# 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:** 5\
**Page:** 91

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**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1801 "2026-09-28T04:43:09Z")

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Ken Lynch as the Warden and Arthur Batanides as a con in _ **The Dick Van Dyke Show** _’s “The Alan Brady Show Goes to Jail.”

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**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1802 "2026-09-28T06:23:18Z")

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Percy Rodrigues and Mark Lenard as baddies in _ **Mission: Impossible** _’s “Wheels.”

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**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1803 "2026-09-28T07:01:20Z")

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Perry Lopez ('Esteban Rodrigues" in 'Shore Leave") is in this episode too, as a priest.

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**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1804 "2026-10-01T07:08:52Z")

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William “Merricus” Smithers as a baddie in an episode of _ **Mannix** _.

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**Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spotting-star-trek-actors-in-other-programs/794982/1805 "2026-10-03T04:55:07Z")

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Michael Ansara as a rancher in an episode of _ **Gunsmoke** _.

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