The Invisible Man (1958 TV series) The Invisible Man (1958 TV series) The Invisible Man (later known as H.G. Wells' Invisible Man) is a British black-and-white science fiction/adventure/espionage television series that aired on ITV from September 1958 to July 1959. It was aired on CBS in the United States, running two seasons and totalling 26 half-hour episodes. The series was nominally based on the novel by H. G. Wells, one of four such television series. In this version, the deviation from the novel went as far as changing the main character's name from Dr. Griffin to Dr. Peter Brady who remained a sane man, not a
The Invisible Man (1933 film) Mrs. Hall. Whale, who had previously directed "Frankenstein" as well as the first version of "Waterloo Bridge", received a Special Recommendation from the 1934 Venice Film Festival in recognition of his work on "The Invisible Man". Rains' film career took off after "The Invisible Man", which was his first American film appearance. The film was nominated for the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills and AFI's 10 Top 10 (science fiction film), while the character was nominated as a villain for the AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes and Villains list. Due to the success of the first film, a sequel