Character Actors in the original Star Trek
by rsbutler63 | created - 24 Aug 2015 | updated - 24 Aug 2015 | Public1. James Doohan
Actor | Star Trek
Best known as Scotty in Star Trek he was educated at High School in Sarnia, Ontario, where he acted in school productions.
When WWII began he joined the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery eventually obtaining the rank of Captain. He was wounded on D-Day, suffering severe damage to his right middle...
Engineer Scott and other voices. Several voices in the animated series including Scott and Lt. Arex.
2. George Takei
Actor | Star Trek
George Takei was born Hosato Takei in Los Angeles, California. His mother was born in Sacramento to Japanese parents & his father was born in Japan. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he & his family were relocated from Los Angeles to the Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Later, they were ...
Sulu
3. DeForest Kelley
Actor | Star Trek
Jackson DeForest Kelley was born in Toccoa, Georgia, to Clora (Casey) and Ernest David Kelley.
He graduated from high school at age 16 and went on to sing at the Baptist church where his father was a minister. At age 17, he made his first trip outside the state to visit an uncle in Long Beach, ...
Dr. McCoy
4. Leonard Nimoy
Actor | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit ...
Mr. Spock. Leonard Nimoy started his career as a character actor and character actors are known for playing aliens. I don't know if he was still a character actor after Star Trek.
5. Mark Lenard
Actor | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Mark Lenard was an American actor, primarily known for television roles. He is primarily known for playing Vulcan ambassador Sarek (Spock's father) in "Star Trek: The Original Series" and a number of its spin-offs.
In 1924, Lenard was born under the name "Leonard Rosenson" in Chicago Illinois. His ...
Sarek in "Journey to Babel"; the animate episode "Yesteryear" and STAR TREK III, IV, VI. He also played the Romulan Commander in "Balance of Terror" and STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE.
6. Roger C. Carmel
Actor | The Transformers: The Movie
Roger C. Carmel, who was born September 27, 1932, was named after his grandfather, Roger Charles, who carved the horses for the carousel in New York's Central Park. He became an actor and won television immortality by appearing as Harry Mudd in two classic Star Trek (1966) episodes, "I, Mudd" and "...
Harry Mudd in "Mudd's Woman" and "I' Mudd." Also he voiced Mudd in the animated episode, "Mudd's Passion."
7. John Hoyt
Actor | When Worlds Collide
John Hoyt was born on October 5, 1905 in Bronxville, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for When Worlds Collide (1951), Spartacus (1960) and Brute Force (1947). He was married to Dorothy Marion Oltman and Marion Virginia Burns. He died on September 15, 1991 in Santa Cruz, California, ...
Dr. Phillip Boyce, Chief Surgeon on the Enterprise for the original pilot, "The Cage."
8. Meg Wyllie
Actress | The Last Starfighter
Meg Wyllie was born on February 15, 1917 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, USA [now Hawaii, USA]. She was an actress, known for The Last Starfighter (1984), Marnie (1964) and Dragnet (1987). She died on January 1, 2002 in Glendale, California, USA.
The keeper in the original pilot, "The Cage."
9. Jon Lormer
Actor | Creepshow
Jon Lormer was born on May 7, 1906 in Canton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for Creepshow (1982), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Getting Straight (1970). He died on March 19, 1986 in Burbank, California, USA.
Survivor #1 in the original pilot, "The Cage." Tamar in "The Return of the Archons." The old man in "For the World in Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky."
10. Alfred Ryder
Actor | True Grit
Alfred Ryder, the veteran actor who appeared on radio and Broadway and in the movies and TV and who also was a renowned stage director, was born Alfred Jacob Corn on January 5, 1916, in New York City. He made his professional debut as an actor at the age of eight and attended New York City's ...
Professor Crater in "The Man Trap."
11. Abraham Sofaer
Actor | The Naked Jungle
Born on October 1, 1896, in Rangoon, Burma, to Burmese-Jewish parents, and the son of a well-to-do merchant, distinguished veteran character actor Abraham Isaac Sofaer was a one-time schoolteacher in both Rangoon and London. He switched gears to acting after a short time and made his stage debut in...
