Anthony Giger (5 October 1923 – 4 December 2018; age 95) was an actor who worked as background actor on all seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He usually portrayed a Starfleet command officer but also appeared as a Bajoran civilian a few times.
Giger worked as an actor as early as the 1960s. He had a featured role in the Gomer Pyle: USMC episode "Follow That Car" (1966) and was featured in the action drama Wild, Free & Hungry (1969). Further film work in the 1970s include the comedy Miss Nymphet's Zap-In (1970), the drama Dandy (1970), the crime drama This Gun Is Loaded (1970), the drama The Contest (1970), the drama Inside Miss Carter (1970), the drama Caged Woman (1970), the crime comedy Up Your Alley (1971, with Frank Corsentino and Eli Behar), the thriller Climax (1971), the drama See Me, Feel Me, Take Me (1971), the crime drama Ensenada Hole (1971), the sport drama Be Nice to Her (1971), the drama Hollywood Babylon (1972), the comedy The Last Porno Flick (1974, with Michael Pataki, Marianna Hill, and Wally Crowder), the action movie Virgin Cowboy (1975), the drama Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976, with Burr Middleton, Ivy Bethune, and Garth Pillsbury), and The Zebra Force (1976, with Glenn R. Wilder, Anthony Caruso, Kenny Endoso, Buddy Garion, and David LeBell).
In 1976, he appeared in the comedy The Bad News Bears along with Bob Harks and in 1988, Giger appeared in the television documentary American Expose: Who Murdered JFK? with Melvin Belli. Further appearances include the television series The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990-1992, with Fran Severini).
He appeared as a reception guest in the comedy The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988, with Ricardo Montalban, Raye Birk, Tiny Ron, Nicholas Worth, Lawrence Tierney, Brett Bartlett, Rick Seaman, Mark Holton, Jim Painter, John Copage, Michael Moorehead, Eddie Hice, Robert Herron, Larry Robb, Gene Poe, George Sasaki, Joel Schultz, Michael Wilkinson, Faith Burton, Leslie Hoffman, John Blower, Joey Banks, Debra Dilley, Bruce Dobos, Mike Paciorek, Tom Morga, Randy James, Len Felber, Allan Graf, Bruce Barbour, Nick Dimitri, Terry Jackson, Gene LeBell, Carey Loftin, Jimmy Ortega, Mary Peters, Rick Sawaya, Brian J. Williams, and Harry Wowchuck)
Giger died at the age of 95 on 4 December 2018. [1]
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