The makeup for Original Series Klingons

[Nerys Myk]

I thought all of Vulcan was arid desert?
.

It has icecaps and at least one large body of water

 

[Christopher]

I wasn't sure if the beautiful woman who was going to be Spock's Vulcanian mate in Amok Time was a person of color?

Arlene Martel often played "exotic" characters, but her birth name was Arline Greta Sax and she was born in the Bronx to parents who were Austrian Jewish immigrants.

 

[Kor]

I wasn't sure if the beautiful woman who was going to be Spock's Vulcanian mate in Amok Time was a person of color?

The character's name is T'Pring, and she was played by Arlene Martel, who passed away in 2014. She lived in the Bronx as a child. Later, her unique facial features (at least, unique for Hollywood of that time) led to many acting roles as "ethnic" or foreign characters, especially Eastern Europeans.

EDIT: Christopher already said it.

Kor

 

[johnnybear]

Arlene Martel often played "exotic" characters, but her birth name was Arline Greta Sax and she was born in the Bronx to parents who were Austrian Jewish immigrants.

Before she took the name Tasha Martel in the late seventies anyway!
JB

 

[johnnybear]

I liked TOS Klingon make-up. The character personality/actor portrayal carried it a long way. I thought Michael Ansara nailed it as Kang in Day of the Dove.

Ansara was a great actor in everything he did and never failed to impress!
JB

 

[johnnybear]

I was taken aback by a black Vulcan as well. Not so much on racial grounds as on continuity grounds.,.we had never seen a black Vulcan before. But then I remembered...isn't Amanda's Vulcan midwife in Star Trek V black? So now I'm over it.

Wasn't The Romulan commander in TNGs The Pegasus black as well? I'm not sure to be honest, long time since I've seen that one!
JB

 

[Longinus]

Wasn't The Romulan commander in TNGs The Pegasus black as well?

Yes.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Those of us who watched cartoons in the '70s already knew that there were black vulcans.

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[Poltargyst]

Those of us who watched cartoons in the '70s already knew that there were black vulcans.

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Heh. Nice.

 

[Drone]

Ansara was a great actor in everything he did and never failed to impress!
JB

He appeared in other genre productions as well, such as LIS, Outer Limits, Buck Rogers, B5, amongst others.

 

[STEPhon IT]

Ansara was a great actor in everything he did and never failed to impress!
JB

He was a real dark klingon. I like his portrayal as Kang; his take on a character was something memorable and haven't been reproduced again until Nicholas Meyer invented his Klingon characters.

 

[johnnybear]

He appeared in other genre productions as well, such as LIS, Outer Limits, Buck Rogers, B5, amongst others.

Abbott and Costello meet the mummy, Voyage to the bottom of the sea the movie, two episodes of Voyage to the bottom of the sea, two episodes of The time tunnel, one episode of Lost in space, one episode of Land of the giants, one episode of Star trek (naturally) two episodes of Deep space nine, one episode of Voyager, one episode of The outer limits, one episode of Babylon 5 plus many other shows likes Streets of san Francisco too! Great actor!
JB

 

[Redfern]

I thought the "ridge browed" Romulans of TNG were to streamline the makeup application process. The forehead piece allowed them to hide the performer's "normal" brows (without shaving them) and depict "upswept" brows already mounted onto the appliance. Because the piece built up the brow anyway (that couldn't be helped), for good or ill, they opted to suggest upswept bone and muscle structure to match the brows.

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Warped9]

I rather disliked the TNG era romulans. I think they came off worse than the Klingons who still managed to pull off some individuality and distinctiveness. The new version Romulans were all cookie cutter in appearance and behaviour.

 

[Kor]

He appeared in other genre productions as well, such as LIS, Outer Limits, Buck Rogers, B5, amongst others.

He also played a sadistic officer in the Mexican army in one of the "Magnificent Seven" sequels.

Kor

 

[Christopher]

I thought the "ridge browed" Romulans of TNG were to streamline the makeup application process. The forehead piece allowed them to hide the performer's "normal" brows (without shaving them) and depict "upswept" brows already mounted onto the appliance. Because the piece built up the brow anyway (that couldn't be helped), for good or ill, they opted to suggest upswept bone and muscle structure to match the brows.

Oh, good point. It would've been a way to avoid shaving the actors' brows, and that's important when they're just making guest appearances.

Except the eyebrow hair wouldn't be pre-mounted on the appliance, I think. From what I've seen of the makeup process, things like hair get added after the appliances are glued on.

 

[Doug Otte]

Oh, good point. It would've been a way to avoid shaving the actors' brows, and that's important when they're just making guest appearances.

Except the eyebrow hair wouldn't be pre-mounted on the appliance, I think. From what I've seen of the makeup process, things like hair get added after the appliances are glued on.

The hair was a wig. That was also easier for controlling it, and to avoid asking the actors to get a funny haircut.

 

[BillJ]

He was a real dark klingon. I like his portrayal as Kang; his take on a character was something memorable and haven't been reproduced again until Nicholas Meyer invented his Klingon characters.

For me, Kruge is my second favorite Klingon and the one that most closely resembles the TOS Klingons.

 

[Christopher]

The hair was a wig. That was also easier for controlling it, and to avoid asking the actors to get a funny haircut.

I was speaking of eyebrow hair. All hair -- wigs, eyebrows, beards, everything -- would be added separately after the appliances were glued on.

 

[Poltargyst]

Abbott and Costello meet the mummy, Voyage to the bottom of the sea the movie, two episodes of Voyage to the bottom of the sea, two episodes of The time tunnel, one episode of Lost in space, one episode of Land of the giants, one episode of Star trek (naturally) two episodes of Deep space nine, one episode of Voyager, one episode of The outer limits, one episode of Babylon 5 plus many other shows likes Streets of san Francisco too! Great actor!
JB

Don't forget I Dream of Jeannie.