# 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:** 55
**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:** [January 12, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1081 "2021-01-12T15:58:29Z")
Diana Muldaur (“Dr Pulaski,” et al.) as “Judge Levin” in the _ **Matlock** _ episode “The Trial.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1082 "2021-01-12T20:55:35Z")
I just watched _[Pixie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixie_(film))_ with Miles O’Brien. (He says “hi.”) ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1083 "2021-01-17T19:04:37Z")
Vincent Schiavelli, “The Peddler” in _ **TNG** _’s “The Arsenal of Freedom,” as “Communist Agent Dmitri” in the TV movie _ **Rescue from Gilligan’s Island** _ (1978). ---
**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:** [January 17, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1084 "2021-01-17T20:05:42Z")
Warren “Rojan” Stevens as “George Burrows” in the Humphrey Bogart movie _ **Deadline—USA** _ (1952). ---
**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:** [January 19, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1085 "2021-01-19T18:57:17Z")
Peter Mark Richmond (again!) in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “Along Came Joey.” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1086 "2021-01-20T19:05:24Z")
Joanne “Romulan Commander” Linville **and** William “Nilz Barris” Schallert as a quack doctor and her attorney in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “Once Upon a Time.” ---
**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:** [January 20, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1087 "2021-01-20T21:32:34Z")
Bruce McGill (Capt. Braxton on _VGR_, and of course D-Day in _Animal House_) as the sheriff in _My Cousin Vinny_. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2021, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1088 "2021-01-22T00:08:28Z")
Joanne Linville and James (Flint) Daly were in the “Fugitive” episode “Running Scared”. Daly played the DA who convicted Kimble, Linville his wife. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1089 "2021-01-22T20:47:35Z")
A three-way at Perry Mason’s _The Case of The Witless Witness_ (well, of people I recognize): Of the thread theme **Lee Bergere** , who played Abe Lincoln in Star Trek _The Savage Curtain_; but from other shows, Darrin’s boss **David White** of _Bewitched_; and _Addam’s Family_’s **Jackie Coogan** with a bit of hair and the face but not the voice of Uncle Fester. I wonder how many shows have multiple actors more known for other shows? Also (if @carnivorousplant forgives me 🙂) beetle-browed **Robert Middleton** (IMDb’s words, not mine). ---
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1090 "2021-01-24T01:10:32Z")
Ben Gage, Akaar in Friday’s Child, TOS. “Akaar, stand ready!”? In Maverick, he played Marshall Mort Dooley in “Gun Shy”, a satire on Gun Smoke. He played a similair character in the Maverick episode, “A Tale of Three Cities”, a not terribly intelligent lawman who goes strickly by the book. He was also in the Maverick episodes, “The Misfortune Teller” and “A Techincal Error”. I’ve not seen the last two. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1091 "2021-01-24T17:16:08Z")
Elisha Cook, Jr (“lawyer Samuel T Cogley” in _ **TOS** _’s “Court Martial”), as “murder victim Marty” in the Lawrence Tierney _noir_ _ **Born to Kill** _. (1947) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1092 "2021-01-25T02:05:02Z")
Outstanding! I want to see that. Cook said in an interview that he was told it was better to not play a lead role. If the film bombed, it was the lead’s fault. Supporting actors could still recieve good reviews. In The Maltese Falcon, Bogart’s character, Sam Spade is in a discussion with the bad guys about finding a fall guy. Bogart says, "Let’s give them the gunsel. (Cook’s character). Censors thought it meant “the kid who carries a gun”, but it is Yiddish for gay guy. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1093 "2021-01-26T04:24:40Z")
Antoinette “Sylvia” Bower as “Margi Carstairs” in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “Six Kilos” (1969). The plot of this episode is similar to that of _ **The Avengers’** _ “How to Succeed … at Murder” (1966): An unseen mastermind controls a task force of minions using a secret identity and disguising his/her voice. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1094 "2021-01-26T04:43:16Z")
As an aside, I just learned that this woman was originally cast as Emma Peel. She filmed one episode before being replaced with Diana Rigg. > **[Elizabeth Shepherd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Shepherd)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Elizabeth Shepherd (born 12 August 1936) is an English character actress whose long career has encompassed the stage and both the big and small screens. Her television work has been especially prolific. Shepherd's surname has been variously rendered as "Shephard" and "Sheppard". > Shepherd began acting in television series in 1959. In 1960, she appeared in an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, The Citadel. She was the original choice to play Emm... This is how she must have looked back in 1965. Pretty hot! 🥰 [![](http://www.elizabethshepherdactor.com/images/31.jpeg) ](http://www.elizabethshepherdactor.com/images/31.jpeg) (Try clicking on the icon to see the photo; it should work.) Reminds me of Geneviève Bujold, who quit _ **ST: Voyager** _ after filming part of one episode as the original “Captain Nicole (not Katherine) Janeway.”. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1095 "2021-01-26T04:50:29Z")
Sorry, “Kathryn.” ---
**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:** [January 26, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1096 "2021-01-26T19:04:25Z")
Sally Kellerman (“Dr Elizabeth Dehner”) as “Eleanor Kalakua” in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “The Big Kahuna” (1969). Also in this episode is Robert Colbert, “Dr Doug Phillips” in _ **The Time Tunnel** _, as her “husband George.” Looking at his IMDb, I see Bob is still alive at age 89. (Sally is 83.) Cool! 👍 ---
**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:** [January 29, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1097 "2021-01-29T17:09:31Z")
Sabrina “Miramanee” Scharf as “Victoria” in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “Forty Feet High and It Kills.” (1969) John “Dr Boyce” Hoyt as “Colonel Hollis” in _ **The Beverly Hillbillies** _’ eposode “Military School.” (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:** [January 30, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1098 "2021-01-30T00:33:23Z")
She quit because she didn’t like the amount of time it took to film a weekly TV series, rather than what was involved in making a movie. ---
**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 8, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1099 "2021-02-08T18:38:36Z")
Marj Dusay (again!) as a terrified witness in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “The Singapore File.” Jason “Rael” Evers, James “Dr Adams” Gregory, AND Keye “Dr Cory” Luke in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “All the King’s Horses.” ---
**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 10, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1100 "2021-02-10T19:16:22Z")
The great Stephen Root, who gets around at least as much as Kevin Bacon, as the lovelorn dad of a nebbishy cop in _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_. > **[Stephen Root](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Stephen_Root)** > > Stephen Root (born 17 November 1951; age 70) 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... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=56)