# Special Guest Star ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724 "2009-10-05T20:47:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/1 "2009-10-05T20:47:46Z")
Help me put together trivia questions for an upcoming charity ball. Tell me some of your most fondly-remembered guest stars from sci-fi/fantasy/horror TV shows, like when John Hodgman was a brain surgeon on _Battlestar_ or the two times Roddy McDowall played the Devil on _Fantasy Island_. Go. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/2 "2009-10-05T21:07:14Z")
Do cameos count, because I really liked JMS turning out the lights on **Babylon 5** , and Joss Whedon doing the Dance of Shame on **Angel**. ---
**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, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/3 "2009-10-05T21:21:19Z")
A few to get started: Angelique Pettyjohn, Sherry Jackson, Ted Cassidy, Melvin Belli in “Star Trek” Carroll O’Connor and Ed Asner in “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” Vitina Marcus, Al Lewis, and Robby the Robot in “Lost in Space” \*Richard Kiel, Ann Jillian, Oscar Beregi (and too many others to list) in “Twilight Zone” \*Steve Ihnat and Robert Duvall in “The Outer Limits” Tim Choate and John Schuck from “Babylon 5” \*I guess _everyone_ in an anthology series is a guest star, whether they’re credited as such or not. ---
**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, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/4 "2009-10-05T21:22:45Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Do cameos count, because I really liked JMS turning out the lights on **Babylon 5** , and Joss Whedon doing the Dance of Shame on **Angel**. Cameos are fine, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/5 "2009-10-05T21:24:26Z")
[Ron Glass as the Devil in an episode of “The Twlight Zone”, 1980s version.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQ6ZC8EUQ0) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/6 "2009-10-05T21:24:33Z")
Teri Garr on \*Star Trek \*(TOS). Joan Collins on same. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/7 "2009-10-05T21:30:59Z")
Penn and Teller on Babylon 5. Stephen Hawking on Star Trek: TNG. Ashley Judd on TNG (as Wesley’s love interest). Richard Hatch on the new BSG (though it eventually became a recurring role). ---
**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, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/8 "2009-10-05T21:31:39Z")
And speaking of “Star Trek,” Angela Dorian/Victoria Vetri had a split second scene in “Assignment: Earth” that had people wondering for almost 40 years, “Who was that girl?” It had been previously reported that it was Barbara Babcock (despite their not being remotely similar in facial features), but someone finally got to the bottom of it. If you’re not recalling her, [here is her scene](http://blogs.ebay.com/make_it_so_marketing/entry/Gary-Sevens-Cat-Isis/_W0QQidZ316513011). ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/9 "2009-10-05T21:33:26Z")
Jonathon Harris on Lost in Space. ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/10 "2009-10-05T21:40:38Z")
Fred Astaire was on an episode of the original Battlestar Galactica. And not just a cameo, he was the main guest of the week, playing a con man who turned out to be Starbuck’s long-lost father. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/11 "2009-10-05T22:04:01Z")
I’m not sure of specific occurences, because he’s fairly prolific. But I always know it’s going to be a pretty offbeat and special sci-fi or horror show if Ron Howard’s brother [Clint Howard](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0397212/) is going to be in it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/12 "2009-10-05T22:08:41Z")
For Bab 5 cameos, I don’t think you can top Harlan Ellison as the voice of the station’s computer. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/13 "2009-10-05T22:20:53Z")
David Warner in _ST:TNG_ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/14 "2009-10-05T22:33:01Z")
Frank Gorshwin on Star Trek. Buster Crabbe, Henry Silva, Peter Graves in Buck Rogers and the 25th Century. Kent McCord in Farscape (recurring role as Chriton’s dad) ---
**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, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/15 "2009-10-05T22:48:30Z")
These are excellent, y’all. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/16 "2009-10-05T23:03:06Z")
Roddy McDowell as Al’s replacement and the great Dennis Wolfberg as Gushie on **Quantum Leap**. Matt Frewer on **ST:TNG** ---
**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, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/17 "2009-10-05T23:11:08Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Roddy McDowell as Al’s replacement and the great Dennis Wolfberg as Gushie on **Quantum Leap**. Reminded me of one: Dean Stockwell on _Enterprise_! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/18 "2009-10-06T00:42:18Z")
More TNG: Mick Fleetwood as [an Antedean](http://cage.p.tripod.com/images/a_antedean.jpg) and [James Worthy](http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0804/best.games/images/1998.lakers-worthy.jpg) as [a Klingon](http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/gallery/contimission/tall-klingon.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/19 "2009-10-06T03:53:49Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > More TNG: Mick Fleetwood as [an Antedean](http://cage.p.tripod.com/images/a_antedean.jpg) and [James Worthy](http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/multimedia/photo_gallery/0804/best.games/images/1998.lakers-worthy.jpg) as [a Klingon](http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/gallery/contimission/tall-klingon.jpg). John Tesh was a Klingon, too (when the Enterprise-D crew did a coming-of-age ceremony for Worf on the holodeck, Tesh was one of the holographic Klingons), though I don’t think that qualifies as one of my “favorite” guest stars. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724/20 "2009-10-06T03:58:52Z")
A few more I’ve remembered: Shuttle astronaut Mae Jemison was an engineering lieutenant on an episode of TNG. King Abdullah of Jordan had a non-speaking bit on an episode of Voyager (before he was king). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-guest-star/512724.md?page=2)