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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!"
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.
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."
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..._
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 ❤
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).
"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.
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 (ruclips.net/video/5fKz21qHFN0/видео.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!"
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.
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".
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
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. 😢
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.
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.
one of Nimoy's first roles was in a 1951 baseball movie called "Rhubarb", though uncredited. (movie is about a down on it's luck baseball team inherited by a cat...)
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?
Staying with the West, Majel Barrett played the android ‘Madame’ of robot hookers in a saloon brothel in the 1973 sci fi film Westworld and she has a very subtle moment when the Westworld system is switched on in the morning for the guests’ entertainment. Watch her eyes as her android ‘boots up’ from stillness.
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.
You missed the horror films DeForest Kelley in "Night of the Lepus" William Shatner in "Kingdom of the Spiders" and "The Devils Rain" Shatner also did quite a few TV movies. "The People" is one that stands out to me. Also "T.J. Hooker" and "Emergency 911" "Judgement at Nueremberg" was one of Shatners first Of course, almost all the leads did the Outer Limits/Twilight Zone/Man From U.N.C.L.E/ Night Gallery circuit Nimoy did "Mission: Impossible" for 3 seasons, and the very popular "In Search Of.."
I've actually _seen_ Night of the Lepus. And The Devil's Rain. Terrible, yet wonderful movies. Just about Plan 9 From Outer Space terrible, but with better film, better sound, and slightly better editing. Except for Night of the Lepus, because every shot of (a) so-called "giant" rabbit(s), they are always regular sized rabbits filmed at a low angle. And they are never in the same shot as an actor.
There is some other (terrible) movie with Shatner, where it's a Western, but it's a little like The Prince and the Pauper, but one twin of Shatner is a cowboy, the other is a tribesman. Shatner's hairstyle is as laughable as Kirook in his headband, as a Native American, and perpetually shirtless. God-awful, but riveting as a car wreck, movie! Wish I remembered its name, I'd recommend everyone repopularize it, watch it with two hands over your mouth.
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.
The clip @ 11:03 is from The Virginian, season 3, episode 29. Michael Ansara and Leonard Nimoy are brothers. It was on today on the Inspiration Network
Great Collection of Nuthin but Fun Stuff... and the Giggles from the Audience at about 10 minutes in let's Everybody know just how Sophisticated a Sense of Humor You actually Have! ... and I'm not even Done Watching the Video Yet!
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.
If you make a part 2, you should include William Shatner as Alexander the Great (1963 film). I wouldn't say it's good, but it is definitely something to be seen.
The 50's T.V. Westerns were the "bread & butter" for many, many actors ( includes women ) that helped pay their bills and gave them the experience to perfect their own particular styles of acting. Yes, the big 4 of Star Trek also worked in many other non-Western films but we sure do seem them a lot in these Westerns.
Several cast members appeared in the sci-fi anthology series, "The Outer Limits". In season 1 (1963-64), Grace Lee Whitney had a leading role in "Controlled Experiment" (with Carrol O'Connor & Barry Morse); and Leonard Nimoy a bit part in "Production & Decay of Strange Particles". Nimoy had a meatier role in season 2's "I, Robot" (1965); William Shatner played the lead as an astronaut in "Cold Hands, Warm Heart"; and James Doohan had a small part as a cop in "Expanding Human". Numerous Star Trek guest stars also appeared in various OL episodes - Arlene Martell (aka Arlene Sax), Rudy Solari, Sally Kellerman, Barbara Luna, Michael Ansara, & probably others I'm unaware of or just can't recall at the moment.
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.
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.
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.
" Lenard Nimoy is also in a Perry mason which is a great show for finding actors who did bigger things later. the biggest shock watch Star Trek was the first episode of TNG when you first see Picard and out comes Karla the Russian spy master from Tinker, tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People. It took a couple of shows before that image was displaced.
At 11:03, Michael Ansara stands next to Nimoy. Ansara would later play the Klingon Kang in TOS "Day of the Dove" and would return to play the same role as an aged Klingon in DS9. Ansara single-handedly created the "noble warrior" Klingon persona...but he'd had experience in playing the "noble warrior" role in television westerns. Ansara had already starred in TWO of his own television shows: Broken Arrow (1956) and Law of the Plainsman (1959). He may have been the most famous television actor to appear in TOS during its initial run.
