Leonard Nimoy, Gene L. Coon, and Bonanza

[Steve67]

Another Asian actor I've admired is Soon Tek-Oh....Oh was in so many things when I was a kid, such as James Bond, Hawaii 5-0, M*A*S*H, A-Team, that even if people didn't know his name, they certainly knew his face.

His voice was a great one, too; menacing,

 

[Stompy]

That's a good point. Mannix took me by surprise though.

Don't forget African American actress, Gail Fisher, as Mannix's widowed secretary, the ironically-named Peggy Fair. A bit of an Uhura influence there, at a time when strong African American female roles were rare, perhaps? The role even scored her an Emmy and two Golden Globes.

There are quite a few Batman/Star Trek actor connections, and Twilight Zone/Star Trek connections.

Nichelle actually wanted to go play this character

 

[Stompy]

Another show with TOS connections was Here Come the Brides. I didn't watch it, but I know it had Mark Lenard as a main character and a set of three brothers, two of whom were Robert Brown and David Soul. Luckily (in my opinion), TOS was spared the third brother, Bobby Sherman.

Almost every ep of HCTB had a guest star who was connected to Trek in some way

 

[Isis]

Another show with TOS connections was Here Come the Brides. I didn't watch it, but I know it had Mark Lenard as a main character and a set of three brothers, two of whom were Robert Brown and David Soul. Luckily (in my opinion), TOS was spared the third brother, Bobby Sherman.

Almost every ep of HCTB had a guest star who was connected to Trek in some way

Thanks, Stompy. In a quick check of just the beginning of the HCTB episode cast on imbd, the names of Vic Tayback, William Schallert (the subject of a thread I started on his recent guest appearance on Medium), Majel Barrett, Michael Ansara, and Kathryn Hays came up. And I thought I'd see Paramount listed as the studio. But it wasn't--it was Screen Gems...

 

[Keith1701]

I am watching the second season of Mannix right now. The other night I watched an episode that William Windom guest starred. He pretty much played a crazy character similar to Decker.

Yeah, I have been wanting to buy Mannix on DVD as well. Mannix was my favorite series during that time frame. Thanks, for the information; maybe I will start with second DVD's knowing this fact.

 

[Steve67]

The Encore Westerns channel is now airing a third season (1964-65) episode of The VIRGINIAN that has Leonard Nimoy among the guest cast and the story, titled Showdown, is written by...Gene L. Coon.

Others guest stars in this episode are Michael Ansara--another actor with Trek credentials--and Tom Skerritt. I just love old TV shows--I know who most of the performers are!

 

[Keith1701]

One show with a huge Trek connection is Mannix. My wife and I just finished watching the first season, and it's filled with guest stars that also made an appearance on Star Trek. It's probably no coincidence that Desilu produced the show and Herb Solow oversaw the production.

You can say the same about Mission: Impossible. Which actually gained Nimoy as a regular right after ST ended.

A fact that I didn't know-----Thank You

 

[Doomsday]

One show with a huge Trek connection is Mannix. My wife and I just finished watching the first season, and it's filled with guest stars that also made an appearance on Star Trek. It's probably no coincidence that Desilu produced the show and Herb Solow oversaw the production.

You can say the same about Mission: Impossible. Which actually gained Nimoy as a regular right after ST ended.

A fact that I didn't know-----Thank You

And let's not forget The Outer Limits, where Bob Justman, Fred Phillips and Wah Chang worked prior to ST, and also featured numerous guest stars who later showed up on Trek, not the least of which were Shatner, Nimoy, Whitney and Doohan, and others like John Hoyt, Sally Kellerman, Vic Perrin, and of course the Horta.