# 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:** 79
**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:** [March 23, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1561 "2023-03-23T18:48:34Z")
Yes, the Old Ones. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1562 "2023-04-09T20:47:56Z")
Whit Bissel (“Mr Lurry”) as crewman “Yo Yo” in the war flick _ **Destination Tokyo** _ (WB, 1943). Anthony Caruso (“Bela Oxmyx”) as paratrooper “Miggleori” in the war flick _ **Objective: Burma!** _ (WB, 1945). Other memorable cast members include John Forsythe (_ **Bachelor Father** _, _ **Dynasty** _) as “Sparks” and Hugh Beaumont (_ **Leave It to Beaver** _) as “Capt. Hennessey,” respectively. ---
**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:** [April 12, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1563 "2023-04-12T01:19:20Z")
Have I mentioned Rene Auberjonois, Odo of Deep Sppane Nine, as Alar in Stargate SG–1? Watching it now. Do I win a cookie or something when the thread hits 2000? ---
**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 4, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1564 "2023-05-04T14:42:35Z")
The old TV show “The Fugitive” aired at roughly the same time as ST: TOS so naturally you’d expect a fair amount of cast overlap, but one episode in particular merits notice in this thread. In “Home is the Hunted”, Richard Kimble returns to his home town for the first time since his false conviction. We meet his family, his brother was portrayed by Andrew Prine, who later would be in the miniseries “V”, as well as the TNG episode “Frame of Mind”. His brother-in-law was played (this time, at least) by James Sikking, who would later become known for his portrayal of Lt. Howard Hunter on “Hill Street Blues”. But to ST fans he will always be known for playing Captain Styles of the Excelsior in “The Search for Spock”. One of Kimble’s nephews was played by Billy Mumy, who went from “The Twilight Zone” to being “Lost in Space” to “Babylon 5”. He did one Trek appearance in “The Siege of AR-558”. The other nephew was played by Clint Howard, who appeared as Balok in the TOS episode “Corbomite Maneuver” and also did episodes of DS:9, Enterprise, and Discovery. Quite the family. ---
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Saw a little bit last night of a 1976 _Columbo_ episode with William Shatner as the bad guy _and_ Walter Koenig as an LAPD detective. ---
**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 8, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1566 "2023-05-08T18:29:04Z")
Cool. ---
**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 8, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1567 "2023-05-08T18:30:13Z")
By golly, you’re right. Hasn’t changed a bit. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ2eBXUAEW9V41141xAkBaZ-Kd9tLogSsTFmpISvBYWLkYX4-DcDYkHuXIt2A-HibPyGj2kbkr0ouywTpc) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/licensed-image?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ2eBXUAEW9V41141xAkBaZ-Kd9tLogSsTFmpISvBYWLkYX4-DcDYkHuXIt2A-HibPyGj2kbkr0ouywTpc) ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1568 "2023-06-11T03:08:05Z")
Charles “Commodore Stocker” Drake as “Sheriff Matt Warren” in _ **It Came from Outer Space** _ (1951). Other memorable actors in this gem are Russell “The Professor” Johnson and perennial “Oh, _that_ guy!” Dave Willock, last seen here in _ **Queen of Outer Space** _. ---
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Saw a 1963 episode of [_Dr. Kildare_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0565138/) the other night with Leonard Nimoy. Significant character but not enough to be listed in the opening credits. He played the special friend of a blind woman. He liked to read a lot so they gave him thick glasses. Nimoy seemed to work out excuses to take the glasses off so he could, you know, see what was going on. This episode also had Forrest Tucker in at as the POTW. (Fellow _F Troop_ star Ken Barry appeared in 25 episodes of _Kildare_. James “The bugler” Hampton appeared on one episode. A couple lesser folk from the show also appeared.) ---
**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 12, 2023, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1570 "2023-06-12T18:52:28Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Nimoy seemed to work out excuses to take the glasses off so he could, you know, see what was going on. Good point. ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1571 "2023-06-14T15:54:47Z")
Glenn Corbett (the original “Zephrem Cochrane”) as a police sergeant in 1969’s _ **How to Commit Marriage** _ with Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, et al. ---
**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 22, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1572 "2023-06-22T20:04:14Z")
A friend reminded me that Adam Scott, of _Parks and Rec_ and now the very unsettling but excellent sf workplace drama _Severance_, also has a _ST_ movie credit. > **[Adam Scott](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Adam_Scott)** > > Adam Paul Scott (born 3 April 1973; age 50) is the American actor who portrayed the USS Defiant's conn officer in Star Trek: First Contact. He had previously auditioned for the role of Lieutenant Hawk in the same film. \[1\] He was born in Santa Cruz,... ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1573 "2023-06-27T22:25:14Z")
