# 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:** 49
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/961 "2020-06-02T01:52:38Z")
Ken Lynch, the engineer manager in _Devil In the Dark_, in\* Peter Gunn, Hot Money. \* ---
**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:** [June 2, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/962 "2020-06-02T15:00:09Z")
Joseph Mell, the “Earth Trader” in “The Cage”/“The Menagerie,” as good neighbor “Herb” in the \*\*\*Gidget \*\*\*episode “A Hard Night’s Night.” Herb was made up as a werewolf, complete with pointed ears, for a costume party. At first, I thought he might have been John Wheeler, “Ambassador Gav” in “Journey to Babel.” ---
**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:** [June 4, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/963 "2020-06-04T00:09:19Z")
[Robert Walker Jr](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0907480/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t2), of \*Charlie X \*in TOS, in _The Invaders- Panic._ Walker plays an alien with a disease that freezes humans and dogs to death. He whacks a dog named, “Charlie”. ---
**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:** [June 8, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/964 "2020-06-08T01:59:01Z")
Joanne Linville (I used to date a girl named Jo Ann) the Romulan commander in _The Enterprise Incident_, in _the Invaders, Moon Shot._ She played Angela Smith, wife of an Apollo astronaut. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2020, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/965 "2020-06-12T03:30:31Z")
Just watched the first episode, rebroadcast by PBS, of Ken Burns’s 2009 documentary _The National Parks: America’s Best Idea_. Although I didn’t recognize her at the time, one of the voice cast mentioned in the closing credits was Carolyn McCormick, who played Riker’s Holodeck flame Minuet on _ST:TNG_. ---
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Sherry Jackson, Andrea in _What are Little Girls Made Of?_, TOS in _Maverick, The Naked Gallows._ She plays the teenage daughter of a hotel owner. She was a child actress who became a very attractive adult actress. ---
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**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:** [June 22, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/968 "2020-06-22T21:31:40Z")
Georgia Brown, aka TNG’s “Helena Rozhenko” (Worf’s foster mother), as Carla’s medium “Madame Lazora” in the _ **Cheers** _ episode “The Ghost and Mrs LeBec.” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/969 "2020-06-23T16:39:59Z")
“Unbelievable!” starring Snoop Dogg also features 42 Star Trek actors and alumni: > **[42 'Star Trek' Actors Appear in Snoop Dogg's 'Unbelievable!' Trailer](https://www.inverse.com/article/43785-snoop-dogg-star-trek-unbelievable-trailer-nichelle-nichols-tim-russ)** ---
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Steve “Lord Garth” Ihnat and David “Hodin” Hurst in the _ **Mission: Impossible** _ episode “The Astrologer.” ---
**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:** [June 24, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/971 "2020-06-24T21:11:31Z")
James Cromwell, “Zefram Cochrane” in _ **First Contact** _ and _ **ST: Enterprise** _, as “Detective Lannigan” in the _ **Three’s Company** _ episode “Chrissy’s Night Out.” ---
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Kate “Natira” Woodville as baddie “Felicia Vabar” in the _ **M:I** _ episode “The Spy.” ---
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Stanley Adams, Cyrano Jones of “The Trouble With Tribbles” in Peter Gunn as composer Bernie. ---
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Judy Levitt, multiple roles in the _ **Star Trek** _ movies, as the nurse in the _ **M:I** _ episode “The Recovery.” According to IMDb, she’s been married to Walter “Pavel Chekov” Koenig since 1965. ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/975 "2020-07-10T14:07:59Z")
Cool! ---
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Mark Harelik and Matt Frewer were both in the latest episode of HBO’s _Perry Mason_ reboot. > **[Mark Harelik](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Mark_Harelik)** > > Mark Harelik (born 5 June 1951; age 71) is the actor who played Kashyk in the Star Trek: Voyager fifth season episode "Counterpoint". Harelik made his television debut in the 1990 telefilm Unspeakable Acts, co-starring Bebe Neuwirth and Gregory... > **[Matt Frewer](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Matt_Frewer)** > > Matthew "Matt" Frewer (born 4 January 1958; age 65) is an actor from Washington, DC and raised in Canada who played the role of Berlinghoff Rasmussen in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "A Matter Of Time". He filmed his scenes... ---
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William “First Citizen Merricus” Smithers as “Dr Karl” in the bottom-basement Roger Corman flick _ **Deathsport** _. ---
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Lou “Lokai” Antonio as “Osman” in Elia Kazan’s _ **America America** _ (1963), filmed in B&W on location in Greece and Turkey. A rather odd but thoroughly enjoyable movie. > **[America America (1963) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056825/)** > > America America: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Harry Davis, Elena Karam. A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America. ---
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Christopher McDonald as a comically paranoid U.S. Government agent in one of my favorite animated movies, _The Iron Giant_, which I saw again not long ago. > **[Christopher McDonald](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Christopher_McDonald)** > > Christopher McDonald (born 15 February 1955; age 67) is the actor who played Lieutenant Richard Castillo in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "Yesterday's Enterprise". McDonald had previously auditioned for the role of William... Stephen Root as the crooked Los Angeles DA in recent episodes of HBO’s _Perry Mason_ reboot. > **[Stephen Root](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen_Root)** > > Stephen Root (born 17 November 1951; age 71) is the actor who played Captain K'Vada in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episodes "Unification I" and "Unification II". He filmed his scenes on Monday 16 September 1991 and Tuesday 24... ---
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