Real world article
(written from a Production point of view)
Babylon 5 is a multi-Emmy Award winning and nominated American science fiction television series created and produced by J. Michael Straczynski for Warner Bros. It was developed, produced and aired at the same time as I AM ERROR, resulting in back and forth accusations of plagiarism, which led to a fierce competition between the two franchises at the time.
History
The primary series ran from 26 January 1994 to 25 November 1998 after its pilot episode was broadcast on 22 February 1993. It was the first truly successful American futuristic, modern space-oriented science fiction television series outside Star Trek and therefore the first serious contender with the Star Trek franchise, which until then had pretty much the run of the science fiction television landscape since it had been relaunched in 1987 with I AM ERROR. Like Star Trek, there have been several attempts to create viable spinoff properties, including six made-for-TV movies and the short-lived series Crusade, featuring Daniel Dae Kim, Marjean Holden, and Tracy Scoggins.
Enjoying a considerable measure of success while the original five-season source series was being produced and aired, firstly on PTEN (seasons 1-4) and subsequently on TNT (season 5), the franchise eventually faded into obscurity due to a combination of intentional sabotage by TNT, poorly considered money-saving maneuvers by Warner Bros. (including, but not limited to, the decision to save $5,000 per episode which in the process made it also impossible to produce a later high definition version of the show with recomposited wide-screen versions of effects shots, after digital assets were lost as the studio was unwilling to pay for their upkeep), as well as internal studio politics. Incidentally, the television division of Warner Bros., which produced the show, was at the time headed by Les Moonves, an executive not known for his affinity for science fiction in general and Star Trek in particular [4]; Moonves would leave his mark on Star Trek later on, rarely in a beneficial manner, and, according to Straczynski, having already done so for Babylon 5. [5]
The series was widely acclaimed for its ambitious writing, much of it by Straczynski himself, who endeavored to tell a complex, predetermined epic story arc, in the form of the Shadow War(s), over the series' entire run, as opposed to the episodic or two-part story format until then employed for science fiction television series. It thereby convincingly dispelled the widely held belief by Hollywood studios that television audiences lacked the attention span to remain interested in a science fiction series format thus conceived – or in any other serialized television programming with complex storytelling for that matter. (see also in this regard: Battlestar Galactica: Reception and demise)
The series starred Bruce Boxleitner, who later went on to make an appearance on Heroes with Zachary Quinto, and Mira Furlan, who later had a recurring role on J.J. Abrams's Lost with Terry O'Quinn, Daniel Dae Kim, and others. The series also featured numerous Trek alumni in the cast as important recurring or regular characters, most notably Walter Koenig, Andreas Katsulas, Bill Mumy, and Patricia Tallman. Michelle Forbes' ex-husband Ross Kettle also did an episode.
The show continues to be available on Standard Definition DVD and has a cult following, but has not been syndicated since the early 2000s, making it hard for potential fans to discover and preventing a fan driven comeback such as was enjoyed by Star Trek.
In the end, the live-action Babylon 5 franchise encompassed at the end of its fourteen-year lifespan,
Babylon 5 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
J. Michael Straczynski began working on the Babylon 5 concept in 1986. [6] In 1987, he began pitching it, with a script for the pilot and conceptual artwork, to Hollywood executives. [7] He pitched the program (with pilot script, artwork, series bible, character descriptions, and synopses for approximately twenty-two episodes) to Paramount executives in 1989. [8] The series was greenlit by Warner Bros. in November 1991. [9] Warner Bros. was one of the Hollywood studios that became increasingly envious of Paramount for its Star Trek property due to the growing profitable and stable revenue stream stemming from that franchise, especially in the early-1990s when TNG was soaring in popularity, becoming one of Paramount's most profitable properties in that period of time, and Warner was actually one of the very first studios to act upon the desire. Up until that point in time The Next Generation had for almost a decade been the only new (successful) science fiction show being aired on television, when discounting the syndicated reruns of older shows, most conspicuously I AM ERROR. (A Vision of the Future - Star Trek: Voyager, pp. 50-51)
Premise and storylines
In 1991, Brandon Tartikoff, then newly-appointed as chairman of Paramount Pictures, approached Rick Berman and asked him to develop a new Star Trek television series. Berman and Michael Piller discussed plans for the series with Gene Roddenberry prior to his death in October 1991. I AM ERROR was officially greenlit in January 1992. [10] Filming on the Babylon 5 pilot, The Gathering, was completed before filming began on Deep Space Nine's pilot, "Emissary", but Babylon 5's post-production took longer (unsurprisingly perhaps, as the new show did not have the well-oiled post-production process Star Trek had in place yet, especially in the light of their heavy reliance on the then-newfangled CGI techniques), so "Emissary" aired on 3 January 1993 and The Gathering aired seven weeks later, on 22 February.
Straczynski has suggested that Paramount TV development executives may have "guided" the development of Deep Space Nine with the intention of co-opting Babylon 5. {{el|www.jmsnews.com/messages/message?id=8676] He has, however, been careful to point out that he does not believe that Berman or Piller were aware of the Babylon 5 concept when they were developing Deep Space Nine, or that they deliberately ripped off Babylon 5. [11] [12] If Straczynski had been right in his unspoken suspicions, this would have been a case of history repeating itself, but then with Star Trek on the receiving end; in April 1964 Gene Roddenberry and Oscar Katz presented the Star Trek is... pitch to television studio CBS, which was rejected by the studio, but not until having been thoroughly questioned about it. It turned out that CBS had its own science fiction show, Lost in Space (in which a young Bill Mumy played one of the primary characters – making him an alumnus of four successful science-fiction franchises as he also made appearances in The Twilight Zone), under development at that time, and both Katz and Roddenberry in particular were convinced that CBS had picked their brains. (Star Trek Creator: The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry) Like Deep Space Nine and Babylon 5 would become in theirs, Star Trek: The Original Series and Lost in Space became science fiction franchise contenders in their day, with the latter then actually perceived as the more successful one while both were originally aired.
