# Spotting Star Trek actors in other programs
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982
**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:** 9
### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/161 "2017-08-31T13:47:41Z")
William Shatner in White Comanche. Hoo boy.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/162 "2017-08-31T14:05:23Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> William Shatner in White Comanche. Hoo boy.
You just reminded me of _ **this series** _ that starred Michael “Kang” Ansara:
> **[Broken Arrow (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Arrow_(TV_series))**
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> Broken Arrow is a Western television series which ran on ABC-TV in prime time from 1956 through 1958 on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. Eastern time. Repeat episodes were shown by ABC on Sunday afternoons during the 1959-60 TV season and in an early evening timeslot Sunday evenings from April to September 1960.
> The cowboys and Indians got together to battle injustice in this Western, which starred John Lupton as Indian agent Tom Jeffords and Michael Ansara as Apache Chief Cochise.
> Jeffords was originally an...
Note that in the photo, he’s about to smoke a peace pipe with Anthony Caruso, aka “Bela Oxmyx” in “A Piece of the Action”!
And Leonard Nimoy is listed as a guest star!
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/163 "2017-08-31T14:19:25Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> Note that in the photo, he’s about to smoke a peace pipe with Anthony Caruso, aka “Bela Oxmyx” in “A Piece of the Action”!
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> And Leonard Nimoy is listed as a guest star!
At IMDb, so are Billy Curtis, Barry Russo, Morgan Woodward, Paul Fix, and Whit Bissel. And John Meredyth Lucas was one of the series’ writers.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/164 "2017-08-31T14:21:47Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> [Broken Arrow (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Arrow_(TV_series))
Correct link. :smack:
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/165 "2017-08-31T14:55:00Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> William Shatner in White Comanche. Hoo boy.
Are all Shatner characters invincible with their shirt torn or gone, as is Captain Kirk?
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/166 "2017-08-31T15:12:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#):
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> Are all Shatner characters invincible with their shirt torn or gone, as is Captain Kirk?
You get a bonus in White Comanche. Shatner has a dual role so you get dueling shirtless Shatners in this movie.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/167 "2017-08-31T15:33:26Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> You get a bonus in White Comanche. Shatner has a dual role so you get dueling shirtless Shatners in this movie.
“Dueling Shirtless Shatners” = rock band name?
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/168 "2017-08-31T15:41:17Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> You get a bonus in White Comanche. Shatner has a dual role so you get dueling shirtless Shatners in this movie.
The irresistible force meets the unmovable object.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/169 "2017-08-31T16:28:54Z")
Young George Takei was in an episode of\*\*\* Perry Mason-\*\*\* he’s in love with the (female) defendant.
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/170 "2017-08-31T21:15:20Z")
Celia Lovsky (“T’Pau”) was in “Queen of the Nile” on _ **Twilight Zone** _. (This episode was ghost written by Jerry Sohl, who wrote “The Corbomite Maneuver.”) She was also John (“Sgt Schultz”) Banner’s wife in the movie _ **36 Hours** _.
Armin Shimerman (“Quark”) and Brian George (“Richard Bashir”) were both on \*\*\*Seinfeld \*\*\*(as “Stan the Caddy” and “Babu,” respectively).
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### Author:  [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/171 "2017-08-31T21:39:52Z")
I never realized that Worf’s son Alexander was played by the same actor who played “Andy Keaton” in _ **Family Ties** _ (Brian Bonsall). :smack:
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/172 "2017-09-01T22:12:40Z")
Just saw Robert Picardo as “The Cowboy” in 1987’s **Innerspace**
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/173 "2017-09-01T22:55:48Z")
Armin Shimerman (Quark) was in an episode of _Married With Children_. He had a female Briard (breed of dog) that he wanted Buck to mate with.
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### Author:  [@Santelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santelia)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2017, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/174 "2017-09-02T06:49:55Z")
Lycia Naff, who played Ensign Sonya Gomez in TNG, was the Three-Breasted-Hooker in Total recall.
Brent Spiner interviewed Rachel for some job in Friends.
Colm Meaney played Don Revie in The Damned United.
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### Author:  [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/175 "2017-09-02T16:36:44Z")
What I find interesting is how many of the actors from TNG, DS9 and VOY are directing now.
_The Mentalist_ had many ST alumni as directors, and Robert Picardo had a recurring role.
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### Author:  [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/176 "2017-09-02T18:37:24Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#):
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> Dr. Phlox (John Billingsley) pops up all over the place. He’s one of those lucky character actors who is always working.
I spotted his name in the series _Intelligence_. At first i thought it was somebody else because he looked too old.
Years ago I saw Rene Auberjonois star in a really bizarre movie called Brewster McCloud. I’d forgotten he’d appeared several times on Wearhouse 13. He’s done a bunch of cartoon voices as well.
Jonathan Frakes is doing the voice of J’son on The Guardians of the Galaxy cartoon series.
John DeLancie occasionally does the voice of Discord on My Little Pony and is willing to admit he’s a brony.😃
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### Author:  [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/177 "2017-09-02T23:13:23Z")
Armin Shimmerman played a doctor in the Jean Claude Van Damme film _Death Warrant_.
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### Author:  [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2017, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/178 "2017-09-03T10:12:03Z")
In “The Brothers Karamazov” (1958), William Shatner plays the younger brother, Alexi.
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### Author:  [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2017, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/179 "2017-09-03T10:44:50Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> Clint Howard (“Balok” in “The Corbomite Maneuver”) was the bald USAF radar operator in the _ **Austin Powers** _ movies.
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> “Sir, it looks like a giant—”
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> “_Willie!_”
He also played Grady in “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” episode “Past Tense: Part 2”.
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### Author:  [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/180 "2017-09-03T13:11:01Z")
> [@terentii](#):
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> Clint Howard (“Balok” in “The Corbomite Maneuver”) was the bald USAF radar operator in the _ **Austin Powers** _ movies.
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> “Sir, it looks like a giant—”
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> “_Willie!_”
He somehow got into many Ron Howard movies.
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