My favorite Shatner guest appearance was on 3rd Rock From the Sun. Dick and The Big Giant Head (Shatner) were talking about air travel. "There was a man on the wing." "You saw him too?" They played the same character in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
Leonard Nimoy and Bill Shatner appeared together in a Man From Uncle episode. The plot of that episode had a Mission Impossible flavor--another Nimoy show. Great episode.
The main four actors on "Trek" each had scores of roles and 15 years or more experience behind them; one of the reasons they carried off the show so well.
Exactly. You don't get a "Starring" or "Also Starring" role on network TV without either a strong background, or if it's a vehicle designed specifically for you (like all of the 90s/2000s shows starring a "name" comedian.)
D. M. Ball...I agree, they were professionals who knew their 'craft' very well and brought a lot of credibility and believability to Star Trek. It is perhaps one of the huge reasons that Star Trek became such a classic show.
I have read on a website that DeForest Kelley had a role in the movie "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit" in which he played an Army medic during a WWII flashback scene. The site said he speaks the line, "This man is dead, Captain." A foretelling moment.
It's not a western but William Shatner's portrayal of a formerly high powered attorney who is navigating Alzheimer's Disease in Boston Legal was brilliant.
He was also in an episode of "The Defenders," and had another show, "For The People," where he starred as a NY assistant DA with Jessica Walter (RIP) as his co-star.
William Shatner's most successful television role before Star Trek was the episode of The Twilight Zone, where he was a man on a plane, who saw a gremlin on the wing of the plane, when he looked out of the cabin window.
Dunno if anyone's mentioned it yet, but the redheaded kid with Doohan in Bewitched (07:43) was in a couple of TOS episodes. Most memorably as "Tommy" in "And the Children Shall Lead." _Hail, hail, fire and snow..._
That was Michael Ansara standing next to Nimoy. Ansara played Kang in Star Trek (1968), Jeyel and Kang in DS-9 (1994 and 1996), and Kang in Voyager (1996).
He was also in several episodes of "I Dream of Jeannie," often as the Blue Djinn; Barbara Eden was his wife for many years. The Outer Limits episode was indeed a very good one, written by Harlan Ellison, who also wrote the award-winning Trek episode, "City on the Edge of Forever," that famous one with Joan Collins where Spock attempts to fix their tricorder with "stone knives and bearskins."
Script by the abrasive, litigious but brilliant Harlan Ellison. He sued James Cameron, claiming that he stole the idea for The Terminator from Soldier. I never understood how Ellison won. The only thing the two stories have in common is time travel. "Qarlo Clobregnny, RM EN TN DO!"
When they remade that story in the more recent version of "The Outer Limits", Nimoy got to play the defense attorney, and his son Adam directed. I also saw Leonard Nimoy in an episode of "Highway Patrol" where he played a mob gunsel, telling a victim at gunpoint, "Walk or Bleed!" He must have called on that image with a smile for "A Piece of the Action."
Towards the end of his life, DeForrest Kelley was honored for all his roles in westerns and was really proud of it (not sure the organization that gave him the award).
That's how my dad introduced me to "ST"-by telling me "the UNCLe agent and the THRUSH agent in 'The Project Strigas Affair' were now a starship captain and his alien with pointed ears first officer were serving on a spaceship together." I got hooked since he introduced me to "MFU" by asking me "why Harold Bride was now a UNCLE agent?". It was his way of getting me to watch TV with him. He knew I had a crush on that cute guy in " A Night to Remember".
Leonard Nimoy is also in Mission Impossible (original). Bill Shatner had the starring role in TJ Hooker (but I think that was after TOS). When sci-fi was largely replaced by buddy-cop shows or similar dramas (like Starsky and Hutch or Dukes of Hazzard and so forth) in the 70's. And just about everyone turned up on The Love Boat.
And Nimoy and Kelley were in the same episode of The Virginian, Man of Violence. William Shatner was in two episodes with Doug McClure with whom he later co-starred in the series Barbary Coast
Shatner actually did an ep of Mission when Nimoy was still a regular. William was the featured villain that week. Also: Walter Koenig (Chekov) was in an ep of Columbo where Shatner was the featured murderer, though they had no scenes together and Koenig confirmed that the fact they appeared in that same ep was very much a coincidence.
You could devote an entire segment to DeForest Kelly. While never a "star", he appeared in many TV episodes and movies, pre Star Trek. Argumently, the biggest picture he was in, 1957's "Gunfight at the O K Corral," where he played one of the Earp bothers. After Star Trek T.O.S, he did very little non Star Trek related work. He was a good actor and probably should have done better. R.I.P. Bones, you're missed. 😢
Though when you think about it, it's interesting how many Star Trek actors ended up on ""Bonanza", a show staring the Loren Greene, who'd latter play Commander Adama on the original "Battlestar Galactica" and "Galactica 1980".
Just loved DeForest Kelley saying, "I'm not a doctor...." 🤣 Ditto for those "pointed ears" on Shatner's devil. Michael Ansara and Leonard Nimoy, in different uniforms. Leonard Nimoy was also a guest star on Sea Hunt, portraying different characters. That means he had roles in both outer space and inner space.