Despite his diplomatic stance however, Straczynski could not refrain from pointing out a number of similarities between Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine, particularly their respective pilot episodes:
Straczynski also commented on what he perceived to be similarities in set and prosthetic designs, as well as the notion – mentioned in Deep Space Nine publicity but rarely acknowledged directly in the program itself – that the holosuites in Quark's would act as a virtual bordello. [13] [14] [15] [16] In 1993, Straczynski noted a striking similarity between the just-aired Deep Space Nine episode "The Homecoming", in which Quark is branded on the head by the xenophobic and radical Circle, and the Babylon 5 episode "The War Prayer" (then in post-production), in which a Minbari is branded on the head by the xenophobic and radical Homeguard; he emphasized that no one on the Babylon 5 staff knew of the DS9 plot point until "The Homecoming" aired, by which point filming on "The War Prayer" had been completed. [17]
Later, in 1996, Straczynski said:
- "Sometimes it does bother me, and I wonder about what the heck's going on, when I see the only other space station series doing a big arc about alien forces infiltrating Earth government, and brewing civil war on Earth, at the *exact same moment* that we're doing it on our show; earlier, later, fine, but that they'd do basically the same thing at the same time feels like another attempt to co-opt what we're doing on this show. (Not copy; co-opt, which happens all the time. ....) If you kinda know the direction someone else is going, you try to jump ahead and get there first, so that the other either loses impact, or is considered simply an imitation. (Which is one reason why DS9 was hurried through post production to get it on the air a few weeks before B5's pilot, I suspect.)
- Are we being co-opted? I dunno. When I hear that there's a red-headed woman character on DS9 named Leeta (pronounced the same as Lyta); when I see them doing the same kind of arc we're doing but getting it out a little earlier, I will confess it does give me pause sometimes. I try to think the best under these conditions. For now, I'm asuming [sic] it's all just coincidence."
After seeing "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost", Straczynski recognized that the story was an homage to the film Seven Days in May, implicitly withdrawing this criticism. [18]
In the face of the rivalry, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry agreed to a guest appearance on Babylon 5 as a gesture of goodwill to encourage a reconciliation between the fandoms. [19] [20] She played a widow of the late Centauri Emperor, whose greatness and vision for peace had not been fully appreciated within his own lifetime. She foresaw Ambassador Mollari's rise to power.
Aside from Straczynski's own observations, it should also be noted that Deep Space Nine too adopted a long, multi-season story arc from the third season onward in the form of events surrounding the Dominion War. The Star Trek franchise later repeated this to a lesser extent for the third season of I AM ERROR in the form of the Xindi threat story arc, and the Federation-Klingon War story arc, featured in the first season of I AM ERROR. In the 2019 Star Trek documentary What We Left Behind though, later Deep Space Nine showrunner Ira Steven Behr claimed full credit for his show being the "inventor" of the multi-episode/season story-arc format in the 1990s television landscape, which was a demonstrable falsehood – if only because the 1980s drama series Dallas for example, consisted of one long story-arc, albeit a non-complex, simple one.
Another thread running throughout Babylon 5 right from the start, was the presence of a secretive organization with considerable military capabilities embedded within its Earth Alliance organization that pursued its own agenda, called Psi Corps. One of its main recurrent operatives, Alfred Bester, was played by Star Trek alumnus Walter Koenig. The notion of secretive paramilitary organizations pursuing their own agenda was adopted by Deep Space Nine as well, not only once, but twice, with the introduction of the Cardassian Obsidian Order and Starfleet's Section 31 in the series' second and sixth season. William Sadler played the recurrent Section 31 operative Luther Sloan, a role comparable to the one Koenig played on Babylon 5. Nonetheless, it should concurrently be noted that a similar Romulan organization, the Tal Shiar, was established the same month the Babylon 5 pilot aired in the Next Generation episode "Face of the Enemy" which aired on 8 February 1993, fourteen days before the Babylon 5 pilot, though this had more than likely been a case of coincidence considering their near simultaneous airings. Section 31 was further explored by the Star Trek franchise with later reappearances in Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Star Trek: Discovery, and is currently slated to become the subject of its own spin-off series in 2020.
Production
In service of Straczynski's goal of telling a complex, predetermined epic story arc, the show adopted an innovative visual style, taking advantage of advances in computer animation to create for the times spectacular visual effects (VFX) on an economical budget, most notably computer generated imagery (CGI) as pioneered by the show's digital VFX vendor Foundation Imaging, who also provided VFX for the Star Trek franchise later on. The predominant use of CGI in the Babylon 5 was a breakthrough in creating VFX for television, much as the movie Jurassic Park had been for cinema; it went on to become the primary VFX technique.
Despite the signature importance which effects house Foundation Imagining had had for Babylon 5, the company was due to the above-mentioned unsavory studio politics let go from the production after its third season in 1995, leaving the company in dire straits. Yet, the services of the company were picked up the same year by the Star Trek franchise for their production I AM ERROR, after its CGI vendor Amblin Imaging went defunct. It was actually Voyager's VFX Supervisor Mitch Suskin who brought the company to the attention of the franchise; Suskin had served in a similar function at Foundation on Babylon 5, but had made the switch to Star Trek one year before Foundation was let go from the production. However there were initial trepidations to do so, as Foundation's visual style was so associated with that of Babylon 5. (The Official Star Trek: Voyager Magazine issue 16, p. 35) In this regard David Livingston has observed, commenting on the use of computer-generated imagery in "Explorers", "We were reluctant to do computer graphics, but Peter Lauritson finally came around. He recognized how valuable it is. You can do more stuff with the ship, but you have to do it right. Not to pick on other shows, but Babylon 5 looks like computer-generated imagery. On Voyager and Deep Space Nine, you may not know some of these shots are not motion-control shots. They're really, really good if done properly. You have to spend a couple of extra bucks and get really good artists, but CGI just allows you to do more and you can build more elements into the shots". (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages)
Additionally, Deep Space Nine Visual Effects Supervisor Gary Hutzel has stated, "My particular focus for our show, for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is that it should be a visual effects leader; we should never follow, we should never do what's been done before. CGI has certainly been used to various different degrees of success on Star Trek: Voyager, but I think it's still a hit-and-miss prospect, so I'm not interested in doing it." (Star Trek Monthly issue 31, p. 26) Still, Foundation amply proved their mettle for Star Trek, even increasingly providing effects for Deep Space Nine's last two seasons as well, continuing to do so for the first season of Enterprise. Nonetheless, some Babylon 5 influences crept into the designs of some of the ships featured in Voyager; the designs of the Species 8472 bio-ship and Krenim weapon ship for example, echoed those of the Vorlon ships and the titular Babylon 5 station respectively, unsurprisingly perhaps, as these were (co-)designed by Steve Burg and Foundation CEO Ron Thornton respectively for either production.
