# 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:** 47
**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:** [March 17, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/921 "2020-03-17T18:57:27Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Robert “The Doctor” Picardo as “Eli Muzzy” in the \*\*\*St Elsewhere \*\*\*episode “Weigh in, Way Out.” Also in this episode is Michael “Korax” Pataki from “The Trouble with Tribbles.” ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/922 "2020-03-18T17:59:41Z")
Ted “NASA Security Guard” Gehring in the \*\*\*Hill Street Blues \*\*\*episode “Slum Enchanted Evening.” ---
**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:** [March 18, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/923 "2020-03-18T20:25:45Z")
Johnny “Aye, m’Lord. Called 'im ‘Bones,’ 'e did!” Haymer as “Rocco the Referee” in the _ **Three’s Company** _ episode “Jack Goes the Distance.” ---
**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:** [March 20, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/924 "2020-03-20T00:12:15Z")
William Schallert, Nilz Baris in _the Trouble With Tribbles_, played “soldier”, a military clerk in _the Have Gun Will Travel_ episode, _The Girl From Picadilly._ Gene Roddenberry wrote many episodes of _Have Gun Will Travel_ although not this one. ---
**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:** [March 24, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/925 "2020-03-24T18:30:27Z")
Carel Struycken, “Mr Homn” in \*\*\*TNG \*\*\*and “Spectre” in _ **Voyager** _, as “The Giant” in the _ **St Elsewhere** _ episode “Fairytale Theater.” ---
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William “Sloan” Sadler and Cristine “Gi’ral” Rose as “The Oppenheimers” in the \*\*\*St Elsewhere \*\*\*episode “The Abby Singer Show.” ---
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My TV was muted, but I just last night saw Shatner on a commercial again. SoClean, for C-PAP users… ---
**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:** [April 2, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/928 "2020-04-02T01:11:10Z")
Stanley Adams, from _the Trouble With Tribbles_, played a shop leeper in the film \*Nevada Smith. \* ---
**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:** [April 2, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/929 "2020-04-02T19:19:54Z")
Character actors Craig Reed and Bob Harks (“One-Armed Borg” and “Bajoran Civilian” in multiople episodes of _ **TNG** _/\*\*\*VOY \*\*\*and _ **DS9** _, respectively) as “Mr Mirkin” and “Janitor” in the _ **St Elsewhere** _ episode “The Last One.” ---
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Also in this episode is John Short, aka “Drake” in the _ **Enterprise** _ episode “Regeneration.” ---
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Two recent instances of the reverse (watching Star Trek and wondering where I’ve seen that person) In Star Trek Picard, the Lt Rizzo/Narissa was played by Peyton List who was the main character in the Frequency TV show, and the second adult Ivy Pepper on Gotham In Discovery, Stella (Mrs. Mudd) was played by Katherine Barrell, who was officer Haught on Wynona Earp (“Harry” Mudd was played by Rainn Wilson, Dwight Schrute on the office) Brian ---
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Kenneth Tobey, “Rurigan” on \*\*\*DS9 \*\*\*(and “Chuck” on _ **Whirlybirds** _), as “Police Commissioner” in the \*\*\*Columbo \*\*\*episode “A Case of Immunity.” ---
**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:** [April 7, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/933 "2020-04-07T00:58:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Kenneth Tobey, “Rurigan” on \*\*\*DS9 \*\*\*(and “Chuck” on _ **Whirlybirds** _), as “Police Commissioner” in the \*\*\*Columbo \*\*\*episode “A Case of Immunity.” That is a find! I did not recognize him in the DS9 episode. Anthony Caruso, Bela Oxmyx in\* A Piece of the Action\* played a Mexican gangster in the _Peter Gunn_ episode, _The Coffin_. It may be easier to find TV shows from 1950 to 1970 that Anthony Caruso was \*not \*in. ---
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Just spotted Ethan (Neelix) Phillips in the 1994 Alec Baldwin flick “The Shadow”. Plays a museum security guard. ---
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Just saw David Warner, who’s played three different memorable _ST_ characters, as Evil in the British fantasy _Time Bandits_: [David Warner | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/David_Warner) ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/936 "2020-04-16T21:56:50Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Kenneth Tobey, “Rurigan” on \*\*\*DS9 \*\*\*(and “Chuck” on _ **Whirlybirds** _), as “Police Commissioner” in the \*\*\*Columbo \*\*\*episode “A Case of Immunity.” I’m getting through a few episodes of The Rockford Files, Columbo and Mission Impossible to see through the lock down, Star Trek guest stars pop up a fair bit in those shows. ---
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> [@Pushkin](#): > > I’m getting through a few episodes of The Rockford Files, Columbo and Mission Impossible to see through the lock down, Star Trek guest stars pop up a fair bit in those shows. The only _ **Trek/Rockford** _ connection I can think of offhand is Mariette “Zarabeth” Hartley. I’m curious if there are any others. ---
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Elisha Cook, Jr, (“Samuel T Cogley”) as “Paulie” in the _ **Starsky and Hutch** _ episode “Lady Blue.” ---
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> [@terentii](#): > > Elisha Cook, Jr, (“Samuel T Cogley”) as “Paulie” in the _ **Starsky and Hutch** _ episode “Lady Blue.” Not to mention Wilmer in _The Maltese Falcon_ ---
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> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Not to mention Wilmer in _The Maltese Falcon_ The gunsel. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=48)