# 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:** 87
**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 20, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1721 "2026-05-20T19:48:00Z")
Impressive - thanks! ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1722 "2026-05-20T20:01:15Z")
I remember my dad watching _ **Perry Mason** _ when I was little, and I watched it late at night while I was in college. So it has a lot of nostalgia value for me. I hadn’t seen it in years, and am glad to be watching it now. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1723 "2026-05-24T05:12:09Z")
> [@Jim\_s\_Son](#): > > Never paid much attention to Beverly Washburn, who played Lt Galway in “TOS:The Deadly Years”. But saw her recently in an episode of “77 Sunset Strip” and looked at imdb. Good Lord, she goes back to 1950 making films. Including playing a chold in the two-parter/film “Superman and the Mole Men” (was she the one rolling a ball to the mole men)? And after a hiatus in the 1980s and 1990s she is making films again. I just saw that _Adventures of Superman_ two-parter and came here to post. It also included **Jeff Corey** who played Plasus in _The Cloud Minders_, and has been mentioned a few times in this thread. ---
**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 25, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1724 "2026-05-25T02:08:51Z")
Wow! Beverly was quite a dish back in the day, and she’s still alive and kicking at 83. ---
**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 27, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1725 "2026-05-27T07:16:31Z")
Ken Lynch and Mark Richman (again and again) in _ **Alfred Hitchcock Presents “A Man with a Problem”** _ (1958). ---
**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 1, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1726 "2026-06-01T14:33:59Z")
Anthony “Bela Oxmyx” Caruso and Paul “Lt Stiles” Comi in _ **Perry Mason** _’s “The Case of the Sad Sicilian” (1965). ---
**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 6, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1727 "2026-06-06T04:56:19Z")
Just saw Tracey Walter as a less-than-brilliant FBI special agent in _Matilda_. [https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tracey\_Walter](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Tracey_Walter) ---
**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, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1728 "2026-06-06T06:30:32Z")
Steve Ihnat, Janos Prohaska, Barry Atwater, Lee Meriwether, Joseph Mell, Byron Morrow, Whit Bissell, Lawrence Montaigne, Jeanne Bal, Paul Winfield, Rhodes Reason, Meg Wylie, Ian Wolfe, Nancy Kovack, Arlene Martel, and Diana Muldaur\* in different episodes of _ **Perry Mason** _ since my last post. \*In “The Case of the Fatal Fashion,” a “Made for TV” _ **Perry Mason** _ movie (1991). ---
**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, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1729 "2026-06-06T08:07:05Z")
Besides watching _ **Perry Mason** _, I recently caught a few episodes of _ **Gomer Pyle, USMC** _. One had guest star Susan “Vina” Oliver as “Miss Camp Henderson.” Gomer dated her to show she wasn’t just a “sex object,” which should have been a dead giveaway! 🤭 ---
**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, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1730 "2026-06-14T01:21:02Z")
I watched _ **Our Man Flint** _ and _ **In Like Flint** _ this afternoon. Peter “Claymare” Brocco was in the former and Steve “Lord Garth” Ihnat was in the latter. I found it amusing that Brocco’s evil scientist was “Dr Wu,” while his Asian counterpart was “Dr Schneider.” Maybe the script girl screwed up when handing out parts? 🤔 Ihnat was a traitor who had a scheme for nuclear blackmail. Of course, Flint stopped him! 👍 ---
**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, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1731 "2026-06-14T03:14:32Z")
William “Merricus” Smith and John “Commissioner Ferris” Crawford as Wehrmacht officers in the _ **Combat!** _ episode “Cry in the Ruins” (S03E27). I was surprised by how well they both spoke German, something at which Hollywood actors aren’t usually 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:** [June 14, 2026, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1732 "2026-06-14T03:43:09Z")
Frank “Commissioner Bele” Gorshin as a tank-driving GI in the _ **Combat!** _ episode “The Hell Machine” (S03E28). ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1733 "2026-06-14T10:39:25Z")
Andrew Robinson (Garak from DS9) was in **Spider-Noir**. ---
**Author:** ![Cryptoterestrial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Cryptoterestrial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptoterestrial)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1734 "2026-06-14T10:41:12Z")
I have nothing to say! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1735 "2026-06-14T12:02:21Z")
Spotted T’Pring as a blonde in an episode of “Banacek” the other day - would not have recognized her at all. (Banacek is a veritable smorgasbord of “hey it’s that guy!” moments. My favorite was was Jessica Walter (Lucille Bluth), who played that episode’s flirting interest for Banacek) ---
**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, 2026, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1736 "2026-06-14T15:45:32Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Spotted T’Pring as a blonde in an episode of “Banacek” the other day - would not have recognized her at all. Arlene Martel had a long and interesting career as a guest star in different series. When I think of her, it’s usually in the context of _ **Star Trek** _, _ **Columbo** _, _ **Hogan’s Heroes** _, and _ **The Twilight Zone** _. [Arlene Martel - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0551458/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2_tt_0_nm_8_in_0_q_arlene%20) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2026, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1737 "2026-06-14T21:09:30Z")
Yeah, I probably had a slight twinge of recognition of her from her Hogan’s Heroes roles ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1738 "2026-06-20T06:46:14Z")
I was just watching a clip from an old sitcom (_ **My Sister Eileen** _, 1960–61) on YouTube, and I recognized the name of its lead, Shirley Bonne. A quick check revealed she was “Ruth,” the replica of Captain Kirk’s lost love in “Shore Leave.” ---
**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 20, 2026, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1739 "2026-06-20T08:12:39Z")
As above, except the sitcom was _ **It’s a Man’s Life** _ (1962–63), and the actor was Glenn Corbett, the original “Zefram Cochrane” in “Metamorphosis.” ---
**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 22, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1740 "2026-06-22T22:42:28Z")
Majel Barrett (“Mrs Gene Roddenberry”) wearing a blonde wig as a cheated-on housewife in _ **A Guide for the Married Man** _ (1967). Jeffrey Hunter (“Captain Pike”) and Angelique Pettyjohn (“Shahna”) are also listed in the cast as “Technical Advisers,” whatever that means. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=86) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=88)