# 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:** 35
**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:** [May 10, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/681 "2019-05-10T19:46:56Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Gary Lockwood (“Gary Mitchell”) and Jason Evers (“Rael”) in the \*\*\*M:I \*\*\*episode “The Question.” This episode was written by Stephen Kandel, who wrote the “Harry Mudd” episodes of _ **TOS** _. I haven’t been keeping track of writers, but that should be worth extra points. 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 11, 2019, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/682 "2019-05-11T00:12:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I haven’t been keeping track of writers, but that should be worth extra points. 🙂 I haven’t been keeping track either, but the name \*Kandel \*jumped out at me. The quality of the episodes really went downhill toward the end, but this one was definitely above average. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2019, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/683 "2019-05-18T06:38:29Z")
Little Person Jerry Maren, one of the copper-skinned ambassadors in “Journey to Babel,” as “Karen’s Dad” in the \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*episode “The Yada Yada.” ---
**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:** [May 20, 2019, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/684 "2019-05-20T21:35:13Z")
_Gunfight at Comanche Creek_ was on Grit today, starring DeForest Kelley, aka Dr. Leonard H. “Bones” Mccoy, as a bank robber. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/685 "2019-05-21T01:04:53Z")
I can’t help it! “I’m a Doctor, not a bank robber!” ---
**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:** [May 21, 2019, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/686 "2019-05-21T06:22:07Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > _Gunfight at Comanche Creek_ was on Grit today, starring DeForest Kelley, aka Dr. Leonard H. “Bones” Mccoy, as a bank robber. He was also in the pilot for the TV version of _ **The Cowboys** _ (1974), playing a bad guy again. Looking at the cast list for that show, I also see Ted Gehring (the “Second Cop” in “Assignment: Earth”), Clint “Balok” Howard, and Ian “Septimus”/“Mr Atoz” Wolfe. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/687 "2019-06-09T17:09:27Z")
Jan “Lt Mira Romaine” Shutan as “Lizz” in William Dozier’s unsold _ **Dick Tracy** _ pilot of 1967. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/edF_b-Fc0bI/hqdefault.jpg ""Dick Tracy" TV Intro and Ending") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edF_b-Fc0bI) Eve Plumb of _ **Brady Bunch** _ fame was in this one too. (No particular reason to mention this, other than I’ve always had a “thing” for Eve Pumb. :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:** [June 9, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/688 "2019-06-09T17:20:42Z")
… and The Shat himself as Alexander the Great in the unsold pilot of the same name (1963), brought to you by the producers of _ **Combat!** _ Captain Kirk \*\*and \*\*Batman in the same series. What a missed opportunity! (Well, kinda....) :( Notice how the Greek letter “Sigma” easily transforms into the Latin “E”… 😛 ---
**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:** [June 9, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/689 "2019-06-09T18:55:39Z")
We’re at our favorite (non-chain) Italian restaurant the other day for dinner and they have “Bonanza” on the TV [😕] and there’s Kathie Browne. Sorry, I couldn’t tell you which episode it was as they had the sound off and I’ve never watched a “Bonanza” (or “Ponderosa”) epi. Not a fan. ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/690 "2019-06-10T00:22:44Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > We’re at our favorite (non-chain) Italian restaurant the other day for dinner and they have “Bonanza” on the TV [😕] and there’s Kathie Browne. According to IMDb, she was on that show six times. As a woman on _Bonanza_, I assume she was dead by the end of each episode she appeared in. ---
**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 10, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/691 "2019-06-10T00:49:31Z")
Well, she didn’t die on _ST_: [Deela (Scalosian) | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Deela_(Scalosian)) ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/692 "2019-06-10T05:34:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Well, she didn’t die on _ST_: [Deela (Scalosian) | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Deela_(Scalosian)) IIRC, Deela was revealed to be pregnant at the end in the original script. There must be a whole slew of planets in the Galaxy with little Jim Kirks running around on them. The story for “Wink of an Eye” was written by Lee Cronin, aka former producer Gene Coon, who may have contributed more to the series than anyone else. He also produced _ **Wild, Wild West** _ for a time, from which he must have lifted the premise for this story (written by John Kneubuhl). ---
