Editing Sandy Koufax (section)

===Television appearances===
During his playing career, Koufax made a number of appearances in television programs. In 1959, he appeared as a character named Ben Cassidy in the television series ''[[Shotgun Slade]]''. The following year, he made three television cameos: in ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' as a policeman, in ''[[Bourbon Street Beat]]'' as a doorman, and in ''[[Colt .45 (TV series)|Colt .45]]'' as a character called Johnny.<ref name="cut4">{{cite web |last1=Cosman |first1=Ben |title=On Sandy Koufax's birthday, let's look back at his illustrious television career |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/on-sandy-koufaxs-79th-birthday-lets-look-back-at-his-illustrious-television-career/c-105188760 |website=[[MLB.com]] |date=December 30, 2014}}</ref>

Twice, Koufax made appearances as himself on television series. In 1962, he appeared on ''[[Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]'' in the episode "[[Dennis and the Dodger]]" in which he coached a little league team. In 1963, he had a non-speaking role on ''[[Mister Ed]]'' in the episode "Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed" in which he gave up an [[inside-the-park home run]] to the title character, a talking horse.<ref name="cut4"/>

After the [[1963 World Series]], Koufax, along with teammates [[Don Drysdale]] and [[Tommy Davis (outfielder)|Tommy Davis]], appeared in a sketch on ''[[Bob Hope television specials|The Bob Hope Show]]'' with comedian [[Bob Hope]] before performing a dance routine.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Bob Hope Comedy Special |url=https://archive.org/details/the-bob-hope-show-koufax-davis-drysdale-1963_202311 |series=The Bob Hope Show |network=[[NBC]] |date=October 25, 1963 |access-date=September 9, 2024 |language=English}}</ref><ref>[[#Leahy|Leahy]], p. 91.</ref> After their joint holdout in 1966, Koufax and Drysdale appeared on ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'', with host [[Gene Barry]] and comedian [[Milton Berle]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cole |first1=Howard |title=Koufax on Mister Ed, Big D with Greg Brady, and Hollywood's love affair with the Dodgers |url=https://www.laweekly.com/koufax-on-mister-ed-big-d-with-greg-brady-and-hollywoods-love-affair-with-the-dodgers/ |work=[[LA Weekly]] |date=September 4, 2013}}</ref>