# 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:** 80
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1581 "2023-09-01T23:18:38Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > 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. I remember William “The Squire of Gothos” Campbell was a mercenary soldier in one episode. IIRC, his boss was plotting to take over the Southwest. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1582 "2023-09-02T00:10:25Z")
Leslie Parrish was on _twice_, once as a green skin Venusian. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1583 "2023-09-02T00:20:16Z")
“The Night of the Flying Pie Pan” I think it was. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1584 "2023-09-02T00:22:14Z")
Oh, you’re good. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1585 "2023-09-02T00:45:15Z")
I learn all this stuff while I’m alive so I’ll be really smart when I’m dead. 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 2, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1586 "2023-09-02T18:15:30Z")
No rush! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1587 "2023-09-02T18:47:07Z")
Partial list of **Wild Wild West** actors appearing on **Star Trek** (TOS): Dick Cangey - Otto (Space Seed) Bob Herron - J. Hunter stunt double Michael Dunn - Dr. Loveless Chuck O’Brien - Shatner stunt double William Schallert Robert Phillips - The Cage Arthur Batanides - D’Amato Walter Edmonton - Balok voice Anthony Caruso - Oxmyx Theodore Marcuse - Korob Paul Comi - Stiles Gregg Palmer - Spectre of the Gun Morgan Farley - Archons/Omega Glory Jon Lormer - Archons Sebastian Tom - Shore Leave (Warrior) Jack Perkins - Bread & Circuses Alfred Ryder - Crater (Man Trap) Jason Evers - Rael (Wink of an Eye) Jeff Corey - Cloud Minders Kathie Browne (Mrs. Darren McGavin) - Wink of an Eye Harry Townes - Archons John Hoyt - Dr. Boyce Maggie Thrett - Ruth (Mudd’s Women) Sherry Jackson - Andrea Paul Fix - Dr. Piper Perry Lopez - Rodriguez (Shore Leave) Joseph Ruskin - Galt Leslie Parrish - Carolyn Vince Howard - Crewman (Man Trap) Marj Dusay - Spock’s Brain Byron Morrow - Amok Time Bill Zuckert - Specter of the Gun Elisha Cook - Cogley Judi Shervan - Wolf in the Fold Chuck Courtney - Patterns of Force Billy Curtis - Journey to Babel (Either I recognized the face, the voice or the name in the credits) Many more to come. ---
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Andrew “Garak” Robinson opposite Walter Matthau in 1973’s _ **Charley Varrick** _. ---
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Ken “Mr Vanderbilt” Lynch as “Det Sgt Durgo” in _ **Anatomy of a Murder.** _ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1590 "2023-09-05T19:37:45Z")
Nitpick: [Vanderberg | Memory Alpha | Fandom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Vanderberg) Great list, **burpo**! Also seen recently: Sam Anderson as a Fonzie-loving ob/gyn on the _Friends_ episode where Phoebe has her babies > **[Sam Anderson](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Sam_Anderson)** > > Sam Anderson (born 13 May 1945; age 78) played the assistant manager of the hotel in the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "The Royale". Between 1986 and 1991, Anderson recurred as Principal Willis Dewitt on the situation comedy... David Paymer as a nebbishy White House pollster in _The American President_ > **[David Paymer](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/David_Paymer)** > > David Paymer (born 30 August 1954; age 69) is an American actor, comedian, and television director who played Doctor Moritz Benayoun in the Star Trek: Picard first season episode "Maps and Legends". Paymer's big screen debut was in the 1979 comedy... And in the same movie, Anne Haney as the President’s personal secretary > **[Anne Haney](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Anne_Haney)** > > Anne Haney (4 March 1934 – 26 May 2001; age 67)\[1\] was the actress who played Rishon Uxbridge in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "The Survivors" and Els Renora in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine first season episode "Dax".... ---
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**Wild Wild West** list continued: Walter Soo Hoo - Crewman (Man Trap) Phil Adams - Klingon/stunts/Shatner stunt double George Samaya - Errand of Mercy Shari Nims - Sayana/The Apple Denver Mattson - Stunts/Little Girls Made of? Louie Elias - Crazed Crewman/Tholian Web Carol Daniels - Zora/Savage Curtain Roy N. Sickner - villager/Private Little War Walter Bacon - Onlooker/City on the Edge of Forever Al Wyatt Sr./Anti-matter Lazarus George American Horse - Indian/Paradise Syndrome Sam Bagley - Survivor/The Cage Vincent St. Cyr - Father of drowning boy/Paradise Syndrome Lincoln Demean - Sergeant/Assignment: Earth Ed Peck - Col. Fellini/Tom’w is Y’day William Windom - Commodore Decker Ricardo Montalban - Khan John Astin - Capt. J Daley (voice)/ Conscience of the King Madlyn Rhue - Space Seed Mark Lenard - Sarek BarBara Luna - Mirror, Mirror Antoinette Bower - Sylvia/Catspaw Yvonne Craig - Marta/Whom Gods Destroy Percy Rodrigues - Portmaster Stone/Court Martial Susan Oliver - Vina/The Cage Arlene Martel - T’Pring Malachi Throne - Commodore Mendez/The Menagerie William Campbell - Trelane William Marshall - Dr. Daystrom James Gregory - Dr. Adams/Dagger of the Mind Bart La Rue - Yarnek/Savage Curtain Reggie Nalder - Andorian/Journey to Babel Vic Perrin - Nomad (voice) Maybe more later. ---
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Hoo doggies! Thanks again, **burpo**. ---
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Ashley Judd plays herself in the very good recent movie about the _NYT_ breaking the Harvey Weinstein story, _She Said_. > **[Ashley Judd](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ashley_Judd)** > > Ashley Judd (born 19 April 1968; age 55) is the actress who played Robin Lefler in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episodes "Darmok" and "The Game". Judd filmed her scenes for "Darmok" on Thursday 18 July 1991 on Paramount Stage 9.... ---
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Ian “Old Guy” Wolfe as murder victim “Mr Miller” in _ **Hawaii Five-O** _’s “Retire to Sunny Hawaii—Forever.” (1975) ---
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Susan “Mara” Howard and James “Dr Adams” Gregory in _ **Columbo** _’s “The Most Crucial Game.” ---
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Of course, only one person ever portrayed himself _in_ Star Trek. ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1597 "2023-09-17T04:31:44Z")
Ray “Groundskeeper” Walston as “Joe Dobisch” in 1960’s _ **The Apartment** _. ---
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Actor [Nick Dmitri](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nick_Dimitri) played various bit characters in various ST incarnations, all uncredited, as were most of his motion picture roles. He is probably best known, if at all, as the ‘champ’ that Charles Bronson goes up against in the movie “Hard Times” (1975)–not to be confused with bald brute Robert Tessier, the opponent who is probably better remembered from that movie. Anyway, In a “Monkees” rerun, he played a Clark Kent/Superman character in one episode, and in another, he was a stagehand on the “Captain Crocodile” show, both uncredited. ---
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Another from **Wild Wild West** – Sarah Marshall; Janet Wallace/Deadly Years ---
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