# 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:** 62
**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 18, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1221 "2021-07-18T23:51:26Z")
Theodore Marcuse, Karob in “Cat’s Paw”, continuing his role of Bad Guy, in “The Time Tunnel” episode, “Devil’s Island” as guard Lescaux. ---
**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 19, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1222 "2021-07-19T01:32:13Z")
Theodore Marcuse again as Captain Felcuse, another very bad guy, in “Operation Eichmann”. Hogan’s Heroes actors Werner Klemperer as Eichman, John Banner as Rudolph Hoss, commandant of Auschwitz. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1223 "2021-07-19T17:56:37Z")
Lawrence “Stonn” Montaigne was in an episode of _ **The Flying Nun** _ today as the manager of a TV clown. Highly illogical! ---
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1224 "2021-07-19T23:11:48Z")
You may find, after a time, that being the boyfriend of a flying nun is not so pleasing as having a crush on a flying nun. It is not logical, but it is true. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1225 "2021-07-21T05:54:02Z")
William Windom (“Commodore Decker”) as “Senator Harlan Henderson” in the _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ episode “Bomb, Bomb, Who’s Got the Bomb?” The Senator has a suicidal split personality. This one was like watching an episode of _ **Mission: Impossible** _, probably because that was their new story editor’s last job. ---
**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 21, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1226 "2021-07-21T13:13:00Z")
I imagine Windom carried that role off very well. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1227 "2021-07-21T14:43:39Z")
Two guys with _ST_ credits were in the Eddie Murphy movie _Beverly Hills Cop_, which I watched a few nights ago: Ronny Cox as the stern-but-fair chief detective in Beverly Hills, and Jonathan Banks as the bad guy’s top mook. > **[Ronnie Cox](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ronnie_Cox)** > > Ronny Cox (born 23 July 1938; age 84) is the actor, singer, and songwriter who played Edward Jellico in the Star Trek: The Next Generation sixth season episodes "Chain Of Command, Part I" and "Chain Of Command, Part II" and the Star Trek: Prodigy... > **[Jonathan Banks](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jonathan_Banks)** > > Actor Jonathan Ray Banks (born 31 January 1947; age 75) played Golin Shel-la in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine first season episode "Battle Lines". Rick Berman was impressed with Banks' performance in the episode, commenting that he "did a nice job".... ---
**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 22, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1228 "2021-07-22T01:56:57Z")
Celia Lovsky, T’Pau in Amok Time, played Elsa in the James Garner film, “The 36 hours”. She also starred in the Twilight Zone episode, “Queen of the Nile”. John Banner, Sergeant Shultz of “Hogan’s Heroes” played her husband, Ernst, a home guard border guard, who requires payment of a watch to get Garner and the girl across the border to Switzerland. He shoots the Nazi following them in the back, and, as an after thought, steals his watch. “I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!” ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1229 "2021-07-22T02:14:49Z")
That’s a great movie; I saw it when it came out. I was ten at the time. For years, I thought the German Major was played by Arthur Hill. Imagine my surprise when I saw it on TV a few years back and found I had been misremembering. He was played by Rod Taylor. I see on Wiki that it was based on a Roald Dahl work “Beware of the Dog.” Never knew that before! ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1230 "2021-07-22T13:31:15Z")
I’ve both seen the movie and read the Dahl short story. There are some significant differences between the two, but both are worth a look. And _ST:TNG_ had an episode which was, I suspect, at least loosely inspired by 'em: [Future Imperfect (episode) | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Future_Imperfect_(episode)) ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1231 "2021-07-22T13:41:52Z")
I remember watching that episode in its first run. I suspected what was going on after a few minutes because I recognized the similarity to _ **36 Hours** _. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1232 "2021-07-22T17:05:24Z")
This episode of _ **Voyager** _ was on last night. It too has similarities to the movie. > **[Projections (Star Trek: Voyager)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_(Star_Trek:_Voyager))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > "Projections" is the 19th (3rd in the second season) episode of the American science fiction television program Star Trek: Voyager. Originally slated for the first season, the episode originally aired on UPN on September 11, 1995, and tells the story of Voyager's holographic doctor having an identity crisis on the holodeck regarding whether he or the world around him is the illusion. > Brannon Braga compared "Projections" to the work of René Des... I just saw that Michael “Korax” Pataki was also in _ **The Flying Nun** _, in multiple roles ---
**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 22, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1233 "2021-07-22T18:04:26Z")
It was a trip seeing Schultz shoot the guy in the back. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1234 "2021-07-22T18:12:46Z")
Of course he would. After all, the guy was a Nazi! We never found out what happened to his wife, though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1235 "2021-07-22T18:34:03Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > the James Garner film, “The 36 hours” It gets even better – Wikipedia says James “Scotty” Doohan plays an uncredited appearance as a clerk to Colonel MacLean. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1236 "2021-07-22T18:50:43Z")
Yes, that’s true! I remember that. He only has a line or two - and no noticeable accent. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1237 "2021-07-22T23:38:10Z")
It’s a good movie, but of course, with John Banner. And James Garner. Found it on the internet via the Wikipedia article. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1238 "2021-07-22T23:44:41Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > [Projections (Star Trek: Voyager) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projections_(Star_Trek:_Voyager)) Wandering down this wiki link, I did not know until today that Barclay and A Team’s Murdock were both played by Dwight Schultz. ---
**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 23, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1239 "2021-07-23T00:43:17Z")
I’ll have to watch that again. Good catch! ---
**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:** [July 23, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1240 "2021-07-23T01:41:55Z")
That movie was remade as “Breaking Point” with Corbin Bernson (Q2), John Glover (Verad), and Lawrence Pressman (Tkeney Grehmor) and Ken Jenkins (Paul Stubbs). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=61) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=63)