Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles

[The Old Mixer]

He said it, too! (Though not in that scene.) The series tries to mix it up, but there are only so many clock positions.

I should add that he shot down Jon Voight.

 

[Christopher]

Every time I look at this thread title lately, I find myself wondering -- how many of these guest roles in over 2200 posts have really been "surprising"? I mean, the fact that working actors in the 1960s appeared in a lot of different shows in quick succession is kind of the opposite of surprising, since it's what actors do when they don't have series regular gigs. So what does constitute a surprising role?

 

[The Old Mixer]

I think we ditched the "surprising" angle, oh...probably about five years ago.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Except it was never just surprising, it was always "maybe surprising."

All the guest actor roles that have been discussed here have been "maybe surprising."

So... success!

 

[johnnybear]

Vince Howard as a medic in The Time Tunnel's Kill Two By Two also featuring Whit Bissell and Lee Meriwether who were regulars in the series!
JB

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Comet TV is airing 'Baffled' staring Leonard Nimoy. It's one of those made-for-tv movies that I've read about, but never seen until now.
It's obviously a pilot for a proposed series, filmed in England, with a couple of other familiar faces and was probably one of the first things Nimoy did after leaving Mission: Impossible.
What's surprising is how engaged Nimoy appears to be in the material. It looks like he's having fun shedding his Mr. Spock and Paris persona.

 

[Kerock]

You have entered the Twilight Zone
Beyond this world strange things are known
Use the key, unlock the door
See what your fate might have in store....Rush

 

[FormerLurker]

You have entered the Twilight Zone
Beyond this world strange things are known
Use the key, unlock the door
See what your fate might have in store....Rush

Now do one with the episode the verse actually refers to.

 

[Kerock]

No escape, no place to hide
Here where time and space collide
Imagination can't be beat
You see nightmares at 20,000 feet

 

[johnnybear]

That looks like the Gremlin was wearing a blazer too!
JB

 

[DarrenTR1970]

So what is it with Star Trek actors and insects? There's William Shatner in 'Kingdom of the Spiders', Paul Winfield gets eaten by cockroaches in 'Damnation Alley', Robert Lansing and Joan Collins face off in 'Empire of the Ants', and now Robert Lansing is facing off against mutant cockroaches in a movie called 'The Nest' on Comet TV.

 

[Maurice]

And he is, in fact, pointing 12 O'clock high!

More like 11:30.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Meanwhile, Lloyd Haynes keeps 'em flying..."'em" in this case being a P-51 squadron:
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(12 O'Clock High, "Graveyard," Dec. 30, 1966)

And he is, in fact, pointing 12 O'clock high!

More like 11:30.

I think @Forbin is correct. It likes like "dead ahead and above the horizon" (way above) to me. Cf "on your six" means behind you, not below you.

 

[Maurice]

His head is turned slightly to his left, which is about 11:30 not 12. And I was being silly. I didn't address high or low.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I was being silly

I wasn't sure, hence the confusion. There's no intonation in ASCII, and all that.

 

[Christopher]

So what is it with Star Trek actors and insects? There's William Shatner in 'Kingdom of the Spiders', Paul Winfield gets eaten by cockroaches in 'Damnation Alley', Robert Lansing and Joan Collins face off in 'Empire of the Ants', and now Robert Lansing is facing off against mutant cockroaches in a movie called 'The Nest' on Comet TV.

And Leonard Nimoy had a small part in Them!, the giant ant movie. On the other hand, the giant-locust film Beginning of the End starred Peter Graves, so maybe it's Mission: Impossible actors too.

 

[Commishsleer]

Saw a 50th Anniversary screening of 2001:A Space Odyssey last week.
Gotta mention Gary Lockwood.
Is he filming some Star Trek venture at the moment according to IMDB?

 

[mb22]

So what is it with Star Trek actors and insects? There's William Shatner in 'Kingdom of the Spiders', Paul Winfield gets eaten by cockroaches in 'Damnation Alley', Robert Lansing and Joan Collins face off in 'Empire of the Ants', and now Robert Lansing is facing off against mutant cockroaches in a movie called 'The Nest' on Comet TV.

And DeForest Kelly and Paul Fix battled giant rabbits in Night of the Lepus, but that is obviously another story...

 

[Forbin]

Somebody's always gotta quibble.

 

[johnnybear]

Sam Gilman, Roy Jenson, William O'Connell, Chuck Hicks, Judson Scott apparently, in Any Which Way But Loose (1978)
JB