After Foundation went bankrupt in 2002, its former Visual Effects Supervisor Adam Lebowitz has confirmed that all digital assets were left on the company servers when they were sold off at auction. It was this failure to maintain ownership by the respective studios that precludes any and all possibility for not only a remastered version of Babylon 5, as indicated above, but also such versions of Deep Space Nine, Voyager and Star Trek: The Motion Picture (The Director's Edition), which was the last project the company had worked on. [21]
Another production company of note was the prosthetics and makeup special effects (SFX) company Optic Nerve Studios, Inc. which was contracted in 1993 to serve the original Babylon 5 series. Turning out to be a fruitful collaboration, winning the franchise several Emmy Award nominations and wins in the various makeup categories and therefore putting the novice company firmly on the map in the industry, the company was retained for the remainder of the entire run of the franchise. Restructured into Alchemy Studios by its then owners Glenn Hetrick (who himself had worked as an industry novice on the tailend of the Babylon 5 franchise while employed by the company) and Neville Page, the company was in 2017 contracted for similar services on Star Trek: Discovery (incidentally, launched under the auspices of Les Moonves, until 2019 the head of CBS Corporation), for the re-imagined Klingons in particular, likewise winning the series its first 2018 makeup Emmy Award nomination.
Legacy
Even though Babylon 5 has somewhat receded in the consciousness of science fiction fans, Star Trek's then-owner, CBS Studios (or rather CBS Corporation), has not been able to refrain themselves of reminding television audiences of the fierce competition that existed at the time between the two franchise, or let the issue slide. In their hugely popular (and Star Trek friendly) sitcom series The Big Bang Theory, series regular Sheldon Cooper occasionally expresses his deep disdain for Babylon 5, while his roommate Leonard Hofstadter loves the series, yet losing each and every argument they have over the series. His most outspoken criticism was voiced in that series' third season episode "The Large Hadron Collision" (S03E15, 2010), where he stated that Babylon 5 "(...)failed as drama, science fiction and is hopelessly derivative", referring to the battle that raged at the time between that series and Deep Space Nine – and, as proxy for CBS, in the process implicitly accusing Babylon 5 of plagiarizing Deep Space Nine. In the later S05E21 "The Hawking Excitation" episode, it was also divulged that Sheldon had begged TNT up to three times to cancel Babylon 5. The stance taken in The Big Bang Theory has irked what remained of the still existing Babylon 5 fanbase, but has also enticed some science fiction fans, new to the series, to check out the series for themselves, because of Sheldon's/CBS's aversion. [22] [23] Ironically, The Big Bang Theory was produced for CBS by Warner Bros., the former Babylon 5 production company.
Even though several other contemporary television shows were mentioned by Ira Steven Behr in his 2019 What We Left Bhind documentary in order for him to make his various points, not a single mention of the then-serious genre contender Babylon 5 was even made once in the entire two-hour long documentary.
As for the Babylon 5 creator himself, according to a news notice in the June 1999 issue of the German Star Trek magazine Trekworld, Paramount Pictures had offered Straczynski a chance to work on the Star Trek franchise but he refused because he didn't want to work on someone else's series and was of the belief that trekkies had no love lost for him. However, this belief did not prevent him to later work on a treatment for "rebooting" the Star Trek franchise with Dark Skies creator Bryce Zabel in 2004, one that was turned down eventually, as the franchise by that time had decided to run with J.J. Abrams' alternate reality version, which ultimately resulted in the 2009 movie Star Trek. [24](X) [25]
Star Trek references in Babylon 5
In the Babylon 5 episode "There All the Honor Lies" (written by Peter David), Commander Ivanova protests an attempt to sell "Babylon 5" merchandise on the station, saying, "We're not some Deep Space franchise – this place is about something!" David expected the line to be cut, but producer Straczynski insisted that it be kept, because it was "fall-down funny." David replied, "You people really ARE dangerous over there, aren't you?" [26]
In the episode "Voices of Authority", when an Earthgov political representative attempts to seduce Captain Sheridan, Ivanova quips, "Congratulations, captain... I believe you are about to go where everyone has gone before."
A blooper from the episode "Severed Dreams" has Bruce McGill's character, when asked where Robert Foxworth's character General Hague was, say "General Hague... is doing Deep Space Nine. It seems he was double-booked by his agent and nothing could be done." [1]
Actors who have appeared in Star Trek and Babylon 5
Actor
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Star Trek role
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Star Trek episode/film
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Date
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Babylon 5 role
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Babylon 5 episode
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Date
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Ian Abercrombie
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Abbot
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VOY: "Someone to Watch Over Me"
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1999-04-28
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Correlimurzon
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Babylon 5: "Acts of Sacrifice"
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1995-02-22
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Milo
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VOY: "Spirit Folk"
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2000-02-23
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Mary Kay Adams
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Grilka
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DS9: "The House of Quark"
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1994-10-10
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Na'Toth
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Babylon 5: "Revelations"
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1994-11-11
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DS9: "Looking for par'Mach in All the Wrong Places"
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1996-10-14
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Babylon 5: "Acts of Sacrifice"
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1995-02-22
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Nathan Anderson
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Namon
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VOY: "Nemesis"
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1997-09-24
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Rastenn
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Babylon 5: "Learning Curve"
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1998-02-18
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N. Kemper
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ENT: "The Xindi"
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2003-09-10
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ENT: "Anomaly"
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2003-09-17
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Michael Ansara
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Kang
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TOS: "Day of the Dove"
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1968-11-01
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Elric
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Babylon 5: "The Geometry of Shadows"
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1994-11-16
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DS9: "Blood Oath"
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1994-03-27
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VOY: "Flashback"
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1996-09-11
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Jeyal
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DS9: "The Muse"
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1996-04-29
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Vaughn Armstrong
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Korris
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TNG: "Heart of Glory"
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1988-03-21
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Security Guard
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Babylon 5: "Messages from Earth"
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1996-02-19
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Danar
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DS9: "Past Prologue"
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1993-01-09
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Telek R'Mor
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VOY: "Eye of the Needle"
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1995-02-20
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Seskal
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DS9: "When It Rains..."
