# 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:** 22
**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:** [March 10, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/421 "2018-03-10T00:36:41Z")
Watching Jeri Ryan play a shark expert on Psych! right now. If already said, oh well… ---
**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:** [March 16, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/422 "2018-03-16T02:44:51Z")
_ **TNG** _’s Gina Hecht as “Dr Dana Foley” on _ **Seinfeld** _: > **[Gina Hecht](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gina_Hecht)** > > Gina Hecht (born 6 December 1953; age 69) is an actress who portrayed Manua Apgar and her holographic duplicate in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "A Matter of Perspective". Hecht was featured on the American sitcom Mork and... ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/423 "2018-03-18T11:53:13Z")
I just saw the TOS episode _Assignment: Earth_ the other day. Everybody recognizes Teri Garr, of course, but one of the two police officers who responds to her phone call was very familiar. It was [Ted Gehring](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0311811/?ref_=tt_cl_t13) who did a lot of TV roles in the '70s and '80s. I remembered him from an episode of _The Rockford Files_. He was a friend of Rocky’s who passed some trucking manifests to hijackers; the bad guys were trying to kill Rocky because they thought he knew too much. And speaking of Teri Garr in that episode, when she accidentally opened the secret door in Gary Seven’s office, am I the only one who said “put, ze candle, back!”? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/424 "2018-03-18T12:27:34Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > And speaking of Teri Garr in that episode, when she accidentally opened the secret door in Gary Seven’s office, am I the only one who said “put, ze candle, back!”? 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 23, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/425 "2018-03-23T22:03:24Z")
Ted Gehrig was in last night’s \*\*\*Columbo \*\*\*episode “Publish or Perish,” along with Mariette “Zarabeth” Hartley. Lou “Half-White Lokai” Antonio (“Let that Be Your Last Battlefield”) was in this afternoon’s \*\*\*Monkees \*\*\*episode “Hillbilly Honeymoon” along with _ **F-Troop** _’s Melody Patterson. Melody Patterson, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! :o ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/426 "2018-03-24T02:03:27Z")
Reiterating _Quantum Leap:_ “A Leap for Lisa” Season 4 episode 22 had many: Scott Bakula (Captain Jonathan Archer, Enterprise) Terry Farrell (Dax, DS9) Charles Rocket (ST: VOY, “The Disease”) played Commander Riker in this episode. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/427 "2018-03-24T02:10:52Z")
Paul Carr, Lt. Kelso in _Where No Man Has Gone Before,_ according to Wikipedia “giving him the dubious honor of being the first supporting character to be killed in Star Trek history” as the brother of a guy Shenandoah may have killed in the Civil War on _A Man Called Shenandoah_. He gives the dirty Yankee no information that would help Shenandoah’s amnesia. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/428 "2018-03-25T01:35:27Z")
Ken Lynch, head mining engineer in _The Devil in the Dark_, played a farmer or rancher in _A Man Called Shenandoah_. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/429 "2018-03-27T14:23:37Z")
Bill Quinn again, this time as Bob’s colleague “Dr Wyler” on _ **The Bob Newhart Show** _. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/430 "2018-03-28T17:24:07Z")
James B Sikking ("_Excelsior Captain Styles") as an Army paymaster in the “Captain Tuttle” episode of MASH_\*. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/431 "2018-04-05T11:25:09Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > Bill Quinn makes a lot of appearances on _Ironside_, primarily in one season as the city coroner. I’ve been identifying him as Mary Richards’s dad. I didn’t realize he was Dr. McCoy’s dad too. Who knew they were siblings? I was watching the MTM episode this morning where Mary’s parents make their first appearance, and caught something new. Do you know what Dr. Richards calls his daughter? _Bones!_ ---
**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:** [April 5, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/432 "2018-04-05T17:34:31Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > I was watching the MTM episode this morning where Mary’s parents make their first appearance, and caught something new. Do you know what Dr. Richards calls his daughter? _Bones!_ That’s a strange thing to call someone diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 7, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/433 "2018-04-07T01:25:28Z")
Leonard Nimoy plays the son of the Basque tough guy Ernest Borgnine in the Wagon Train episode, “The Esteban Zamora Story”. Unfortunately, this episode was not written by Gene Roddenberry. ---
**Author:** ![Oglomott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oglomott/32/3543_2.png) [@Oglomott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oglomott)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/434 "2018-04-07T02:22:53Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Bill Quinn again, this time as Bob’s colleague “Dr Wyler” on _ **The Bob Newhart Show** _. Bill Quinn was Bob Newhart’s father-in-law in real life. Bill was also a regular on “Archie Bunker’s Place”, playing the blind Mr. Van Ranseleer. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/435 "2018-04-07T12:20:01Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > That’s a strange thing to call someone diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. ☹ This was 1972. Was MTM known to be diabetic that early? I think they had Mary Richards’ dad call her that just because she was skinny. Bill Quinn really seems to have got all around TV during the '60s and '70s, mostly cast as doctors. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/436 "2018-04-07T14:39:33Z")
William Schallert was in everything but the most bizarre casting him was as a Chinese man Chee Yan in the “Have Gun Will Travel” episode “Lady of the Fifth Moon” in season 6 when the series was almost over. Mariette Hartley made her film debut in “Ride the High Country” which was Randolph Scott’s last movie. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/437 "2018-04-07T15:26:47Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > William Schallert was in everything but the most bizarre casting him was as a Chinese man Chee Yan in the “Have Gun Will Travel” episode “Lady of the Fifth Moon” in season 6 when the series was almost over. I was channel surfing once a few years ago and I came across some show in black-and-white; might have been _The Twilight Zone_. There were two men on screen, looking toward the camera. My thoughts went as follows… > [@voice in my head](#): > > Hmm, that guy on the right looks familiar. I’ve definitely seen him before, but where? I think he was the father on The Patty duke Show. William Schallert, that’s his name. But, no, I don’t think it’s him. Looks a lot like him, though. And besides, that’s William Schallert on the left. > Wait, what just happened? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/438 "2018-04-07T15:27:24Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > This was 1972. Was MTM known to be diabetic that early? I think they had Mary Richards’ dad call her that just because she was skinny. She was diagnosed with diabetes when she was 33, which would be in 1969. According to some sources, she tried to keep it secret, but I remember hearing about it around the same time. Diabetes was why she was so skinny, much thinner than she’d been on _ **Dick van Dyke** _. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/439 "2018-04-07T21:12:14Z")
Paul Carr, Lt. Kelso in _Where No Man Has Gone Before_, in _Have Gun, Will Travel_. A sort of Romeo and Juliet episode, as Paladin remarks in the same episode, “to paraphrase Shakespeare”. One of those, I _know_ that guy, but from where? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/440 "2018-04-07T22:22:42Z")
I saw Paul Carr in the Shenandoah episode _Obion-1866_ today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=23)