# Character Actor ID. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840 "2019-05-12T01:33:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/61 "2019-05-14T03:40:47Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Chad Everett is too handsome. Tige Andrews black-haired (my guy is gray-haired). John Dehner is too distinguished. Wendell Corey has the right look, but it’s not him. Ihnat was too young (and, alas, never got not to be). Jack Cassidy, I’d know. Frank Overton I’d know (played Elias Sandoval, right?). > > I’m beginning to think that maybe one of my initial parameters was incorrect so we’ve all been fishing in the wrong hole. Anyway, I’ll keep looking. Good idea to check Colombo. Might also give the Invaders series a look. (I’ve already done the old Bixby Hulk.) Just hoping the guys IMDB pic looks like him. Maybe I’m think Trek because he did a TNG part, who knows. Lawrence Tierney then? ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/62 "2019-05-14T04:25:36Z")
**E-Dub** is a fucking liar. He never asked for a specific player, he never mentioned a specific part. **E-Dub** lies for fun. Don’t let him have fun on you. candide ---
**Author:** ![candide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@candide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/candide)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/63 "2019-05-14T04:26:41Z")
Read the OP ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/64 "2019-05-14T10:02:37Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Good idea to check Colombo. Might also give the Invaders series a look. (I’ve already done the old Bixby Hulk.) Might also check \*\*\*Mannix \*\*\*(another Desilu series with many of the same guest stars) and Quinn Martin series like _ **Cannon and Barnaby Jones** _. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/65 "2019-05-14T10:50:48Z")
**[Moderating]** **candide** , not only was that completely unacceptable, it was also, so far as I know, completely unprovoked. In what possible sense does asking a vague question make someone a liar? This is an official Warning, for personal insults. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/66 "2019-05-14T11:50:18Z")
I was going to suggest Joe Maross too, but couldn’t think of his name. I assume you’ve already ruled out Arthur Hill, aka “Owen Marshall”? [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0257/3165/products/dfpy05719.jpeg?v=1497381955) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0257/3165/products/dfpy05719.jpeg?v=1497381955) He was the only enemy agent in _ **M:I** _ actually shown to be reading something in Russian instead of Gellerese (Clausewitz’s _ **On War** _, or _ **О войне** _). I also assume you’re hitting Ctrl + + to magnify the pages with the cast photos? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/67 "2019-05-14T12:35:49Z")
[Pat Hingle?](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0385757/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/68 "2019-05-14T14:42:52Z")
**[Melvin Belli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Belli)?** Among all of Star Trek’s third season “stunt cat” guest stars on NBC, one of the oddest to be cast was hardly an actor: legendary San Francisco celebrity and personal injury attorney Melvin Belli played Gorgan, the alien using an unsettling “Friendly Angel” persona in “And the Children Shall Lead.” Belli brought along his young son Caesar too, seen in the episode as “Steve O’Connel.” ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/69 "2019-05-14T15:04:07Z")
Michael Strong? [![](http://photo.elcinema.com.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/_315x420_76c1b41296f50bdc63dd81ac9bfbf71f9d3dda112d53c54c72e8769b366275b3.jpg) ](http://photo.elcinema.com.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/_315x420_76c1b41296f50bdc63dd81ac9bfbf71f9d3dda112d53c54c72e8769b366275b3.jpg) > **[Michael Strong - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835021/?ref_=tt_cl_t3)** > > Michael Strong. Actor: Patton. While never one of the big names on screen, Michael Strong was one of those excellent method actors who were often compelling to watch. Unsurprisingly, many of Michael's screen characters were typical New Yorkers,... ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/70 "2019-05-14T15:11:20Z")
This guy comes pretty close: [Frank Marth - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551731/?ref_=tt_cl_t6) (Frank Marth.) And the opinion of “Candide” to the contrary, I’m being quite truthful here. As I said in the OP if I remembered something the guy had been in I wouldn’t need you guys. But I can understand the skepticism. I’ve looked at so many head shots in the last few days that they’re all running together. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/71 "2019-05-14T17:44:52Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > This guy comes pretty close: [Frank Marth - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551731/?ref_=tt_cl_t6) (Frank Marth.) And the opinion of “Candide” to the contrary, I’m being quite truthful here. As I said in the OP if I remembered something the guy had been in I wouldn’t need you guys. But I can understand the skepticism. I’ve looked at so many head shots in the last few days that they’re all running together. So im looking at guys you post and trying to see who they remind me of…[Ed here was in TNG](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491590/?ref_=tt_cl_t10) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/72 "2019-05-14T19:22:54Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > This guy comes pretty close: [Frank Marth - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551731/?ref_=tt_cl_t6) (Frank Marth.) And the opinion of “Candide” to the contrary, I’m being quite truthful here. As I said in the OP if I remembered something the guy had been in I wouldn’t need you guys. But I can understand the skepticism. I’ve looked at so many head shots in the last few days that they’re all running together. Oh, Jeez, I think I know who you’re talking about, and he was definitely in _ **M:I** _—but of course, I can’t think of his goddamned name, or which episode(s) he was in. I’ll keep trying, though. I’m pretty sure he spoke with a faux European accent, so it was probably in the Landau/Bain era… ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/73 "2019-05-14T20:34:20Z")
