# 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:** 88
**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 24, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1741 "2026-06-24T03:40:15Z")
I caught an episode of the old series _ **Here Come the Brides** _ this afternoon. John Anderson was in it as a Lumber Titan, alongside Mark Lenard, David Soul, and Robert Brown, all of whom were on _ **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:** [June 26, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1742 "2026-06-26T04:11:22Z")
Mark Richman, Celia Lovsky, John Anderson, and Arthur Batanides in different episodes of _ **Alfred Hitchcock Presents** _. This is another series everyone and his brother was in. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2026, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1743 "2026-06-26T05:22:31Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Andrew Robinson (Garak from DS9) was in **Spider-Noir**. Also played the serial killer, Scorpio, in _Dirty Harry_. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2026, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1744 "2026-06-26T05:28:21Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > Spotted T’Pring as a blonde in an episode of “Banacek” the other day - would not have recognized her at all. Where are you seeing episodes of _Banacek_? I like that show, and it’s a great Boston time capsule. A great Arlene Martel role is Consuelo in the “Demon with a Glass Hand” episode of \*The Outer Limits". That was written ny Harlan Ellison, who also penned “City on the Edge of Forever” for _Star Trek_. ---
**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 26, 2026, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1745 "2026-06-26T10:16:48Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Where are you seeing episodes of _Banacek_? Amazon Prime ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1746 "2026-06-26T11:55:26Z")
I feel like I shouldn’t have been the first to notice, but maybe I am . . . Colm Meany was a fairly major character in _Remarkably Bright Creatures_ ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1747 "2026-06-30T02:31:12Z")
I just saw John Fiedler, Red Jack from Wolf in the Fold, in an early 1970s commercial for Shasta orange soda. He played a grocery store cashier, while Frankenstein’s monster, here yclept ‘Igor,’ is the customer buying the drinks for the good doctor. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1748 "2026-07-16T23:58:50Z")
Just saw a multi-part episode of _Law & Order_ with Michael Zaslow in a small role; he was in the _TOS_ episode “The Man Trap”. Also in that _L&O_ was Carolyn McCormick, Minuet from _TNG_. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1749 "2026-08-17T13:48:42Z")
Saturday night is **War Night** on the **Heroes and Icons** channel. This week I watched two episodes of _ **Combat!** _ back-to-back. “Soldier of Fortune” had William Campbell as a GI killed in the last act. A special bonus was Wesley Lau (Lt Anderson on _ **Perry** _ _ **Mason** _) as a German non-com. His German was remarkably good. Two back-to-back episodes of _ **Tour of Duty** _ about the start of the Tet Offensive, which I vaguely remember watching back in '88 or '89. And one B&W episode of _ **12 O’Clock High** _ that was a virtual _ **Trek** _-fest: Robert Lansing, Frank Overton, Glenn Corbett, Sally Kellerman, and Lou Antonio in “The Men and the Boys.” I just saw Frank Overton and DeForest Kelly in two episodes of _ **Perry Mason** _ as well. Their voices made them easy to spot. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2026, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1750 "2026-08-17T17:26:42Z")
Nehemiah Persoff as the murder victim in _ **Columbo** _’s “Now You See Him.” ---
**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:** [August 17, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1751 "2026-08-17T19:26:53Z")
He was also in an episode of the 70s Spiderman TV series along with William Smithers so, in one episode you had Garak and Merrick. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2026, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1752 "2026-08-17T20:11:52Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 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) I forgot Tracey Walter was in Star Trek. I just saw him in Repo Man last week. > [@Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/6187): > > **Repo Man** at the Oriental Theater in Milwaukee; part of the Circle Jerks X Repo Man show > > _Repo Man_ is a favorite of mine since way back when and it was very fun to watch it with a theater full of fans. I love the movie’s music, the social commentary, and the wicked humor. Everyone in the theater had a great time and laughed, quoted the lines, and cheered throughout the show. I know the movie isn’t everyone’s bag, but I recommend it nonetheless. ---
**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:** [August 18, 2026, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1753 "2026-08-18T02:11:03Z")
John Anderson as a Mob boss in _ **Alfred Hitchcock Presents** _’ “The Old Pro” (1961). ---
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Kathie Browne and Arlene Martel in back-to-back episodes of _ **Perry Mason** _. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2026, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1755 "2026-08-21T06:06:10Z")
David Opatoshu as an insurance scammer and Paul Fix as a Mexican priest in _ **Alfred Hitchkock Presents’** _ “Strange Miracle.” ---
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I saw one the other day… and with an actor who’s probably best known for his Star Trek acting 1 Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed on _Enterprise_) played the role of “Harry” (the British destroyer _HMS James_) in the WWII movie _ **Greyhound** _ with Tom Hanks. I knew I recognized the voice, but it took until the credits to realize where I recognized it from. 1(unlike someone like Bruce McGill, who was far better known as D-Day in _Animal House_ or as Jack Dalton on _MacGyver_.) ---
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Ken Lynch as a police Lieutenant on _ **The Dick van Dyke Show** _. ---
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Whit Bissell as an advertising executive in _ **Alfred Hitchkock Presents’** _ “Burglar Proof.” ---
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Michael Dunne and Marianna Hill as “Miguelito Loveless” and “Belladonna” in _ **The Wild, Wild West** _’s “The Night of the Bogus Bandits.” ---
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Not a spotting, but an obit spotting. It appears that Leslie Parrish, who played Apollo’s love interest in ‘Who Mourns for Adonais?’ died sometime last year at 90, but it is just now being reported. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982.md?page=89)