The Thasian in "Charlie X"
12. Paul Fix
Actor | El Dorado
Paul Fix, the well-known movie and TV character actor who played "Marshal Micah Torrance" on the TV series The Rifleman (1958), was born Peter Paul Fix on March 13, 1901 in Dobbs Ferry, New York to brew-master Wilhelm Fix and his wife, the former Louise C. Walz. His mother and father were German ...
Dr. Mark Piper in "Where No Man Has Gone Before."
13. Ted Cassidy
Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Ted Cassidy was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and raised in Philippi, West Virginia. He was a well respected actor who portrayed many different characters during his film and television career. His most notable role was Lurch, the faithful butler on the television series The Addams Family (1964)....
The android, Ruk in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" Voice of the bogus Balok in "The Corbomite Maneuver."
14. James Gregory
Actor | The Manchurian Candidate
New York-born James Gregory gave up a career as a stockbroker for one as an actor, and began on the Broadway stage. He made his film debut in 1948. Gregory specialized in playing loud, brash, tough cops or businessmen. One of his better roles was as the detective out to get Capone in Al Capone (...
Dr. Tristan Adams in "Dagger of the Mind."
15. Morgan Woodward
Actor | Cool Hand Luke
Craggy-faced, athletic veteran character actor who played hard-bitten or menacing types in numerous westerns and crime dramas. One of five brothers, Woodward grew up in Arlington, Texas. He had a keen interest in aviation early on and took flying lessons from 1941, getting his pilot's license and ...
Dr. Simon Van Gelder in "Dagger of the Mind." Captain Ronald Tracy in "The Omega Glory."
16. Vic Perrin
Soundtrack | Watchmen
Vic Perrin was born on April 26, 1916 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Watchmen (2009), Mission: Impossible (1966) and Gunsmoke (1955). He was married to Rita Singer and Evelyn Held. He died on July 4, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Voice of Balok in "The Corbomite Maneuver"; Metron and Gorn in "Arena" and Nomad in "The Changeling." Played Tharn leader in "Mirror, Mirror."
17. Malachi Throne
Actor | It Takes a Thief
Malachi Throne, the character actor who became one of the more ubiquitous faces on television from the "Golden Age" of the 1950s through the 21st-century, was born in New York City on December 1, 1928, the son of Samuel and Rebecca (née Chaikin) Throne, who had immigrated to America from the ...
The original voice of the Keeper in the first pilot, "The Cage." Played Commodore Mendez in " The Menagerie." Also appeared in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
18. Arnold Moss
Actor | Reign of Terror
Character actor Arnold Moss was born on January 28, 1910. Given his aristocratic bearing, perfect diction and resounding bass voice, it's not hard to believe that he was an experienced Shakespearean stage actor. It's quite rather harder to believe that he was born in Brooklyn, not London, but ...
Anton Karidian in "The Conscience of the King."
19. Lawrence Montaigne
Actor | The Great Escape
"Every actor should have a Great Escape", wrote actor Lawrence Montaigne in his autobiography, "A Vulcan Odyssey". He was referring to The Great Escape (1963), in which he played a small role, as a Canadian prisoner (Haynes) who gets killed at the end of the film. Nonetheless, this was his ...
Decius in "Balance of Terror."
20. Don Marshall
Actor | Terminal Island
Don Marshall's heyday was on the small screen in the 60's and 70's. The athletic and clean cut actor is best remembered as first officer and co-pilot Dan Erickson in Irwin Allen's ground-breaking science-fiction series Land of the Giants (1968). Having excelled at football, pole vaulting and other ...
Lt. Boma in "The Galileo Seven."
21. John Crawford
Actor | The Poseidon Adventure
Burly, handsome and rugged character actor John Crawford appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows combined in a career that spanned over 40 years, usually cast as tough and/or villainous characters.
Crawford was born Cleve Richardson on September 13, 1920, in Colfax, Washington. He was discovered by...
Commissioner Ferris in "The Galileo Seven."