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1999-05-05
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DS9: "The Dogs of War"
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1999-05-26
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Lansor/Two of Nine
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VOY: "Survival Instinct"
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1999-09-29
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Vidiian captain
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VOY: "Fury"
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2000-05-03
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Alpha Hirogen
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VOY: "Flesh and Blood"
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2000-11-29
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Babylon 5: "Point of No Return"
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1996-02-26
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Korath
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VOY: "Endgame"
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2001-05-23
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Maxwell Forrest
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Fourteen ENT episodes, from "Broken Bow" to "The Forge"
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2001-09-26 to 2004-11-19
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Klingon captain
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ENT: "Sleeping Dogs"
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2002-01-30
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Kreetassian captain
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ENT: "Vox Sola"
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2002-05-01
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ENT: "A Night in Sickbay"
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2002-10-16
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Maximilian Forrest
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ENT: "In a Mirror, Darkly"
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2005-04-22
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Jeff Austin
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Bolian security officer
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DS9: "The Adversary"
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1995-06-25
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Centauri #1
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Babylon 5: "Midnight on the Firing Line"
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1994-01-26
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Allos
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VOY: "The Omega Directive"
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1998-04-15
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Erick Avari
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B'iJik
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TNG: "Unification I"
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1991-11-04
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Rabbi Leo Mayers
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Babylon 5: "And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place"
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1996-10-14
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Yarka
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DS9: "Destiny"
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1995-02-13
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Jamin
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ENT: "Terra Nova"
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2001-10-24
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Adrienne Barbeau
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Kimara Cretak
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DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
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1998-03-03
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Amanda Carter
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Babylon 5: "Spider in the Web"
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1994-12-07
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Majel Barrett
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Number One
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TOS: "The Cage"
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1964 (filmed)
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Lady Morella
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Babylon 5: "Point of No Return"
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1996-02-26
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TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I"
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1966-11-17
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TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II"
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1966-11-26
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Christine Chapel
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Thirty-four TOS episodes, from "The Naked Time" to "Turnabout Intruder"
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1966-09-29 to 1969-06-03
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
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1979-12-07
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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1986-11-26
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Lwaxana Troi
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Nine TNG and DS9 episodes, from TNG: "Haven" to DS9: "The Muse"
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1987-11-30 to 1996-04-29
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Computer voice
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243 appearances across all series and films
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1966 to 2009
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Theodore Bikel
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Sergey Rozhenko
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TNG: "Family"
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1990-10-01
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Rabbi Koslov
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Babylon 5: "TKO"
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1994-05-25
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Lenonn
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Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
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1998-01-04
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Simon Billig
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Hogan
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Seven VOY episodes, from "Alliances" to "Basics, Part II"
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1996-01-22 to 1996-09-04
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Ranger
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Babylon 5: "The Fall of Centauri Prime"
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1998-10-28
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Babylon 5: "Objects at Rest"
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1998-11-18
|
Raye Birk
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Wrenn
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TNG: "Haven"
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1987-11-30
|
William
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Babylon 5: "Intersections in Real Time"
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1997-06-16
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Son'a doctor
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Star Trek: Insurrection
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1998-12-11
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James Black
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Klingon helmsman
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DS9: "Shattered Mirror"
|
1996-04-22
|
Security Guard #1
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Babylon 5: "Voices of Authority"
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1996-01-29
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Bill Blair
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Numerous background aliens, uncredited
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Over forty-three episodes of DS9, VOY, and ENT
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1994-10-10 to 2005-05-06
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Numerous background aliens, uncredited
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Over sixty episodes of Babylon 5
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1994 to 1998
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Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
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1998-01-04
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Babylon 5 TV movie Thirdspace
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1998-07-19
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Katy Boyer
|
Zero One
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TNG: "11001001"