@@handsomeman-pm9vy, it was already in reruns by the time I could remember it. One interesting aspect of shows from the 1950s is that the main characters were often depicted as WWII veterans; Sea Hunt, Perry Mason come to mind.
There is an episode of The Virginian where De plays a Dr. & Nimoy is wounded and De pulls him through. Also, in one of your clips was another Trek actor, Michael Ansara, who played Kang in Day of the Dove. He was married to I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden.
Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner both were in the same episode of TV's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (Season 1, Episode 9) "The Project Strigas Affair" along with Werner Klemperer(Colonel Klink on "Hogan's Heroes"). De Forest Kelly did a number of Western movies including "Warlock" with Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn. It has been something of a hobby of mine watching old movies and spotting actors and actresses in early roles. A special favorite was the TV western "Tate" with early small roles played by Robert Redford and James Coburn and an episode (th-cam.com/video/5fKz21qHFN0/w-d-xo.html) where Leonard Nimoy played an Indian chief.
I was going to mention that Man From Uncle episode! You beat me to it. Warlock was a really good picture. Richard Widmark was a much better actor than he got credit for. And that cast... "Reach, Blaisdell!"
The episode deemed too controversial to air during TZ's original run. Also featured Neville Brand, who was a highly decorated WW2 vet, as was Rod Serling.
The Shat and Nimoy also appeared on Perry Mason. Nimoy folded faster than Superman on Laundry day when Perry Mason confronted him and accused him of being the murderer. Classic TV.
Meg Wyllie who played one of the aliens in the original pilot episode with Jeffry Hunter as Capt. Pike was also on several Perry Masons. She always played a little old lady.
Shatner was in TWO episodes, once as a TV detective who killed his ex-wife/boss, the second as a radio talk show host who killed his daughter's boyfriend.
DeForest Kelley was also in an episode of Perry Mason, too. And of course lots of people know that Shatner and Nimoy were both on an episode of The Man From UNCLE. Also did anyone else notice at 11:05 that that's Michael Ansara next to Nimoy? Ansara played the Klingon Kang in the original Star Trek series.
Deforest Kelly played Frank McClowry in a movie about the OK Corral. In the ST episode, “Shadow of the Gun,” Dr McCoy was thrust into the role of… Frank McClowry. Roddenberry thought it would be cute.
It's difficult to take Leonard Nimoy seriously in these parts. He does a fine job, but we automatically view him through the Spock lens. He just isn't, well, _logical_ as a cowboy.
Sadly, I think all of the crew was typecast after their trek roles. Not that they suffered for it, but when you are an actor, if your not acting, then what’s the point! The main actors had pretty good acting chops before that, many coming from broadway, or Shakespearean training, so they could have done more on stage that I’m aware of.
@@cajohnson1234 Leonard Nimoy wrote, "I Am Not Spock" in 1975. I remember him appearing on The Mike Douglass Show promoting the book being very meh about his time as the character. While describing his career, he said, "Then I put on pointed ears for three years," to audience laughter and shock. He really meant he was _not_ Spock back then. Twenty years later, he wrote the book, "I Am Spock," and all was different. He now loved and lived the role.
A final finish scene at the end of the video would be a nice addition from Star Trek Season 3 Episode 6 Spectre of the Gun. Aired October 25th, 1968. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Chekov, and Scotty in western style. A nice researched video. Live Long and Prosper 🖖🏻
William Shatner made his film debut in 1958 playing Alexey Karamazov opposite Yul Brynner and Lee J. Cobb in The Brothers Karamazov. He played The Preacher in the 1964 film, The Outrage, a Hollywood remake of Rashomon, starring starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, and Edward G. Robinson. He starred the 1966 feature film, Incubus, which was shot in Esperanto rather than English. And of course, never forget the 1975 supernatural horror film, The Devil's Rain, with a cast that included Tom Skerritt, Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, John Travolta, and actual Satanist Anton LaVey playing the High Priest of the Church of Satan. DeForest Kelley played an angry cowpoke who gets smacked down by Richard Widmark in the 1959 Western film, Warlock, also starring Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn and Dorothy Malone. He played the leader of a gang of bank robbers in the 1963 Western film, Gunfight at Comanche Creek, starring Audie Murphy. And he plays the professor battling giant rabbits in the 1972 science fiction horror film, Night of the Lepus, a film of such laughably poor quality it was destined for cult status.
The Outrage was the first thing I ever saw William Shatner in. I was in high school, and in an English class we studied Rashomon for 1/4 of the year. The comparison of The Outrage and Rashomon made up the bulk of the class. I enjoyed it immensely, but I also decided right then and there that I thought Shatner was a hottie, lol.
Shatner and Jeri (Borgbabe) Ryan were in "The Devil's Revenge" A sequel? (USN LieuTenant)Edward Albert(Heimberger). Bronze Star at Tarawa when there was only one way to get it. THE HARD WAY.
Leonard Nimoy appeared in an episode of Columbo, and James Doohan had a part in the soap series "The Bold and the Beautiful". Ans lets not forget William Shatner in the movie "Horror at 37,000ft"!
William Shatner appeared as the murderer in two episodes of _Columbo_ and Walter Koenig appeared as a detective investigating one of those murders. Koenig also had a recurring role as a Psi Cop named Bester on _Babylon 5_ .
