# Spotting Star Trek actors in other programs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, star-trek-paramount
**Created:** [August 29, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982 "2017-08-29T00:49:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 15
### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/281 "2017-10-21T00:54:00Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> That’s Lori Saunders from _Petticoat Junction_.
Weird memory: I saw her in a cigarette commercial during the first broadcast of \*\*\*TOS \*\*\*“This Side of Paradise” on 2 March 1967, just before Kirk gets inundated with the spores on the bridge of the _Enterprise_.
Why this should have stuck so indelibly in my mind, I don’t know. 😕
_“You can take Salem out of the country, **BUT** —you can’t take the country out of Salem!”_
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/282 "2017-10-21T01:03:58Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> Weird memory: I saw her in a cigarette commercial during the first broadcast of \*\*\*TOS \*\*\*“This Side of Paradise” on 2 March 1967, just before Kirk gets inundated with the spores on the bridge of the _Enterprise_.
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> Why this should have stuck so indelibly in my mind, I don’t know. 😕
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> _“You can take Salem out of the country, **BUT** —you can’t take the country out of Salem!”_
The clarity is really awful, but is it [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGaHPGxEW0k)?
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/283 "2017-10-21T01:22:26Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> The clarity is really awful, but is it [this one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGaHPGxEW0k)?
Very similar, but the one I saw definitely had Lori in it. (There’s absolutely no mistaking her!) The brunette in this one looks more like Sabrina “Miramanee” Scharf.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/284 "2017-10-21T01:32:33Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> Why this should have stuck so indelibly in my mind, I don’t know. 😕
I was probably just shocked to see one of the Bradley girls puffing on a cigarette. Yeccch! :eek:
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/285 "2017-10-21T01:45:13Z")
^ Hell, that _jingle_ is addictive!
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/286 "2017-10-21T03:47:53Z")
> [@Goosie](#):
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> On the old series “The Lieutenant” there were some Star Trek actors appearing together on the same episode.
The series was created by Gene Roddenberry, so he remembered them when casting them for Star Trek. Wikipedia lists Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, Nichelle Nichols, and Majel Barrett, whom he later married, as among the guest stars.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/287 "2017-10-21T13:31:21Z")
> [@cochrane](#):
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> The series was created by Gene Roddenberry, so he remembered them when casting them for Star Trek. Wikipedia lists Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, Nichelle Nichols, and Majel Barrett, whom he later married, as among the guest stars.
The star of the show was Gary Lockwood, who played LCDR Gary Mitchell in the second \*\*\*TOS \*\*\*pilot. As an aside, his CO in _ **The Lieutenant** _ was Robert Vaughn, aka “Napoleon Solo” in _ **The Man from UNCLE** _.
Nichelle got an “And Introducing” in the credits for her episode.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/288 "2017-10-21T13:46:32Z")
> [@cochrane](#):
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> The series was created by Gene Roddenberry, so he remembered them when casting them for Star Trek. Wikipedia lists Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, Ricardo Montalban, Nichelle Nichols, and Majel Barrett, whom he later married, as among the guest stars.
Here’s the full list. Lots of recognizable names and \*\*\*Trek \*\*\*crossover:
> **[The Lieutenant (TV Series 1963–1964) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056771/fullcredits/)**
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> The Lieutenant (TV Series 1963–1964) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Among the ones I find most interesting are Fred Flintstone and Chatsworth T Osborne, Jr. 😃
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/289 "2017-10-21T13:58:12Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> That’s Lori Saunders from _Petticoat Junction_.
In the '70s, she and fellow Bradley Girl Jeannine Riley were in this recycling of _ **Gilligan’s Island** _:
I believe she was the equivalent of Mary Ann.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/290 "2017-10-21T15:04:19Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> Here’s the full list. Lots of recognizable names and \*\*\*Trek \*\*\*crossover:
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> [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056771/fullcredits/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056771/fullcredits/)
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> Among the ones I find most interesting are Fred Flintstone and Chatsworth T Osborne, Jr. 😃
And here’s a list of people who worked on both series (Star Trek and The Lieutenant). Includes several writers, directors, etc.
