August "Augie" Amarino (5 November 1940–25 January 2024; age 83) was an actor who appeared as a Federation President adviser in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country for which he filmed his scenes on Tuesday 4 June 1991 at Paramount Stage 8.
Born in California, Amarino's earliest known work in the entertainment industry is the position as stage manager for the Broadway run of the musical The Rocky Horror Show at the Belasco Theatre between March and April 1975. (Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004 by John Stewart, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers)
In the 1980s, Amarino was a member of the Screen Extras Guild and worked as background actor on episodes of Dynasty (1985, with Joan Collins, David Channell, Joel Marston, John Staible, Roberta Storm, and Roger Trantham), Blacke's Magic (1986, with Vince Howard, James Davison, Bruce Dobos, Peter Eastman, Fritz Herzog, Clay Hodges, Rex Pierson, and Geoff Vanderstock), The Colbys (1986, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, Ray Wise, Shirley Anthony, Shirley Blackwell, John Blower, Devron Conrad, Bob Davis, Tim McCormack, Nils Nichols, Gene Poe, Evans Ricciardi, Tanis Van Kirk, Kai J. Wong, Judson Scott, Steve Hershon, Suzanne Lodge, John Hugh McKnight, and Roger Trantham), and L.A. Law (1986, with Corbin Bernsen, Christine Healy, Robert Costanzo, Ian Abercrombie, Richard McGonagle, John Blower, Anthony Gordon, and Eva Mar Pamintuan).
Between 1985 and 1989, he also appeared as a bar patron in twelve episodes of the sitcom Cheers in which he worked with John Hancock, David Paymer, Lee Allen, Suzanne Lodge, Joseph Paz, Kelsey Grammer, Fritz Herzog, Daniel Davis, Don Bennett, Rebecca Soladay, Hal Landon, Jr., Nick Dimitri, Tony Roque, John Vorges, Peter Eastman, Terry Green, Gene Poe, Kate Mulgrew, Michael G. Hagerty, Paul Willson, Paul Acerno, Renna Bogdanowicz, Lemuel Perry, Mike Paciorek, Gayle Frank, Mark Reilly, Geoff Vanderstock, William Ward, Ilona Wilson, Bebe Neuwirth, Joel Polis, Robert O'Reilly, Kirstie Alley, Time Winters, Lee Faranda, Larry Guthrie, Dao Hale, Conrad Hurtt, Lorine Mendell, Thomas J. Booth, Casey Kono, Nanci Rogers, and Michael Zurich.
In 1989, Amarino had his first credited acting role as superintendent in Manny Coto's short film Jack in the Box. Between 5 November 1994 and 29 January 1995, he portrayed the waiter in the play "No Problem" as part of "Life in the Trees" at the Melrose Theater in Hollywood. [1]
Further credited acting work include Toothless (1997, with Kristie Alley, Patrick Kerr, Zach Duhame, Joel Swetow, Gregory Hinton, Joel Brooks, and Greg Bronson), I'm Losing You (1998, with Frank Langella, Salome Jens, Don McManus, Ed Begley, Jr., Kevin Brophy, and Nathalie Huot), the thriller Blink of an Eye (1999, with Castulo Guerra, Douglas Spain, and Richard Riehle), episodes of Nash Bridges (1998, with Daniel Roebuck) and Charmed (2000, with Robin Atkin Downes, Michael William Rivkin, and J.P. Romano), Anna's Dream (2002, with Ashley Sierra Hughes), and Adam & Steve (2005, with Jack Guzman, Thomas Kopache, Bruce Dobos, Yuri Elvin, Jack Nolan, and Woody Porter).
In addition to his acting work, Amarino also directed plays such as "Company of Angels" in 2002. [2]
August Amarino passed away on 25 January 2024 at the age of 83 at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (SAG-AFTRA Magazine, Spring 2024, p. 82; [3])