# I just realized who Star Trek's Tranya Boy is **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238 "2003-07-27T08:21:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/1 "2003-07-27T08:21:32Z")
It is Clint Howard, Ron Howards brother. I caught a little bit of a bio show on Ron Howard and they interviewed his brother. I kept thinking to myself “man, that guy looks familiar” but I couldn’t place him. then it hit me. **This is useless trivia. I hope you relish it as much as I** ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/2 "2003-07-27T08:24:08Z")
Who? “Tranya Boy”?? What incarnation of Star Trek are you talking about? Do you have a picture? ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/3 "2003-07-27T08:28:06Z")
What incarnation of Star Trek am I talking about? I’m a purist. He heh. I’ve only watched the first series. 😃 [http://www.geocities.com/Area51/3253/tos/03thecorbomitemaneuver.html](http://www.geocities.com/Area51/3253/tos/03thecorbomitemaneuver.html) Look for the kid. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/4 "2003-07-27T09:35:11Z")
This thread is better suited for [**Cafe Society**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=13). I’ll move it for you. * * * **Cajun Man** ~ SDMB Moderator ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/5 "2003-07-27T09:52:17Z")
Yeah, but the voice was dubbed. Badly. I think they got Clint because they could save a bundle on makeup costs and still get a freakish looking person. It took Clint Howard to make the adult Ron Howard attractive. ---
**Author:** ![fotosbyfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@fotosbyfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fotosbyfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/6 "2003-07-27T11:12:59Z")
This was one of the many roles that won Clint Howard a lifetime achievement award from MTV in 1999. This, and “Gentle Ben”. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2003, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/7 "2003-07-27T11:51:49Z")
Clint Howard is the poor man’s Charles Martin Smith. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/8 "2003-07-27T12:29:29Z")
I seem to remember a different Howard brother played Sheridan’s dad in Babylon 5. I think he was called Vance. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/9 "2003-07-27T12:35:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fotosbyfrank \* > \*\*This was one of the many roles that won Clint Howard a lifetime achievement award from MTV in 1999. This, and “Gentle Ben”. \*\* That always killed me. The first winner of the award was given to Godzilla, then the next year it went to Chewbacca, and the year after that, they gave it to Clint Howard. Killed me. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/10 "2003-07-27T12:36:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bakhesh \* > \*\*I seem to remember a different Howard brother played Sheridan’s dad in Babylon 5. I think he was called Vance. \*\* You’re thinking of Rance Howard, who was Ron & Clint’s dad. He also played small parts in several of Ron’s films (he was the Lovell family’s clergyman in “Apollo 13,” for instance. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/11 "2003-07-27T12:42:19Z")
Captain Balok of the _Fesarius_ From TOS [The Corbomite Maneuver](http://www.startrek.com/library/tos_episodes/episodes_tos_detail_68666.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Kobaltblu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kobaltblu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobaltblu)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/12 "2003-07-27T14:50:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Earl Snake-Hips Tucker \* > \*\*Clint Howard is the poor man’s Charles Martin Smith. \*\* You really think that the poor need Clint Howard like that? BTW, isn’t Clint Howard starting to look even more like when he was in The Corbomite Maneuver? ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/13 "2003-07-27T15:47:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kobaltblu \* > \*\*BTW, isn’t Clint Howard starting to look even more like when he was in The Corbomite Maneuver? \*\* Wasn’t he the guy watching the radar in **Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me**? Yup, I’d say you’re right then! ---
**Author:** ![Kobaltblu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kobaltblu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobaltblu)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/14 "2003-07-27T16:08:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Archergal \* > \*\*Wasn’t he the guy watching the radar in **Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me**? > > Yup, I’d say you’re right then! \*\* Yes, indeedy. That would be him. And it wasn’t a Ron Howard film, either. Whaddya know. ---
**Author:** ![fotosbyfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@fotosbyfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fotosbyfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/15 "2003-07-27T21:04:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by New & Improved Scott \* > \*\*That always killed me. The first winner of the award was given to Godzilla, then the next year it went to Chewbacca, and the year after that, they gave it to Clint Howard. > > Killed me. \*\* They retired the award after that. Poor Clint thought the award really meant something. He did the talkshow rounds for a while and has the award proudly displayed on his mantle. MTV rethought the award and no longer gives it out, after they realized Clint thought it was a _good thing_. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/16 "2003-07-27T21:09:47Z")
I think the first winner was Friday the 13[sup]th[/sup]'s **Jason Voorhees** , not Godzilla. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/17 "2003-07-27T21:10:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Seven \* > \*\*I’ve only watched the first series. 😃 \*\* I’m so sorry! I had no idea ☹ You have my condolences for your loss. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/18 "2003-07-27T22:20:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by New & Improved Scott \* > \*\*That always killed me. The first winner of the award was given to Godzilla, then the next year it went to Chewbacca, and the year after that, they gave it to Clint Howard. > > Killed me. \*\* nitpick: The first one was given to Jackie Chan, at which point it seemed like he was never going to break into the mainstream in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/19 "2003-07-27T22:24:40Z")
hmm. Nitpick on a nitpick. It was Jason Voorhees, then The Three Stooges, then Shaft, then Jackie Chan. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2003, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238/20 "2003-07-27T23:42:08Z")
Clint Howard also showed up in a DS9 episode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-realized-who-star-treks-tranya-boy-is/191238.md?page=2)