# 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:** 81
**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:** [October 2, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1601 "2023-10-02T22:11:58Z")
And: Sabrina Scharf = Miramanee ---
**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:** [October 6, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1602 "2023-10-06T18:51:48Z")
Also: John Abbott = Ayelborne/Errand of Mercy ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1603 "2023-10-07T02:20:53Z")
I was yesterday years old when I realized that Eugene Cordero, the voice of Samanthan Rutherford on _Lower Decks_, plays Casey in _Loki_. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1604 "2023-10-09T18:13:12Z")
Just saw Leonard Nimoy in 1999 archival footage, talking about the anticipated Y2K computer glitch, in the pretty good recent documentary, _Time Bomb Y2K_. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1605 "2023-10-10T19:36:08Z")
Still another from **Wild Wild West** : Sharon Acker = Odona/Mark of Gideon ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1606 "2023-10-10T20:02:29Z")
Same episode of **WWW** : Jay Robinson = Petri/Elaan of Troyius And Richard Hale = Goro/Paradise Syndrome ---
**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:** [October 11, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1607 "2023-10-11T15:26:05Z")
Whit “Mr Lurry” Bissel as one of the “scientists” in _ **Creature from the Black Lagoon** _. His voice is another of those you recognize instantly even if you’re not watching the screen when he’s on. Also of note in this movie is Richard Denning (“Governor” on the original _ **Hawaii Five-O** _), John Agar (_ **Journey to the Seventh Planet** _ and _ **Zontar, the Thing from Venus** _), and Richard Carlson (perennial “Oh, _that_ guy again!”). ---
**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:** [October 11, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1608 "2023-10-11T17:07:28Z")
Mr. Bissel worked twice with teenage monsters: he turned Michael Landon into a werewolf and sewed Gary “Land of the Giants” Conway’s tongue into his Frankenstein-ish head. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1609 "2023-10-12T16:20:20Z")
Nancy “Nona” Kovack and David “Anan 7” Opatoshu in 1967’s _ **Enter Laughing** _. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1610 "2023-10-13T05:27:59Z")
I just saw Yvonne “Marta” Craig as a perky '60s housewife opposite Virginia “Mrs Olson” Christine in an old commercial for Folger’s coffee. (“It’s MOUNTAIN grown!”) ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1611 "2023-10-16T00:10:49Z")
Yet, _more_ **Star Trek** on **Wild Wild West** : Barry “Janos Skorzeny” Atwater = Surak/Savage Curtain Tom Troupe = Lt. Harold/Arena ---
**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:** [October 18, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1612 "2023-10-18T02:34:48Z")
Hopefully, the end of the list: Emily Banks = Tonia Barrows/Shore Leave Judi Sherven = Nurse/Wolf in the Fold Byron Morrow = Admiral Komack/Amok Time; Admiral Westervliet/World Is Hollow… Maryesther Denver = Third Witch/Catspaw Patrick Horgan = Eneg/Patterns of Force Tim Burns = Russ/Doomsday Machine Bill Zuckert = Johnny Behan/Spectre of the Gun There may still be others, but I’m calling it a day. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1613 "2023-10-20T15:15:17Z")
Jennifer “Miss Kyle” Edwards, Phillip “Col Green” Pine, and William “Thelev” O’Connell in the Jerry Lewis vehicle _ **Hook, Line, and Sinker** _ (1969). Aside from Scatman Crothers playing a corpse, the most interesting thing about this movie is the main set from _ **Bewitched** _ serving as Lewis’s home, in all its garish period color. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2023, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1614 "2023-10-26T15:04:23Z")
John Hoyt (“Dr Boyce”) as a bad guy with a “Swedish” accent in 1955’s _ **The Big Combo** _. Whit Bissel (“Mr Lurry”) apparently played a doctor in this movie, but his scenes ended up on the cutting room floor. ☹ ---
**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:** [October 30, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1615 "2023-10-30T13:24:04Z")
**The Andromeda Strain** (1971) has Kermit Murdock, who was the Prosecutor in, “All Our Yesterdays.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1616 "2023-10-30T14:31:16Z")
In a recent \*Carol Burnett rerun, the role of a priest in one of the sketches was played by an uncredited Byron Morrow, who played admirals in “Amok Time” and “For the World Is Hollow.” Often in old variety shows there would be a voiceover during the closing credits identifying some bit actors, but not this one. \*Vincent Price was a guest star, but he was several, so I haven’t narrowed down which one yet. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1617 "2023-12-17T23:35:48Z")
Whit Bissell (“Mr Lurry”) as an “accidental murderer” in 1948’s _ **Raw Deal** _. (He didn’t mean it, really!) Keye Luke (“Governor Cory”) as “Tal Shan” in the 1946 serial _ **Lost City of the Jungle** _. (He’s one of the “good” Asians.) ---
**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:** [December 22, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1618 "2023-12-22T14:23:40Z")
Just saw William Windom appear as a department store magnate in the 1994 remake of _Miracle on 34th Street._ > **[William Windom](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/William_Windom)** > > William Windom (28 September 1923 – 16 August 2012; age 88) was an actor from New York City who is well known for his portrayal of "Commodore Decker" in the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "The Doomsday Machine". He filmed his... ---
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Liam “Parmen” Sullivan as “Tennyson” in the _ **Twilight Zone** _ episode “The Silence.” Jonathan Harris (“Dr Smith” in _ **Lost in Space** _) is in this episode too. Harry “Reger” Townes as “Hank Richie the DA” in the _ **Twilight Zone** _ episode “Shadow Play.” ---
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Walter Koenig (Ensign Chekov) as a GI in the first-season episode of _ **Combat!** _ “The Prisoner.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=80) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=82)