# 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:** 60
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1181 "2021-05-20T21:25:55Z")
Didn’t Voyager do something with that? Paris had a rocketpack in the Holodeck, and Janeway was a character. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1182 "2021-05-20T23:23:09Z")
In fact, yes. Captain Proton! And Robbie McNeil burned his buns doing that. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1183 "2021-05-21T14:45:44Z")
For more: [Captain Proton | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Proton) ---
**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:** [May 21, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1184 "2021-05-21T21:27:40Z")
Thanks! Queen Arachnia. [Queen | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Queen) ---
**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:** [May 22, 2021, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1185 "2021-05-22T03:21:51Z")
Glenn Corbett, the original “Zefram Cochrane,” as “Det Sgt Charlie Bancroft” in the murder mystery _ **The Crimson Kimono** _ (1959). ---
**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:** [May 23, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1186 "2021-05-23T01:07:10Z")
Majel Barrett ("Number One,"et al.) as the “Tres Chic” spokesmodel in the comedy _ **Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?** _ (1957). ---
**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:** [May 26, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1187 "2021-05-26T19:49:03Z")
Watching “McKenna’s Gold” from way back in 1969. Big cast, which includes Julie Newmar and Ted Cassidy. Both were in episodes of ST: TOS, but both are principally better known for other TV roles. (Catwoman and Lurch). ---
**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:** [May 28, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1188 "2021-05-28T01:45:10Z")
As the OP (during my misspent youth a hundred years or so ago), I hope I will be forgiven a diversion, although it opens a can of Rigelian blood worms. Gene L. Coon, producer and writer for Star trek, TOS, wrote the Peter Gunn episode, “Semi-Private Eye”. A comedic episode involving a bungling PI wannabe, Eric Thornwald, played by Billy Gray. Eric’s daddy hires Gunn to stop his son from becoming a Private Eye. Gunn makes up a clue about a current case which turns out to be true. Thornwald follows it, and is almost killed. Rescued by Gunn, Thornwald manages to turn the table back to the bad guys. Rescued by Lt. Jacoby, Gunn and Jacoby tie up Thornwald and have him hauled away with the othe crooks, one of whom is “Chief” from “Get Smart”. ---
**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 3, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1189 "2021-06-03T17:32:13Z")
John “Dr Boyce” Hoyt as “General Joseph Stilwell” in the 1962 war flick _ **Merrill’s Marauders** _. Mark “Sarek” Lendard and Malachi “Commodore Mendez” Throne as “Rogov” and “Winkler” in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “Will the Real Mr Winkler Please Stand Up?” Lawrence “Stonn” Montaigne, Sandra “Dr Lester” Smith, and Madlyn “Marla McGivers” Rhue as “Whitelaw,” “Bella Morgan,” and “June Fleming” in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “Here Today … Gone Tonight.” ---
**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 6, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1190 "2021-06-06T07:32:23Z")
William Schallert, Phillip Pine, and Whit Bissell in the 1952 _noir_ _ **Hoodlum Empire** _. Terri Garr, Ray Walston, Charles Dierkop in 1973’s _ **The Sting** _. ---
**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, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1191 "2021-06-08T01:26:39Z")
Theo(dore) Marcuse, Korob in “Catspaw” (he died a month after the episode aired) as “Baron” in Peter Gunn, “Crossbow”. ---
**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 8, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1192 "2021-06-08T15:59:01Z")
I’m watching some favorite _Friends_ episodes and am surprised to see so many people with _ST_ credits: Michael Ensign as a faculty colleague of Ross’s, Richard Fancy as a Bloomingdale’s boss of Rachel’s, and Rebecca Romijn as a short-term girlfriend of Ross’s. > **[Michael Ensign](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Michael_Ensign)** > > Michael Ensign (born 13 February 1944; age 78) is an actor who appeared as Krola in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode "First Contact", Lojal in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine first season episode "The Forsaken", the Takarian... > **[Richard Fancy](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_Fancy)** > > Richard Fancy (born 2 August 1943; age 79) is the actor who played Vulcan Captain Satelk in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "The First Duty". He filmed his scenes for this episode on Friday 31 January 1992 and on Monday 3... > **[Rebecca Romijn](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rebecca_Romijn)** > > Rebecca Alie Romijn (born 6 November 1972; age 50) is an actress and former model who played Una Chin-Riley in the Star Trek: Discovery second season episodes "An Obol for Charon", "Such Sweet Sorrow", and "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2". She reprised... ---
**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 9, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1193 "2021-06-09T00:21:28Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > William Schallert, Phillip Pine, and Whit Bissell in the 1952 _noir_ _ **Hoodlum Empire** _ . You had me worried there. Ambassador Baris, Dobie Gillis’ teacher, is an inquiry clerk, not a mobster. ---
**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 9, 2021, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1194 "2021-06-09T00:31:23Z")
**Nitpick:** Undersecretary in Charge of Agricultural Affairs Baris. He was Patty Duke’s father, too! ---
**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 9, 2021, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1195 "2021-06-09T11:22:48Z")
Thanks, terentii. He was all over 60s TV. ---
**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 9, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1196 "2021-06-09T11:25:16Z")
I sometimes confuse him with Herbert Anderson (Dennis the Menace’s dad). ---
**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 9, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1197 "2021-06-09T21:57:45Z")
I believe he played an inept town official on Rawhide, sort of like Barris. ---
**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 10, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1198 "2021-06-10T21:45:52Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I sometimes confuse him with Herbert Anderson (Dennis the Menace’s dad). Undersecretary Baris would have taken Dennis with him to Altair IV and forgotten to bring him back. ---
**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 10, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1199 "2021-06-10T23:24:10Z")
Or maybe suffocated him in the storage bin full of tribbles. ---
**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 11, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1200 "2021-06-11T00:33:06Z")
Where he’d make no tribble at all. Rhodes Reason, gladiator Flavius Maximus in TOS “Bread and Circuses” in the Maverick episode, “Ghost Rider”, playing Hank Foster. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=61)