Working actors all. But every time I see Dee Kelley in the proverbial Something Else I recall the other ST cast members being quietly in awe of him. Arlene Martel always got your attention. At 12:58 spot Collin Wilcox, of which the same could be said.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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??
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 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
And also together in an episode of TJ Hooker.
I love spotting actors in different TV shows too
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"?
"Damn it, Ben! I'm a murderer, not a doctor!"
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!"
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!
My favorite is "The Lieutenant", with Roddenberry and seemingly most of the eventual Trek cast showing up over the course of the single season.
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.
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.
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"
Nimoy had quite the range of characters. Fascinating.
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 ❤
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
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.
Thank you for putting this together! I love both Star Trek and Westerns - so this was a lot of fun to watch.
DeForest Kelly always considered himself an old cowboy actor.
Let's not forget Leonard Nimoys recurring role in the TV series Fringe as William Bell
"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.
Nimoy had a Perry Mason appearance with a great rant at the end.
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.)
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 (ruclips.net/video/5fKz21qHFN0/видео.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.
It seems like when Star Trek was going to be filmed, they watched old episodes of Bonanza for a casting call!
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.
Arlene Martel in the best Outer limits episode " Demon with a glass hand"!😅
Leonard Nimoy was in Combat Season 2, Episode 8
William Shatner was a captain in Judgment at Nuremberg
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.
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
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.
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.
DeForest Kelley: "I'm a doctor, not a cowboy!".
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.
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.
Scotty on Bewitched. Wow. I missed that one way back when. Thanks for this!
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.
Leonard Nimoy was also one of the main actors in 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".
My favorite Grace Lee Whitney appearance is in the episode Controlled Experiment of the original Outer Limits.
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.
one of Nimoy's first roles was in a 1951 baseball movie called "Rhubarb", though uncredited. (movie is about a down on it's luck baseball team inherited by a cat...)
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.
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?
"I'm not a doctor. I'm a condemned murderer."
Great research
Staying with the West, Majel Barrett played the android ‘Madame’ of robot hookers in a saloon brothel in the 1973 sci fi film Westworld and she has a very subtle moment when the Westworld system is switched on in the morning for the guests’ entertainment. Watch her eyes as her android ‘boots up’ from stillness.
This was great! Thanks for these snippets.
I have seen, and own, a lot of Western movies and TV shows with Shatner, Nimoy, and DeForest Kelly.
I like it when Batman actors crossover into Star Trek episodes, Yvonne Craig, Julie Newmar, and of course, Frank Gorshin as Bela.
Nice work here! Thank you! So hilarious!😆😆🤣🤣..Waiting for part 2
This was delightful...thank you!
Leonard Nimoy also played a hit man on Get Smart and was on two episodes of Outer Limits.
When you think about it, Star Trek is just like a western.
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.
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.
In "Apache Uprising" DeForest Kelly played a psychopathic outlaw named Toby Jack.
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.
Shatner, Kelly, and Doohan (x2) all appeared in The Fugitive, a great series.
Nimoy was also in a Perry Mason. And there was some western thad had Kirk, Spock and McCoy in the same episode.
At 3:23 there is a sort of Star Trek-Dallas nexus when DeForest Kelley (Leonard McCoy) meets Jim Davis (Jock Ewing).
William Shatner and Walter Koenig were both in the same episode of Columbo (Fade in to Murder)
Spock in "the Outer Limits", and Spock and Kirk in "The Man from Uncle"!
You missed the horror films
DeForest Kelley in "Night of the Lepus"
William Shatner in "Kingdom of the Spiders" and "The Devils Rain"
Shatner also did quite a few TV movies. "The People" is one that stands out to me. Also "T.J. Hooker" and "Emergency 911"
"Judgement at Nueremberg" was one of Shatners first
Of course, almost all the leads did the Outer Limits/Twilight Zone/Man From U.N.C.L.E/ Night Gallery circuit
Nimoy did "Mission: Impossible" for 3 seasons, and the very popular "In Search Of.."
I've actually _seen_ Night of the Lepus. And The Devil's Rain. Terrible, yet wonderful movies. Just about Plan 9 From Outer Space terrible, but with better film, better sound, and slightly better editing. Except for Night of the Lepus, because every shot of (a) so-called "giant" rabbit(s), they are always regular sized rabbits filmed at a low angle. And they are never in the same shot as an actor.