> **[Miko Mayama - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562203/?ref_=hm_rvi_nm_i_5)** > > Miko Mayama. Actress: Star Trek. Miko Mayama was born on 15 August 1939 in Kyoto, Japan. She is an actress, known for Star Trek (1966), That Man Bolt (1973) and Mannix (1967). Miko Mayama (Yeoman Tamula in “A Taste of Armageddon”) played “Fumiko” in _The Hawaiians_ (1970). As Chuck Heston strips to share a communal bath with Japanese laborers on his pineapple plantation, he asks if any of the others in the bath “speakee pidgin.” At that moment, Fumiko steps up to the bath, drops the towel she’s been holding over her lower half, gets in and announces “My name is Fumiko. I speak.” Chuck ogles her voluptuous figure and asserts: “Fumiko, you don’t need to speak.” It was arguably the best scene in the flick. ---
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As was noted elsewhere, “In Japan, men come first.” 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Premislaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Premislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Premislaus)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1575 "2023-06-28T11:53:21Z")
Armin Shimerman had a significant recuring role as Principal Snyder on Buffy the Vampire Slayer ---
**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 28, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1576 "2023-07-28T17:58:26Z")
Recently saw the very funny 1979 comedy _The In-Laws_ with Peter Falk and Alan Arkin. A little poking around revealed that there were no fewer than six future _ST_ alums in the cast: David Paymer, in his screen debut, plays a scruffy cabbie: [David Paymer | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/David_Paymer) John Hancock plays a U.S. Treasury official: [John Hancock | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/John_Hancock) John Hostetter plays a handyman: [John Hostetter | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/John_Hostetter?so=search) Ed Begley Jr. plays a young CIA agent: [Ed Begley, Jr. | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ed_Begley,_Jr.?so=search) Rosana DeSoto plays a dental assistant: [Rosana DeSoto | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Rosana_DeSoto) And Richard Libertini plays an eccentric banana-republic dictator: [Richard Libertini | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_Libertini?so=search) ---
**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:** [August 18, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1577 "2023-08-18T15:39:39Z")
Just saw John Billingsley as an accountant in a 2011 episode of _Suits_: [John Billingsley | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/John_Billingsley) ---
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Also recently seen: Ben Vereen as a singer/dancer in _All That Jazz_. > **[Ben Vereen](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ben_Vereen)** > > Ben Vereen (born 10 October 1946; age 76) is the actor, dancer, and singer who played Commander Edward M. La Forge, MD, in the Star Trek: The Next Generation seventh season episode "Interface". His character was the father of Geordi La Forge, played... Wallace Shawn appears in the same movie as a Broadway suit. > **[Wallace Shawn](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Wallace_Shawn)** > > The life of an actor can be very enviable, if the phone rings and somebody says, 'I see you as the leader of a group of aliens with enormous heads', I think that's fantastic.Wallace Shawn, New York Times Wallace Shawn (born 12 November 1943; age 79)... James Cromwell plays a pioneering roboticist in _I, Robot_. > **[James Cromwell](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/James_Cromwell)** > > James Cromwell (born 27 January 1940; age 83) is a veteran actor who has made several appearances in the Star Trek franchise, and is best known to Trek fans for his portrayal of Zefram Cochrane in Star Trek: First Contact. He would go on to make an... While Bruce Greenwood appears as a robot-manufacturing company’s CEO. > **[Bruce Greenwood](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bruce_Greenwood)** > > Bruce Greenwood (born 12 August 1956; age 67) is the Canadian actor and musician who played Christopher Pike in Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. In 1992, Greenwood was considered for the role of Benjamin Sisko in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In... ---
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George Coe appeared in _The Dove_, a 1968 Oscar-nominated short parody of Bergman films (thanks to **Burpo** for the link: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1TlAd6M-xU&ab\_channel=artrory/](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1TlAd6M-xU&ab_channel=artrory/)). > **[George Coe](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/George_Coe)** > > George Coe (10 May 1929 – 18 July 2015; age 86) was the actor who played Avel Durken in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fourth season episode "First Contact". Coe filmed his scenes for "First Contact" between Friday 30 November 1990 and Thursday 6... ---
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That’s some set of peepers you got there, **E\_s\_H**. Thanks for the shout-out. I’ve been binging, **The Wild Wild West**. You wouldn’t believe the Star Trek actors on there. And sets. I might just make a list. Stay tuned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=80)