# 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:** 25
**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:** [June 26, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/481 "2018-06-26T17:48:26Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Linky no worky. Nor does it work for me now. It was a picture of the actor in the robot costume, holding the helmet. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2018, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/482 "2018-06-26T17:56:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Nor does it work for me now. > It was a picture of the actor in the robot costume, holding the helmet. Here’s the proper link [http://www.gavinrothery.com/my-blog/2011/10/8/secret-sci-fi-legend-felix-silla.html](http://www.gavinrothery.com/my-blog/2011/10/8/secret-sci-fi-legend-felix-silla.html) (for some reason the link in your previous post was triplicated, so didn’t work) ---
**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:** [June 26, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/483 "2018-06-26T18:30:00Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > …Lenard’s disembodied head says, ever so self-righteously, “On my planet, you would be considered a monster because you _can’t_ remove your head.”… _Heavy Metal_ magazine once had a story about a planet of humanoid aliens who could remove their heads. They welcomed a delegation of Earth diplomats and helpfully removed their heads for them so that they could attend a big banquet in their honor. The story ended before the aliens started to wonder about why their guests were now so quiet… ---
**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:** [June 26, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/484 "2018-06-26T18:51:33Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Here’s the proper link [http://www.gavinrothery.com/my-blog/2011/10/8/secret-sci-fi-legend-felix-silla.html](http://www.gavinrothery.com/my-blog/2011/10/8/secret-sci-fi-legend-felix-silla.html) (for some reason the link in your previous post was triplicated, so didn’t work) Thanks, Andy L. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/485 "2018-06-27T01:41:32Z")
Elisha Cook, Jr, Samuel T. Cogley in _Court Martial_, in the Wagon Train episode, _The Nancy Palmer Story._ Cook was in the Humphrey Bogart films \*The Maltese Falcon \*and \*The Big Sleep. \* Nancy Palmer is played by Audrey Meadows, know for her role as Alice, Jackie Gleason’s spouse in \*The Honeymooners. \* ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/486 "2018-07-02T14:14:33Z")
I saw Grace Lee Whitney in another ep ‘of "77 Sunset Strip’. ‘88 Keys’ from the last season. She played. . . A stripper! Deforest Kelley was also in this one, although they had no scenes together, so they may or may not have met during the filming. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/487 "2018-07-02T22:19:01Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > I saw Grace Lee Whitney in another ep ‘of "77 Sunset Strip’. ‘88 Keys’ from the last season. She played. . . A stripper! > > Deforest Kelley was also in this one, although they had no scenes together, so they may or may not have met during the filming. Dammit, I haven’t seen that one. Now I have to remember where I supposedly watch 77 Sunset Strip. Oh, extra points for spotting two ST actors in the same episode. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/488 "2018-07-05T00:07:33Z")
Just saw the lovely Carolyn McCormick (Minuet) in an episode of _Spenser: For Hire_; she had a recurring role as a tough-but-tender assistant DA in the Boston detective show’s second season. > **[Minuet](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Minuet)** > > Minuet was a sultry female hologram and character created in the holodeck of the USS Enterprise-D. She was created by Commander William T. Riker in 2364. Minuet, who was highly astute and self-aware, existed within the confines of a program of the... [![](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=180x180:mode=crop:format=jpg/path/s060743b5419a04b4/image/i1b0ab22224494249/version/1441504670/image.jpg) ](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=180x180:mode=crop:format=jpg/path/s060743b5419a04b4/image/i1b0ab22224494249/version/1441504670/image.jpg) James Cromwell (Zefram Cochrane) was in the most recent episode of the HBO corporate-dynasty drama _Succession_, playing his usual cranky-old-guy character. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/489 "2018-07-05T00:11:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just saw the lovely Carolyn McCormick (Minuet) in an episode of _Spenser: For Hire_; she had a recurring role as a tough-but-tender assistant DA in the Boston detective show’s second season. She was also Dr. Olivet on Law and Order (the psychologist) Today I saw the classic Outer Limits episode “The Inheritors” - which has Lord Garth 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:** [July 5, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/490 "2018-07-05T14:07:58Z")
