Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles

[The Old Mixer]

Michael J. Pollard got third billing, under stars Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, in 1967's Academy Award-winning and Hollywood trend-setting Bonnie and Clyde. He was billed higher than Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons, the latter of whom got the Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and was himself nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.

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I think this qualifies in the largely ignored "maybe surprising" department as, in contrast, "Miri" doesn't appear to have been a career high point.

 

[Mysterion]

A two'fer in an episode of Columbo ("The Short Fuse") this evening: James Gregory (Dr. Tristan Adams) and William Windom (Commodore Matt Decker).

Also, in tonight's second Columbo episode ("Blueprint for Murder"), John Fiedler (Mr. Hengist) appeared.

 

[Forbin]

Did we all notice Clint Howard as the cage fight manager in "Solo"?

 

[Discofan]

Speaking of "Columbo", I suppose all remember Leonard Nimoy as a cold blooded murderer in one episode, I believe he plays a surgeon.

 

[Christopher]

Speaking of "Columbo", I suppose all remember Leonard Nimoy as a cold blooded murderer in one episode, I believe he plays a surgeon.

Yes, "A Stitch in Crime," with Forbidden Planet's Anne Francis. And Shatner did two, the splendid "Fade in to Murder" in the original series (as an egotistical but charming actor who played a famous TV detective, somewhat riffing on his own persona) and the decent but not brilliant "Butterfly in Shades of Grey" in the revival series (as a repulsive, Limbaugh-esque conservative radio pundit).

 

[Discofan]

Yes, "A Stitch in Crime," with Forbidden Planet's Anne Francis. And Shatner did two, the splendid "Fade in to Murder" in the original series (as an egotistical but charming actor who played a famous TV detective, somewhat riffing on his own persona) and the decent but not brilliant "Butterfly in Shades of Grey" in the revival series (as a repulsive, Limbaugh-esque conservative radio pundit).

Yes, "Forbidden Planet", that's a great movie, one of the best in the Sci-Fi genre. It's funny because there's even a Columbo episode where the Robot plays a part.

I remember Shatner in his rush-Limbaugh impersonation... It was almost him. Add the addiction to painkillers and it would be perfect!

 

[Christopher]

I remember Shatner in his rush-Limbaugh impersonation... It was almost him.

That's odd -- I found it more of a departure from his usual persona than most of the roles he played around that time, much colder and harder-edged. That's one reason I didn't think it worked as well as his first turn on Columbo. The coldness of his "Butterfly" character kept him from having the delightful chemistry he had with Peter Falk in "Fade In."

 

[J.T.B.]

I think this qualifies in the largely ignored "maybe surprising" department as, in contrast, "Miri" doesn't appear to have been a career high point.

I would have thought that was beginner-level info for this forum. To me that's like saying Kim Darby is in True Grit, Sally Kellerman is in MASH, Gary Lockwood is in in 2001 and Teri Garr is in Tootsie!

 

[The Old Mixer]

Susan Oliver in a Michael Dunn episode of The Wild Wild West...

...and Anthony Caruso, too!

("The Night Dr. Loveless Died," Sept. 29, 1967)

I would have thought that was beginner-level info for this forum. To me that's like saying Kim Darby is in True Grit, Sally Kellerman is in MASH, Gary Lockwood is in in 2001 and Teri Garr is in Tootsie!

And yet it hadn't managed to come up here in more than 5 years. And I didn't know about it, I'd never seen the film until yesterday.

 

[Greg Cox]

TCM was showing the old Matt Helm movies last week, most of which feature James Gregory as Helm's boss.

 

[The Old Mixer]

Rudy Solari appeared on the Season 3 premiere of Mission: Impossible, "The Heir Apparent," which aired the same week as "The Paradise Syndrome."

 

[Christopher]

Rudy Solari appeared on the Season 3 premiere of Mission: Impossible, "The Heir Apparent," which aired the same week as "The Paradise Syndrome."

Torin Thatcher was also in that episode.

 

[Discofan]

That's odd -- I found it more of a departure from his usual persona than most of the roles he played around that time, much colder and harder-edged. That's one reason I didn't think it worked as well as his first turn on Columbo. The coldness of his "Butterfly" character kept him from having the delightful chemistry he had with Peter Falk in "Fade In."

By "him", I meant Rush Limbaugh, his character was almost Rush Limbaugh.

 

[J.T.B.]

And yet it hadn't managed to come up here in more than 5 years. And I didn't know about it, I'd never seen the film until yesterday.

Yeah, I wasn't surprised it hadn't been posted, because it seemed too obvious. I still think of Bonnie and Clyde as a film basically everybody knows. I know I'm getting old!

 

[Christopher]

By "him", I meant Rush Limbaugh, his character was almost Rush Limbaugh.

I think he was sort of a blend of Limbaugh and G. Gordon Liddy, hence the moustache.

 

[Roundabout]

It had never occurred to me, until I watched "The Ultimate Computer" last night on H&I, that William Marshall was the one and only Blacula.

The movie Blacula had a very '70s vibe to it. It was definitely a product of its time. I read that it was considered a blaxploitation movie. I saw it on tv as a kid. It must have been the movie of the week on the local Creature Feature show.

Speaking of vampires, Marshall wasn't the only TOS guest actor, that I am aware of, who played a blood sucker. Barry Atwater, aka TOS Surak, was the night stalker in the Kolchak The Night Stalker movie. I don't recall if the character had any spoken lines in the movie.

 

[Discofan]

Tuvok, without his pointed ears, on the bridge of the Enterprise B!!!

 

[johnnybear]

It had never occurred to me, until I watched "The Ultimate Computer" last night on H&I, that William Marshall was the one and only Blacula.

The movie Blacula had a very '70s vibe to it. It was definitely a product of its time. I read that it was considered a blaxploitation movie. I saw it on tv as a kid. It must have been the movie of the week on the local Creature Feature show.

Speaking of vampires, Marshall wasn't the only TOS guest actor, that I am aware of, who played a blood sucker. Barry Atwater, aka TOS Surak, was the night stalker in the Kolchak The Night Stalker movie. I don't recall if the character had any spoken lines in the movie.

Barry Atwater played Janos Skorzeny, a name so liked in television that it was 'borrowed' for the main baddie in the short lived show Werewolf and played by Chuck Connors, an actor who strangely enough never appeared in a TOS episode!
JB

 

[Forbin]

Tuvok, without his pointed ears, on the bridge of the Enterprise B!!!

Once again, this is the TOS forum, so TOS actors & guests only in this thread please.

 

[Discofan]

Sorry I saw "trek guests" and thought it applied to ALL of Trek. when you click on links it's not always easy to keep in mind where you are in the forum maybe putting "TOS guests" would make confusion less likely.