# 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:** 29
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/561 "2019-02-08T04:54:08Z")
I’m watching an episode of STNG right now where Corbin Bernsen (Arnie Becker from LA Law)appears briefly as another Q. He also appeared in an episode or two of The Glades. He also plays the god Vulcan (hah!) in American Gods, which I haven’t seen yet. Jennifer Hetrick, who played Vash on STNG and DS9, played Becker’s wife on a few episodes of LA Law. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/562 "2019-02-08T11:47:18Z")
Alice Krige, the Borg Queen, appeared in Ted Danson’s show _Becker_ as John Becker’s ex-wife. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/563 "2019-02-08T12:12:11Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Jennifer Hetrick, who played Vash on STNG and DS9, played Becker’s wife on a few episodes of LA Law. IIRC, she was also Assistant Director Skinner’s ex-wife on one episode of _The X-Files_. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/564 "2019-02-08T15:06:39Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Alice Krige, the Borg Queen, appeared in Ted Danson’s show _Becker_ as John Becker’s ex-wife. Not to mention, Terry Farrell (Jadzia Dax) was a regular on that show. I also spotted James Cromwell in an episode of STNG; he was of course Zephraim Cochrane in one of the STNG movies. He’s been in loads of other stuff (“That’ll do, pig”). ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/565 "2019-02-08T16:32:02Z")
_Sealed Verdict_ (1948) John Hoyt, the doctor in\* The Cage\*, plays a Nazi general convicted at Nuremberg and awaiting execution amid some (not very compelling) doubts about his guilt. His mother is played by Celia Lovsky, who actually looks older than she does in _Amok Time_ as T’Pau nineteen years later. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/566 "2019-02-08T16:48:47Z")
Eric Bana, who played the vengeful Romulan Nero in the first reboot _Star Trek_ movie opposite Chris Pine, plays a former CIA agent in hiding from his former boss in the pretty good action flick _Hanna_, which I’m now watching. [![](http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2012717/1024.eo.EricBana.Nero.StrTrk.081712.jpg) ](http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2012717/1024.eo.EricBana.Nero.StrTrk.081712.jpg) > **[Home - LABUTACA](https://labutaca.net)** > > Estrenos de cine ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/567 "2019-02-08T18:38:34Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > _Sealed Verdict_ (1948) > > John Hoyt, the doctor in\* The Cage\*, plays a Nazi general convicted at Nuremberg and awaiting execution amid some (not very compelling) doubts about his guilt. He also played a Nazi officer more than once on _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _. Arlene “T’Pring” Martel was also on _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _ multiple times, usually as a Resistance fighter (“Tiger”). Sabrina “Miramanee” Scharf was in an episode the other day as a hot Gestapo interrogator. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/568 "2019-02-08T19:48:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just saw Penny Johnson (Kasidy Yates, a merchant captain and Sisko’s squeeze on DS9) as a Washington homicide detective in Clint Eastwood’s 1997 political thriller _Absolute Power_. The same actress who’s Dr. Finn on _The Orville_? Man, I \*NEVER \*put it together that she’s who played Kasidy Yates… ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/569 "2019-02-08T21:02:11Z")
> [@bump](#): > > The same actress who’s Dr. Finn on _The Orville_? > > Man, I \*NEVER \*put it together that she’s who played Kasidy Yates… That’s the one! She also played a scheming First Lady for several seasons of _24_. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/570 "2019-02-08T21:20:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > That’s the one! She also played a scheming First Lady for several seasons of _24_. I didn’t notice that, Heir. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/571 "2019-02-11T17:43:51Z")
Marj Dusay (“Leader of the Planet of Incredibly Horny Retarded Women”) joins Sabrina Scharf et al. as a guest star on _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _. (She played a \*good \*German.) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/572 "2019-02-12T17:26:17Z")
James B Sikking (“Captain Styles”) as a Gestapo agent on _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/573 "2019-02-13T04:25:50Z")
Just saw, in another thread, this hilarious 2014 Cadillac ad starring an actor from, among other things, _Star Trek: First Contact_: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Neal\_McDonough ---