Alan Ruck (Capt. Harriman) is also in _Succession_, as the New Agey eldest son of the Rupert Murdochesque patriarch. > **[Alan Ruck](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Alan_Ruck)** > > Alan Ruck (born 1 July 1956; age 66) played Captain John Harriman in Star Trek Generations. He is probably most recognizable for his roles as Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriacal best friend, in the 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off... [![](https://orangemagazine.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Alan-Ruck-and-Kieran-Culkin.jpg) ](https://orangemagazine.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Alan-Ruck-and-Kieran-Culkin.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/491 "2018-07-11T21:48:17Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’m watching another _Alias Smith and Jones_ rerun and Mark Lenard is in this one. He’s most famous for playing Sarek, but he was also the Romulan commander in _Balance of Terror_ and played one of the “new” Klingons in _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_. He was also a regular on Here Come The Brides, a short-lived series in the 1960s. I was an antagonist character - rich and scheming, as I recall. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/492 "2018-07-11T22:22:23Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > He was also a regular on Here Come The Brides, a short-lived series in the 1960s. I was an antagonist character - rich and scheming, as I recall. He was in \*\*\*Brides \***along with Robert “Lazarus” Brown, as noted earlier. \*\* EDIT:** I just Googled Brown; apparently, he’s still with us at age 91! :eek: Way to go, Bob! ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/493 "2018-07-12T01:06:52Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > He was also a regular on Here Come The Brides, a short-lived series in the 1960s. I was an antagonist character - rich and scheming, as I recall. A Romulan to the core! ^:dubious:^ ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/494 "2018-07-12T01:20:44Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > He was also a regular on Here Come The Brides, a short-lived series in the 1960s. I was an antagonist character - rich and scheming, as I recall. There’s a great Star Trek novel (called Ishmael by Barbara Hambly) in which Spock travels back to Seattle in the 1800s, and meets the characters of “Here Comes the Brides” - including his ancestor (the guy played by Mark Lenard). Spock also meets characters who are clearly intended to be the crew of the Battlestar Galactica, Paladin (from Have Gun Will Travel), the Cartwrights, and the 2nd and 4th Doctors. This last weekend I saw “12 Angry Men” - and one of the jurors is Hengist of “Wolf in the Fold” ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/495 "2018-07-12T01:27:49Z")
Anthony Caruso, Bela Oxmyx in TOS _A Piece of the Action_ in the _Wagon Train_ episode, _The Traitor_, with a goofy beard and a goofy Mexican accent. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2018, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/496 "2018-07-12T02:02:42Z")
Lenard played the evil Bosnian Count Draja in “The Night of the Iron Hand” on _ **Wild, Wild West** _. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/497 "2018-07-17T14:57:45Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > A slight cheat, but Holy Mackerel!: > > I was watching “TOS: Court Martial;” haven’t seen Joan Marshall (Areel Shaw) in just about anything else, so I IMDBed her. Lots of stuff prior to ST:TOS. Then there was a listing for “The Munsters,” 😕 from 2004 😕😕. Ms Shaw passed on in 1992 😕😕😕. Dig it: JM played _Phoebe_ Munster in the original pilot (Phoebe became Lily later on), but was let go because she was too similar to Morticia Addams from that other show. A SECOND pilot was filmed that included Yvonne DeCarlo as (now) Lily. And the original original pilot was released (?) in 2004.\* I haven’t seen it yet (drool, drool) so there’s your cheat. I beg forgiveness. > \*Confused? You won’t be after this episode of, _Soap!_ Well, what do you know? Guess what pops up on my phone this morning in the YouTube app? [The Munsters’ original pilot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXI6ywpKbd8) (with Areel Shaw as “not-Lily”)! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/498 "2018-07-17T15:43:18Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Well, what do you know? Guess what pops up on my phone this morning in the YouTube app? [The Munsters’ original pilot](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXI6ywpKbd8) (with Areel Shaw as “not-Lily”)! Wow. I would never have recognized her! [http://i.cnn.net/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i60/areelshaw\_091420070408.jpg](http://i.cnn.net/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i60/areelshaw_091420070408.jpg) [http://dangerfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/phoebe-munster-the\_munsters-Joan-Marshall.gif](http://dangerfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/phoebe-munster-the_munsters-Joan-Marshall.gif) ---
**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:** [July 17, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/499 "2018-07-17T15:55:50Z")
This was more a case of spotting a non-ST actor in an ep. I saw “The Empath” again this weekend. When they showed the two scientists in their. . . containers, I thought to myself, “That looks like Jason Wingreen.” Sure enough, it was. I didn’t id Davis Roberts, who was the other one, but I was familiar with him (he had a spot or two on “Sanford and Son” as Fred’s chain-smoking doctor). Wingreen was in practically everything form the 1950s thru the 1970s, and his best-unknown role was the voice of Boba Fett in the original “Star Wars.” His face was pretty twisted around in “The Empath,” but still was enough to peg him. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/500 "2018-07-17T16:15:27Z")
Random Trek search led me to [this page](https://www.metv.com/stories/7-reused-props-that-will-make-you-do-a-double-take) which has some props that were in Trek and elsewhere. The Jupiter 8 from Bread and Circuses is also Catwoman’s car. The Mork and Mindy spacesuit cracked me up! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=26)