22. William Campbell
Actor | Escape from Fort Bravo
William Campbell was born on October 30, 1923 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Escape from Fort Bravo (1953), The High and the Mighty (1954) and Dementia 13 (1963). He was married to Tereza Pavlovic, Barbara Bricker and Judith Campbell Exner. He died on April 28, 2011 in ...
Trelane in "Squire of Gothos." Klingon Captain Koloth in "The Trouble with Tribbles," which he reprised in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.
23. Ed Peck
Actor | Bullitt
Ed Peck was born on March 26, 1917 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Bullitt (1968), The Last Unicorn (1982) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). He died on September 12, 1992 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Colonel Fellini in "Tomorrow is Yesterday."
24. Percy Rodrigues
Actor | Star Trek
A symbol of intelligence, leadership and moral strength in his various 1960s and 1970s roles, African-Canadian actor Percy Rodrigues rose in Hollywood stature during the late 1960s following a couple of earlier Broadway appearances. The serenely handsome, distinguished-looking actor also became ...
Stone in "Court-Martial."
25. Elisha Cook Jr.
Actor | House on Haunted Hill
Although this pint-sized actor started out in films often in innocuous college-student roles in mid-30s rah-rahs, playing alongside the likes of a pretty Gloria Stuart or a young, pre-"Oz" Judy Garland, casting directors would soon enough discover his flair for portraying intense neurotics or ...
Attorney Samuel T. Cogley in "Court-Martial."
26. Torin Thatcher
Actor | Witness for the Prosecution
Associated with gritty, flashy film villainy, veteran character actor Torin Herbert Erskine Thatcher was born in Bombay, India to British parents on January 15, 1905. The son of a police officer (who died when Torin was 10) and a voice/piano teacher, he was educated in England at the Bedford School...
Marplon in "The Return of the Archons."
27. Harry Townes
Actor | Star Trek
Harry Townes was born and died in Huntsville, Alabama, where he served as an ordained Episcopal priest. Aside from Huntsville and the priesthood, he had a distinguished, prolific, and quite long career as a character actor in movies and on television. He attended the University of Alabama in the ...
Reger in "The Return of the Archons."
28. Sid Haig
Actor | House of 1000 Corpses
Tall, bald and nearly always bearded, Sid Haig provided hulking menace to many a low-budget exploitation film and high-priced action film.
Sid Haig was born Sidney Eddie Mosesian on July 14, 1939 in Fresno, California, a screaming ball of hair. His parents, Roxy (Mooradian) and Haig Mosesian, an ...
Lawgiver #1 in "The Return of the Archons."
29. David Opatoshu
Actor | Exodus
David Opatoshu was born on January 30, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Exodus (1960), Torn Curtain (1966) and One Spy Too Many (1966). He was married to Nancy Judith Rigler, Peggy O'Shea and Lillian Weinberg. He died on April 30, 1996 in Los Angeles, ...
Anan 7 in "A Taste of Armageddon."
30. Gene Lyons
Actor | Star Trek
Gene Lyons was born on February 9, 1921 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) and Ironside (1967). He was married to Peggy Scott. He died on July 8, 1974 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Ambassador Fox in "A Taste of Armageddon."
31. Robert Sampson
Actor | Re-Animator
Robert Sampson was born on May 10, 1933 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Re-Animator (1985), The Dark Side of the Moon (1990) and Robot Jox (1989). He was married to Maryanne Gackle. He died on January 18, 2020 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Sar 6 in "A Taste of Armageddon."
32. Ken Lynch
Actor | North by Northwest
If ever there was an actor born to play a tough Irish cop, it was Ken Lynch, and he played so many of them in his long career that he could probably do it in his sleep. His suspicious manner, aggressive attitude, steely eyes and snarling voice broke down many a quavering suspect. He also played ...
Vanderberg in "The Devil in the Dark."
33. John Colicos
Actor | The Changeling
John Colicos was born on December 10, 1928 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Changeling (1980), Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969). He was married to Mona McHenry. He died on March 6, 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Commander Kor in "Errand of Mercy," which he reprised in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.
