# Spotting Star Trek actors in other programs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982
**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
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/61 "2017-08-29T13:43:02Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#):
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> She’s also the nagging wife whom Dick Van Dyke shoots and fakes a kidnapping for in his Columbo episode.
…And she was the drugged Englishwoman who was substituted for Cinnamon Carter in the “human trafficking” episode of the original _ **Mission: Impossible** _.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/62 "2017-08-29T13:47:02Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> So was Mariette Hartley.
Yes, good catch. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/63 "2017-08-29T13:51:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> “Back to School,” had Sally Kellerman in it.
She was the “older-but-still-hot woman” in an episode of _ **Dream On** _ in the '90s. And, of course, the original Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the movie _MAS_H\*\*\* (1970).
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### Author:  [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/64 "2017-08-29T13:55:47Z")
“Miri,” was in a “Streets of San Francisco,” episode as the dead victim with Karl Malden and a young Michael Douglas. And she got good screen time in flashbacks, rather than just lying there. Kim something?
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/65 "2017-08-29T13:56:19Z")
Mentioned in some other thread around here somewhere: Percy (Portmaster Stone “Court Martial”) Rodrigues was in a (horrible) short film–spoofed by the Rifftrax folks–called “David and Hazel: A Story in Communication.”
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/66 "2017-08-29T13:58:02Z")
> [@Bricker](#):
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> “Miri,” was in a “Streets of San Francisco,” episode as the dead victim with Karl Malden and a young Michael Douglas. And she got good screen time in flashbacks, rather than just lying there. Kim something?
Kim Darby, man. The gremlins dragged her off in the TVM, “Don’t be Afraid of the Dark.”
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### Author:  [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/67 "2017-08-29T13:59:44Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> “Back to School,” had Sally Kellerman in it.
And I totally forgot that she was in “Where No Man Has Gone Before”! D’oh!
In Bill Murray’s “Scroogled” two homeless men are played by the guy who played “Jahn” in “Miri” (bonk bonk on the head) and a Roman in “Bread and Circuses” (that guy was also in MASH as a corrupt officer).
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### Author:  [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/68 "2017-08-29T14:00:14Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> Kim Darby, man. The gremlins dragged her off in the TVM, “Don’t be Afraid of the Dark.”
And probably most famously, she acted opposite John Wayne in _True Grit_.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/69 "2017-08-29T14:07:16Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#):
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> And probably most famously, she acted opposite John Wayne in _True Grit_.
I recall much discussion on the SDMB as to whether she or Hailee Steinfield played the character of Mattie better.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/70 "2017-08-29T14:16:25Z")
^ Why? How bad was Hailee Steinfield?
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### Author:  [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/71 "2017-08-29T14:17:05Z")
Kate Mulgrew played Major Fleming in the Remo Williams movie.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/72 "2017-08-29T14:18:22Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Yes, good catch. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more.
There are. A quick look at IMDB turns up Julie Parrish (“Miss Piper”), Malachi Throne (“Commodore Mendez”), Michael Ansara \*\*and \*\*Susan Howard (“Kang and Mara”), Bibi Besch (“Dr Marcus”), Sandra Smith (batshit-crazy “Dr Lester”), Richard Herd (“Admiral Paris”), Rene Auberjonois (“Odo”), Kate Woodville (“Natira”), Sharon Acker (“Odonna”), John Anderson (“Kevin Uxbridge” in “The Survivors” on _ **TNG** _), Paul Carr (“Lt Kelso”), Charles Napier (space hippie “Adam”). And that’s only about halfway down the list!
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/73 "2017-08-29T14:23:23Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> William (Dr. Daystrom) Marshall was in the movie, “Amazon Women on the Moon,” playing a video pirate (Arrrrrrrrr!).
I didn’t know YouTube had [the clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWRs03s5840).
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/74 "2017-08-29T14:27:31Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> ^ Why? How bad was Hailee Steinfield?
They were both good in my opinion. I believe Steinfield won out in the SDMB discussion.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/75 "2017-08-29T14:29:09Z")
Jonathan Frakes appeared on an episode of _Castle_ as an obnoxious Sci-fi fan. He also directed the episode.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/76 "2017-08-29T14:29:34Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> Robert Picardo (the EMH on Voyager) has bit part in “Back To School” (he plays one of the guys Rodney Dangerfield’s wife is cheating with) - that movie also features Terry Farrell (of DS9 of course) in a major role. Picardo is also the deadly hitman in “Innerspace” which is in retrospect, hilarious.
Lately he is on the Board of Directors of the Planetary Society and is involved in much of their media output like podcasts with Bill Nye.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/77 "2017-08-29T14:30:02Z")
Is Joan Collins too obvious to deserve a mention? :dubious:
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/78 "2017-08-29T14:32:29Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> And I totally forgot that she was in “Where No Man Has Gone Before”! D’oh!
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> In Bill Murray’s “Scroogled” two homeless men are played by the guy who played “Jahn” in “Miri” (bonk bonk on the head) and a Roman in “Bread and Circuses” (that guy was also in MASH as a corrupt officer).
“Jahn” (Michael J. Pollard) was in, “Bonnie and Clyde,” and, “Lost in Space.”
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### Author:  [@JcWoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JcWoman)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/79 "2017-08-29T14:35:31Z")
I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned Walter Koenig (Chekov) playing (hatefully wonderful) Alfred Bester in Babylon 5.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/80 "2017-08-29T14:46:24Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> A Roman in “Bread and Circuses” (that guy was also in MASH as a corrupt officer).
Logan Ramsey, the evil “Claudius Marcus.” I remember him in a neck brace and drinking cognac in an old episode of _ **Mission: Impossible** _.
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