Al Traina? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/74 "2019-05-14T21:15:46Z")
Is it Alf Kjellin? [![](https://www.aveleyman.com/Gallery/2017/K/9482-17216.jpg) ](https://www.aveleyman.com/Gallery/2017/K/9482-17216.jpg) > **[Alf Kjellin - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0458033/)** > > Alf Kjellin. Actor: Ice Station Zebra. Although trained for the stage in his native Sweden, Alf Kjellin appeared in only a few stage productions before entering films. His work in Torment (1944) resulted in his being noticed by Hollywood, and he made... ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/75 "2019-05-14T22:21:56Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Al Traina? > [@Sherrerd](#): > > If not Richman, then surely Al Traina…!!! > (the undying thread: [Challenge! Who is the man sitting with all the stars on Johnny Carson? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=722215) Back to guessing: Richard Kiley? The wikipedia photo shows him at a younger age than does the IMDb one: > **[Richard Kiley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kiley)** > > Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, film and television actor and singer. He is best known for his distinguished theatrical career in which he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Kiley created the role of Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and was the first to sing and record "The Impossible Dream", the hit song from the show. In the 1953 hit musical Kismet, he played the Caliph in the or... > **[Richard Kiley | Actor, Camera and Electrical Department, Writer](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0453006/)** > > Known for: Jurassic Park, Patch Adams, The Little Prince ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/76 "2019-05-14T22:23:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **[Moderating]** > > **candide** , not only was that completely unacceptable, it was also, so far as I know, completely unprovoked. In what possible sense does asking a vague question make someone a liar? This is an official Warning, for personal insults. Thank you. But I actually took more offense from the implication that I wouldn’t recognize the actor that played Oscar Goldman, the Night Strangler, and one of the guys in forbidden Planet. Or the actor who portrayed Captain Nice, Mark Craig and was the voice of K.I.T.T. And still no joy. You guys are making me doubt my own sanity here. Look, I’m sorry about the vagueness of the question, but if I could be more specific I’d be able to find the answer myself. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/77 "2019-05-14T22:37:28Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > This guy comes pretty close: [Frank Marth - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551731/?ref_=tt_cl_t6) (Frank Marth.) That guy looks a good deal like Gene Dynarski, who has STAR TREK credits as well as MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE credits as well as the expected 1970s ‘crime series’ credits in KOJAK and CANNON and BANACEK and MANNIX and so on. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/78 "2019-05-15T00:05:38Z")
No, not him either. And before anybody mentions them it isn’t Andrew Duggan or Arch Johnson. > **[Arch Johnson - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424516/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1)** > > Arch Johnson. Actor: The Sting. Arch Johnson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1922. A stage actor as well as a prolific television character actor, he was in the original production of "West Side Story" on Broadway and the revival of that show... But the latter would have been close. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/79 "2019-05-15T00:26:24Z")
Did you look at Richard Kiley? (Post 75.) How about Robert Forster: > **[Robert Forster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Forster)** > > Robert Wallace Forster Jr. (July 13, 1941 – October 11, 2019) was an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in Medium Cool (1969), Captain Dan Holland in The Black Hole (1979), Abdul Rafai in The Delta Force (1986), and Max Cherry in Jackie Brown (1997), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. > Forster's varied filmography includes: Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Alligator (1980), Me, Myself & Irene (2000), Mulholland Drive (2001), The De... ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840/80 "2019-05-15T00:48:43Z")
[Barry Atwater](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0041136/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1) appeared on both Mission Impossible and Star Trek. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-actor-id/833840.md?page=5)