# 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:** 36
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/701 "2019-07-24T03:02:32Z")
Stanley (“Cyrano Jones”) Adams (again) as Tybo (the CarrotMan) in, “Lost in Space: The Great Vegetable Rebellion.” [Some day, I’m a-gonna get really tanked and watch that epi. “Moisture! I need moisture!”] Shatner was in a TVM of “Hound of the Baskervilles,” and had a run-in with some quicksand. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/702 "2019-07-24T03:35:04Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > …Shatner was in a TVM of “Hound of the Baskervilles,” and had a run-in with some quicksand. Yes, from 1972, just three years after _ST:TOS_ wrapped. I saw the movie on TV when I was a kid, and his death scene really stayed with me. Just saw the movie again not long ago and it was pretty cheesy. > **[The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV Movie 1972) ⭐ 5.7 | Crime, Horror, Mystery](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068719/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_163)** > > 1h 14m | TV-PG ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/703 "2019-07-24T03:53:00Z")
Magnum PI guest actress season one episode 6, Catherine Shirriff played Krug’s girlfriend in STIII:TSFS ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/704 "2019-07-24T13:26:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Ruth? Played by Shirley Bonne? > > [Ruth | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ruth) > > Are you confusing her with Mea 3, played by Barbara Babcock? > > [Barbara Babcock | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Barbara_Babcock) I watched that scene again, I’m going with Shirley Booth. Unusual [half and half costuming,](http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/star-trek-couples/images/8374081/title/kirk-ruth-shore-leave-photohttp://www.fanpop.com/clubs/star-trek-couples/images/8374081/title/kirk-ruth-shore-leave-photohttp://www.fanpop.com/clubs/star-trek-couples/images/8374081/title/kirk-ruth-shore-leave-photo) though. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/705 "2019-07-24T13:39:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I watched that scene again, I’m going with Shirley Booth. Unusual [half and half costuming,](http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/star-trek-couples/images/8374081/title/kirk-ruth-shore-leave-photohttp://www.fanpop.com/clubs/star-trek-couples/images/8374081/title/kirk-ruth-shore-leave-photohttp://www.fanpop.com/clubs/star-trek-couples/images/8374081/title/kirk-ruth-shore-leave-photo) though. Shirley **Booth**? :dubious: 😕 [![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51nrcEcd5XL._SY445_.jpg) ](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51nrcEcd5XL._SY445_.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/706 "2019-07-24T13:46:11Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Shirley **Booth**? :dubious: 😕 > > [https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51nrcEcd5XL.\_SY445\_.jpg](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51nrcEcd5XL._SY445_.jpg) Shirley Boone. :dubious: ---
**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:** [July 24, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/707 "2019-07-24T13:48:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Shirley Boone. :dubious: Are you stoned? :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:** [July 24, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/708 "2019-07-24T13:52:08Z")
Who isn’t? 😃 ---
**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:** [July 25, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/709 "2019-07-25T15:36:58Z")
Just saw the terrific Civil War drama _Glory_, and was surprised to spot so many _ST_ alums in it: > **[Bob Gunton](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bob_Gunton)** > > Bob Gunton (born 15 November 1945; age 77) is the actor who played Captain Benjamin Maxwell in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode "The Wounded". He is perhaps best known for his role as Warden Norton in the 1994 motion picture... > **[J.D. Cullum](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/J.D._Cullum)** > > J.D. Cullum (born 1 March 1966; age 57) is the actor who played Toral in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth and fifth season episodes "Redemption" and "Redemption II". He filmed his scenes for "Redemption" on Monday 15 April 1991 and on... > **[Cliff DeYoung](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Cliff_DeYoung)** > > Cliff DeYoung (born 12 February 1945; age 78) is the actor who portrayed Croden in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine first season episode "Vortex". He was the lead singer in the 1960s band Clear Light. DeYoung was considered for the role of Benjamin... > **[Mark Margolis](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Mark_Margolis)** > > Mark Margolis (born 26 November 1939; age 83) is an actor who portrayed Doctor Nel Apgar in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "A Matter of Perspective". He is the father of Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise guest star... > **[Richard Riehle](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_Riehle)** > > Richard Riehle (born 12 May 1948; age 74) is a prolific character actor from Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, who has appeared in three Star Trek spin-offs, as well as over 50 other television series and about twice as many films. He first appeared as... > **[Ethan Phillips](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ethan_Phillips)** > > Ethan Phillips (born 8 February 1955; age 68) is the actor best known to Star Trek fans for playing the part of Neelix through all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager. He also played two different Ferengi characters, one on Star Trek: The Next... ---
