William Shatner. In addition, Shatner appeared indirectly (through archive footage) in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations" and his archive voice-over was used in the final Star Trek: Enterprise episode, "These Are the Voyages...
". He has also voiced the role of Kirk in a number of video games and he is the credited author for a series of Star Trek novels involving Kirk, the first of which was The Ashes of Eden. (His primary "ghost" writers are Judith Reeves-Stevens and Garfield Reeves-Stevens.) Outside of the Star Trek franchise, Shatner is well-known for his roles on several other television shows, including Bob Wilson in the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode of The Twilight Zone, the title character on the 1980s police drama series T.J. Hooker, and his Emmy Award-winning portrayal of famed attorney Denny Crane on the ABC drama The Practice and its spin-off, Boston Legal. Biography Edit Shatner was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, of Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry. 1970s. Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy returned to the role of Spock in Star Trek; it was the first time he played the character since 1991 and was his first live-action film role since Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
He made a further cameo appearance as Spock in the 2013 sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, making him the only principal cast member of any Star Trek series to appear in eight of the films and (technically) the longest-serving of all Star Trek cast members, having played the role on and off over a period of 49 years from 1964 to 2013. Biography Edit Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts just four days after his Star Trek co-star, William Shatner. Like Shatner, he is of Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry (his family name means "person who cannot speak" in Russian) and, like his character of Spock, Nimoy is a vegetarian. He entered Boston College on a dramatic scholarship, but dropped out and headed for the West Coast knowing there he would find more lucrative opportunities in the acting business. Early career. DeForest Kelley. "He's really not dead... as long as we remember him.
" – DeForest Kelley as Dr. James Doohan. James Montgomery Doohan (3 March 1920 – 20 July 2005; age 85) portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on Star Trek: The Original Series and the first seven Star Trek movies.
He also appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Relics" and in the archive footage used in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations". His work as Scotty ranged over a twenty-nine year period, with his first being in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and his last appearance being in Star Trek Generations. Early life & World War II Edit Doohan was born in March of 1920 in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. On 6 June 1944, Doohan, by then promoted to Command Post Officer (Captain), was among the Canadian forces sent to take Juno Beach in Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion.
George Takei. George Hosato Takei (pronounced "Ta-Kay") (born 20 April 1937; age 76) is a Japanese-American actor best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek franchise.
He debuted as Sulu in the second pilot of the original series, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", with his character making the transition from the physics department to the helm by the next episode, "The Corbomite Maneuver". Walter Koenig. Nichelle Nichols. Nichelle Nichols (born 28 December 1932; age 81) is an American actress from Robbins, Illinois.
She is most famous for portraying communications officer Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the first six Star Trek movies. She also provided the voices for a number of other characters on the animated series. Early career and other roles Edit Hailing from Robbins, Illinois, Ms. Her first television role was on The Lieutenant (1964, which was written and produced by Gene Roddenberry and featured Gary Lockwood and Don Marshall). She appeared as Ruana in two Tarzan films: Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967, with fellow Star Trek actors Lloyd Haynes, William Marshall, and Jason Evers); and Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970, with Robert DoQui). Her other voice work includes the recurring role of Diane Maza on the Disney animated series Gargoyles, the African-American mother of Salli Richardson's character. Legacy Personal Background Appearances As Uhura.
Mark Lenard. Jane Wyatt. Real World article(written from a Production point of view) Jane Wyatt (12 August 1910 – 20 October 2006; age 96) was the Emmy award-winning American actress who played Amanda Grayson, wife to Vulcan Ambassador Sarek and mother of Spock, in the Star Trek episode "Journey to Babel" and again in the movie Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
Outside of Star Trek, she is best remembered for her roles in the 1937 film Lost Horizon and the television series Father Knows Best. Biography Edit Personal life Edit Wyatt married investment broker Edgar Bethune Ward on 9 November 1935. Early career Wyatt searched Broadway for an acting job, ultimately landing a role in a production of A.A. Perhaps Wyatt's most famous film role is that of the female lead in Frank Capra's classic, Academy Award-winning 1937 drama Lost Horizon, which also featured Leonard Mudie. Wyatt went on to have roles in such acclaimed films as None But the Lonely Heart (1944), Elia Kazan's Boomerang! Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. Robert Ellenstein. Ellenstein was a longtime friend of Star Trek IV director and co-star, Leonard Nimoy.
Both Ellenstein and Nimoy were early members of the Company of Angels, the oldest non-profit repertory theater in Los Angeles. One of Ellenstein's two sons, David, also appeared in Star Trek IV. Early life Edit Ellenstein was born in Newark, New Jersey. He began his acting career in 1947, when he joined regional theater company Cleveland Play House in Ohio.[1] He also directed and taught acting in Cleveland during the 1940s and 1950s.[2] In 1954, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began working in film and television. Career In a career spanning four decades, Ellenstein acted in at least fourteen feature films,[3] five made-for-TV movies and specials, and nearly a hundred television programs. John Schuck. John Schuck (born 4 February 1940; age 74) is an actor who has appeared in two Star Trek films and three Star Trek spin-off series.
He played the Klingon ambassador in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and reprised this role in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. He went on to play another Klingon, the geneticist Doctor Antaak, in the two episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise centering on the Klingon augment virus, "Affliction" and "Divergence". In between, he made appearances – as non-Klingons – on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager. Life and career Edit Schuck was born Conrad John Schuck (a name he still uses on stage) in Boston, Massachusetts. Schuck was married to DS9 guest actress Susan Bay from 1976 through 1983. 1970s Edit. Brock Peters. Real World article(written from a Production point of view) Brock Peters (2 July 1927 – 23 August 2005; age 78) was an accomplished veteran actor of stage, film, and television.
Robin Curtis. Personal Edit Curtis was born in New York Mills, New York. She graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1978 with a degree in communications and theater. She began pursuing an acting career in New York upon graduation and after spending two summers performing at the Springside Inn Dinner Theater in Auburn. She signed with an agent after appearing in the stage musical City Suite, made her television debut in a commercial for Oil of Olay, and moved to Los Angeles to further her career two years later. Curtis retired from acting in 1999 and moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was married. In 2003, she moved to Cazenovia, New York. Career Film Edit. Catherine Hicks. Catherine Mary Hicks (born 6 August 1951; age 62) is the actress who portrayed Dr.
Gillian Taylor in the film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Hicks is best known for her starring role as Annie Camden in the television series 7th Heaven. Fellow Star Trek film performer Stephen Collins co-stars with Hicks on this series as her husband, Reverend Eric Camden, Graham Jarvis as her father Charles Jackson and Michelle Phillips as her older sister.
Prior to this, Hicks was a regular on the daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope, playing Dr. Faith Coleridge from 1976 through 1978. Hicks also had the lead role of Marilyn Monroe in the 1980 made-for-TV movie Marilyn: The Untold Story (also featuring Brad Blaisdell). Her later film credits include 1991's Liebestraum (with Zach Grenier and Thomas Kopache), 1995's Dillinger and Capone (co-starring F.