Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles

Thanks -- I considered telling that story myself, but I didn't feel like explaining it unless someone asked.

 

I doubt the aliens spoke English when they came to Earth. The INS people probably didn't even know their real names.

 

^ Ok, I laughed at that...imagined classic folk songs interpreted with a Nilz Baris voice and attitude..

"Blowin' in the wind? ON MY GRAIN?"

 

Wouldn't it be easier just to list the shows that William Schallert hasn't been on?

 

No I only meant his family was descended from German Lutherans not that he was German himself, Riu!
JB

 

Phil Dirt was one of the funnier names.

 

possibly mentioned before, but Mark Lenard as General Urko

 

Mannix has been very disappointing lately, as the episodes I'm watching move through the 1970s. Formerly a goldmine, there haven't been any Trek guest stars in many an episode.

 

Watched a 1967 Batman rerun recently on IFC that had some Trek connections:

The title: "A Piece of the Action"

The villain: Roger C. Carmel (Harry Mudd) as Col. Gumm

Background player: Angelique Pettyjohn (Shahna, the Drill-Thrall) as a lingerie model

Trek's own "Piece of the Action" didn't air until 1968.

 

I know TREK_GOD_1 mentioned this way back at the beginning of this long running thread, but the other day I just watched Susan Oliver (Vina) in the Night Gallery episode "The Tune in Dan's Cafe" from 1972.


Click image to watch on Hulu (it's the final segment of the episode).

 

How about a rare TAS guest star? Ed Bishop, who played Asmodeus in "The Magicks of Megas-tu," starred as Commander Ed Straker in Gerry Anderson's UFO, which is available on Hulu. While we're at it, the episode "Destruction" featured a TNG guest star, Stephanie Beacham. Oh, and the recurring character of Col. Virginia Lake was played by a family member of a movie guest star: Wanda Ventham, the mother of Benedict Cumberbatch.

 

I was watching the 1950 film "The Asphalt Jungle" yesterday and noticed the actor who portrayed Bela Okmyx (Anthony Caruso) as one of the 'hoods' looking to get rich in the film's heist.

The film is noted for being one of Marilyn Monroe's early films.

 

He's in this clip (link).

 

Last night's episode of "The Man from UNCLE" on Me-TV was a twofer: We had Marla McIvers AND the Greek god Apollo!

 

I just watched two episodes of the Roger Moore series "The Saint."

Kate Woodville aka Natira from Season 3 TOS, is 'The Saint' girl in the Season 3 episode 'The Scorpion.' She wears the short 1960s hairstyle Yvonne Craig wore in the "Batman" series.