# 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:** 33
**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 2, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/641 "2019-04-02T18:22:00Z")
William Windom (“Commodore Decker”) in the \*\*\*M:I \*\*\*episode “Blues.” Vince Howard (“Uhura’s Crewman”) and John Crawford (“Commissioner Ferris”) are in this episode too. As is Bob Bralver, stuntman/stunt double in _ **TOS** _, _ **TMP** _, _ **TNG** _, and _ **DS9** _. ---
**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 4, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/642 "2019-04-04T01:15:26Z")
Barry Russo, Commodore Bob Wesley (!) in _The Ultimate Computer,_ and Lt. Commander Giotto in _The Devil in the Dark_, played John Duke in “To Steal a Mink” on\* 77 Sunset Strip, 1963. \* ---
**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 4, 2019, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/643 "2019-04-04T02:18:38Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Barry Russo, Commodore Bob Wesley (!) in _The Ultimate Computer,_ and Lt. Commander Giotto in _The Devil in the Dark_, played John Duke in “To Steal a Mink” on\* 77 Sunset Strip, 1963. > \* He was also a hood in an early episode of _ **The Untouchables** _: **HOOD:** You don’t care what happens to me! You don’t care about my skin! \*\* ELIOT NESS:\*\* That’s right, punk. I care more about the skin on a sausage! ---
**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 4, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/644 "2019-04-04T12:27:49Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > He was also a hood in an early episode of _ **The Untouchables** _: > > **HOOD:** You don’t care what happens to me! You don’t care about my skin! > \*\* > ELIOT NESS:\*\* That’s right, punk. I care more about the skin on a sausage! 🙂 ---
**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, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/645 "2019-04-05T18:16:26Z")
Charles “Adam” Napier in the \*\*\*M:I \*\*\*episode “Run for the Money.” ---
**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 8, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/646 "2019-04-08T18:31:45Z")
Anthony Zerbe (“Dougherty”) and Bruce Watson (“Crewman Green”) in the \*\*\*M:I \*\*\*episode “The Connection.” ---
**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:** [April 9, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/647 "2019-04-09T14:07:58Z")
Just saw the 1995 political/romantic comedy _The American President_, starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening, and noticed two ST alums in it. Ron Canada, as a reporter: > **[Ron Canada](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ron_Canada)** > > Ron Canada (born 3 May 1949; age 73) is an actor who appeared as Martin Benbeck in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "The Masterpiece Society", Ch'Pok in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fourth season episode "Rules of... Gail Strickland, as the wife of the White House chief of staff: > **[Gail Strickland](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gail_Strickland)** > > Gail Strickland (born 18 May 1947; age 75) is the actress who played Alixus in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine second season episode "Paradise". In 1973, Strickland won the Drama Desk Award in the Most Promising Performer category for her work in the... ---
**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 9, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/648 "2019-04-09T20:55:46Z")
James Gregory (“Dr Adams”) and Charles Dierkop (“Morla”) in the \*\*\*M:I \*\*\*episode “The Bride.” ---
**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 9, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/649 "2019-04-09T21:02:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just saw the 1995 political/romantic comedy _The American President_, starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening, and noticed two ST alums in it. > > Ron Canada, as a reporter: > [Ron Canada | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ron_Canada) > > Gail Strickland, as the wife of the White House chief of staff: > [Gail Strickland | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gail_Strickland) Gail Strickland was in two episodes of \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*as “Ms Landis,” who interviewed Elaine for a job at Doubleday. ---
**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 12, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/650 "2019-04-12T18:27:55Z")
Susan “Mara” Howard, James “Captain Styles” Sikking, Jack “Subcommander Tal” Donner, and Paul “\*Merchantman \*Captain” Sorenson in the _ **M:I** _ episode “Committed.” ---
**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:** [April 16, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/651 "2019-04-16T18:17:57Z")
Joan Collins (Edith Keeler) and Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi) both appear in this 1978 British TV ad for Cinzano: [Cinzano Airline TV Advert - Joan Collins & Leonard Rossiter - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkjidE0WnAI&feature=youtu.be) The most recent episode of _The Orville_ included Sirtis as a teacher, and also ST alums Tony Todd, Ron Canada and F. Murray Abraham; it was directed by Jonathan Frakes. ---
