# Dead Star Trek Cast Members **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2002, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952 "2002-10-05T07:56:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flertbert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e5b9ba/32.png) [@flertbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flertbert)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/1 "2002-10-05T07:56:19Z")
Inspired by this[thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=137941). I did a search on a linked site and saw [Illa](http://www.sherylfranklin.com/trekwomen_ilia.html) who was a hottie, so I clicked over to [imdb.com](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Khambatta,%20Persis) because I couldn’t think of anything else she’d appeared in and discovered that she’s been dead for four years! Yow! My geekiness is slipping! So out of all the actors who’ve appeared in all the various incarnations of Star Trek, how many of them are no longer with us? I know DeForrest Kelley’s gone, along with the actors who played Spock’s father, Harry Mudd, David Marcus, and Bibi Besch, who else? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/2 "2002-10-05T08:29:36Z")
Bibi Besch is dead? Damn! Trying to build a list of every dead actor who had a guest-shot on _Star Trek_ would be a pretty thankless task. I’ll only contribute Jeffrey (Capatain Pike) Hunter. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2002, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/3 "2002-10-05T12:52:13Z")
Stanley “Cyrano Jones” Adams. Meg “The Keeper” Wyllie died just this year. Susan “Vina” Oliver. Glenn “Zefrem Cochran” Corbett. Alfred “Dr Whats-his-name with the Salt Vampire” Ryder Ted “The Giant from the episode that looked like a combination of ‘Forbidden Planet’ meets H.P. Lovecraft” Cassidy And just an OT comment about Roger C. Carmel. There used to be a program in syndication called “Insight.” It was sorta like “Twilight Zone,” but with a religious slant to it. One episode that I remember was of Roger C. Carmel wanting to commit suicide and an angelic figure played by a trumpet-playing hip-talking Roscoe Lee Browne, who wanted to save him. (I’d like to say his name was “Gabriel,” but I do not remember whether or not that was the case.) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/4 "2002-10-05T15:04:35Z")
DeForrest Kelly is gone. Bye, Bones. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/5 "2002-10-05T18:40:40Z")
James Doohan, most notably. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/6 "2002-10-05T18:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ElvisL1ves \* > \*\*James Doohan, most notably. \*\* :eek: SINCE WHEN IS “SCOTTY” DEAD?!?! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/7 "2002-10-05T19:06:55Z")
I have just checked [CNN](http://www.cnn.com), [E! Online](http://www.eonline.com), and [Dead People Server](http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/dnames.html#top) and as far as I can tell, Jimmy D is still alive and kicking. Though I’m sad to say I have reconciled myself to the fact that he is by far the most likely to be taken next by the Great Bird of the Galaxy. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/8 "2002-10-05T19:43:20Z")
Dammit, my error. I hate that. I remembered a news story about him being old and sick, and somehow jumped to conclusions. He’s alive, but not exactly kicking. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/9 "2002-10-05T19:52:55Z")
Any guy who can father a child at age 80 still kicks in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/10 "2002-10-05T20:07:19Z")
The guy who played Tackelberry in Police Acadamy was on Trek twice, and he’s dead. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/11 "2002-10-05T20:55:51Z")
Don’t forget the guy in the red shirt. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/12 "2002-10-05T21:38:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*Any guy who can father a child at age 80 still kicks in my book. \*\* Yeah. I’m amazed that his heart can take the strain, Captain. ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/13 "2002-10-06T01:46:47Z")
I did not know that Mark Lenard was dead. Why wasn’t I notified? ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/14 "2002-10-06T02:04:07Z")
Well, Jill “Spock’s Girlfriend from the Planet of the Confetti-Spewing Happy Flowers” Ireland is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/15 "2002-10-06T02:07:19Z")
Mark Lenard died quite some time ago, November '96, specifically. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/16 "2002-10-06T02:16:38Z")
Wil Wheaton is dead. Oh wait, no. Just his career. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/17 "2002-10-06T02:54:22Z")
Janos Prohaska, who played the Mogatu (as well as every gorilla or bear on “Here’s Lucy” and “The Andy Williams Show”) died in 1974, in a plane crash. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/18 "2002-10-06T03:29:47Z")
Prohaska was also a regular on _Gilligan’s Isalnd_, whenever a gorilla was needed. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/19 "2002-10-06T09:30:04Z")
Wow, Mark Lenard is dead. Didn’t know that. When was that Next Generation episode he was in air? Must have been very shortly before his death. He is the one ST actor I’ve met in person. Much respect for him, I’m a bit saddened. Live long and prosper, Mark. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2002, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952/20 "2002-10-06T15:10:15Z")
Nedermeyer? Dead. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-star-trek-cast-members/130952.md?page=2)