Which Potential Guest Star Would Have Killed A ST Episode?

[Green Shirt]

Paul Lynde as Kang.
Nancy Kulp as Helen Noel.
Slim Pickens as BALANCE OF TERROR's Romulan Commander.
George C. Scott as Miri.

I'm trying to wrap my head around that last one.

 

[Zaminhon]

They could have had the Monkees be the tribunal in Court Martial.

Or the Beatles


Ringo Starr as Admiral Komack.

One of the enemy clan members in "A Private Little War" looked a lot like Micky Dolenz. I believe I double checked the credits at one time.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

One of the enemy clan members in "A Private Little War" looked a lot like Micky Dolenz. I believe I double checked the credits at one time.

That's right! It's funny how I've always known that and yet never exactly thought of it.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Trek would have been lucky to get the Mosquitoes...or the Honey Bees....

 

[Push The Button]

Phyllis Diller as Spock's mother. Epic fail.

Can't agree. She was so brilliant that actually casting her in a role such as Spock's mom would have gone down as genius. The interactions between her and Sarek could have been pure gold.



Bette Davis only because she was too BIG for the small screen. Her sitcom actually had some potential (saw it on Youtube sometime back) but her stint on Perry Mason and Wagon Train, well, it was just sad to see a true legend of cinema having to endure the indignity of plying her craft on that medium.

I do agree with the Larry Storch nomination and would add Soupy Sales. Hell, throw in Ken Berry too.

Just saw this one:

Wally Cox as Nilz Baris

Wally Cox was AWESOME! He would have nailed either the Nilz Baris or Cyrano Jones parts. Okay, maybe not Koloth so much but even that could have been a fun(ny) casting against type.

Ugh! I would have thrown a brick at the television if the producers had cast Diller or Cox in ST. Oh the horror!!!

I could see Wally Cox as a quirky bridge crewman. He played a sonar operator in the cold war drama The Bedford Incident.

Edit: Sorry, someone already mentioned this upthread.