Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles

Somebody here coined the "Bob the discount Klingon" phrase - can't remember who. But I laughed so hard that I had to steal it. I think it was also based on the fact that he wasn't called by name onscreen at all, so we didn't know what to call him until somebody found out he had a name in the script.

 

Though I would be willing to bet that Michael Pataki in "Tribbles" and Susan Howard in "Day of the Dove" had more lines than Ned Romero in "A Private Little War."

 

Yes, considerably. According to Chakoteya's transcript site, Krell had only 6 distinct lines (although some consisted of several consecutive sentences). Even Kor's nameless lieutenant in "Errand of Mercy" (Victor Lundin) had more than twice that, and nearly as many lines as Korax. Mara had the largest part of any supporting Klingon, about twice as many lines as Korax.

I guess I should've specified that the "Big Three" and Kras were the only four sizeable "lead" Klingon roles in their respective episodes.

 

Nine distinct lines, counting his impersonations of Surak and Lincoln. The rest are mostly answering Col. Green's questions.

 

Which is important in a leader.

 

He did a killer Cagney. “You dirty rat … you killed my loDnI'.”

 

He also had so much less stage presence than Kor and Kang that he suffers in comparison. Hence, Bob the Discount Klingon.

 

Don Keefer, Ed Peck in 747, an episode of The Incredible Hulk!
JB

 

William Marshall (with Edric Connor again) in The Galloping Major, an episode of Danger Man!
JB

 

And Alfred Ryder as a defense attorney. Duke doesn’t much care for him: too pure and noble. Wins all the arguments.

 

Looking over True Grit on IMDb, I see that Ron Soble was also in it.

 

I knew I was forgetting someone. Ah, yes: the fearsome Lawyer Daggett.

 

Pete Kellett in Smoke Screen, an episode of The Fugitive!
I never realised but Pete was born as George Kellett and died in 1982!
JB

 

Marianna Hill steams up the 2nd to the last episode of The Magician.





And tries to blackmail Joseph Ruskin, who's quite annoyed.