**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 18, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/652 "2019-04-18T18:16:02Z")
Sharon “Odonna” Acker as “Annette” in the _ **M:I** _ episode “Trapped.” ---
**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:** [April 19, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/653 "2019-04-19T16:04:03Z")
Just watched _Witness for the Prosecution_ (1957) - a great murder mystery/courtroom drama - again, and spotted Ian Wolfe as a barrister’s servant and Torin Thatcher as the lead prosecutor. [![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjIyMDAyMjEyNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDUzMDg0Nw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg) ](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjIyMDAyMjEyNV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMDUzMDg0Nw@@._V1_SX640_SY720_.jpg) > **[Ian Wolfe](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ian_Wolfe)** > > Ian Wolfe (4 November 1896 – 23 January 1992; age 95) was an actor who played Septimus in the Star Trek: The Original Series episode second season "Bread and Circuses" and Mr. Atoz (as well as Atoz's replicas) in the third season episode "All Our... [![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Xoxv0i0T2c/WLBwhR4MDfI/AAAAAAAIhq0/QtJfpXptJGw5pXGj3mUwExj9EMvK9wJkgCLcB/s1600/008%2BTorin%2BThatcher%2Bas%2BMr.%2BMyers.png) ](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5Xoxv0i0T2c/WLBwhR4MDfI/AAAAAAAIhq0/QtJfpXptJGw5pXGj3mUwExj9EMvK9wJkgCLcB/s1600/008%2BTorin%2BThatcher%2Bas%2BMr.%2BMyers.png) > **[Torin Thatcher](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Torin_Thatcher)** > > Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher (15 January 1905 – 4 March 1981; age 76) was the actor who played Marplon in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "The Return of the Archons". He filmed his scenes on Friday 9 December 1966 at Desilu... ---
**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:** [April 20, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/654 "2019-04-20T20:45:39Z")
Aaaand in the 2016 remake of _Witness for the Prosecution_ (very different from, but even better than, the 1957 original IMHO), Kim Cattrall appears as the man-hungry Mrs. French. [![](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/588f7c78fb4eb82756cc80a4/16:9/w_1200,h_630,c_limit/kim-cattrall-witness-for-the-prosecution.jpg) ](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/588f7c78fb4eb82756cc80a4/16:9/w_1200,h_630,c_limit/kim-cattrall-witness-for-the-prosecution.jpg) > **[Kim Cattrall](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Kim_Cattrall)** > > Kim Cattrall (born 21 August 1956; age 66) is the English-Canadian actress who played Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. She received a Saturn Award nomination from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for her... ---
**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 20, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/655 "2019-04-20T23:24:51Z")
Joseph Ruskin (“Galt”) in the _ **HH** _ episode “The Gestapo Takeover.” Barbara Anderson (“Lenore Karidian”) in the \*\*\*M:I \*\*\*episode “Break!” Barbara replaced Linda Day George (“Casey”) in seven of the ten episodes she missed the final season while she was on maternity leave. ---
**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 21, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/656 "2019-04-21T22:53:22Z")
Ken Lynch, chief mining engineer in\* The Devil in the Dark\*, played a police sergeant in _77 Sunset Strip, Don’t Wait For Me._ As I remarked before, this actor was in many 1960s programs. ---
**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 22, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/657 "2019-04-22T00:55:45Z")
Grace Lee Whitney! Playing a stripper named Natashia on _77 Sunset Strip, 88 Bars._ It was the eyes that clued me in. ---
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**terentii** , how many episodes of _Mission: Impossible_ do you have left to watch? If you’re up to the Barbara Anderson era (and you’re watching them in order), you should be getting near the end. And where are you watching them? It hasn’t been on any of my channels for a few years. ---
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> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > **terentii** , how many episodes of _Mission: Impossible_ do you have left to watch? If you’re up to the Barbara Anderson era (and you’re watching them in order), you should be getting near the end. > > And where are you watching them? It hasn’t been on any of my channels for a few years. It’s on five days a week on CHCH here in Toronto, from 14:00 to 15:00. They started the final season last week, so there are another 20 or so episodes left to go. (I’m looking forward to the one where they trick Vic Morrow into thinking he can’t remember the last three decades.) I have Rogers Cable; I’ve never tried to pick up CHCH through the ether. ---
**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 23, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/660 "2019-04-23T01:23:13Z")
77 Sunset Strip “5” the episode that dumped everyone save Efram Zimbalist, Jr. I could have sworn Victor Buono was in a TOS episode, but I can’t find it. At any rate, the prime find, William Shatner is in “5”, episode 1. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=34)