I notice Nimoy with Michael Ansara (Kang from Day of the Dove) in the western clip just before you switched to talking about Gene L. Coon. Shatner appeared in several law/lawyer-related TV shows in the early sixties, one of which he was one of the main characters, including "For The People" and "The Defenders".
Larry Tate vs Captain Kirk wasn't something I was expecting to see today. 😄 I love the '49 clip of De!! Never seen him so young and boyish before. Thanks so much ❤
Now watch "The Defender" from the 50s (a playhouse special) for early Shatner Then his annual guest appearances on The Defenders in the 60s Then his series in 1965 "For the People" There's some great Shatnerian Method in those.
You missed William Shatner in the movie "The People" based on stories by Zenna Henderson. It also had Kim Darby in it from the Star Trek TOS Miri episode.
William Shatner stared in a late 70s horror flik called 'Kingdom of The Spiders', DeForest Kelly played Morgan Earp in the 1957 film 'Gunfight at The OK Corral', and Leonard Nimoy was in a 70s western called 'Catlow'. I'm not sure about DeForest, but I do know Bill and Leonard appeared in the 'Outer Limits' once or twice.
"I, Robot" for Nimoy and "Cold Hands, Warm Heart" for Shatner. Jimmy Doohan detective in the episode "Expanding Human". AND as icing on the cake there was an episode called "Wolf 359" where a scientist recreates the environment of a distant planet, its accelerated rate of evolution suggests a shocking future for mankind.
You missed deforest Kelley in “the littlest hobo” and Leonard Nimoy in “Combat!”, as well as Shatner doing “there’s some-THING on the wing” in Twilight zone. I also think there were some actors doing other roles in Combat! As well!
7:44 Craig Huxley, occasional ST:TOS guest star. Played Kirk's nephew Peter in "Operation Annihilate" and Tommy Starnes in "And the Children Shall Lead". Also invented an exotic musical instrument called the "blaster beam" Which featured prominently in the ST:TMP movie soundtrack.
Interesting compilation. Recently I’ve watched some shows on the oldies networks and was surprised to see Star Trek actors in many other shows. Scotty was on an episode of Hazel, several were on Perry Mason. In one episode of Perry Mason George Takei is Shatner’s attorney. Shatner was on an episode of Route 66. Arlene Martel was on Gunsmoke before and after Star Trek. Arlene Martel, France Nguyen and Shatner were in different episodes of Burke’s Law. Michael Ansara (Kang) was in the same episode and scene with Shatner in Burke’s Law. At 11:03 that’s Michael Ansara with Nimoy. Nimoy played in several Sci-fi movies and a serial Zombies of the Stratosphere. Don’t forget Barbara Luna, Lt. Marlena Moreau. On The Ed Sullivan Show Shatner and France Nguyen performed a scene from “The World of Nancy Kwan” LIVE. It was stunning. From my observations all of the Star Trek actors played many different characters, but Shatner is always Captain Kirk, even before he was Captain Kirk
A TV season used to have a lot more episodes than they do now. Bonanza averaged almost 31 shows a season. Gunsmoke averaged almost 32. The first six seasons of the original run of Doctor Who had 40 or more every season. More episodes means more actors.
"Corn-fed" was the comment. It meant somebody from an American rural background, because you ate a lot of corn and were healthy. It used to be a descriptor for both men and women.
Great video, I really enjoyed it, thanks! Nemoy was also in several episodes of the "Combat" series in the 60's. Walter Koening was also in at least one Combat episode.
Awesome video, I enjoyed this very much and was so glad to have watched it. Yes i knew these actors ha other jobs in TV but getting to see some of their works was pretty cool. Thanks again, it was awesome
Arlene Martel was an interesting choice since she was only on one episode. She was more well known for her role as Tiger on Hogan's Heroes, she had several guest appearances on that.
A lot of actors who would appear on Star Trek - Nimoy, Barrett, Koenig, Nichols - appeared in Roddenberry's pre-Star Trek show, The Lieutenant, starring Gary Lockwood.
So many Star Trek actors appeared in tv westerns in the 50s and 60s. Before Bonanza Doohan was in both Gunsmoke and Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans.
I worked as an actor/stuntman in the 90's and had the honour of meeting 2 Star Trek Captains. First was when i auditioned for Capt. Kirk for a show called Tech Wars (also written by Shatner) and Capt Cisco when working on a 'Spenser For Hire' movie (he played 'Hawk' on the show and in the movies) How funny is that?
![ตีสิบเดย์ [FULL] | นางเอกหมอลำเงินล้าน "อุ๋งอิ๋ง เพชรบ้านแพง" & ไฮโซสาวสุดฮอต "ลิลลี่ เหงียน"](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jPxQS_EgrJ4/mqdefault.jpg)
Kelley saying "I'm a doctor" and Doohan saying "warp drive" is a hell of a foreshadowing.
"not a doctor"
"Darn-it Mr. Cartwright - I'm a condemned murderer, not a doctor!"
😅😅😅😅😅😅
"I'm a DOCTOR, Jim!!!
Lol Ben was so confused ‘But… you’re always saying you’re a doctor!’ 😰
Deforest Kelley did mostly heavy characters in westerns.