**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:** [February 17, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/574 "2019-02-17T05:10:01Z")
Just saw the horror classic _The Silence of the Lambs_ (1991), which features these two \*ST \*actors: Charles Napier [![](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MRewcZXEMb8/hqdefault.jpg) ](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MRewcZXEMb8/hqdefault.jpg) [![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1qeinNl3Jrw/Toz1ALYneLI/AAAAAAAAIFE/RVrTEm12tbc/s1600/vlcsnap-194729.png) ](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1qeinNl3Jrw/Toz1ALYneLI/AAAAAAAAIFE/RVrTEm12tbc/s1600/vlcsnap-194729.png) Dan Butler [![](http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110113073958/memoryalpha/en/images/4/4a/Steth.jpg) ](http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110113073958/memoryalpha/en/images/4/4a/Steth.jpg) [![](http://www.aveleyman.com/Gallery/2017/B/2437-17344.jpg) ](http://www.aveleyman.com/Gallery/2017/B/2437-17344.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/575 "2019-02-17T19:12:04Z")
Ooops, and one more: Tracey Walter > **[Tracey Walter](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tracey_Walter)** > > Tracey Walter (born 25 November 1947; age 75) is the actor who portrayed two Ferengi in Star Trek: The Next Generation, one as Kayron in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "The Last Outpost". Five years later he portrayed a... [![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEbiyb0RcjA/VsuVmQQgLpI/AAAAAAAAefs/R5rNPraOFb0/s1600/Tracey%2BWalter.jpg) ](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aEbiyb0RcjA/VsuVmQQgLpI/AAAAAAAAefs/R5rNPraOFb0/s1600/Tracey%2BWalter.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/576 "2019-02-18T17:54:37Z")
Phillip Pine (Col. Green) has an uncredited role in _D.O.A._ (1949). And on a vaguely related note… ![Robin Williams’s outfit as Mork was a modified version of the jumpsuit worn by Colonel Green in “The Savage Curtain.” The implication is clear: Mork was a war criminal fleeing justice. ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/4d29850fbcc28d62f8e2f5b6d89383e2/tumblr_pn4lifntAq1u3vseto1_1280.jpg) Kinda makes you stop and think…at least for a few microseconds, anyway. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/577 "2019-02-18T20:40:42Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Phillip Pine (Col. Green) has an uncredited role in _D.O.A._ (1949). > And on a vaguely related note… > > [Vintage Geek Culture — Robin Williams’s outfit as Mork was a modified...](http://vintagegeekculture.tumblr.com/post/182891744376/robin-williamss-outfit-as-mork-was-a-modified) > > Kinda makes you stop and think…at least for a few microseconds, anyway. They were both Paramount productions, so that suit is probably still hanging in the Wardrobe Department, just waiting for the next actor to come along. What freaked me out was that I first saw “The Savage Curtain” in B&W, so I naturally assumed Col Green’s uniform was green. When I finally saw it in color… WTF?!? :eek: :dubious: ---
**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:** [February 19, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/578 "2019-02-19T05:09:27Z")
Wallace Shawn was recently in an episode of _Young Sheldon_. [Wallace Shawn | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Wallace_Shawn) (love the quotation that begins the article) [https://2paragraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Wallace-Shawn-Young-Sheldon-620x375.jpg](https://2paragraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Wallace-Shawn-Young-Sheldon-620x375.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2019, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/579 "2019-02-19T05:54:38Z")
Gene Dynarski (“Ben Childress” in “Mudd’s Women” and “Krodak” in “Mark of Gideon”) as “Izzy Mandelbaum, Jr” in the \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*episodes “The English Patient” and “The Blood.” ---
**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:** [February 19, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/580 "2019-02-19T17:28:09Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Gene Dynarski (“Ben Childress” in “Mudd’s Women” and “Krodak” in “Mark of Gideon”) as “Izzy Mandelbaum, Jr” in the \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*episodes “The English Patient” and “The Blood.” He made an appearance on _ST:TNG_, too: [Quinteros | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Orfil_Quinteros) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=28) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=30)