34. John Harmon
Actor | Star Trek
John Harmon was born on June 30, 1905 in Washington, USA. He was an actor and production manager, known for Star Trek (1966), The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959) and King of the Underworld (1939). He died on August 6, 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Rodent in "The City on the Edge of Forever." Tepo in "A Piece of the Action."
35. Celia Lovsky
Actress | Soylent Green
The daughter of Bretislav Lvovsky, a.k.a. Emil Pick (1857-1910), a minor Czech opera composer, Lovsky was born in Vienna, where she trained at the Royal Academy of Arts and Music. She was a rising stage star in Vienna and Berlin in 1929, when she met future husband Peter Lorre. Celia accompanied ...
T'Pau in "Amok Time."
36. William Windom
Actor | Escape from the Planet of the Apes
A man of all mediums, this veteran, Manhattan-born character actor was named after his great-grandfather, Lincolnesque Congressman William Windom. Born in 1923, the son of Paul Windom, an architect, and the former Isobel Wells Peckham, Bill attended Williams College and the University of Kentucky, ...
Commodore Decker in "The Doomsday Machine."
37. Theodore Marcuse
Actor | Harum Scarum
One of the memorable purveyors of screen villainy in the '60s, Theo graduated with a B.A. and M.A. in classical literature from Stanford University and was at one time artist-in-residence. The son of fur designer Theodore Meyer Marcuse (1893-1983), he served with distinction as a lieutenant aboard ...
Korob in "Catspaw."
38. Tige Andrews
Actor | The Mod Squad
Tige Andrews was born on March 19, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Mod Squad (1968), Raid on Entebbe (1976) and Mister Roberts (1955). He was married to Norma Thornton and Josephine Bernice Phillips. He died on January 27, 2007 in Encino, California, USA.
The Klingon Kras in "Friday's Child."
39. John Fiedler
Actor | 12 Angry Men
Typical of busy character actors, Fiedler made his face (and voice) recognizable to millions. Many know the bald-pated Fiedler as therapy patient "Mr. Peterson" on The Bob Newhart Show (1972); others might first recognize him for the 1968 movie, The Odd Couple (1968), and spin-off TV show, The Odd ...
Hengrist in "Wolf in the Fold."
40. William Schallert
Actor | Innerspace
The son of Edwin Schallert, drama editor of the "Los Angeles Times" and the dean of West Coast critics, William Schallert became interested in an acting career while at UCLA in 1942. After graduation, he became involved with the Circle Theater (eventually becoming one of its owners) and made his ...
Nilz Baris in "The Trouble with Tribbles." He also appeared in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.
41. Stanley Adams
Actor | Star Trek
Stanley Adams (born Abramowitz) had a lengthy career on both stage and screen, the majority of which was spent playing minor supporting roles. A possible exception was the part of Rusty Trawler, a pint sized millionaire in the classic romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Otherwise, he ...
Cyrano Jones in "The Trouble wih Tribbles," which he also voiced in the animated episode, "More Tribbles, More Trouble."
42. Whit Bissell
Actor | The Magnificent Seven
Whit Bissell came to Hollywood in the 1940s, and by the time he retired he had appeared in more than 200 movies and scores of TV series. He is best known for playing the evil scientist who turned Michael Landon into a half beast in the 1957 cult classic film I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957). Bissell...
Mr. Lurry in "The Trouble with Tribbles."
43. Michael Pataki
Actor | Rocky IV
Excellent, prolific and versatile character actor Michael Pataki had a long, varied and impressive career in both movies and TV shows, alike, that spanned a little over 50 years. Pataki was born on January 16, 1938 in Youngstown, Ohio. He attended the University of Southern California as a double ...
The Klingon Korax in "The Trouble with Tribbles." He also appeard in STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION.
44. Guy Raymond
Actor | The Undefeated
Guy Raymond was born on July 1, 1911 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Undefeated (1969), Bandolero! (1968) and Gypsy (1962). He was married to Ann Morgan Guilbert and Evelyn L. Scher. He died on January 26, 1997 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
Bartender in "The Trouble with Tribbles."