@@se7enofneindeforest Kelley: "Quit calling me Colonel Tigh!"
My favorite Shatner guest appearance was on 3rd Rock From the Sun.
Dick and The Big Giant Head (Shatner) were talking about air travel.
"There was a man on the wing."
"You saw him too?"
They played the same character in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet.
My favorite Shatner TZ episode is the one with the fortune-telling machine. Creepy and thought-provoking.
Leonard Nimoy and Bill Shatner appeared together in a Man From Uncle episode. The plot of that episode had a Mission Impossible flavor--another Nimoy show. Great episode.
The Strigas Affair
The main four actors on "Trek" each had scores of roles and 15 years or more experience behind them; one of the reasons they carried off the show so well.
Exactly. You don't get a "Starring" or "Also Starring" role on network TV without either a strong background, or if it's a vehicle designed specifically for you (like all of the 90s/2000s shows starring a "name" comedian.)
@@almostfm You mean like : *I love Lucy* ?
Starring Lucille Ball
D. M. Ball...I agree, they were professionals who knew their 'craft' very well and brought a lot of credibility and believability to Star Trek. It is perhaps one of the huge reasons that Star Trek became such a classic show.
DeForest Kelly was good at playing psychotic henchmen in western movies
@@mikegrossberg8624 Yes, and he played the same kind of personality in some of the gangster movies that he was in.
Leonard Nimoy was also in 3 or 4 episodes of Sea Hunt. He was a spy , a saboteur , a murderer and a real bad man.
Leonard Nimoy gave Lloyd Bridges credit early on for helping him get acting jobs on TV series shows when times were lean..
also Man from Uncle
Also in "Johny Yuma"
I have read on a website that DeForest Kelley had a role in the movie "The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit" in which he played an Army medic during a WWII flashback scene. The site said he speaks the line, "This man is dead, Captain." A foretelling moment.
Did you notice James Doohan's line about a "warp drive"?
It's not a western but William Shatner's portrayal of a formerly high powered attorney who is navigating Alzheimer's Disease in Boston Legal was brilliant.
He was also in an episode of "The Defenders," and had another show, "For The People," where he starred as a NY assistant DA with Jessica Walter (RIP) as his co-star.
One of Shatner's best roles, I think, was in the Roger Corman-directed The Intruder [1962].
"Denny Crain!"
@@PlasmaCoolantLeak Jessica Walter's voice acting in "Archer" was letter-perfect. ❤️
@@alkh3myst Say it like you mean it!
William Shatner's most successful television role before Star Trek was the episode of The Twilight Zone, where he was a man on a plane, who saw a gremlin on the wing of the plane, when he looked out of the cabin window.
He also starred as a lawyer in the show "For the People", just before "Star Trek".
Used in the movie.
@@leondillon8723 Redid it, a lot scarier than the original television story. Cue music....🎶😁.
Also an ep of The Outer Limits as an astronaut returning from Venus.
@@leondillon8723 which movie??
My favorite is "The Lieutenant", with Roddenberry and seemingly most of the eventual Trek cast showing up over the course of the single season.
Dunno if anyone's mentioned it yet, but the redheaded kid with Doohan in Bewitched (07:43) was in a couple of TOS episodes. Most memorably as "Tommy" in "And the Children Shall Lead."
_Hail, hail, fire and snow..._
I thought I caught McLean Stevenson from M*A*S*H*in one of the westerns.
And you'll note that was Larry Tate confronting William Shatner in "The Outlaws."
He got "Lost in Space". The evil alien was LA lawyer Marvin Belli.
That was Michael Ansara standing next to Nimoy. Ansara played Kang in Star Trek (1968), Jeyel and Kang in DS-9 (1994 and 1996), and Kang in Voyager (1996).
In the late '50s Michael Ansara starred in a series called Broken Arrow. Leonard Nimoy made 3 guest appearances on that show.
Well spotted. Ansara was also in an Outer Limits episode. "Soldier", I believe .
Ansera also appears in a few episodes of Hawaii Five-O.
He was also in several episodes of "I Dream of Jeannie," often as the Blue Djinn; Barbara Eden was his wife for many years. The Outer Limits episode was indeed a very good one, written by Harlan Ellison, who also wrote the award-winning Trek episode, "City on the Edge of Forever," that famous one with Joan Collins where Spock attempts to fix their tricorder with "stone knives and bearskins."
Script by the abrasive, litigious but brilliant Harlan Ellison. He sued James Cameron, claiming that he stole the idea for The Terminator from Soldier. I never understood how Ellison won. The only thing the two stories have in common is time travel. "Qarlo Clobregnny, RM EN TN DO!"
Let's not forget Leonard Nimoys recurring role in the TV series Fringe as William Bell
Nimoy also played a role in the Outer Limits as a reporter covering a robot’s murder trial. At least that was a Sci-Fi show.
When they remade that story in the more recent version of "The Outer Limits", Nimoy got to play the defense attorney, and his son Adam directed. I also saw Leonard Nimoy in an episode of "Highway Patrol" where he played a mob gunsel, telling a victim at gunpoint, "Walk or Bleed!" He must have called on that image with a smile for "A Piece of the Action."
