Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles

[DarrenTR1970]

GRIT! is showing a Spaghetti Western called 'Five Man Army' from 1969 staring Peter Graves. As his second in command is James Daly.
Oddly enough, this movie is mentioned in "The Complete 'Mission: Impossible' Dossier" as the movie Peter Graves filmed in Europe between the second and third season of the series; when he came he found out that Martin Landau and Barbara Bain had left the series due to a contract dispute.

 

[Forbin]

I found Gene's 1977 supernatural horror film "Spectre" online (YouTube maybe, I forget). The file was clearly a dub from a VHS, enhancing the 70s viewing experience
Anyhoo, Majel has a small role in it as Robert Culp's housekeeper/personal witch. Sam Peeples co-wrote. The costume for the demon Amadeus is rather remeniscent of a Gorn. It's fun.

 

[Nerys Myk]

I found Gene's 1977 supernatural horror film "Spectre" online (YouTube maybe, I forget). The file was clearly a dub from a VHS, enhancing the 70s viewing experience
Anyhoo, Majel has a small role in it as Robert Culp's housekeeper/personal witch. Sam Peeples co-wrote. The costume for the demon Amadeus is rather remeniscent of a Gorn. It's fun.

She pops up in Planet Earth, Genesis II and the Questor Tapes, too.

I will admit to enjoying all of those and Spectre too.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

She pops up in Planet Earth, Genesis II and the Questor Tapes, too.

I will admit to enjoying all of those and Spectre too.

She also has a decent supporting role in Westworld (1973), speaking of sci-fi, and no Gene to give her the job. That's good to see.

 

[Forbin]

She also has a decent supporting role in Westworld (1973), speaking of sci-fi, and no Gene to give her the job. That's good to see.

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[M'Sharak]

She also has a decent supporting role in Westworld (1973), speaking of sci-fi, and no Gene to give her the job. That's good to see.

Just looking at the photos for that one on IMDb -- got to one shot of a frontier town street and thought "Hey, that's Rock Ridge." Turns out both movies used the same Warner Bros back lot set.

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Couple of others from the IMDb collection:

Westworld (1973)

Majel Barrett, Richard Benjamin, and James Brolin in Westworld (1973)

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Westworld (1973)

Majel Barrett, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, and Linda Gaye Scott in Westworld (1973)

www.imdb.com

 

[Nerys Myk]

Michael Pataki playing the villain in a motorcycle film called Side Hackers.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Creature Features is airing a 1976 movie called The Premonition; Jeff Corey has just shown up as a police detective.

 

[Forbin]

Here's a cool find: "Dimension 5" is a 1966 sci fi spy movie Starring Jeffrey Hunter and France Nuyen as agents of "Espionage Inc," equipped with devices that can pop them back and forth in time a few minutes. Handy in a fight!
Espionage Inc's "Q" is John Lormer.
Maggie Thrett is one of the HQ operations girls.
Robert Philips is a fellow agent, tho not trying to convince Hunter to sell slave girls.
Bonus: Deanna Lund from Land of the Giants; Harold Sakata (Oddjob!); Robert Ito (Harry Kim's dad).

 

[Forbin]

Montalban on the Carol Burnett Show, Nov 1970, doing "Baby it's Cold Outside." The gag is Carol just came in from the swimming pool.

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[Nerys Myk]

Michael Forrest in The Saga of the Viking Women and Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent. And I'm exhausted just typing that.

 

[Nerys Myk]

France Nuyen in a failed pilot called Code Name Diamond Head starring Roy Thinnes

 

[DarrenTR1970]

I know that this is in no way Trek related, but I happened to watch 77 Sunset Strip on MeTV+, and Detective Jeff Spencer, while on a case, pulled up to a very familiar looking house.
It was the house from "The Beverly Hillbillies" and when the client opened the door, it was the exact same foyer/living room/kitchen layout.
So, 77 Sunset Strip and The Beverly Hillbillies must have been shot on the same studio lot and when Hillbillies started filming, they repurposed the set for the Clampets.
In my head cannon, the client sold the house to the Clampets shortly after the case.

 

[Forbin]

Continuing my 50s bad sci fi movie education, I tried 1958's "The Brain Eaters" today. Spicy little paranoid piece about a mysterious ship in the woods and parasites that clamp to the back of peoples' necks and take them over (again??). Our heroes descend into the misty depths of the ship and find a Moses-like figure in control with one heck of a good narrating voice. yes, it's Leonard Nimoy under that fake beard and behind that fog.

 

[Forbin]

"Lily Minster, Girl Model," gets a job working for fashion designer Roger C. Carmel.

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Of course calling her a "girl" at 150 years old is a sign of the times (1965). And of course Herman is angry that his wife wants to work, and uses magic and disguise to try to get even.

 

[FormerLurker]

How tall was Fred Gwynne? I met Roger C. Carmel. He was tall, about 6'5".

 

[Nerys Myk]

How tall was Fred Gwynne? I met Roger C. Carmel. He was tall, about 6'5".

Wiki has him at 6'5 as well. No doubt the boots make him taller.

 

[Forbin]

Oh yeah, Fred wore huge lifts on his Frankenstein boots. Plus that headpiece. And I don't doubt they went to lengths to help exaggerate it, like standing him on a box.

 

[Forbin]

Happened upon George Takei in a Season 3 (1993) episode of Kung Fu: The Legend Continues titled "The Return of Sing Ling."

 

[Phaser Two]

How tall was Fred Gwynne? I met Roger C. Carmel. He was tall, about 6'5".

I think Roger was more like 6-3 but yes, very tall.