Star Trek passings

Discussion in 'General Trek Discussion' started by keel, Oct 16, 2017.

  1. keel

    keel Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2011
    Location:
    seattle
    That must be Vulcan humor....
     
  2. t_smitts

    t_smitts Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2005
    Julie Caitlin Brown just announced on Facebook minutes ago that W. Morgan Sheppard passed away. He played Dr. Ira Graves in "The Schizoid Man", the one-eyed Klingon commandant of Rura Penthe in STVI, the Ahab-like Qatai in "Bliss", and the Vulcan elder taken aback by Spock declining acceptance to the Vulcan Science Academy in Star Trek 2009.

    He also appeared in two episodes of Babylon 5 and was apparently a close runner up for the role of G'Kar.

    He was also the father of fellow Voyager guest star Mark Sheppard.
     
  3. Farscape One

    Farscape One Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Mar 2, 2017
    Location:
    Farscape One
    He was also the Professor hologram in the first season of seaQuest DSV. And he appeared on DOCTOR WHO with his son on the same episode, marking a first for that franchise.

    He was an incredible actor, and his son clearly inherited his gift for the craft.

    R.I.P., sir.
     
  4. johnnybear

    johnnybear Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2014
    He and his son actually played the same character on that episode of Doctor Who! Mark as the young man and Morgan as the older. Which was strange really as they looked nothing alike at all despite being father and son! :wtf:
    JB
     
  5. Greg Cox

    Greg Cox Admiral Premium Member

    Joined:
    May 12, 2004
    Location:
    Lancaster, PA
    Taking a moment to note that today is the third anniversary of the passing of David Hartwell, who launched the STAR TREK book line at Pocket Books back in the eighties--and which is still going strong today some thirty years later.
     
    Ronald Held likes this.
  6. Grant

    Grant Commodore Commodore

    Joined:
    Dec 16, 2006
    Robert Phillips who played the space officer in Captain Pike's harem fantasy has passed away at age 93 on November 5th 2018. He was the fifth oldest living Star Trek the Original Series actor.

    https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0680732/
     
    Last edited: Jan 27, 2019
  7. keel

    keel Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2011
    Location:
    seattle
    confirmed on Imdb but not yet on Memory Alpha.
     
  8. Grant

    Grant Commodore Commodore

    Joined:
    Dec 16, 2006
  9. keel

    keel Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2011
    Location:
    seattle
    Richard "Dick” Miller passed away today, age of 90. A veteran character actor who
    appeared in Deep Space Nine, episode ‘Past Tense, parts 1 & 2’ and in
    Star Trek: TNG in the episode ’The Big Goodbye'.
     
  10. Grant

    Grant Commodore Commodore

    Joined:
    Dec 16, 2006
    That's sad to hear. I liked him and everything he did.
     
  11. keel

    keel Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2011
    Location:
    seattle
    I also enjoyed all his 'crusty' roles in so many shows.
     
  12. keel

    keel Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2011
    Location:
    seattle
    David Campagna 2017 Q judge in the episode Q2

    Somehow I missed this notice.
     
  13. Sareesataka

    Sareesataka Lieutenant Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Oct 31, 2018
    Ray Young 1999 Morka/Visionary

    Mr. Young was in one of my favourite Saturday morning shows as a kid: Bigfoot and Wildboy. He was Bigfoot. Didn't know he had passed away.

    RIP, Mr. Young.
     
  14. t_smitts

    t_smitts Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2005
    Morgan Woodward (Dr. Simon Van Geldar in "Dagger of the Mind" and Captain Ronald Tracey in "The Omega Glory") passed today at the age of 93.
     
  15. CorporalCaptain

    CorporalCaptain Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Feb 12, 2011
    Location:
    astral plane
    :(
     
  16. johnnybear

    johnnybear Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 7, 2014
    The only time I've ever seen Morgan Woodward with dark hair was when he played Martin the blacksmith in the Planet of The Apes episode, The Horse Race! Strangely enough he was with Wright king's son, Meegan, in that one and later on he would act with Wright King himself in three episodes of Logan's Run as Morgan and Jonathan, two of the elders that ruled the City of Domes!
    JB
     
  17. FormerLurker

    FormerLurker Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    May 17, 2009
    Morgan Woodward is the only actor I've ever seen that played a character NAMED Punk (on Dallas), but never played a character that WAS one. Even the nice guys he played were tough as nails.
     
  18. keel

    keel Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2011
    Location:
    seattle
    Other actors I missed that passed away were Cole Chipman, who passed away in 2015, who played an alien guard in 'Star Trek Enterprise', episode 'The Xindi'.

    Also, Harry Boykoff passed away in 2001, who played several roles in various Trek series such as 'Eddy' in 'First Contact'.
     
    Last edited: Feb 28, 2019
  19. keel

    keel Commander Red Shirt

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2011
    Location:
    seattle
    Beverly Swanson passed away Feb. 22nd 2019 of colon cancer, age of 66. She played a prisoner in the Star Trek Voyager episode 'Faces'.
     
  20. Grant

    Grant Commodore Commodore

    Joined:
    Dec 16, 2006
    Actor Joe Knowland who appeared as the antique store proprietor in Star Trek IV the Voyage Home has passed away at age 88.
    R.I.P.