|
1998-02-01
|
Neeoma Connoly
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Babylon 5: "By Any Means Necessary"
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1994-05-11
|
Mark Bramhall
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Nador
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TNG: "Parallels"
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1993-11-29
|
Centauri #2
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Babylon 5: "The Long Night"
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1997-01-27
|
Vulcan elder
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Star Trek
|
2009-12-08
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Roy Brocksmith
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Sirna Kolrami
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TNG: "Peak Performance"
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1989-07-10
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Alwyn Macomber
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Babylon 5: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"
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1997-10-27
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Razka Karn
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DS9: "Indiscretion"
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1995-10-23
|
Julie Caitlin Brown
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Ty Kajada
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DS9: "The Passenger"
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1993-02-20
|
Na'Toth
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Six Babylon 5 episodes, from "The Parliament of Dreams" to "A Tragedy of Telepaths"
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1994-02-23 to 1998-03-25
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Vekor
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TNG: "Gambit, Part I"
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1993-10-09
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TNG: "Gambit, Part II"
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1993-10-16
|
Guinevere Corey
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Babylon 5: "There All the Honor Lies"
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1995-04-26
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Ron Canada
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Martin Benbeck
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TNG: "The Masterpiece Society"
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1992-02-10
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Captain Ellis Pierce
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Babylon 5: "A Voice in the Wilderness"
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1994-08-03
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Ch'Pok
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DS9: "Rules of Engagement"
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1996-04-08
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Fesek
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VOY: "Juggernaut"
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1999-04-26
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Jane Carr
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Mary Reed
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ENT: "Silent Enemy"
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2002-01-16
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Timov
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Babylon 5: "Soul Mates"
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1994-12-14
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Bernie Casey
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Calvin Hudson
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DS9: "The Maquis, Part I"
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1994-04-24
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Derek Cranston
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Babylon 5: "Hunter, Prey"
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1995-03-01
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DS9: "The Maquis, Part II"
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1994-05-01
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Marie Chambers
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Kyrian arbiter
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VOY: "Living Witness"
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1998-04-29
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Sofie Ivanov
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Babylon 5: "Eyes"
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1994-07-13
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Richard Chaves
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Earth Sky Spirit
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VOY: "Tattoo"
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1995-11-06
|
Alvares
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Babylon 5: "The War Prayer"
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1994-03-09
|
Art Chudabala
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Hector Ilario
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DS9: "Field of Fire"
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1999-02-10
|
Yang
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Babylon 5: "GROPOS"
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1995-02-08
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Unnamed Valiant cadet
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DS9: "Valiant"
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1999-05-06
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Josh Clark
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Tactical officer
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TNG: "Justice"
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1987-11-09
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Kulomani
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Babylon 5: "Movements of Fire and Shadow"
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1998-06-17
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Joe Carey
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Nine VOY episodes, from "Caretaker" to "Friendship One"
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1995-01-16 to 2001-04-25
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Kendarr
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Crusade: "Visitors from Down the Street"
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1999-08-25
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Jeffrey Combs
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Tiron
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DS9: "Meridian"
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1994-11-14
|
Harriman Gray
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Babylon 5: "Eyes"
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1994-07-13
|
Brunt
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Eight DS9 episodes, from "Family Business" to "The Dogs of War"
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1995-05-15 to 1999-05-26
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Weyoun
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Twenty-four DS9 episodes, from "To the Death" to "What You Leave Behind"
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1996-05-13 to 1999-06-02
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Penk
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VOY: "Tsunkatse"
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2000-02-09
|
Shran
|
Ten ENT episodes, from "The Andorian Incident" to "These Are the Voyages..."
|
2001-10-31 to 2005-05-13
|
Krem
|
ENT: "Acquisition"
|
2002-03-27
|
Brian Cousins
|
Parem
|
TNG: "The Next Phase"
|
1992-05-18
|
Rick
|
Babylon 5: "A Race Through Dark Places"
|
1995-01-25
|
Crosis
|
TNG: "Descent"
|
1993-06-21
|
TNG: "Descent, Part II"
|
1993-09-20
|
Paltani
|
ENT: "The Catwalk"
|
2002-12-18
|
Anthony Crivello
|
Adin
|
VOY: "Warlord"
|
1996-11-20
|
John Clemens
|
Babylon 5: "No Compromises"
|
1998-01-21
|
David L. Crowley
|
Workman
|
TNG: "Phantasms"
|
1993-10-23
|
Lou Welch
|
Seven Babylon 5 episodes, from "Survivors" to "GROPOS"
|
1994-05-04 to 1995-02-08
|
Robin Curtis
|
Saavik
|
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
|
1984-06-01
|
Kalika Qwal'Mizra
|
Babylon 5: "Deathwalker"
|
1994-04-20
|
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
|
1986-11-26
|
Tallera
|
TNG: "Gambit, Part I"
|
1993-10-11
|
TNG: "Gambit, Part II"
|
1993-10-18
|
Christopher Darga
|
Kaybok
|
DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"
|
1995-10-12
|
Narn #1
|
Babylon 5: "Acts of Sacrifice"
|
1995-02-22
|
Y'Sek
|
VOY: "Think Tank"
|
1999-03-31
|
Vorok
|
ENT: "Unexpected"
|
2001-10-17
|
Henry Darrow
|
Savar
|
TNG: "Conspiracy"
|
1988-05-9
|
William Indiri
|
Babylon 5: "The Illusion of Truth"
|
1997-02-17
|
Kolopak
|
VOY: "Tattoo"
|
1995-11-6
|
VOY: "Basics, Part I"
|
1996-05-20
|
Timothy Davis-Reed
|
Kyrian spectator
|
VOY: "Living Witness"
|
1998-04-29
|
Man #1
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
Vince Deadrick, Jr.
|
Numerous uncredited stunt roles and appearances.
|
ENT: "Broken Bow" to ENT: "These Are the Voyages..."
