# 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:** 45
**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:** [February 11, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/881 "2020-02-11T19:21:33Z")
Wil “Wesley Crusher” Wheaton and Julie “Soron” Culea in the _ **St Elsewhere** _ episode “Nothing Up My Sleeve.” ---
**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:** [February 12, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/882 "2020-02-12T13:22:26Z")
Jeffrey “Capt Pike” Hunter, Majel “Nurse Chapel” Barrett, and Angelique “Shahna” Pettyjohn in _ **A Guide for the Married Man** _ (1967). ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/883 "2020-02-13T21:09:44Z")
Brent “Data” Spiner as “film director Larry Stein” in the _ **Hill Street Blues** _ episode “The Life and Time of Dominic Florio, Jr.” ---
**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:** [February 14, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/884 "2020-02-14T22:00:52Z")
Patti “Nurse Temple” Tippo as “porn star Lulu” in the same \*\*\*HSB \*\*\*episode. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/885 "2020-02-15T01:20:50Z")
Morgan Woodward, Dr. Simon van Gelder in _Dagger of the Mind_ and Ron Tracey in _the Omega Glory_, in _The Jed Polke Story of Wagon Train._ The guy was in seven wagon train episodes. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/886 "2020-02-16T23:36:40Z")
I haven’t read the entire thread so this may have already been mentioned. The Cheers episode “Never Love a Goalie: Part 2” has Brent Spiner and John Fleck (he played Silik on Enterprise). ---
**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:** [February 17, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/887 "2020-02-17T19:57:22Z")
Gerrit Graham (“The Hunter” in _ **DS9** _ and “Quinn” in _ **VOY** _) as “Mr Gilette” in the _ **St Elsewhere** _ episode “Cold War.” ---
**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:** [February 18, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/888 "2020-02-18T17:13:04Z")
Jon Lormer (“Tamar” et al.) as paleontologist “Professor Dactyl” in the \*\*\*Batman \*\*\*episode “How to Hatch a Dinosaur.” Yet another crossover guest star. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/889 "2020-02-18T18:14:19Z")
Bruce Mars (“Finnegan” et al.) as \*Seaview \*guard “Hawkins” in the _ **Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea** _ episode “The Abominable Snowman.” ---
**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:** [February 18, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/890 "2020-02-18T23:28:10Z")
Joseph Ruskin and Gene Dynarski (“Galt” and “Ben”/“Krodak”) in the\*\*\* Hill Street Blues \*\*\*episode “You’re in Alice’s.” ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/891 "2020-02-19T00:15:01Z")
I just saw James Doohan as “Mr Bonner” in a movie from the National Film Board of Canada that I’d date to around 1957. Unfortunately, I missed the first few minutes on \*Silver \*_Screen_, so I’m not sure of the title, but I suspect it was _ **The Ticket** _, in reference to a young convict who was out on parole. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/892 "2020-02-19T00:56:28Z")
I just today realized that Bruce “Dr Seth Griffin” Greenwood in \*\*\*St Elsewhere \*\*\* was “Capt Christopher Pike” in 2009’s _ **Star Trek** _. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/893 "2020-02-19T01:58:04Z")
Leonard Nimoy in the Wagon Train episode, _The Tiburcio Mendez Story_, playing a Mexican bandit. He had a rough time until _Star Trek._ “I weel keel him! Who is he?” is not logical or good acting. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/894 "2020-02-19T05:09:48Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Brent “Data” Spiner as “film director Larry Stein” in the _ **Hill Street Blues** _ episode “The Life and Time of Dominic Florio, Jr.” Huh. I watched _HSB_ regularly and didn’t make that connection at all. Thanks! ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/895 "2020-02-19T13:39:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Huh. I watched _HSB_ regularly and didn’t make that connection at all. Thanks! It’s the episode where JD’s “Home Security” video was transformed into a porn flick without his knowledge. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/896 "2020-02-19T16:02:00Z")
Gotcha. And here’s a scene from it: [HSB-1 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRaXw0iqF_w) ---
**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:** [February 19, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/897 "2020-02-19T19:08:42Z")
Harvey Jason (“Felix Leech” in _ **TNG** _’s “The Big Goodbye”) as “Scudder” in the “Londinium” episodes of _ **Batman** _. Peter Mark Richmond (_ **TNG** _’s “Ralph Offenhouse”) in the _ **Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea** _ episode “Secret of the Deep.” ---
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Two Star Trek actors in _Kim Possible,_ which I just finished on Disney+: Senor Senior, Senior is played by Ricardo Montalban (Khan). Sensei is played by George Takei (Sulu). ---
**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:** [February 20, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/899 "2020-02-20T18:08:52Z")
Lawrence “Stonn” Montaigne in the _ **Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea** _ episode “Man-Beast.” ---
**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:** [February 20, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/900 "2020-02-20T19:19:54Z")
Joanna “Perrin” Miles and Ray “Boothby” Walston in the _ **St Elsewhere** _ episode “Getting Ahead.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=46)