That was an excellent Outer Limits episode. One of the better ones.
Saloon girl: I'm homesick.
Freddy: Pointless longing for one's place of birth is both an unproductive emotion and highly illogical.
Deserves more likes!
@@georgetrapp6666 Aw, thank you.
Towards the end of his life, DeForrest Kelley was honored for all his roles in westerns and was really proud of it (not sure the organization that gave him the award).
De receive the Golden Boot award, given by the Motion Picture and Television fund to those who made a significant contribution to westerns.
He was great in the western WARLOCK, well worth watching
His first name would have made a great brand. D4S. Get it?
@@FilmDoctor42 He was also in The Law and Jake Wade, as a psychotic second villain
Nimoy and Shatner were once in an episode of The Man From UNCLE together.
That's how my dad introduced me to "ST"-by telling me "the UNCLe agent and the THRUSH agent in 'The Project Strigas Affair' were now a starship captain and his alien with pointed ears first officer were serving on a spaceship together." I got hooked since he introduced me to "MFU" by asking me "why Harold Bride was now a UNCLE agent?". It was his way of getting me to watch TV with him. He knew I had a crush on that cute guy in " A Night to Remember".
Leonard Nimoy is also in Mission Impossible (original).
Bill Shatner had the starring role in TJ Hooker (but I think that was after TOS).
When sci-fi was largely replaced by buddy-cop shows or similar dramas (like Starsky and Hutch or Dukes of Hazzard and so forth) in the 70's. And just about everyone turned up on The Love Boat.
And Nimoy and Kelley were in the same episode of The Virginian, Man of Violence. William Shatner was in two episodes with Doug McClure with whom he later co-starred in the series Barbary Coast
Shatner actually did an ep of Mission when Nimoy was still a regular. William was the featured villain that week. Also: Walter Koenig (Chekov) was in an ep of Columbo where Shatner was the featured murderer, though they had no scenes together and Koenig confirmed that the fact they appeared in that same ep was very much a coincidence.
James Doohan was in a different episode.
Earlier this week I just happened upon "The Iron Horse" and started watching episode one. In it James Doohan has a small role as a Scottish engineer.
Arlene Martel in the best Outer limits episode " Demon with a glass hand"!😅
Gene Roddenberry wrote many episodes and radio show episodes for the *awesome* western show “Have Gun - Will Travel”
"Honey West "was in that one too, and couple of other TV stars I can't remember at the moment(like the victim.)
You could devote an entire segment to DeForest Kelly.
While never a "star", he appeared in many TV episodes and movies, pre Star Trek.
Argumently, the biggest picture he was in, 1957's "Gunfight at the O K Corral," where he played one of the Earp bothers. After Star Trek T.O.S, he did very little non Star Trek related work. He was a good actor and probably should have done better.
R.I.P. Bones, you're missed. 😢
I agree, he’s very entertaining and charismatic in almost everything I’ve seen him in.
DeForest Kelley: "I'm a doctor, not a cowboy!".
Though when you think about it, it's interesting how many Star Trek actors ended up on ""Bonanza", a show staring the Loren Greene, who'd latter play Commander Adama on the original "Battlestar Galactica" and "Galactica 1980".
It's also amazing how many of the appear on Hawaii Five-O. Not just the main characters, but those who had bit parts in just one or two episodes.
Thank you for putting this together! I love both Star Trek and Westerns - so this was a lot of fun to watch.
Leonard Nimoy was also one of the main actors in Mission Impossible
Thanks Nora! You've gathered up one of my unofficial hobbies, noting ST actors in old TV shows. I think Nimoy may have been in a "Perry Mason" also.
Just loved DeForest Kelley saying, "I'm not a doctor...." 🤣 Ditto for those "pointed ears" on Shatner's devil. Michael Ansara and Leonard Nimoy, in different uniforms. Leonard Nimoy was also a guest star on Sea Hunt, portraying different characters. That means he had roles in both outer space and inner space.
"Sea Hunt?" Damn you are old.
@@handsomeman-pm9vy, it was already in reruns by the time I could remember it. One interesting aspect of shows from the 1950s is that the main characters were often depicted as WWII veterans; Sea Hunt, Perry Mason come to mind.
He plays a US Navy Submariner in ''The Silent Service .''
Nimoy was also a regular on the original Mission Impossible.
There is an episode of The Virginian where De plays a Dr. & Nimoy is wounded and De pulls him through. Also, in one of your clips was another Trek actor, Michael Ansara, who played Kang in Day of the Dove. He was married to I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden.
I have been trying to figure out where I've seen that for years. Thought I just imagined it. Thank you very much.
Ansara also played the role of "Cochese" on the show "Broken Arrow".
Majel was on an episode of Babylon 5. She played a Centauri Seer. Walter Konieg played Bester the Psi-cop on the same show for 5 seasons.
A fun collection. Reading the comments, I find it funny that no one has mentioned Leonard Nimoy's regular role as Paris on Mission Impossible.
The little kid that played “ Merile” on the Bewitched episode also played on Star Trek with the “friendly angel” alien!
OH MY GOD, I just looked it up and the same kid played Kirk’s nephew in “Operation - Annihilate!” I thought he looked familiar!!
