If Shatner had been Unavailable...

[ZapBrannigan]

If Shatner had been unavailable, what actor of the period would you want as Kirk?

I might be voting for a dark horse candidate, but I would cast Don Matheson. He had a lot of natural authority and stage presence on Land of the Giants, which also showcased his gift for staging fistfights (a Kirk must). He was six-foot-two and well-built, with a deep voice, so he had all the superficial stuff locked down, and I think his persona on LotG would have made a great starship captain. You never doubted that he was a brilliant engineer as well as being a tough guy. He played super-intelligent and macho at the same time, and made it work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Matheson

 

[Spock's Barber]

Jack Lord...

“Book ‘em, Spocko.”

 

[Takeru]

Pernell Roberts.

 

[Mysterion]

Lloyd Bridges

 

[Henoch]

Leslie Nielsen (and don't call me Shirley).

 

[Spock's Barber]

Jim Carrey

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[Qonundrum]

Lloyd Bridges

He definitely picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue...

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[ItsGreen]

How about this Terrific Trio as a cast swap!

 

[Spock's Barber]

How about this Terrific Trio as a cast swap!

“Holy Warp Speed, Captain!”

 

[remember...]

I secound Pernal Roberts.
Another possibility Jim Hunter locks dusty in a closet during production,of secound piolet.

 

[ItsGreen]

Burt? in 1966, (Hawk), had the also had the hair problem!!

 

[ItsGreen]

Christopher George (Rat Patrol)

 

[Tenacity]

Robert Mitchum.

He would have been in his late forties when the show started, and would have brought a lot of gravitas to the role of Kirk.

Definitely would have been a draw for the show.

 

[remember...]

Gil petterson he was in a film with Roddy Mcdowall called the cool ones

 

[Ssosmcin]

If Shatner had been unavailable, what actor of the period would you want as Kirk?

I might be voting for a dark horse candidate, but I would cast Don Matheson. He had a lot of natural authority and stage presence on Land of the Giants, which also showcased his gift for staging fistfights (a Kirk must). He was six-foot-two and well-built, with a deep voice, so he had all the superficial stuff locked down, and I think his persona on LotG would have made a great starship captain. You never doubted that he was a brilliant engineer as well as being a tough guy. He played super-intelligent and macho at the same time, and made it work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Matheson

Well I think Gary Conway would have been the better Kirk. He was more classicaly handsome than Matheson, was in amazing shape and had a wonderfully stylistic fighintg style. Check out his fight with Matheson in the LOTG episode "The Golden Cage." And he could chew scenery as well! He went full frontal Shatner at the top of the Giants pilot: "it's drawing us in....like a magnet!"

 

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This fellow here.

 

[Nerys Myk]

John Saxon
Robert Conrad. w/ Ross Martin as McCoy

 

[Spock's Barber]

^ Ross Martin would have been used to calling another character ‘Jim’.

 

[Nerys Myk]

^ Ross Martin would have been used to calling another character ‘Jim’.

My head canon has Jim West as Kirk's maternal ancestor. Prove me wrong!!!!!

 

[Spock's Barber]

My head canon has Jim West as Kirk's maternal ancestor. Prove me wrong!!!!!

That gets me to thinking....

Shatner as James West and Conrad as James Kirk. Interesting.