45. Joseph Ruskin
Actor | Smokin' Aces
Joseph Ruskin was born on April 14, 1924 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Smokin' Aces (2006), Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) and The Scorpion King (2002). He was married to Barbara Greene and Patricia Herd. He died on December 28, 2013 in Santa Monica, ...
Galt in "The Gamesters of Triskelion." He also appeared in STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.
46. Anthony Caruso
Actor | The Asphalt Jungle
For more than three decades Hollywood defaulted to a small core group of actors when it came to casting convincing mobsters, gamblers and racketeers. These often typecast individuals included Joseph Ruskin, Bruce Gordon, Neville Brand, Robert Loggia and...Anthony Caruso. Square-jawed, ...
Bela Oxmyx in "A Piece of the Action."
47. Vic Tayback
Actor | Alice
Vic Tayback was born on January 6, 1930 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Alice (1976), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989). He was married to Sheila McKay Barnard. He died on May 25, 1990 in Glendale, California, USA.
Jojo Krako in "A Piece of the Action."
48. William Marshall
Actor | Blacula
Dynamic African American leading man and characters actor William Marshall trained in Grand Opera, Broadway and Shakespeare. In films from the 50s and 60s including: Lydia Bailey (1952), Something of Value (1957), To Trap a Spy (1964) and finally known for being in The Boston Strangler (1968) with ...
Dr. Richard Daystrom in "The Ultimate Computer."
49. William Smithers
Actor | Papillon
Although character actor William (or Bill) Smithers is not recognizable perhaps by name, the face is definitely familiar especially to baby boomer TV fans. A smart, articulate, well-groomed actor with noticeably premature gray hair, Smithers is probably best remembered for his on-again, off-again ...
Merikus in "Bread and Circuses."
50. Logan Ramsey
Actor | Walking Tall
Logan Ramsey was born on March 21, 1921 in Long Beach, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Walking Tall (1973), Walking Tall Part II (1975) and Scrooged (1988). He was married to Anne Ramsey. He died on June 26, 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Claudius Marcus in "Bread and Circuses."
51. Ian Wolfe
Actor | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Respected character actor whose on-screen work included everything from Shakespeare to Dick Tracy (1990) (his last film). After a long apprenticeship in the theatre, the 38-year-old Wolfe finally debuted in films in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), recreating his Broadway role. He then toiled...
Septimus in "Bread and Circuses." Mr. Atoz in "All Our Yesterdays."
52. Don Keefer
Actor | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Don Keefer was born on August 18, 1916 in Highspire, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Death of a Salesman (1951). He was married to Catherine McLeod. He died on September 7, 2014 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
Cromwell in "Assignment: Earth."
53. Michael Ansara
Actor | The Message
Born in a small village in Syria, Michael Ansara came to the United States with his American parents at the age of two, living in New England, until the family's relocation to California ten years later. He entered Los Angeles City College with the intention of becoming a doctor, but got ...
The Klingon Kang in "Day of the Dove," which he reprised in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.
54. Liam Sullivan
Actor | Star Trek
Liam Sullivan was schooled at Illinois College while having his first fling with the acting profession in regional theater. He then studied drama at Harvard, made his way to New York and first appeared on Broadway in "The Constant Nymph" in 1951. He later returned to the West Coast to perform in an...
Parmen in "Plato's Stepchildren."
55. Michael Dunn
Actor | Ship of Fools
Michael Dunn was born Gary Neil Miller in Oklahoma. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller. They moved to Detroit, Michigan, in 1938. Dunn was 5 years old when he knew he'd be a dwarf but was determined not to let it stop him or make him dependent. He graduated from Detroit's Redford High School...
Alexander in "Plato's Stepchildren."
56. Jay Robinson
Actor | The Robe
Character actor Jay Robinson owned a pair of the narrowest, cruelest-looking eyes in 1950s Hollywood. To complement them was an evil-looking sneer, crisp and biting diction and a nefarious-sounding cackle. These were all draped upon a lean, bony physique that could slither about menacingly like a ...
