# 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:** 52
**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 28, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1021 "2020-10-28T17:26:02Z")
Nana Visitor and Peter Mark Richman in the _ **Matlock** _ episode “The Other Woman.” Nana gave a very convincing performance as a woman with a dual personality. Anthony Caruso as a mobster (again) in the _ **M:I** _ episode “Shape-Up.” ---
**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 10, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1022 "2020-11-10T01:18:23Z")
John Fiedler, Mr. Hengist in “Wolf in the Fold” in Peter Gunn, “The Deep End”. He played Mr. Oliver, who hired an ex alcoholic swimming instructor who was hypnotized to take a dink when Mrs. Oliver swam into the deep end of the pool and drowned. ---
**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 10, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1023 "2020-11-10T19:43:13Z")
“Take a dink?” 🤨🤔 ---
**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 16, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1024 "2020-11-16T18:11:47Z")
James “Captain Styles” Sikking and Susan “Mara” Howard in the _ **M:I** _ episode “Committed.” ---
**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 23, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1025 "2020-11-23T02:44:37Z")
Joanne Linville, the Romulan commander in “The Enterprise Incident” in the Twilight Zone eopisode, “The Passerby”. It is about dead Confederate Soldiers. I thought she was Olivia DeHaviland until I Googled the episode. Perhaps she was made up to resemble DeHaviland. She is still alive at 92. BTW, Leonard Nimoy was in the Twilight Zone episode I watched before that, “The Quality of Mercy”. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1026 "2020-12-01T15:58:29Z")
Just watched the Thanksgiving classic _Planes, Trains & Automobiles_, which has five actors who also had _ST_ appearances: > **[Gaunt Gary](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Gaunt_Gary)** > > Gaunt Gary was a 20th century pool hustler from New York City. It was said that Gaunt Gary hustled the great Willie Mosconi in Ames Pool Hall in 1953. Tom Paris created a hologram of the famous player for the Chez Sandríne holodeck program. He tried... > **[Matt Decker](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Matt_Decker)** > > Commodore Matthew "Matt" Decker was a 23rd century Human male Starfleet flag officer assigned as the commanding officer of the USS Constellation. In 2245, Captain Decker was assigned to the newly launched USS Constellation as her commanding officer.... > **[The Clown](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Clown)** > > The Clown was the holographic manifestation of the fears of five individuals who were part of a linked neural network. The network had been set up by members of Viorsa's species to keep their minds active while they waited in stasis for fifteen years... > **[Owen Paris](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Owen_Paris)** > > Admiral Owen Paris was a senior Starfleet official, the former captain of the starship USS Al-Batani, and the father of Tom Paris. (VOY: "Caretaker") His most significant contribution was in command of the Pathfinder Project and its follow-up,... > **[Dalen Quaice](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Dalen_Quaice)** > > Doctor Dalen Quaice was a Human male who served as a Starfleet physician during the late-24th century. Native to the planet Kenda II, Quaice had a long career and served on various planets and starbases. He had notable mentees such as Beverly... ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1027 "2020-12-02T02:50:39Z")
Outer Limits, Valley of the Shadow. James Doohan, without an accent and David Opatshu from “A Taste of Armageddon” playing the same sort of leader he did as Anan 7. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1028 "2020-12-02T06:23:52Z")
_ **Outer Limits** _? 🤨_ **Twilight Zone** _! … And the little girl grew up to be Morgan Brittany. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1029 "2020-12-02T19:50:36Z")
And David Soul “Makora” in “The Apple”. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1030 "2020-12-02T19:51:35Z")
“4 D Man” Starred Robert Lansing (Gary Seven) and Lee Merriweather (Losira). ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1031 "2020-12-02T20:36:17Z")
Good gad! I knew this, but I managed to forget. I’ve known for years, but every time I see it, I say, “Good gad!” and try to wipe it out of memory. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1032 "2020-12-02T22:36:43Z")
David Soul was on _ **Twilight Zone** _? 🤔 ---
**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:** [December 2, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1033 "2020-12-02T23:59:17Z")
Perhaps I confuse him with Ernest Hemingway. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1034 "2020-12-03T00:07:53Z")
No, 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:** [December 3, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1035 "2020-12-03T02:13:59Z")
“He believed he was watching an episode of Star Trek, the Original Series. When he saw David Soul, he knew he had re-entered…the Twilight Zone.” Oh G-d, the eye glitter! This, not “Spock’s Brain” is the worst episode. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1036 "2020-12-03T05:04:29Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > No, Star Trek. Take a gander at the thread title. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1037 "2020-12-03T05:10:38Z")
We seem to have become discombobulated here. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1038 "2020-12-03T18:09:33Z")
My vote would be for the Friendly Lawyer. How the F did _that_ happen? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2020, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1039 "2020-12-04T14:20:05Z")
George Takei in the Twilight Zone episode, “The Encounter”. Broadcast 1 May, 1964, racial overtones kept it from syndication. Reaired 1 Jan 2016. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1040 "2020-12-15T22:10:53Z")
Sarah Marshall, “Dr Wallace” in _ **TOS** _’s “The Deadly Years,” as KAOS agent “Nicola” in the \*\*\* Get Smart\*\*\* episode “Hubert’s Unfinished Symphony.” Her voice was a dead giveaway. **SIDE NOTES:** Michael “Alexander” Dunn was KAOS’s “Mr Big” (but not in this episode). Angelique “Shahna” Pettyjohn was CONTROL agent “Charlie Watkins,” a master of disguise (but not in this episode). Victor French of _ **Little House on the Prairie** _ fame was “Agent 44,” who always turned up in the most unlikely places (e.g., mailboxes and bass violin cases). I never recognized him before because “44” had no beard. “Agent 99” was really hot! 😍 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=51) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=53)