**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:** [June 10, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/693 "2019-06-10T12:05:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Well, she didn’t die on _ST_: [Deela (Scalosian) | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Deela_(Scalosian)) I remember. I always thought she was one of the best foils on the Original Series. _Bonanza_, though, is infamous (perhaps a bit tongue-in-cheek) for killing off the main characters’ love interests. Think of them as red shirts on the Ponderosa. ---
**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 15, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/694 "2019-06-15T23:30:12Z")
Rawhide, _Incident Before Black Pass_. Leonard Nimoy as the Kiowa Anko, Arthur Batanides, D’Amato from _That Which Survives_, as Gypsy. ---
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Just saw _Buckaroo Banzai_ for the eight millionth time and loved it all over again. Quite a few people in the cast with _ST_ credits: > **[Peter Weller](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Peter_Weller)** > > Dr. Peter Frederick Weller (born 24 June 1947; age 75) is the veteran actor who played Terra Prime leader John Frederick Paxton in the Star Trek: Enterprise fourth season episodes "Demons" and "Terra Prime". He played Admiral Alexander Marcus in Star... > **[Christopher Lloyd](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Christopher_Lloyd)** > > Christopher Lloyd (born 22 October 1938; age 84) is an American veteran actor, voice actor, and comedian who played the role of Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. However, he is perhaps best recognized for his roles on... > **[Robert Ito](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_Ito)** > > Robert Ito (born 2 July 1931; age 91) is an actor who played TAC officer Chang in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Coming of Age" and John Kim in the Star Trek: Voyager seventh season episode "Author, Author". He is best known... > **[Clancy Brown](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Clancy_Brown)** > > Clancy Brown (born 5 January 1959; age 64) is the American actor who played Zobral in the Star Trek: Enterprise first season episode "Desert Crossing". He is perhaps best known for his roles in the films Highlander, The Shawshank Redemption, and... > **[Vincent Schiavelli](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Vincent_Schiavelli)** > > Vincent Schiavelli (10 November 1948 – 26 December 2005; age 57) was the Italian-American character actor who appeared as the holographic Minosian peddler in the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "The Arsenal of Freedom". He... > **[Jonathan Banks](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Banks)** > > Actor Jonathan Ray Banks (born 31 January 1947; age 76) played Golin Shel-la in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine first season episode "Battle Lines". Rick Berman was impressed with Banks' performance in the episode, commenting that he "did a nice job".... And _ST_ later had several Easter eggs related to the movie: > **[Popular culture references in Star Trek](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Popular_culture_references_in_Star_Trek#The_Adventures_of_Buckaroo_Banzai_Across_the_8th_Dimension)** > > From time to time various popular culture references have appeared in Star Trek as in-jokes. These references, while mostly included in background displays, have also been in spoken dialogue. The following articles contain references, or homages, to... ---
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Leonard Nimoy in the\* Bonanza\* episode, _The Ape_. ---
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Stanley “Cyrano Jones” Adams as cafe owner “Juan Acalito” in _ **Lilies of the Field** _ (1963). ---
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James “Dr Adams” Gregory as a Steve McGarrett clone in “The Hawaiian Connection” episodes (Pts 1 & 2) of _ **Sanford and Son** _. ---
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The episode “Shore Leave”. Who was the woman Kirk saw and decided to spend time with? The clothes suggest “A Taste of Armageddon”. ---
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> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The episode “Shore Leave”. > Who was the woman Kirk saw and decided to spend time with? > The clothes suggest “A Taste of Armageddon”. Ruth? Played by Shirley Bonne? > **[Ruth](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ruth)** > > Ruth was a female Human civilian who lived during the mid-23rd century. In 2252, while attending Starfleet Academy, Cadet James T. Kirk became romantically involved with Ruth. In 2267, the USS Enterprise discovered the Shore Leave Planet, an... Are you confusing her with Mea 3, played by Barbara Babcock? > **[Barbara Babcock](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Barbara_Babcock)** > > Actress Barbara Babcock (born 27 February 1937; age 87) has enjoyed a long Hollywood career that includes roles in nearly thirty movies, regular roles in a half-dozen or so television series, about sixty guest appearances, a number of which were... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=36)