**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:** [July 27, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/710 "2019-07-27T03:11:20Z")
Elizabeth Dennehy (“Lt Cdr Shelby”) as “The Drakette” in the \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*episode “The Pilot, Pt 2.” ---
**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:** [July 27, 2019, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/711 "2019-07-27T07:18:13Z")
Alfred Ryder (“Dr Crater”) as a Fed in the _film noir_ classic \ ***T-Men** \*(1947). ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/712 "2019-07-28T01:00:42Z")
Ken Lynch, the mining chief from _Devil In The Dark_, in the \*77 Sunset Strip \*episode, _Publicity Brat._ Also starring Virginia Christine of Folger’s Coffee comercials: “It’s the richest kind!” ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/713 "2019-07-28T02:32:53Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Alfred Ryder (“Dr Crater”) as a Fed in the _film noir_ classic \ ***T-Men** \*(1947). My favorite line in this movie came when one of the hard-bitten Feds is reporting to his superior officer after tracking down a suspect: “Have you ever spent ten nights in a Turkish bath looking for a man?” :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:** [July 28, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/714 "2019-07-28T02:40:43Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > My favorite line in this movie came when one of the hard-bitten Feds is reporting to his superior officer after tracking down a suspect: > > “Have you ever spent ten nights in a Turkish bath looking for a man?” :dubious: “…and do you like movies about gladiators?” ---
**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:** [July 28, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/715 "2019-07-28T16:17:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > “…and do you like movies about gladiators?” Yep, this flick was definitely years ahead of its time. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [August 6, 2019, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/716 "2019-08-06T03:50:50Z")
Just saw Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 crime thriller _Jackie Brown_, and Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar in _TNG_) and Sid Haig (one of the Lawgivers from _TOS_ "Return of the Archons) both appear briefly in the same scene, as an LA public defender and a judge, respectively. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/717 "2019-08-09T02:20:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just saw Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 crime thriller _Jackie Brown_, and Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar in _TNG_) and Sid Haig (one of the Lawgivers from _TOS_ "Return of the Archons) both appear briefly in the same scene, as an LA public defender and a judge, respectively. Crosby was also in one or two episodes of The Walking Dead - the leader of the cannibals at Terminus, IIRC. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/718 "2019-08-09T03:15:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just saw Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 crime thriller _Jackie Brown_, and Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar in _TNG_) and Sid Haig (one of the Lawgivers from _TOS_ "Return of the Archons) both appear briefly in the same scene, as an LA public defender and a judge, respectively. Surely _ **JB** _ came out in 1995, no? :dubious: Michael Keaton even says as much when he and Jackie rendezvous in the parking ramp. I just finished watching “Negative Reaction,” the episode of \*\*\*Columbo \*\*\* starring Dick van Dyke and featuring Antoinette “Sylvia” Bower and Michael “Dr Roger Corby” Strong. Bonus points: Vito “Major Bonacelli” Scotti (from _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _) and Larry “Cpl Randolph Agarn” Storch (from _ **F Troop** _). ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/719 "2019-08-09T15:41:59Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Surely _ **JB** _ came out in 1995, no? :dubious: Michael Keaton even says as much when he and Jackie rendezvous in the parking ramp… Set in 1995, but released two years later: [Jackie Brown - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Brown) And don’t call me Shirley. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/720 "2019-08-09T16:30:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Set in 1995, but released two years later: [Jackie Brown - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Brown) > > And don’t call me Shirley. Huh. I would swear I saw it on board an airliner in 1995, going back to the US for a visit. I remember thinking “Well, I’ll never forget the year I first saw this movie.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=37)