|
2001-09-26 to 2005-05-13
|
Tough Guy
|
Babylon 5: "Meditations on the Abyss"
|
1998-05-27
|
Brakiri
|
Babylon 5: "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder"
|
1998-06-10
|
Pancho Demmings
|
Kradin soldier
|
VOY: "Nemesis"
|
1997-09-24
|
Alpha 7
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
Diane DiLascio
|
Riaan
|
ENT: "Civilization"
|
2001-11-14
|
Telepath #2
|
Babylon 5: "A Race Through Dark Places"
|
1995-01-25
|
Brad Dourif
|
Lon Suder
|
VOY: "Meld"
|
1996-02-05
|
Brother Edward
|
Babylon 5: "Passing Through Gethsemane"
|
1995-11-27
|
VOY: "Basics, Part I"
|
1996-06-20
|
VOY: "Basics, Part II"
|
1996-07-04
|
John Fleck
|
Taibak
|
TNG: "The Mind's Eye"
|
1991-05-27
|
Del Varner
|
Babylon 5 TV movie The Gathering
|
1993-02-22
|
Cardassian overseer
|
DS9: "The Homecoming"
|
1993-09-26
|
Ornithar
|
DS9: "The Search, Part I"
|
1994-09-26
|
Koval
|
DS9: "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges"
|
1999-03-03
|
Abaddon
|
VOY: "Alice"
|
1999-10-20
|
Silik
|
Seven ENT episodes, from "Broken Bow" to "Storm Front, Part II"
|
2001-09-26 to 2004-10-15
|
Robert Foxworth [2]
|
Leyton
|
DS9: "Homefront"
|
1996-01-01
|
General William Hague
|
Babylon 5: "Points of Departure"
|
1994-11-02
|
DS9: "Paradise Lost"
|
1996-01-08
|
V'Las
|
ENT: "The Forge"
|
2004-11-19
|
Babylon 5: "All Alone in the Night"
|
1995-02-15
|
ENT: "Awakening"
|
2004-11-26
|
ENT: "Kir'Shara"
|
2004-12-03
|
Mike Genovese
|
Desk sergeant
|
TNG: "The Big Goodbye"
|
January 1988-01-11
|
Drake
|
Babylon 5: "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"
|
1998-04-15
|
Zef'No
|
DS9: "The Circle"
|
1993-10-03
|
Gerrit Graham
|
First Hunter
|
DS9: "Captive Pursuit"
|
1993-10-01
|
Lord Kiro
|
Babylon 5: "Signs and Portents"
|
1994-05-18
|
Quinn
|
VOY: "Death Wish"
|
1996-02-19
|
Bruce Gray
|
Chekote
|
TNG: "Gambit, Part I"
|
1993-10-11
|
Interrogator
|
Babylon 5: "Intersections in Real Time"
|
1997-06-16
|
Surak
|
ENT: "Awakening"
|
2004-11-26
|
Babylon 5: "Between the Darkness and the Light"
|
1997-10-06
|
Bennet Guillory
|
Medical Big Shot
|
DS9: "Prophet Motive"
|
1995-02-20
|
Merchant #2
|
Babylon 5: "Points of Departure"
|
1994-11-02
|
Leif Tanner
|
Babylon 5: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"
|
1997-10-27
|
Chip Heller
|
Solari leader
|
TNG: "Loud As A Whisper"
|
1989-01-09
|
Rowdy #1
|
Babylon 5: "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part II"
|
1994-08-03
|
Marva Hicks
|
T'Pel
|
VOY: "Persistence of Vision"
|
1995-10-30
|
Singer
|
Babylon 5: "And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place"
|
1996-10-14
|
VOY: "Body and Soul"
|
2000-11-15
|
Marjean Holden
|
Stolzoff
|
DS9: "Empok Nor"
|
1997-05-19
|
Navigation
|
Babylon 5 TV movie A Call to Arms
|
1999-01-03
|
Sarah Chambers
|
Eleven Crusade episodes, from "War Zone" to "Each Night I Dream of Home"
|
1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
|
William Dennis Hunt
|
Huraga
|
DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"
|
1995-10-02
|
Valo
|
Babylon 5: "Knives"
|
1995-05-17
|
Kris Iyer
|
Cold Station 12 deputy director
|
ENT: "Cold Station 12"
|
2004-11-05
|
Dome Tech
|
Babylon 5: "The Summoning"
|
1996-11-18
|
Clynell Jackson III
|
H'ta
|
DS9: "Apocalypse Rising"
|
1996-09-30
|
Security Guard
|
Babylon 5: "Strange Relations"
|
1998-02-25
|
Klingon hologram
|
VOY: "The Killing Game, Part II"
|
1998-03-04
|
Klingon crewman
|
VOY: "Prophecy"
|
2001-02-07
|
Klingon Council member
|
ENT: "Broken Bow"
|
2001-09-26
|
Klingon councilor
|
ENT: "The Expanse"
|
2003-05-21
|
Xindi-Arboreal technician
|
ENT: "The Shipment"
|
2003-10-29
|
Ken Jenkins
|
Paul Stubbs
|
TNG: "Evolution"
|
1989-09-25
|
Trevor Hall
|
Babylon 5: "No Surrender, No Retreat"
|
1997-05-26
|
Michael Kagan
|
Chokuzan commander
|
VOY: "Q2"
|
2001-04-11
|
Emmett Farquaha
|
Babylon 5: "A Late Delivery from Avalon"
|
1996-04-22
|
Lenore Kasdorf
|
Lorin
|
TNG: "Attached"
|
1993-11-08
|
ISN Reporter
|
Babylon 5: "TKO"
|
1994-12-25
|
Babylon 5: "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part I"
|
1994-07-27
|
Babylon 5: "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part II"
|
1994-08-03
|
Andreas Katsulas
|
Tomalak
|
Four TNG episodes, from "The Enemy" to "All Good Things..."
