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In what was probably the most absurd guest star ever, Joe Piscopo on ST:TNG.*

There was also James Doohan, DeForest Kelly, and Leonard Nimoy on ST:TNG.

Hans Conreid on one the better episodes of Lost in Space. Michael J. Pollard was also memorable as a guest on the show; Pollard also appeared on the original Star Trek’s “Miri.”

*Data wanted to learn how to be funny, so he had the holodeck manufacture a famous comedian. And of all the great comics in all of history, the one he chose was Joe Piscopo. :rolleyes:

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OK, not sci-fi, but it does have geek credibility; Jasper Johns on the Simpsons. He got to say “Yoink!”

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I hope I didn’t inadvertently suggest that these all need to be sci-fi. I’m open to any good suggestions, and y’all have been giving great ones. Keep 'em coming!

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Stanley Adams, who played Cyrano Jones on “Star Trek” and a Carrot on “Lost in Space.”

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Danny Thomas as the alien on The Dick Van Dyke Show (which was a Danny Thomas Production).
I think he just wanted a way to be a Guest Star without being Danny Thomas.

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And, obviously, I forgot that I mentioned sci-fi/fantasy/horror in the OP. :smack:

But, really, I’m open to any good suggestions.

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Joe Namath on The Brady Bunch

Nancy Reagan on Different Strokes
Not really a special guest star but soon to be stars like

Tom Hanks on Family Ties

George Clooney on The Facts of Life (am I remembering that right?)

Leo DiCaprio on that stupid show with Alan Thick and that who is now the crazy banana guy. now.

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David Warner in Babylon 5

I’m all about David Warner in sci-fi/fantasy. The man was Jack the Ripper, Sark and Satan (sorry - “Evil Genius”), fercryinoutloud. And apparently he’s going to be in a Doctor Who episode. Wahey!

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Michael Berryman as the Devil in two episodes of Highway to Heaven.

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Thereby proving that David Warner is the ultimate bad guy. When you get to be in a movie with the guy who was Alex de Large and you get to be the bad guy?

That’s serious, yo.

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Peter Boyle in the X-Files episode “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose”.

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Robin Williams on Law and Order:SVU, Homicide, and Friends
Helen Hayes on Hawaii Five-O
Goucho Marx on The Bill Cosby Show*

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor on The Lucy Show
Rod Serling on The Jack Benny Show and The Red Skelton Show

*(The short-lived variety show that was his second show, if you ignore I Spy)

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Ooooo! And George Reeves (as Superman, IIRC) on I Love Lucy!

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Dick Clark, Colonel Klink as well as all the bad guys in Batman.

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How about some Hey It’s That Guys from short-lived 80s sci-fi tv series:

Buck Henry in Quark.

Ray Walston in Otherworld.

Both Kurtwood Smith and Ray Wise (Clarence Boddicker and Leon Nash from Robocop) were in the Blue Thunder tv show.

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Nixon on Laugh-In.

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“The Muppet Show”: Mummenschanz, Vincent Price, Christopher Reeve, etc.

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Vincent D’Onofrio in Homicide
John Cleese in Cheers
Any of the murderers in Columbo.

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If I recall correctly, Rod Serling also narrated The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau from time to time. Hardly a “guest star” role like the others listed, but I always found it interesting.

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“The A Team”: Hulk Hogan and Boy George.