# 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:** 40
**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:** [October 15, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/781 "2019-10-15T23:24:34Z")
Stanley Adams, Cyrano Jones in _The Trouble with Tribbles_, _in Peter Gunn, Sing a Song of Murder._ He was a jazz composer. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2019, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/782 "2019-10-15T23:36:54Z")
> [@Dropo](#): > > Don’t know about sound efx, but the suit is the same, as is the actor in it: > > [Creature Feature: The Creations of Janos Prohaska - Bewitched @ Harpies Bizarre](https://www.harpiesbizarre.com/creature.htm) > [This is the man behind the mask of all those '60s and '70s TV creatures](https://www.metv.com/lists/this-is-the-man-behind-the-mask-of-all-those-60s-and-70s-tv-creatures) > -----Note #13 The actor, Janos Prohaska, was also the Horta in _Devil in the Dark_ and Yarnek the rock creature in _The Savage Curtain_. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/783 "2019-10-16T21:15:10Z")
Barbara “Mea 3/Philana” Babcock as “Grace Gardner” in _ **Hill Street Blues** _ and “Lana” in the _ **Cheers!** _ episode “Now Pitching, Sam Malone.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/784 "2019-10-18T14:08:36Z")
A rerun of “Barnaby Jones” was on last night with \*Bill Zuckert (TOS: “Spectre of the Gun”) and Meg Wyllie (“The Keeper” from “The Cage/Menagerie”) And as a bonus in the same ep: Mark Goddard from “Lost in Space.” (And, unrelated to the thread, a brief appearance of a young Nick Nolte.) \*Zuckert was one of those actors who was pretty much everywhere, although you seldom remember his name. Somewhat similar to Ken Lynch. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/785 "2019-10-24T19:08:37Z")
Valerie “Nevala” Wildman (_ **VOY** _, “Message in a Bottle”) in the _ **St Elsewhere** _ episode “Ties That Bind.” ---
**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:** [October 26, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/786 "2019-10-26T04:22:56Z")
Here’s an obscure one, and a rather surprising spot: [Sid Haig.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354085/). He played First Lawgiver in the TOS episode “Return of the Archons”. He’s mostly known for roles in horror movies. But I didn’t see him in a horror movie - instead, I saw him on a TV cooking competition show, as a judge, when people were competing to design Halloween-themed displays (Food Network / Halloween Wars). I looked him up afterward; turned out, he had died just a month or so earlier; I don’t recall whether the show was a repeat of an earlier year or had simply been filmed just before his death. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/787 "2019-10-26T10:56:02Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Here’s an obscure one, and a rather surprising spot: > [Sid Haig.](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354085/). He played First Lawgiver in the TOS episode “Return of the Archons”. He’s mostly known for roles in horror movies. Yet another _ **ST** _–_ **Batman** _ crossover: He played “The Royal Apothecary” in a second-season “King Tut” outing.\* \*No pun intended. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/788 "2019-10-26T23:52:15Z")
Madlyn Rhue played Marla McGivers, the historian who aided and went into banishment with Kahn Noonian Singh, was in the Route 66 episode, _Every Father’s Daughter._ I recognized the actress, but had to consult IMDB and Memory Alpha to find her name. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/789 "2019-10-27T05:56:00Z")
Here’s one for you: A very young\* Clint “Balok” Howard in **this series** , the history of which is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Baileys\_of\_Balboa How could anybody not like _ **Gilligan’s Island** _? 😕☹ \*Two years before he appeared on _ **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:** [October 27, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/790 "2019-10-27T12:08:01Z")
Turns out Michael J Pollard (“Jahn” in “Miri”) had a minor role in _ **TBoB** _ as well. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/791 "2019-10-28T00:40:09Z")
Quite a lot of ST actors played in bad horror movies before AND after their stints on Star Trek. [https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/13-embarrassing-horror-movies-star-trek-actors](https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/13-embarrassing-horror-movies-star-trek-actors) Chris Pine did a credible performance in the movie version of Into the Woods - even sang somewhat competently. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/792 "2019-10-29T00:51:27Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Quite a lot of ST actors played in bad horror movies before AND after their stints on Star Trek. > [https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/13-embarrassing-horror-movies-star-trek-actors](https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/13-embarrassing-horror-movies-star-trek-actors) This one is The Mother of Them All. Why, why, why was it left off the list?!? :dubious: 😕 \*"Mi trinkis de puto tien."\* :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [October 29, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/793 "2019-10-29T20:27:59Z")
Mickey Moore (“Kloog” in “The Gamesters of Triskelion”) as a loan-shark enforcer in the _ **Hill Street Blues** _ episode “Fruits of the Poisonous Tree.” ---
**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:** [October 30, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/794 "2019-10-30T18:40:34Z")
Jane “Amanda” Wyatt (Spock’s mother) as “Mrs Katherine Auschlander” (Dr Daniel Auschlander’s wife) on _ **St Elsewhere** _. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/795 "2019-10-30T18:53:42Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Stanley Adams, Cyrano Jones in _The Trouble with Tribbles_, _in Peter Gunn, Sing a Song of Murder._ He was a jazz composer. He was also in a couple of episodes of _ **The Untouchables** _. In one, he ran afoul of The Mob and was whacked in the backseat of a roadster.\* \*It was painfully obvious that the pistol wasn’t even pointed at him. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [November 6, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/796 "2019-11-06T02:13:07Z")
Charlie X, Robert Walker, Jr. in the _Route 66_ episode, _Across Walnuts and Wine._ He must have been twelve. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/797 "2019-11-08T19:18:42Z")
Jonathan “CDR William Riker” Frakes as drug-dealer/ripoff man “Eddie Sims” in the _ **Hill Street Blue** _s episode “Of Mouse and Man.” ---
**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:** [November 8, 2019, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/798 "2019-11-08T22:00:03Z")
Morgan “Captain Ron Tracey” Woodward as “John” (Andy Renko’s father) in the “Zen and the Art of Law Enforcement” episode of _ **Hill Street Blues** _. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2019, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/799 "2019-11-12T19:14:05Z")
William “Commodore Decker” Windom as “Charlie Halloran” (Joan’s father) in the _ **St Elsewhere** _ episode “In Sickness and in Health.” ---
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