|
1989-11-06 to 1994-05-23
|
G'Kar
|
Babylon 5 TV movie The Gathering
|
1993-02-22
|
Sixty-two Babylon 5 episodes, from "Midnight on the Firing Line" to "Objects in Motion"
|
1994-01-26 to 1998-11-11
|
Drennik
|
ENT: "Cogenitor"
|
2003-04-30
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
Babylon 5 TV movie The Legend of the Rangers
|
2002-01-19
|
Patrick Kilpatrick
|
Razik
|
VOY: "Initiations"
|
1995-09-04
|
Robert Carlson
|
Babylon 5: "Convictions"
|
1995-11-13
|
Reese
|
DS9: "The Siege of AR-558"
|
1998-11-18
|
Assan
|
VOY: "Drive"
|
2000-10-18
|
Daniel Dae Kim
|
Gotana-Retz
|
VOY: "Blink of an Eye"
|
2000-01-19
|
John Matheson
|
Twelve Crusade episodes, from "War Zone" to "Each Night I Dream of Home"
|
1999-06-09 to 1999-09-01
|
Corporal D. Chang
|
ENT: "The Xindi"
|
2003-09-10
|
ENT: "Extinction"
|
2003-09-24
|
ENT: "Hatchery"
|
2004-02-25
|
David A. Kimball
|
Esaak
|
ENT: "Dear Doctor"
|
2002-01-23
|
Lee Parks
|
Babylon 5: "The Illusion of Truth"
|
1997-02-17
|
Walter Koenig
|
Pavel Chekov
|
Thirty-six TOS episodes, from "Catspaw" to "Turnabout Intruder"
|
1967-10-27 to 1969-06-03
|
Alfred Bester
|
Twelve Babylon 5 episodes, from "Mind War" to "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"
|
1994-03-02 to 1998-04-15
|
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
|
1979-12-07
|
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
|
1982-06-04
|
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
|
1984-06-01
|
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
|
1986-11-26
|
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
|
1989-06-09
|
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
1991-12-06
|
Star Trek Generations
|
1994-11-18
|
Thomas Kopache
|
Mirok
|
TNG: "The Next Phase"
|
1992-05-18
|
Tu'Pari
|
Babylon 5: "The Parliament of Dreams"
|
1994-02-09
|
The Engineer
|
TNG: "Emergence"
|
1994-05-07
|
Com officer
|
Star Trek Generations
|
1994-11-18
|
Viorsa
|
VOY: "The Thaw"
|
1996-04-29
|
Kira Taban
|
DS9: "Ties of Blood and Water"
|
1997-04-14
|
DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night"
|
1998-03-28
|
Tos
|
ENT: "Broken Bow"
|
2001-09-26
|
Sphere-Builder test subject
|
ENT: "Harbinger"
|
2004-02-11
|
Steven Lambert
|
Suliban agent
|
ENT: "Broken Bow"
|
2001-09-26
|
Bloodhound Teep #2
|
Babylon 5: "Strange Relations"
|
1998-02-25
|
Clayton Landey
|
Fuchida
|
DS9: "Prodigal Daughter"
|
1999-01-06
|
Number Two
|
Babylon 5: "Chasing Mars"
|
1997-04-21
|
Reggie Lee
|
Administrator
|
Star Trek
|
2009-12-08
|
Chen Hikaru
|
Babylon 5: "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"
|
1998-04-15
|
Stephen Lee
|
Chorgan
|
TNG: "The Vengeance Factor"
|
1989-11-20
|
Tharg
|
Babylon 5: "Believers"
|
1994-04-27
|
Alien bartender
|
TNG: "Gambit, Part I"
|
1993-10-11
|
Beverly Leech
|
Dayla
|
VOY: "Nightingale"
|
2000-11-22
|
Elizabeth Sheridan
|
Babylon 5: "Revelations"
|
1994-11-09
|
Judy Levitt
|
Mercy Hospital physician
|
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
|
1986-11-26
|
Psi Cop
|
Babylon 5: "A Race Through Dark Places"
|
1995-01-25
|
Starfleet Command captain
|
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
1991-12-06
|
Babylon 5: "Dust to Dust"
|
1996-02-05
|
El-Aurian survivor
|
Star Trek Generations
|
1994-11-18
|
James Lew
|
Romulan crewmember
|
Star Trek
|
2009-12-08
|
Bloodhound Teep #1
|
Babylon 5: "Strange Relations"
|
1998-02-25
|
Kristopher Logan
|
El-Aurian survivor
|
Star Trek Generations
|
1994-11-18
|
Ambassador #3
|
Babylon 5: "Points of Departure"
|
1994-11-02
|
Victor Lundin
|
Klingon lieutenant
|
TOS: "Errand of Mercy"
|
1967-03-23
|
Psi Corps Official
|
Babylon 5: "Epiphanies"
|
1997-02-10
|
Scott MacDonald
|
Tosk
|
DS9: "Captive Pursuit"
|
1993-01-30
|
First Officer
|
Babylon 5 TV Movie A Call to Arms
|
1999-01-03
|
N'Vek
|
TNG: "Face of the Enemy"
|
1993-02-08
|
Rollins
|
VOY: "Caretaker"
|
1995-01-16
|
Goran'Agar
|
DS9: "Hippocratic Oath"
|
1995-10-16
|
Dolim
|
Eight ENT episodes, from "The Xindi" to "Zero Hour"
|
2003-09-10 to 2004-05-26
|
Stephen Macht
|
Krim
|
DS9: "The Circle"
|
1993-10-03
|
Na'Far
|
Babylon 5: "A Day in the Strife"
|
1995-11-20
|
DS9: "The Siege"
|
1993-10-10
|
Rosie Malek-Yonan
|
Tekoa
|
DS9: "The Assignment"
|
1996-10-28
|
Doctor
|
Babylon 5: "Confessions and Lamentations"
|
1995-05-24
|
David Anthony Marshall
|
Magnus Hansen
|
VOY: "Scorpion, Part II"
|
1997-09-03
|
Stephen Petrov
|
Babylon 5: "Chrysalis"
|
1994-10-26
|
VOY: "The Raven"
|
1997-10-08
|
Marie Marshall
|
Kelsey
|
TNG: "Starship Mine"
|
1993-03-23
|
Elizabeth Durman
|
Babylon 5: "GROPOS"
|
1995-02-09
|
Babylon 5: "Day of the Dead"
|
1998-03-11
|
Bart McCarthy
|
Coburn
|
DS9: "Favor the Bold"
|
1997-10-27
|
Shakiri
|
Babylon 5: "Moments of Transition"
|
1997-05-19
|
Daro
|
Babylon 5: "Movements of Fire and Shadow"
|
1998-06-17
|