Lord Petri in "Elaan of Troyius."
57. Keye Luke
Actor | Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Keye Luke was born in Canton, China. He grew up in Seattle, Washington, and entered the film business as a commercial artist and a designer of movie posters. He was hired as a technical advisor on several Asian-themed films, and made his film debut in The Painted Veil (1934). It seemed that he ...
Donald Cory in "Whom Gods Destroy."
58. James Daly
Actor | Planet of the Apes
Distinguished character player James Firman Daly first appeared on stage in his home town of Wisconsin Rapids in 1928. He was set on acting from an early age, and was strongly encouraged by his parents. His father was in the fuel business and his mother at one time a CIA employee. Upon leaving ...
Flint in "Requiem for Methuselah."
59. Charles Napier
Actor | The Silence of the Lambs
Charles Napier was born in the tiny community of Mt. Union, near Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky, to Linus Pitts Napier, a tobacco farmer and postman, and his wife, Sara, on April 12, 1936. He attended public school in Scottsville. After graduating high school, he enlisted in the Army in 1954. ...
Adam in "The Way to Eden." Charles Napier also appeared in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE.
60. Jeff Corey
Actor | Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Jeff Corey was a film and television character actor, as well as one of the top acting teachers in America.
Corey was born Arthur Zwerling on August 10, 1914 in New York City, New York, to Mary (Peskin), a Russian Jewish immigrant, and Nathan Zwerling, an Austrian Jewish immigrant. He was an ...
Plasus in "The Cloud-Minders."
61. Phillip Pine
Actor | The Cat Ate the Parakeet
Phillip Pine was born on July 16, 1920 in Hanford, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Cat Ate the Parakeet (1972), Star Trek (1966) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He was married to Madelyn Conner Keen (Lynn Kenton). He died on December 22, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Colonel Green in "The Savage Curtain."
62. Lee Bergere
Actor | Soap
Born in Brooklyn, Bergere began his career in 1936 as understudy to Danny Kaye in the Broadway production of "Lady in the Dark", with Gertrude Lawrence. His television debut was with James Dean in the live production of "Thunder on Sycamore Street". A World War II veteran, he was in charge of ...
Abraham Lincoln in "The Savage Curtain."
63. Barry Atwater
Actor | Star Trek
Barry Atwater was born on May 16, 1918 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), One Step Beyond (1959) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). He died on May 24, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
The legendary Vulcan Surak in "The Savage Curtain."
64. Ted Knight
Actor | Mary Tyler Moore
Actor Ted Knight paid his dues with nearly two decades of relatively obscure dramatic, often villainous television work, before finding enduring fame in a scene-stealing supporting turn on a classic 1970s sitcom, hilariously overplaying a silver-haired, self-important imbecile. Although the ...
Voice of Carter/Winston in the animated episode, "The Survivor."
65. Christopher Lloyd
Actor | Back to the Future
Christopher Lloyd is an American actor with a relatively long career. His better known roles include drug-using taxicab driver Jim Ignatowski in the sitcom Taxi (1978), Klingon Commander Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), inventor Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future ...
The Klingon Kruge in STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK.
66. John Schuck
Actor | MASH
Of English and German heritage, lumbering, oval-faced John Schuck was born Conrad John Schuck, Jr. in Boston, Massachusetts on February 4, 1940, the son of an English professor who taught at, among others, both Princeton College and SUNY Buffalo while John was growing up. Following graduation from ...
As the Klingon Ambassador in STAR TREK IV and STAR TREK VI. He also played a Klingon in STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.
67. Rene Auberjonois
Actor | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
René Murat Auberjonois was born on June 1, 1940 in New York City, to Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline (Murat), who was born in Paris, and Fernand Auberjonois, who was Swiss-born. René was born into an already artistic family, which included his grandfather, a well-known Swiss ...
Colonel West in STAR TREK VI; THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (Originally cut out). Of course Auberjonois played Odo in STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINCE. He also appeared in an episode of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE.
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