> **[Advanced search](https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?roles=tt0060028%2Ctt0056771)**
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### Author:  [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/291 "2017-10-21T17:36:14Z")
I just saw Salome Jens/female shapeshifter in an episode of Melrose Place (I know, I know). She plays a character’s (Billy’s) mother. I only recognized her voice!
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/292 "2017-10-21T18:06:13Z")
> [@Helena330](#):
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> I just saw Salome Jens/female shapeshifter in an episode of Melrose Place (I know, I know). She plays a character’s (Billy’s) mother. I only recognized her voice!
(sigh) “That was the last Weoun clone.”
“I was hoping you would say that.”
🙂
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### Author:  [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/293 "2017-10-21T23:34:38Z")
I’m watching the 1947 movie “The Beginning or the End” [The Beginning or the End - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beginning_or_the_End) which stars a Robert Walker - he’s not quite a Star Trek star, but he looks an awful lot like his son - Robert Walker, Jr., everyone’s favorite “Charlie X.”
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2017, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/294 "2017-10-22T01:52:45Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> I’m watching the 1947 movie “The Beginning or the End” [The Beginning or the End - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beginning_or_the_End) which stars a Robert Walker - he’s not quite a Star Trek star, but he looks an awful lot like his son - Robert Walker, Jr., everyone’s favorite “Charlie X.”
🙂
Oh, that little shit!
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/295 "2017-10-22T01:55:22Z")
" Major General Leslie R. Groves, Jr., the director of the Manhattan Project, was hired as a consultant for $10,000 (equivalent to $123,000 in 2016)."
I dislike saying “shit” in consecutive posts, but Holy Shit!
When the President suggests the title, I doubt that one chooses another.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/296 "2017-10-22T02:35:18Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> The star of the show was Gary Lockwood, who played LCDR Gary Mitchell in the second \*\*\*TOS \*\*\*pilot. As an aside, his CO in _ **The Lieutenant** _ was Robert Vaughn, aka “Napoleon Solo” in _ **The Man from UNCLE** _.
I keep forgetting Lockwood was in **WNMHGB**. I always remember him as Frank Poole in _2001: A Space Odyssey_.
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### Author:  [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/297 "2017-10-23T03:20:02Z")
As a related question, which Trek actors (among the main characters) are more well known for roles other than their Trek role? Off the top of my head my guesses are Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, NCIS New Orleans), Levar Burton (Roots), and Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black). Any others you all can think of, or would any of the three I mention be up for dispute?
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/298 "2017-10-23T03:40:52Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#):
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> As a related question, which Trek actors (among the main characters) are more well known for roles other than their Trek role? Off the top of my head my guesses are Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, NCIS New Orleans), Levar Burton (Roots), and Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black). Any others you all can think of, or would any of the three I mention be up for dispute?
Hmm, the first role I think of for Rene Auberjonois is Father Mulcahy in the movie version of _M_A_S_H\*, and he was also a regular on _Benson_. Diana Muldaur did one season as a regular on NextGen; I tend to remember her from a lot of different roles (including TOS), but the one that stands out is her season, and interesting demise, on _L.A. Law_. And Wil Wheaton has almost carved out more of a reputation living down Wesley Crusher than he did as Wesley Crusher.
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/299 "2017-10-23T04:11:31Z")
Ethan Phillips (Neelix) was also on _Benson_. Before _Voyager_, Kate Mulgrew was famous for that flop detective show _Mrs. Columbo_, aka _Kate Loves A Mystery_, aka _Kate the Detective_.
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/300 "2017-10-23T04:28:24Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#):
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> As a related question, which Trek actors (among the main characters) are more well known for roles other than their Trek role? Off the top of my head my guesses are Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap, NCIS New Orleans), Levar Burton (Roots), and Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black). Any others you all can think of, or would any of the three I mention be up for dispute?
Colm Meaney is arguably better known for his film work (_The Snapper, The Commitments, The Damned United_, etc.) than for his years as Miles O’Brien.
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