastic webbing for head support and a brown leather band that secures around the wearer's head. Remnants of headphones can be seen inside the helmet, that were used so the soldier would hear a message telling them to kill their enemy. Missing components include the original plastic visor and an antenna that would have protruded from the top of the helmet.

This type of helmet can be seen worn by Clobregnny as he battles with a soldier eighteen hundred years in the future, when he is sent back in time and arrives in the year 1964 on a busy city street, and at various other points in the episode.

This episode, written by the great Harlan Ellison, would serve as a source of inspiration for James Cameron in his production of the hit film, Terminator ( Orion Pictures, 1984 ). After threatening to sue for copying the overall story of "Soldier," Orion Pictures and James Cameron were forced to settle, and on home video releases of the film, feature a credit line reading, "Acknowledgment to the Works of Harlan Ellison."

According to a previous auction listing for this lot, this prop was "discovered in a wardrobe rental house in 1994." Prop measures 10.5 x 12 x 10.5 inches.

Value: $800.