Yes. And Michael Ansara was Kang.
@@marinakaye8284 and Michael Ansara was Barbara Eden’s real husband!
I thought that might be true
@@noratheelk3729 And don't forget that scene with Shatner and the actor who would play Larry Tate in Bewitched.
Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner both were in the same episode of TV's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (Season 1, Episode 9) "The Project Strigas Affair" along with Werner Klemperer(Colonel Klink on "Hogan's Heroes"). De Forest Kelly did a number of Western movies including "Warlock" with Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda and Anthony Quinn. It has been something of a hobby of mine watching old movies and spotting actors and actresses in early roles. A special favorite was the TV western "Tate" with early small roles played by Robert Redford and James Coburn and an episode (th-cam.com/video/5fKz21qHFN0/w-d-xo.html) where Leonard Nimoy played an Indian chief.
I was going to mention that Man From Uncle episode! You beat me to it. Warlock was a really good picture. Richard Widmark was a much better actor than he got credit for. And that cast... "Reach, Blaisdell!"
Yes on Gunsmoke
James Doohan was in The Man from UNCLE as well, though smaller roles in a few eps - i.e. The Bridge of Lions Part 1 in season 2.
I have seen, and own, a lot of Western movies and TV shows with Shatner, Nimoy, and DeForest Kelly.
Grace Lee Whitney, James Doohan, William Shatner, Arlene Martel (sigh), and Leonard Nimoy all had roles on The Outer Limits.
Yep. Grace ("Carla") killed a guy.
Yes, but Archie Bunker changed the timeline so he didn't die, and 'Carla' kissed and made up.@@IndianOutlaw1870
My favorite has to be James Dohann in an episode of Hazel where he played of all things a Scottish horse groom
@olive Greenpants - It's James DOOHAN.
A lot of the women on ST, mostly guests, were also in The Wild Wild West.
Spock in "the Outer Limits", and Spock and Kirk in "The Man from Uncle"!
Thanks for finding these. I've heard about their appearances in westerns, but never actually saw one.
My pleasure, I had a blast finding them.
Shatner was in an episode of Kung Fu that I vaguely remember. He had a fight with Caine
Roddenberry wrote for a few of the westerns in the 1950’s so he knew a few of the Star Trek cast before then.
Awesome video! Loved seeing them in all these shows.
I love spotting actors in different TV shows too
Bill Shatner: there was something on the wing of the plane. John Lithgow: the same thing happened to me.
He was inspired as The Big Giant Head
One thing missed was George Takei's performance in a controversial Twilight Zone episode.
The episode deemed too controversial to air during TZ's original run. Also featured Neville Brand, who was a highly decorated WW2 vet, as was Rod Serling.
The Shat and Nimoy also appeared on Perry Mason. Nimoy folded faster than Superman on Laundry day when Perry Mason confronted him and accused him of being the murderer. Classic TV.
Shatter played an astronaut on the Outer Limits. Nimoy and Kelly were on Perry Mason (Spock was revealed as the murderer at the climax).
Meg Wyllie who played one of the aliens in the original pilot episode with Jeffry Hunter as Capt. Pike was also on several Perry Masons. She always played a little old lady.
@@thecraigster8888 It's SHATNER. Not "shatter"!
Spoiler alert, lol
Nimoy had quite the range of characters. Fascinating.
You forgot Leonard Nimoy was in an episode of Columbo, S2 E6 " A Stitch In Crime."
Yeah that's where he tried to kill Grandpa Walton
Shatner was in a Columbo episode too, where he played....an actor.
Shatner was in TWO episodes, once as a TV detective who killed his ex-wife/boss, the second as a radio talk show host who killed his daughter's boyfriend.
Walter Koenig, AKA Chekhov, was in Columbo too, as a police Sargent.....
Lenard Nimoy had a small part in the classic atomic monster movie 'Them!'. He also played an alien in the kids' serial 'Rocket Man'.
This was so much fun to watch, and I love your little captions!
Leonard Nimoy was in one of those old movie serials "Zombies From the Stratosphere" He also had one scene in "Them!" about the giant ants.
Shatner and Nimoy appeared in the same Mand from UNCLE episode.
@TheSmalltownhick - "Mand"?
DeForest Kelley was also in an episode of Perry Mason, too. And of course lots of people know that Shatner and Nimoy were both on an episode of The Man From UNCLE. Also did anyone else notice at 11:05 that that's Michael Ansara next to Nimoy? Ansara played the Klingon Kang in the original Star Trek series.
Deforest Kelly played Frank McClowry in a movie about the OK Corral. In the ST episode, “Shadow of the Gun,” Dr McCoy was thrust into the role of… Frank McClowry. Roddenberry thought it would be cute.
Gunfight at the OK Corral🤠
It's difficult to take Leonard Nimoy seriously in these parts. He does a fine job, but we automatically view him through the Spock lens. He just isn't, well, _logical_ as a cowboy.
Sadly, I think all of the crew was typecast after their trek roles. Not that they suffered for it, but when you are an actor, if your not acting, then what’s the point! The main actors had pretty good acting chops before that, many coming from broadway, or Shakespearean training, so they could have done more on stage that I’m aware of.
