Dis anyone ever ask William Campbell if he intentionally played Trelane to be Liberace like?
Speculative: TOS Era Actors who would have worked well on Star Trek
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I think it came more from the costuming and hair than the performance.
The scene of him at the keyboard in the beginning makes the comparison inevitable. All that's missing is the candelabra.
I doubt it. He was going for more of an early 19th-century dandy or fop.
The more I look at that episode, the more I think Campbell played several distinctly different personas for different parts of the episode, all overlaid onto a basic "Trelane" character. I can't recall ever reading of Campbell being asked or answering that question, but I wouldn't be too surprised to learn that the "playing harpsichord" Trelane persona had intentional elements of Liberace.
Since she owned the studio for half of the show's original run, it would have been hers for the asking.
Yes! This is my top choice. I suggested Ray Walston (of "My Favorite Martian", later known as Mr. Hand) in another thread as a casting choice for Mr. Atoz. He could also have worked well as a Vulcan, admiral/captain, planetary leader, crazed scientist... or quite a lot of things.
Mark Goddard as Korax.
Eartha Kitt as Number One.
Funny you should mention Kitt. She's been on my list for a long time as a potential Number One. In fact, I did a tweet thread years ago with my "The Cage" recast with 1960s actors I thought would've worked:
https://twitter.com/ryantriddle/status/902358716736880640?s=20
In short:
Robert T. April-cum-James Winter-cum-Christopher Pike: Robert Culp
Number One: Eartha Kitt
Dr. Boyce: Percy Rodriguez
Lt. Ortegas-cum-Tyler: Martin Sheen
Maybe we should go Laugh In
Dan Rowen
Dick Martin
Ruth Buzzy
Jo Anne Worley
Arte Johnson
Henry Gibson
Lily Tomlin
Goldie Hawn
It would be verrrrrrry interestink.
Dan Rowen
Dick Martin
Ruth Buzzy
Jo Anne Worley
Arte Johnson
Henry Gibson
Lily Tomlin
Goldie Hawn
It would be verrrrrrry interestink.
Zsa Zsa was always a bit of a joke, but at least she was in on the joke.
I can see Goldie Hawn as Roberta Lincoln in "Assignment: Earth."
Goldie Hawn as Roberta Lincoln definitely.
When I first read this, I thought you were writing about a man named Henry von Understudy.
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I just caught Mark Richman (not using the "Peter" in that era) on a 1965 Wild Wild West and was thinking he would have made a good Romulan or Klingon.
His character in WWW was definitely based on the same model as most of the primary Klingon characters in the original series: aggressive / combative, strives to exert power over the Good Guys (not necessarily by ethical or honorable means), faintly but nonspecifically exotic, sports facial hair identifying him as The Bad Guy. Pretty much a Mediterranean Klingon evil prince in 19th-century America.
Well, TOS Klingons were basically just a spacey remix of stock "Oriental"/exotic villain tropes from the TV of the day. Their makeup design was based on the idea of "Space Mongols," and James Blish's adaptations explicitly said they were "originally of Oriental stock" (though it's unclear whether he was suggesting that they were actually descended from Earth Asians or just meant some alien equivalent). Really, a lot of TOS aliens, especially in season 2, are just riffs on the same "exotic culture" racial cliches and stereotypes that '60s TV writers used routinely. Capellans were a mix of Native American and Arab tribal tropes, Argelians were Middle Eastern right down to the belly dancing, Vaal's people were South Seas island natives, etc. (See also TNG: "Code of Honor" -- the practice continued into the '80s.)
Shouldn't you ask someone if they're into masochism first?
Who would replace Melvin Belli.
I'd say anyone would have been better.
Maybe if Shatner had a better enemy to act off.
I'd say anyone would have been better.
Maybe if Shatner had a better enemy to act off.
Raymond Burr?
Gorgan only appeared as a double-exposed special effect superimposed on a shot of the turbolift alcove. Belli was never on the same stage as Shatner, so there was no one to act against -- just whatever assistant was feeding Gorgan's lines to the cast from offstage.
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