# Guest actor Hal Lynch (ST:TOS) killed himself **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-actor-hal-lynch-st-tos-killed-himself/379092 "2006-11-04T14:53:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-actor-hal-lynch-st-tos-killed-himself/379092/1 "2006-11-04T14:53:17Z")
The Air Police sergeant who was beamed aboard _Enterprise_ in the episode _Tomorrow Is Yesterday_ [killed himself](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/30835.html) last month. He was 78. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-actor-hal-lynch-st-tos-killed-himself/379092/2 "2006-11-04T15:10:39Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] The Air Police sergeant who was beamed aboard _Enterprise_ in the episode _Tomorrow Is Yesterday_ [killed himself](http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/news/article/30835.html) last month. He was 78. [/QUOTE] Ah, so many fond memories I have. Hal was a brilliant actor whose moving portrayal touched many, many lives, including my own. He will be deeply missed, and I will weep bitter tears. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-actor-hal-lynch-st-tos-killed-himself/379092/3 "2006-11-04T15:16:21Z")
He is truly worthy of his own thread. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-actor-hal-lynch-st-tos-killed-himself/379092/4 "2006-11-04T15:20:03Z")
[QUOTE=furt] Ah, so many fond memories I have. Hal was a brilliant actor whose moving portrayal touched many, many lives, including my own. He will be deeply missed, and I will weep bitter tears. [/QUOTE] > [@Walloon](#): > > He is truly worthy of his own thread. Yeah, yeah. Nobody knew him. But I remembered the face. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-actor-hal-lynch-st-tos-killed-himself/379092/5 "2006-11-04T16:36:25Z")
A random question, did they really call them Air Police back then? I remember when they were Security Police, and recently they became Security Forces (randomly almost banged the door of a Security Forces truck when I was at the PX. It was random because how often do you see Security Forces (Air Force) hanging out on an Army base?) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest-actor-hal-lynch-st-tos-killed-himself/379092/6 "2006-11-04T16:42:47Z")
From wiki: ‘Air Force Security Forces… formerly named Air Police, then Security Police…’