# 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:** 32
**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, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/621 "2019-03-09T17:55:17Z")
I also just remembered a couple I once knew who had a 1970 Dodge Challenger (theirs was red with black trim). It really was a badass gas-guzzler! 🆒 This was around the time _ **Star Wars** _ came out. They named the car _Darth Vader_. ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/622 "2019-03-09T17:57:24Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > LOL! Like on Night Court? I think he’s referring to the fact that John Astin played the Riddler on Batman (once) ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/623 "2019-03-09T17:57:47Z")
> [@SigMan](#): > > LOL! Like on Night Court? **IN COLOR!** 🆒 [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQvQMAA4gc4) ---
**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, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/624 "2019-03-09T18:03:10Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I think he’s referring to the fact that John Astin played the Riddler on Batman (once) For purposes of comparison (also **IN COLOR**! 🆒 ): [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmltJ8QxAwM) ---
**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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/625 "2019-03-09T23:08:09Z")
> [@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. 😃 He had that character down so well that it’s a surprise to see him as anything else. He’s also a lawyer in _The Untouchables_. ---
**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 10, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/626 "2019-03-10T00:31:05Z")
> [@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. Was \*he \*wearing pink tights and a turtleneck? :dubious: 😕 ---
**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 10, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/627 "2019-03-10T01:09:54Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Was \*he \*wearing pink tights and a turtleneck? :dubious: 😕 _That_ would be a whole different type of prison movie, huh? And now, back to **Star Trek**. ---
**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 10, 2019, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/628 "2019-03-10T01:28:58Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > And now, back to **Star Trek**. Say no more, say no more: :p ---
**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 10, 2019, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/629 "2019-03-10T01:38:58Z")
Sweet! ---
**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 10, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/630 "2019-03-10T13:48:14Z")
John Fiedler, Mr. Hengist on _Wolf in the Fold_ played James Turner in the _Have Gun Will Travel_ episode, _The Gold Bar._ ---
**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 10, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/631 "2019-03-10T15:01:15Z")
Peterson’s a twerp. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/632 "2019-03-12T15:49:07Z")
John Fleck, who’s had a lot of _ST_ alien roles, was in the most recent episode of _The Orville_ as a Krill ambassador (the Krill are the show’s main alien heavies): [John Fleck | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/John_Fleck) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/633 "2019-03-12T16:53:14Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Peterson’s a twerp. Now, now, Mr. Carlin. You’re all in this group to learn how to resolve conflicts. I think you should apologize to Mr. Peterson. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/634 "2019-03-15T17:19:49Z")
Just saw the 2012 dystopic sf shoot-'em-up _Dredd_, with Karl Urban (the most recent Dr. McCoy) in the title role. [![](http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/karl-urban-dredd-full-body.jpg) ](http://media.comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/karl-urban-dredd-full-body.jpg) [![](https://66.media.tumblr.com/ac6a626a44ffc0743760dcd60ada2d3b/tumblr_n2pmwmdyn11r4lt5eo1_500.png) ](https://66.media.tumblr.com/ac6a626a44ffc0743760dcd60ada2d3b/tumblr_n2pmwmdyn11r4lt5eo1_500.png) ---
**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 18, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/635 "2019-03-18T22:34:02Z")
Antoinette “Sylvia” Bower, Alfred “Dr Crater” Ryder, and Arthur “Lt D’Amato” Banatides in the _ **M:I** _ episode “The Party.” (And, of course, Leonard Nimoy.) Earl Boen, “Nagilum” in the \*\*\*TNG \*\*\*episode “Where Silence Has Lease,” as “the Eulogist” in the \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*episode “The Pony Remark.” ---
**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 26, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/636 "2019-03-26T18:52:13Z")
Anthony Caruso (“Bela Oxmyx”) in the _ **M:I** _ episode “Shape-Up.” ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > Anthony Caruso (“Bela Oxmyx”) in the _ **M:I** _ episode “Shape-Up.” I don’t recall if I posted seeing him in a\* Whirlybirds\* episode from 1959. ---
**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, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/638 "2019-03-27T18:47:58Z")
Lawrence “Stonn” Montaigne as an IMF agent in the _ **M:I** _ episode “The Miracle.” ---
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In the same episode: Lee Delano, aka “Kalo,” the Fizzbin dealer in “Piece of the Action,” as a DEA Fed. ---
**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, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/640 "2019-03-27T18:57:41Z")
If _ **ST** _ video games count, Ron Feinberg of _ **Klingon Academy** _ was also in “The Miracle.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=33)