2 or More Trek Actors in Non-Trek Episodes or Movies
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Warehouse 13 had Saul Rubinek as a main character, and several main Trek alumni as recurring characters:
Kate Mulgrew...
Rene Auberjonois...
And none other than Brent Spiner. It's a TNG: "The Most Toys" reunion!
In addition there were multiple appearances by Faran Tahir (Captain Robau, Star Trek (2009)) and Mark Sheppard (Leucon, VOY: "Child's Play"). Jeri Ryan and Armin Shimerman also played one-off characters, though they didn't share a scene with Rubinek or any other Trek actor.
Kate Mulgrew...
Rene Auberjonois...
And none other than Brent Spiner. It's a TNG: "The Most Toys" reunion!
In addition there were multiple appearances by Faran Tahir (Captain Robau, Star Trek (2009)) and Mark Sheppard (Leucon, VOY: "Child's Play"). Jeri Ryan and Armin Shimerman also played one-off characters, though they didn't share a scene with Rubinek or any other Trek actor.
How about 3 TOS stars in two shows of the same series back to back. The 1963-64 TV series The Lieutenant. The series star was Gary Lockwood (LCdr. Gary Mitchell - Where No Man Has Gone Before). Gary Lockwood was in every episode of The Lieutenant series. Season 1 Episode 21 To Set It Right included guest stars Nichelle Nichols and Don Marshall (Mr Boma Galileo 7) and Season 1 Episode 22 In The Highest Tradition guest starred Leonard Nimoy and Majel Berrett. One of the writers for both episodes was Gene Roddenberry.
The Flash (90's) had both Jeri Ryan AND Denise Crosby in the same episode!
Neelix and Odo together on Benson:
He was Blank Reg on Max Headroom.
Matt Frewer (Max himself) was in TNG's "A Matter of Time."
Jeri Ryan played Gibbs's third ex-wife on NCIS
Neelix and Odo together on Benson:
He was Blank Reg on Max Headroom.
Matt Frewer (Max himself) was in TNG's "A Matter of Time."
Jeri Ryan played Gibbs's third ex-wife on NCIS
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Tacoma FD, a sitcom from half of the Broken Lizard comedy troupe, stars both Lower Decks’ Samanthan Rutherford and Jet Manhaver, Eugene Cordero and Marcus Henderson.
And the live action TV pilot for Justice League of America (1997) had Dr. Timicin (David Stiers as Martian Manhunter) and Raffi (Michelle Hurd as Fire) teaming up with others to fight the Excelsior helmsman (Miguel Ferrer as Weather Wizard).
2001: A Space Odyssey had Gary Lockwood from TOS, and Ed Bishop from TAS.
What role in TAS did Ed Bishop have? I'm familiar with him from UFO...
They're remaking UFO?^ He was in "The Magicks of Megas-Tu". Linky
And while we're on the subject of UFO...
Neal McDonough as Straker. I totally called it.
They're remaking UFO?
Don't I wish.
I feel bad for correcting a proper famous Trek author...
But Koenig is actually in the first Shatner episode, as the cop on the scene in the deli/takeaway place Shatner committed the crime who reports to Columbo.
As you say though, no screen time with Shatner. And it's odd because nothing about it feels like it's meant to be a cute injoke (in an episode suited to them, Shatner is playing the highest paid Detective on TV at the time Falk was that for real, so the whole thing is rather a send up), there's no nods or winks. Koenig's scene is entirely perfunctory.
It feels less like an intentional joke and more Koenig was having to do one scene nothing roles at that point in his career and him being cast was a complete coincidence.
This was actually quite common during the 90s in U.S.A. animated series which ostensibly were for children, but typically featured quite dark and nuanced themes as well as long running elaborate storylines and recurring characters.
The animated series of Spider-Man, X-men, and Batman that ran during that era were also similar, far better than many later installments on the same i.p., I must say. In particular, the later common characterizations more tragic and nuanced of the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, and the Kingpin were actually started in this television series. Originally Norman Osborn was simply an evil villain, but in this universe he developed a split personality from the goblin serum and was seduced by the goblin persona, which became a common theme in later installments.
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