Star Trek passings

[Uhura's Song]

RIP Nichelle.

An icon. More than just an actress.

Really enjoyed the feature on her work to diversify the space program that came out this year.

 

[t_smitts]

I rewatched Star Trek V tonight in tribute of both Nichelle Nichols and David Warner. This has been a sad week for Star Trek deaths.

The two of them were also in an episode Batman: The Animated Series called "Avatar". Warner played Ra's Al Ghul and Nichelle was an undead Egyptian queen that he was trying to resurrect. When we finally see her TRUE form, however... let's just say I'm REALLY glad I didn't see that episode as a little kid!

(It also featured Brock Peters as Lucius Fox).

 

[somebuddyX]

She was great. I can hardly imagine what it would have been like to been a role model for generations of people and inspired so many people to turn their dreams into reality. It sounds like a lot of pressure to put on one person but she was the classiest lady.

 

[DS9forever]

Nichols paved the way for Avery Brooks, LeVar Burton, Tim Russ and more to come along behind her. She is gone but not forgotten.

 

[BreadfanV44]

Rest in peace Ms. Nichols.

 

[Tim Walker]

I believe that only a few of the TOS cast are left. So that would be....Shatner?...Takei?...Koenig?.....

 

[J. Random Redshirt]

I believe that only a few of the TOS cast are left. So that would be....Shatner?...Takei?...Koenig?.....

Yep... the yellow shirts seem to have a survival advantage!

 

[keel]

yes, only Shatner, Takei and Koenig are still with us and all over 80. Of everyone who has ever appeared on TOS, 352+ have died as of today.

 

[Tomalak]

The show is nearly sixty years old, so that's not wholly surprising.

 

[Tim Walker]

"The Cage" dates back to 1965. About 57 years ago.

 

[Grant]

If you want to be specific -- the Cage started filming in Nov. 1964. For me, that's when Trek began -- when it was first filmed.

 

[Tim Walker]

According to Wikipedia, "The Cage" was completed January 22, 1965.

 

[Grant]

I said started filming in Nov. 1964 and you said completed in Jan. 1965! Awesome!

 

[mb22]

And on April 15, 1965, Leonard Mudie (one of illusory survivors on Talos IV) died, making him the first Trek actor to die (before the show was even greenlit).

 

[Grant]

Yep, he was the first of six actors to die before the show had finished its initial run.

 

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[Tim Walker]

Leonard Mudie was an English actor. Born April 11, 1883; passed away April 14, 1965. His final role-in "The Cage"-was that of one of the elderly survivors of a spaceship crash.

The Trek franchise has been so durable that the casting can range from actors born in the 19th and 21st centuries.

 

[mb22]

Mudie was also in the 1932 classic version of The Mummy with Boris Karloff.

https://ozu-teapot.tumblr.com/post/179154572509/the-mummy-karl-freund-1932-boris-karloff

 

[Grant]

Kind of sad that he never realized in his lifetime that Trek would be such a big deal. Just his last job where he had one line of dialogue. And people talking about it nearly 60 years later!!

 

[MAGolding]

Leonard Mudie was an English actor. Born April 11, 1883; passed away April 14, 1965. His final role-in "The Cage"-was that of one of the elderly survivors of a spaceship crash.

The Trek franchise has been so durable that the casting can range from actors born in the 19th and 21st centuries.

Offhand, I can't think of any Trek film or episode which has an actor born in the 21st Century. Possibly you could name some. Or maybe someone coud start a thread called the nniftyy twenties, or the nifty teens, or the nifty children, listing the youngest Star Trek actors.