# 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:** 31
**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 6, 2019, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/601 "2019-03-06T22:01:19Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > Not only Barbara was a cutie but she represent her characters so differently that it’s amazing how she can change her looks. I’ll never forget when she “serviced” Sgt Esterhaus on _ **Hill Street Blues** _. 😉 ---
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Yes, she had a great recurring role on that 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 8, 2019, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/603 "2019-03-08T03:21:29Z")
Robert “Lazarus” Brown in the \*\*\*Columbo \*\*\*episode “Playback” (1975). ---
**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 9, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/604 "2019-03-09T06:46:29Z")
Barbara Alyn Woods, “Kareen Brianon” in _ **TNG** _’s “The Schizoid Man,” as George’s old girlfriend “Debby” in the \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*episode “The Scofflaw.” Christopher “Commander Kruge” Lloyd as “Vincent Carew” in the _ **Barney Miller** _ episode “Open House.” ---
**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:** [March 9, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/605 "2019-03-09T15:52:46Z")
I finally–FINALLY–saw, “Cool Hand Luke,” the other day, and there’s old Morgan Woodward as **The Man With No Eyes** (Boss Godfrey); he has almost no dialogue, he constantly wears mirrored sunglasses, he shoots the rifle as needed and is about as menacing as it gets. Also Lou “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” Antonio. ---
**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 9, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/606 "2019-03-09T16:04:11Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I finally–FINALLY–saw, “Cool Hand Luke,” the other day, and there’s old Morgan Woodward as **The Man With No Eyes** (Boss Godfrey); he has almost no dialogue, he constantly wears mirrored sunglasses, he shoots the rifle as needed and is about as menacing as it gets. > > Also Lou “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” Antonio. I had forgotten that. ---
**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 9, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/607 "2019-03-09T16:52:07Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > I finally–FINALLY–saw, “Cool Hand Luke,” the other day, and there’s old Morgan Woodward as **The Man With No Eyes** (Boss Godfrey); he has almost no dialogue, he constantly wears mirrored sunglasses, he shoots the rifle as needed and is about as menacing as it gets. Interesting, I hadn’t recognized him. Looked him up on IMDb; just died a few weeks ago. The guy I was surprised to recognize in _Cool Hand Luke_ was Clifton James; the guard who lays down the rules for the prisoners in the bunkhouse was also the buffoonish sheriff in _Live and Let Die_ and _The Man With the Golden Gun_. No Star Trek connection for him, though. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/608 "2019-03-09T16:54:10Z")
Of course, as a kid, I was familiar with Frank Gorshin from Batman; some years later, I sat down to watch, “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” one Saturday afternoon and in the opening credits was You-know-who. Had to watch it. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/609 "2019-03-09T17:04:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Interesting, I hadn’t recognized him. Looked him up on IMDb; just died a few weeks ago. > > The guy I was surprised to recognize in _Cool Hand Luke_ was Clifton James; the guard who lays down the rules for the prisoners in the bunkhouse was also the buffoonish sheriff in _Live and Let Die_ and _The Man With the Golden Gun_. No Star Trek connection for him, though. Also, the sheriff in, “Silver Streak,” and the sheriff in, “Superman II,” and a sheriff on, “The Dukes of Hazzard (TV),” and a state trooper on, “The Phil Silvers Show,” (from 1957 :eek: ). Somewhere, in a galaxy far, far away, there is a **Planet of Clifton James Sheriffs** and they punched a wormhole into our world back in the '50s. I feel it. 😃 ---
**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 9, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/610 "2019-03-09T17:09:08Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Of course, as a kid, I was familiar with Frank Gorshin from Batman; some years later, I sat down to watch, “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” one Saturday afternoon and in the opening credits was You-know-who. Had to watch it. In addition to being a comedian and impressionist, Gorshin was a very talented character actor. He was in an episode of _ **Combat!** _ as a GI who was credited with a dead buddy’s heroism. You could see the guilt build up in him as the story progressed. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/611 "2019-03-09T17:17:02Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > \ …impressionist, \ One of his best impressions was John Astin. 😉 😃 ---
**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 9, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/612 "2019-03-09T17:17:27Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Also, the sheriff in, “Silver Streak,” and the sheriff in, “Superman II,” and a sheriff on, “The Dukes of Hazzard (TV),” and a state trooper on, “The Phil Silvers Show,” (from 1957 :eek: ). > > Somewhere, in a galaxy far, far away, there is a **Planet of Clifton James Sheriffs** and they punched a wormhole into our world back in the '50s. I feel it. 😃 I seem to recall a series of humorous commercials from when I was in junior high (ca. 1969) that had a Southern sheriff stopping a motorist for some reason or other (I don’t remember what product they were flogging). If it wasn’t Clifton James, it was his separated-at-birth twin brother. (“Lemme see your license, boy!”)\* \*FTR, the motorist was white, not black. Thankfully. ---
**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 9, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/613 "2019-03-09T17:18:49Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > One of his best impressions was John Astin. 😉 > > 😃 Yeah, but only for one episode. 😛 ---
**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 9, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/614 "2019-03-09T17:25:19Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Of course, as a kid, I was familiar with Frank Gorshin from Batman; some years later, I sat down to watch, “Invasion of the Saucer Men,” one Saturday afternoon and in the opening credits was You-know-who. Had to watch it. Was he dressed in pink tights and a turtleneck? 😉 ---
**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:** [March 9, 2019, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/615 "2019-03-09T17:28:29Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > In addition to being a comedian and impressionist, Gorshin was a very talented character actor. He was in an episode of _ **Combat!** _ as a GI who was credited with a dead buddy’s heroism. You could see the guilt build up in him as the story progressed. Gorshin appeared on the Ed Sullivan program during the same broadcast that the Beatles first appeared. Also on that broadcast was an up and coming comedian named Charlie Brill - who played Arne Darvin in “The Trouble with Tribbles” (and decades later in "Trials and Tribble-ations). See here for Brill’s version of the story of his Ed Sullivan appearance [https://www.thisamericanlife.org/281/transcript](https://www.thisamericanlife.org/281/transcript) ---
**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:** [March 9, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/616 "2019-03-09T17:34:14Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I seem to recall a series of humorous commercials from when I was in junior high (ca. 1969) that had a Southern sheriff stopping a motorist for some reason or other (I don’t remember what product they were flogging). If it wasn’t Clifton James, it was his separated-at-birth twin brother. (“Lemme see your license, boy!”)\* > > \*FTR, the motorist was white, not black. Thankfully. [This has GOT to be one of your commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRezSY9z7mM). Not him but close enough for gummint work, y’hear? ---
**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:** [March 9, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/617 "2019-03-09T17:36:36Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Was he dressed in pink tights and a turtleneck? 😉 Sorry, B&W TV. :o ---
**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 9, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/618 "2019-03-09T17:39:53Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > [This has GOT to be one of your commercials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRezSY9z7mM). Not him but close enough for gummint work, y’hear? Yep, that’s one! Talk about a trip down Memory Lane! 🆒 I wonder who the blonde at the end was. She could be Elizabeth Montgomery’s separated-at-birth twin sister. ---
**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 9, 2019, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/619 "2019-03-09T17:44:59Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Sorry, B&W TV. :o I just realized the Charonians had no flies in their tights (for that matter, neither did The Riddler). They were just plain old Danskins. Must have made potty breaks while on the set … difficult. ☹ ---
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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > One of his best impressions was John Astin. 😉 > > 😃 LOL! Like on Night Court? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=32)