Who is Henry Bemis, a holocaust survivor and book lover, in the U.S. TV "Twilight Zone" episode?

The erudite role of Henry Bemis, a nuclear holocaust survivor and book lover, in the "The Twilight Zone" episode of the 1959 U.S. TV show is played by Burgess Meredith. This was the 8th episode ('Time Enough at Last') of the original (1959–64) American TV anthology series. The story here is about a henpecked, far sighted bank teller and avid bookworm Bemis (Meredith). His everyday job is in a bank as a teller. He likes to read books at his job. This causes problems, which annoy many of the customers. Bemis's angry boss, and later his nagging wife, both complain to him that he wastes far too much time looking for and reading books.

In this episode about Bemis, a global holocaust comes along and seems to offer the bookworm the chance that he always wanted. He can become a man who finally finds all the peace and quiet he needs to just read books. However, there is something else that he will have to face. It will not be good for him. In the end, Bemis will be part of a smashed landscape, just another piece of the rubble. He will be one of the harsh fragments that the world has consigned to itself. He will find that he has ended up in what must truly be the 'Twilight Zone'.