Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles

Tom Anfinson, David Armstrong, Nick Borgani in The Trevi collection, an episode of Kolchak:The Night Stalker!
JB

 

It was quick, but Admiral Komack (Byron Morrow) showed up as an Air Force general in the Matt Helm film The Wrecking Crew.

 

My (out of order) Matt Helm festival ends with The Ambushers. James Gregory was of course on hand as Matt's boss. The Launch control panel is NOT the same prop as the Romulan control panel from Balance of Terror, but it's damn close!



And there was a big fight scene with evil henchman Cloud William.

 

Twilight Zone wasn’t the only time Shatner had trouble on an airplane. I think a spook shoved him out of a jet in an old movie. Seeing Kirk done that way as a young child was upsetting.

 

Well, it took Matt Helm a good 5 minutes of fight scene to kill Cloud William. Our Man Flint dropped him like a sack of tribbles in a couple of seconds.


Also, there was an Organian mad scientist.

 

You ever wondered what kind of happy pills they gave Cloud William so his voice would be so low and dramatic in The Omega Glory?*




*I know they messed with the speed of his voice recording.

 

I did not know that!

 

BTW, I thought it was hysterical that Organian actor Peter Brocco played mad scientist "Dr. Wu" in Our Man Flint, while Asian actor Benson Fong played "Dr. Schneider," and at no time during the movie is the anomoly pointed out. I can imagine someone deciding to swap names just before production started to see if anyone notices. Brilliant.

 

John Fiedler in The Youth Killer, an episode of Kolchak:The Night Stalker and directed by Don McDougall!
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Not quite "guest stars," but seeing STAR TREK's composer working with LOST IN SPACE's composer on Fiddler on the Roof made me happy this morning somehow.

 

Another collaboration between John Williams and Alexander Courage was Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, where Courage scored the film based on Williams's themes -- sort of halfway between composing and orchestration (and basically the same job Ken Thorne had on the previous two Superman movies).

I think my father (a classical radio announcer and something of an authority on music) once told me -- probably in connection with a discussion of Superman IV -- that Courage was considered one of the great film orchestrators, more famous in industry circles as an orchestrator than as a composer.

 

Took me three days to finish In Like Flint thanks to a 50-hour blackout courtesy of Tropical Storm Isaias!
LORD Garth features as an insane ZOWIE general trying to take over the world:


...and he actually ends up hijacking a spacecraft to become a crazy spaceship commander!


And Yvonne Craig features as a Russian ballerina friend of Flint's who he pumps for information.

 

Gilbert Green in Wednesday's Child, an episode of Police Woman!
JB

 

This post pretty much answers my question of "Is an orchestrator anything like an arranger?" I knew the term 'arranger' from many songs my high school choir put on, but was unfamiliar with 'orchestrator' until now. Thank you for the information.

 

Yep, it's basically an arranger, but for an orchestra.