Ed Bishop

[PCz911]

i was watching TAS episode the magicks of megas-tu when I heard a familiar voice. He wasn't in the credits but IMDb confirmed t was ed bishop! So, yes, I'm sure I'm the last person in this group to figure it out, but it did make me put in some of my UFO discs! Man, I lived the purple hair and the interceptors on that show. It was awesome to find a cross over. Any other UFO ornspace:1999 actors cross over?

 

[diankra]

Nick Tate, Alan Carter in 1999, did an episode each of TNG and DS9. Steven Berkoff was in a DS9 and was an Interceptor pilot in several UFOs.

 

[Galileo7]

Carolyn Seymour:
Space:1999 "The Seance Spectre"

Next Generation
Commander Toreth / Mirasta Yale / Subcommander Taris
- Face of the Enemy (1993) ... Commander Toreth
- First Contact (1991) ... Mirasta Yale
- Contagion (1989) ... Subcommander Taris

 

[johnnybear]

Apparently when Ed Bishop finished work on UFO he returned to the US and a year or two later was earning a living as a painter and decorator! In one house he was working in the hallway when he heard the family watching UFO and he later on went in the room and asked for his payment and no one batted an eyelid at him as the same guy on the screen!
JB

 

[Galileo7]

Joan Collins
Star Trek "The City on the Edge of Forever"
and
Space:1999 "Mission Of The Darians"

 

[PCz911]

Joan Collins
Star Trek "The City on the Edge of Forever"
and
Space:1999 "Mission Of The Darians"

Not a good look for ms. Collins.

 

[johnnybear]

Wait till you see her legs!
JB

 

[Forbin]

Stunning woman; ridiculous makeup.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Martin Landau was up for the role of Spock, wasn't he?

 

[Harvey]

Martin Landau was up for the role of Spock, wasn't he?

Some sources say so. D.C. Fontana says that it's not true.

 

[Push The Button]

Not an actor, but of course Fred Freiberger.

Also, TOS and 1999 each had an episode titled The Immunity Syndrome.

 

[Ssosmcin]

Some sources say so. D.C. Fontana says that it's not true.

I'm inclined to go with D.C. Nobody seems to say it's true except for Landau. He may have been considered when they were threatening to replace Nimoy during his walkout, but for years, everyone else seemed to say Nimoy was first choice.

 

[UnknownSample]

Look at him, though... there's a face they easily would have considered for a Vulcan...

 

[Harvey]

I'm inclined to go with D.C. Nobody seems to say it's true except for Landau. He may have been considered when they were threatening to replace Nimoy during his walkout, but for years, everyone else seemed to say Nimoy was first choice.

Any idea when this rumor started?

Landau wasn't even on the list when Nimoy threatened to walk. He would have been too expensive, wouldn't have made a long-term commitment, and was already crucially invovled with Mission: Impossible, which was probably more important to Desilu.

 

[Ssosmcin]

Any idea when this rumor started?

Landau wasn't even on the list when Nimoy threatened to walk. He would have been too expensive, wouldn't have made a long-term commitment, and was already crucially invovled with Mission: Impossible, which was probably more important to Desilu.

True, and we actually discussed this on a thread I created a few years ago. You provided some great reference material, as usual.

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/martin-landau-as-spock.155932/

Worth a Fact Check article?

No idea when it started, but I think it was Landau himself who did. He's been quoted repeatedly as being offered the role first and turned it down because he didn't want to play an emotionless character. I've never read or heard anyone from the series itself corroborating his story.

 

[Harvey]

True, and we actually discussed this on a thread I created a few years ago. You provided some great reference material, as usual.

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/martin-landau-as-spock.155932/

Worth a Fact Check article?

No idea when it started, but I think it was Landau himself who did. He's been quoted repeatedly as being offered the role first and turned it down because he didn't want to play an emotionless character. I've never read or heard anyone from the series itself corroborating his story.

It may be worth a fact check. The hard part is actually proving that Landau was never offered the part. What can be said is that there's no archival evidence he was considered for it, that Fontana says he was NOT considered, and that Landau's version doesn't really make sense for a few reasons (we went over this in the linked thread, which I just re-read yesterday!).

 

[CrazyMatt]

UFO, another great series that ended way too soon.

 

[Galileo7]

Not an actor, but of course Fred Freiberger.

Also, TOS and 1999 each had an episode titled The Immunity Syndrome.

http://catacombs.space1999.net/main/epguide/t47tis.html

 

[johnnybear]

I've seen and heard Landau claiming he turned down the Spock role on many an interview!
JB

 

[Ssosmcin]

Well, who's gonna stop him?