What is the name of the young boy with psychic powers in 'It's a Good Life'?

The young boy with psychic powers in “It’s a Good Life” is Anthony Fremont.

Anthony is a six-year-old boy in the third-season episode of The Twilight Zone, which first aired on November 3, 1961. Played by Billy Mumy, he possesses extraordinary mental powers, including telepathy and the ability to alter reality. He has isolated the town of Peaksville, Ohio, from the rest of the world and controls its residents through fear.

Anthony’s powers make him effectively omnipotent, but he behaves like a spoiled child who has never learned limits or empathy. The townspeople must pretend that everything he does is “good,” because he can punish unhappy thoughts by sending people to the cornfield or transforming them into grotesque creatures. Even his parents are terrified of displeasing him.

A common mix-up is confusing Anthony with Billy Mumy, the actor who played him. The story was adapted from Jerome Bixby’s 1953 short story and became one of the best-known episodes of the original series. A later sequel, “It’s Still a Good Life,” featured an adult Anthony and his daughter Audrey.