@@cajohnson1234 Leonard Nimoy wrote, "I Am Not Spock" in 1975. I remember him appearing on The Mike Douglass Show promoting the book being very meh about his time as the character. While describing his career, he said, "Then I put on pointed ears for three years," to audience laughter and shock. He really meant he was _not_ Spock back then. Twenty years later, he wrote the book, "I Am Spock," and all was different. He now loved and lived the role.
A final finish scene at the end of the video would be a nice addition from Star Trek Season 3 Episode 6 Spectre of the Gun. Aired October 25th, 1968. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Chekov, and Scotty in western style. A nice researched video. Live Long and Prosper 🖖🏻
I thought so too when I watched that episode for the first time! Unfortunately I had already uploaded the video by then 😅
William Shatner made his film debut in 1958 playing Alexey Karamazov opposite Yul Brynner and Lee J. Cobb in The Brothers Karamazov. He played The Preacher in the 1964 film, The Outrage, a Hollywood remake of Rashomon, starring starring Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, and Edward G. Robinson. He starred the 1966 feature film, Incubus, which was shot in Esperanto rather than English. And of course, never forget the 1975 supernatural horror film, The Devil's Rain, with a cast that included Tom Skerritt, Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert, Ida Lupino, John Travolta, and actual Satanist Anton LaVey playing the High Priest of the Church of Satan. DeForest Kelley played an angry cowpoke who gets smacked down by Richard Widmark in the 1959 Western film, Warlock, also starring Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn and Dorothy Malone. He played the leader of a gang of bank robbers in the 1963 Western film, Gunfight at Comanche Creek, starring Audie Murphy. And he plays the professor battling giant rabbits in the 1972 science fiction horror film, Night of the Lepus, a film of such laughably poor quality it was destined for cult status.
The Outrage was the first thing I ever saw William Shatner in. I was in high school, and in an English class we studied Rashomon for 1/4 of the year. The comparison of The Outrage and Rashomon made up the bulk of the class. I enjoyed it immensely, but I also decided right then and there that I thought Shatner was a hottie, lol.
"Mia fratino bakis panon."
Shatner and Jeri (Borgbabe) Ryan were in "The Devil's Revenge" A sequel? (USN LieuTenant)Edward Albert(Heimberger). Bronze Star at Tarawa when there was only one way to get it. THE HARD WAY.
"Damn it, Ben! I'm a murderer, not a doctor!"
Leonard Nimoy appeared in an episode of Columbo, and James Doohan had a part in the soap series "The Bold and the Beautiful". Ans lets not forget William Shatner in the movie "Horror at 37,000ft"!
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet and it was a Twilight Zone episode
@@brynpookc1127 37000 ft was a tv movie from the 70s or 80s. I remember seeing him being sucked out the plane falling to his death screaming
William Shatner appeared as the murderer in two episodes of _Columbo_ and Walter Koenig appeared as a detective investigating one of those murders. Koenig also had a recurring role as a Psi Cop named Bester on _Babylon 5_ .
Nimoy was also on an episode of Perry Mason
I notice Nimoy with Michael Ansara (Kang from Day of the Dove) in the western clip just before you switched to talking about Gene L. Coon. Shatner appeared in several law/lawyer-related TV shows in the early sixties, one of which he was one of the main characters, including "For The People" and "The Defenders".
The Waltons
Grace Lee Whitney was in an episode (two-parter) of Batman with King Tut.
Larry Tate vs Captain Kirk wasn't something I was expecting to see today. 😄
I love the '49 clip of De!! Never seen him so young and boyish before.
Thanks so much ❤
Now watch "The Defender" from the 50s (a playhouse special) for early Shatner
Then his annual guest appearances on The Defenders in the 60s
Then his series in 1965 "For the People"
There's some great Shatnerian Method in those.
You forgot
Shatner: Judgement at Nuremberg
Nightmare at 30,000 Feet
Nimoy : Get Smart
Takei: Twilight Zone
That was a great movie with Spencer Tracy.
Nimoy mission impossible tv series
@@johnatkinson7126 Gosh, you’re right. I forgot that one. If I recall Sunday nights, right?
@@diamondjim7560 still on now and again in uk
@@johnatkinson7126 Shatner Mission Impossible (guest)
Don't forget Bones has played in a few Audie Murphy westerns😊
Arlene Martell was also in a later Monkees episode , "Monstrous Monkee Mash" where she played a vampire
"I'm not a doctor. I'm a condemned murderer."
Great research
Nimoy had a Perry Mason appearance with a great rant at the end.
You missed William Shatner in the movie "The People" based on stories by Zenna Henderson. It also had Kim Darby in it from the Star Trek TOS Miri episode.
Saw the name "Don Collier." Pretty sure he was Big John's foreman on "The High Chaparral." fun!
Nice work here! Thank you! So hilarious!😆😆🤣🤣..Waiting for part 2
William Shatner stared in a late 70s horror flik called 'Kingdom of The Spiders', DeForest Kelly played Morgan Earp in the 1957 film 'Gunfight at The OK Corral', and Leonard Nimoy was in a 70s western called 'Catlow'. I'm not sure about DeForest, but I do know Bill and Leonard appeared in the 'Outer Limits' once or twice.