There is some other (terrible) movie with Shatner, where it's a Western, but it's a little like The Prince and the Pauper, but one twin of Shatner is a cowboy, the other is a tribesman. Shatner's hairstyle is as laughable as Kirook in his headband, as a Native American, and perpetually shirtless. God-awful, but riveting as a car wreck, movie! Wish I remembered its name, I'd recommend everyone repopularize it, watch it with two hands over your mouth.
Mission Impossible always had Star Trek actors! Even Shatner and Nimoy!
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.
The clip @ 11:03 is from The Virginian, season 3, episode 29. Michael Ansara and Leonard Nimoy are brothers. It was on today on the Inspiration Network
Great Collection of Nuthin but Fun Stuff... and the Giggles from the Audience at about 10 minutes in let's Everybody know just how Sophisticated a Sense of Humor You actually Have!
... and I'm not even Done Watching the Video Yet!
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.
If you make a part 2, you should include William Shatner as Alexander the Great (1963 film). I wouldn't say it's good, but it is definitely something to be seen.
The 50's T.V. Westerns were the "bread & butter" for many, many actors ( includes women ) that helped pay their bills and gave them the experience to perfect their own particular styles of acting.
Yes, the big 4 of Star Trek also worked in many other non-Western films but we sure do seem them a lot in these Westerns.
Majel also played the first Mrs. Rutherford on 'leave it to beaver', one episode.
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
Lenard Nimoy had a small part in the classic atomic monster movie 'Them!'. He also played an alien in the kids' serial 'Rocket Man'.
A lot of the women on ST, mostly guests, were also in The Wild Wild West.
This was so much fun to watch, and I love your little captions!
Very nice to watch. Thanks for your research and this fun result. ❤
I've gotten into Babylon 5 recently. Walter Koenig played a recurring role there.
Awesome video! Loved seeing them in all these shows.
Several cast members appeared in the sci-fi anthology series, "The Outer Limits". In season 1 (1963-64), Grace Lee Whitney had a leading role in "Controlled Experiment" (with Carrol O'Connor & Barry Morse); and Leonard Nimoy a bit part in "Production & Decay of Strange Particles". Nimoy had a meatier role in season 2's "I, Robot" (1965); William Shatner played the lead as an astronaut in "Cold Hands, Warm Heart"; and James Doohan had a small part as a cop in "Expanding Human". Numerous Star Trek guest stars also appeared in various OL episodes - Arlene Martell (aka Arlene Sax), Rudy Solari, Sally Kellerman, Barbara Luna, Michael Ansara, & probably others I'm unaware of or just can't recall at the moment.
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.
Thank You this was Funny to See Captain Kirk ,Spock and Doc as Cowboy’s😂
0:45 was expecting trek actors but didn’t expect to see Odama of Galactica too
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.
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.
Arlene Martell was also in a later Monkees episode , "Monstrous Monkee Mash" where she played a vampire
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Lenard Nimoy is also in a Perry mason which is a great show for finding actors who did bigger things later.
the biggest shock watch Star Trek was the first episode of TNG when you first see Picard and out comes Karla the Russian spy master from Tinker, tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People. It took a couple of shows before that image was displaced.
Grace Lee Whitney was in an episode (two-parter) of Batman with King Tut.
At 11:03, Michael Ansara stands next to Nimoy. Ansara would later play the Klingon Kang in TOS "Day of the Dove" and would return to play the same role as an aged Klingon in DS9. Ansara single-handedly created the "noble warrior" Klingon persona...but he'd had experience in playing the "noble warrior" role in television westerns. Ansara had already starred in TWO of his own television shows: Broken Arrow (1956) and Law of the Plainsman (1959). He may have been the most famous television actor to appear in TOS during its initial run.
Working actors all. But every time I see Dee Kelley in the proverbial Something Else I recall the other ST cast members being quietly in awe of him. Arlene Martel always got your attention. At 12:58 spot Collin Wilcox, of which the same could be said.
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.
William Shatner played an army captain as Spencer Tracy's aid in "Judgement at Nuremberg."
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.
Id heard about some of these pre-Trek roles but its great to see them for real 👍
Well that was entertaining.
Give doggo a pat
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
DeForest Kelly played Morgan Earp in Gufight at the OK Corral (1`957)
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.
It never fails to amaze me how simple-minded old TV westerns were. Written by children to appeal to children.