# Spotting Star Trek actors in other programs **URL:** \ **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:** 19
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/361 "2017-12-30T21:35:18Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > You think it was more like Scotty got out and pushed it down hill and then Sulu engaged the clutch? 😉 They had some 300 guys to push. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/362 "2017-12-31T00:55:47Z")
^ That’s _your_ story, buster. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/363 "2017-12-31T00:57:46Z")
Twilight Zone marathon coming up - be sure to watch for the James Doohan episode (“Valley of the Shadow”) and the one with both Nimoy and Dean Stockwell (“The Quality of Mercy”). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/364 "2018-01-02T21:50:45Z")
Michael “Kang” Ansara as “Rufus the Red,” a mediaeval Irish lord, in an episode of _ **Bewitched** _. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/365 "2018-01-02T22:13:00Z")
Tim Russ (Tuvok) has actually had at least 4 different roles across TNG, DS9, and Voyager, but he’s also the “We ain’t found shit!” guy in _Spaceballs_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/366 "2018-01-02T22:25:30Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Michael “Kang” Ansara as “Rufus the Red,” a mediaeval Irish lord, in an episode of _ **Bewitched** _. Good Lord! “This is Rufus. Cease all drinking.” I can’t see it. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/367 "2018-01-02T22:56:45Z")
Kang also showed up in 3 episodes of _I Dream of Jeannie_, directed a fourth, and appeared in the feature films _Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) and Quick, Let’s Get Married_ (1964), all of them opposite his wife at the time, Barbara Eden. _Gambit_ (1966) appears to take place in a Star Trek universe as it features Roger C. Carmel (“Harry Mudd”), Arnold Moss (“Kodos the Executioner”), John Abbott (head of the Organian Council) and Vic Tayback (“Krako”). Among Mr. Moss’ other appearances, he steals the show as sly chief of secret police FouchĂ© in _The Black Book_ (1949 - a.k.a. _Reign of Terror_), an excellent film noir set during the French Revolution. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/368 "2018-01-02T23:10:18Z")
Ansara was Cochise in the TV series _Broken Arrow._ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/369 "2018-01-03T00:37:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > What does it mean: the engines imploded? The engines didn’t implode, but I think the antimatter in them did, and there was (according to Spock) a theoretical relationship between it and time. Admittedly, I haven’t seen this episode in a while. It’s the one where Sulu wants Riley to go to the gym with him and get all hot and sweaty. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/370 "2018-01-03T01:20:48Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > It’s the one where Sulu wants Riley to go to the gym with him and get all hot and sweaty. Oh, shame, Sir, shame! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/371 "2018-01-03T12:25:28Z")
Sorry if this is a duplicate, but I’m watching Dark Matter on Netflix (I don’t have cable, so it is new to me), and late in season 1 Wil Wheaton shows up (playing the same personality he did in The Guild and early Big Bang) Brian ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/372 "2018-01-03T14:50:53Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > but he’s also the “We ain’t found shit!” guy in _Spaceballs_. :eek::eek::eek: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/373 "2018-01-04T16:01:26Z")
Michael “Kang” Ansara as Hawaiian King Kamehameha on _ **I Dream of Jeannie** _. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/374 "2018-01-08T15:08:50Z")
Angelique Pettyjohn. One of the oldies channels has been pulling out short-lived TV series that pretty much have not seen the light of day since the mid 1960s. One of them, “Good Morning, World” was about two DJs and their fussy boss (\*Billy Dewolfe). Jan Murray was a guest in this ep, playing a character named ‘Mickey Mouze.’ He brought along two dancers. I thought to myself “That one looks like Angelique!” (She has a pretty recognizable profile, but she was wearing a curly blonde wig, instead of a poofy green one. Sure enough, it was. The other dancer was Timothy Blake. Yes, that’s a girl. So, one of the guest actor was a guy named ‘Jan’ and a girl named ‘Timothy.’ \*He’s probably best known as “Frosty the Snowman’s” Professor Hinkle, “the woist magician in the woild.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/375 "2018-01-08T17:07:11Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > One of the oldies channels has been pulling out short-lived TV series that pretty much have not seen the light of day since the mid 1960s. One of them, “Good Morning, World” was about two DJs and their fussy boss (\*Billy Dewolfe). Goldie Hawn and Ronnie Schell (“Duke” on _ **Gomer Pyle, USMC** _) were also in it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/376 "2018-01-08T20:17:15Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Goldie Hawn and Ronnie Schell (“Duke” on _ **Gomer Pyle, USMC** _) were also in it. Jeff Corey (Plasus from TOS “The Cloud Minders”) was also in an episode of _Gomer Pyle, USMC_. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/377 "2018-01-08T20:31:28Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Jeff Corey (Plasus from TOS “The Cloud Minders”) was also in an episode of _Gomer Pyle, USMC_. As was, I just learned, Susan Oliver (Vina in TOS “The Cage”). ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/378 "2018-01-11T01:22:00Z")
Worf was also Dr. Burke in Castle. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/379 "2018-01-11T01:39:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Jeff Corey (Plasus from TOS “The Cloud Minders”) was also in an episode of _Gomer Pyle, USMC_. I should’ve thought of this a month ago, for the Xmas season: Jeff Corey has a non-speaking, non-credited role as a reporter in the 1947 “Miracle on 34th Street.” You can’t miss him when you’re looking for him; it’s during the hearing for Kris Kringle in the last third of the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/380 "2018-01-11T02:08:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > As was, I just learned, Susan Oliver (Vina in TOS “The Cage”). Saw Susan Oliver in an episode of “My Three Sons” called the “Awkward Age” where Robbie hires her as a tutor because he is doing poorly in chemistry. He has feelings for her despite the age difference and eventually finds out that his father Steve is dating her. Steve has mixed feelings about that because of the age difference. In real life Fred MacMurray was 24 years older than Oliver, who was 12 years older than Don Grady. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=20)