"I, Robot" for Nimoy and "Cold Hands, Warm Heart" for Shatner. Jimmy Doohan detective in the episode "Expanding Human". AND as icing on the cake there was an episode called "Wolf 359" where a scientist recreates the environment of a distant planet, its accelerated rate of evolution suggests a shocking future for mankind.
Technically Shatner starred in all of the Halloween series, although it just as a mask.
@@martykarr7058 James Doohan was also in westerns and did different accents, (I've heard not very well).
DeForest Kelly always considered himself an old cowboy actor.
Jim! I'm a doctor, not a wild west outlaw!
It seems like when Star Trek was going to be filmed, they watched old episodes of Bonanza for a casting call!
Very nice to watch. Thanks for your research and this fun result. ❤
You missed deforest Kelley in “the littlest hobo” and Leonard Nimoy in “Combat!”, as well as Shatner doing “there’s some-THING on the wing” in Twilight zone. I also think there were some actors doing other roles in Combat! As well!
7:44 Craig Huxley, occasional ST:TOS guest star. Played Kirk's nephew Peter in "Operation Annihilate" and Tommy Starnes in "And the Children Shall Lead". Also invented an exotic musical instrument called the "blaster beam" Which featured prominently in the ST:TMP movie soundtrack.
Bill & Leonard were both in an episode of The Man From UNCLE. Bill was working with the American agents and Leonard was with the Russians.
Interesting compilation. Recently I’ve watched some shows on the oldies networks and was surprised to see Star Trek actors in many other shows. Scotty was on an episode of Hazel, several were on Perry Mason. In one episode of Perry Mason George Takei is Shatner’s attorney. Shatner was on an episode of Route 66. Arlene Martel was on Gunsmoke before and after Star Trek. Arlene Martel, France Nguyen and Shatner were in different episodes of Burke’s Law. Michael Ansara (Kang) was in the same episode and scene with Shatner in Burke’s Law. At 11:03 that’s Michael Ansara with Nimoy. Nimoy played in several Sci-fi movies and a serial Zombies of the Stratosphere. Don’t forget Barbara Luna, Lt. Marlena Moreau. On The Ed Sullivan Show Shatner and France Nguyen performed a scene from “The World of Nancy Kwan” LIVE. It was stunning. From my observations all of the Star Trek actors played many different characters, but Shatner is always Captain Kirk, even before he was Captain Kirk
A TV season used to have a lot more episodes than they do now. Bonanza averaged almost 31 shows a season. Gunsmoke averaged almost 32. The first six seasons of the original run of Doctor Who had 40 or more every season.
More episodes means more actors.
I love seeing the guest stars from Stat Trek in other movies or tv shows as well
DeForset Kelly appeared in Science Fiction Theatre, first season 4 th episode "Y-O-R-D-"
I believe you missed the Star Trek twofer! At 11:03 you have Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and the Klingon Kang (Michael Ansara). In the same show no less!
"Corn-fed" was the comment. It meant somebody from an American rural background, because you ate a lot of corn and were healthy. It used to be a descriptor for both men and women.
Great video, I really enjoyed it, thanks! Nemoy was also in several episodes of the "Combat" series in the 60's. Walter Koening was also in at least one Combat episode.
Awesome video, I enjoyed this very much and was so glad to have watched it. Yes i knew these actors ha other jobs in TV but getting to see some of their works was pretty cool. Thanks again, it was awesome
Arlene Martel was an interesting choice since she was only on one episode. She was more well known for her role as Tiger on Hogan's Heroes, she had several guest appearances on that.
A lot of actors who would appear on Star Trek - Nimoy, Barrett, Koenig, Nichols - appeared in Roddenberry's pre-Star Trek show, The Lieutenant, starring Gary Lockwood.
Scotty on Bewitched. Wow. I missed that one way back when. Thanks for this!
These are great. Any chance of doing tng and voyager.? Notice i skipped ds9🤣
Leonard Nimoy was in Combat Season 2, Episode 8
William Shatner was a captain in Judgment at Nuremberg
So many Star Trek actors appeared in tv westerns in the 50s and 60s. Before Bonanza Doohan was in both Gunsmoke and Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans.
When you think about it, Star Trek is just like a western.
Thanks for bringing this history out. It helps establish cast members acting experience prior to performing in Star Trek later in their careers.
Bones and Spock were both in the series 'The Silent Service'.
This was great! Thanks for these snippets.
A pity you didn't include Nimoy as a KAOS heavy in Get Smart.
Shatner, Kelly, and Doohan (x2) all appeared in The Fugitive, a great series.
Id heard about some of these pre-Trek roles but its great to see them for real 👍
I worked as an actor/stuntman in the 90's and had the honour of meeting 2 Star Trek Captains.
First was when i auditioned for Capt. Kirk for a show called Tech Wars (also written by Shatner) and Capt Cisco when working on a 'Spenser For Hire' movie (he played 'Hawk' on the show and in the movies) How funny is that?
De Kelley (RIP) was also in another episode of "Bonanza" (if memory serves) as an Army officer hiding out from Cochise.
Nimoy was also in a Perry Mason. And there was some western thad had Kirk, Spock and McCoy in the same episode.