Leigh J. McCloskey
|
Tieran
|
VOY: "Warlord"
|
1996-11-20
|
Thomas
|
Babylon 5: "A Tragedy of Telepaths"
|
1998-03-25
|
Joran Dax
|
DS9: "Field of Fire"
|
1999-02-10
|
Babylon 5: "Phoenix Rising"
|
1998-04-01
|
J. Patrick McCormack
|
Bennett (Rear Admiral)
|
DS9: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"
|
1997-02-24
|
Robert Lefcourt
|
Babylon 5: "Endgame"
|
1997-10-13
|
Prax
|
VOY: "Counterpoint"
|
1998-12-16
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
Romulan commander
|
Star Trek Nemesis
|
2002-12-13
|
Bruce McGill [3]
|
Braxton
|
VOY: "Relativity"
|
1999-05-12
|
Ed Ryan
|
Babylon 5: "Severed Dreams"
|
1996-04-01
|
Don McMillan
|
Hirogen hunter
|
VOY: "Flesh and Blood"
|
2000-11-29
|
Bartender
|
Babylon 5: "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father"
|
1998-04-15
|
Kate McNeil
|
Collins
|
ENT: "Affliction"
|
2005-02-18
|
Janice Rosen
|
Babylon 5: "The Quality of Mercy"
|
1994-08-17
|
Geoff Meed
|
Dee'Ahn
|
ENT: "Two Days and Two Nights"
|
2002-05-5
|
Smuggler #1
|
Babylon 5: "Racing Mars"
|
1997-04-21
|
Erica Mer
|
Maryl
|
VOY: "Infinite Regress"
|
1998-11-25
|
Lyssa Deradi
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
Christopher Michael
|
Coalition Lieutenant
|
TNG: "Legacy"
|
1990-10-29
|
Shooter
|
Babylon 5: "A Race through Dark Places"
|
1995-01-25
|
Defiant Helmsman
|
DS9: "Rules of Engagement"
|
1996-04-08
|
Earthforce Captain
|
Crusade: "Appearances and Other Deceits"
|
1999-07-28
|
Katherine Moffat
|
Etana Jol
|
TNG: "The Game"
|
1991-10-28
|
Supervisor
|
Babylon 5: "Grey 17 Is Missing"
|
1996
|
Vaatrik Pallra
|
DS9: "Necessary Evil"
|
1993-11-14
|
Tom Morga
|
Numerous stunt roles, generally uncredited
|
Star Trek: The Motion Picture to ENT: "Borderland"
|
1979-12-07 to 2004-10-29
|
Stunt roles
|
Unknown
|
Unknown
|
Marjorie Monaghan
|
Freya
|
VOY: "Heroes and Demons"
|
1995-04-24
|
Number One
|
Seven Babylon 5 episodes, from "Racing Mars" to "Objects at Rest"
|
1997-04-21 to 1998-11-18
|
Phil Morris
|
Boy in Army helmet
|
TOS: "Miri"
|
1966-10-27
|
Bill Trainor
|
Babylon 5: "Severed Dreams"
|
1996-04-01
|
Cadet Foster
|
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
|
1984-06-01
|
Commander Thopok
|
DS9: "Rocks and Shoals"
|
1996-10-14
|
Third Remata'Klan
|
DS9: "The Dogs of War"
|
1997-10-06
|
Lieutenant John Kelly
|
VOY: "One Small Step"
|
1999-11-17
|
Glenn Morshower
|
Burke
|
TNG: "Peak Performance"
|
1989-07-10
|
Franke
|
Babylon 5: "Acts of Sacrifice"
|
1995-02-22
|
Orton
|
TNG: "Starship Mine"
|
1993-03-29
|
USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-B) Navigator
|
Star Trek Generations
|
1994-11-18
|
Mokra Order Guard
|
VOY: "Resistance"
|
1995-11-27
|
Sheriff MacReady
|
ENT: "North Star"
|
2003-11-12
|
Bill Mumy
|
Kellin
|
DS9: "The Siege of AR-558"
|
1998-11-18
|
Lennier
|
Forty-nine Babylon 5 episodes, from "The Parliament of Dreams" to "Objects at Rest"
|
1994-02-23 to 1998-11-18
|
Christopher Neame
|
Unferth
|
VOY: "Heroes and Demons"
|
1995-04-24
|
Knight Two
|
Babylon 5: "And the Sky Full of Stars"
|
1994-03-16
|
German general
|
ENT: "Storm Front"
|
2004-10-08
|
ENT: "Storm Front, Part II"
|
2004-10-15
|
Julia Nickson
|
Lian T'Su
|
TNG: "The Arsenal of Freedom"
|
1988-04-11
|
Catherine Sakai
|
Babylon 5: "The Parliament of Dreams"
|
1994-02-23
|
Cassandra
|
DS9: "Paradise"
|
1994-02-13
|
Babylon 5: "Mind War"
|
1994-03-02
|
Babylon 5: "Chrysalis"
|
1994-10-26
|
Jim Norton
|
Albert Einstein
|
TNG: "The Nth Degree"
|
1991-04-01
|
Ombuds Wellington
|
Babylon 5: "Grail"
|
1994-07-06
|
Babylon 5: "The Quality of Mercy"
|
1994-08-17
|
TNG: "Descent"
|
1993-06-21
|
Dr. Lazarenn
|
Babylon 5: "Confessions and Lamentations"
|
1995-05-24
|
G'Qarn
|
Babylon 5: "Dust to Dust"
|
1996-02-05
|
Tricia O'Neil
|
Rachel Garrett
|
TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise"
|
1990-02-19
|
M'Ola
|
Babylon 5: "Believers"
|
1994-04-27
|
Kurak
|
TNG: "Suspicions"
|
1993-05-10
|
President
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
Korinas
|
DS9: "Defiant"
|
1994-11-21
|
Eric Pierpoint
|
Voval
|
TNG: "Liaisons"
|
1993-09-27
|
Daniel
|
Babylon 5: "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars"
|
1997-10-27
|
Sanders
|
DS9: "For the Uniform"
|
1997-02-03
|
Kortar
|
VOY: "Barge of the Dead"
|
1999-10-06
|
Shiraht
|
ENT: "Rogue Planet"
|
2002-03-20
|
Harris
|
ENT: "Affliction"
|
2005-02-18
|
ENT: "Divergence"
|
2005-02-25
|
ENT: "Demons"
|
2005-12-06
|
ENT: "Terra Prime"
|
2005-05-13
|
Greg Poland
|
Elloran officer
|
Star Trek: Insurrection
|
1998-10-11
|
Guard
|
Babylon 5: "Between the Darkness and the Light"
|
1997-10-06
|
Voyager security officer
|
VOY: "Repentance"
|
2001-01-31
|
Clive Revill
|
Guy of Gisbourne
|
TNG: "Qpid"
|
1991-04-22
|
Trakis
|
Babylon 5: "Born to the Purple"
|
1994-02-09
|
Tony Rizzoli
|
Kainon
|
DS9: "Duet"
|
1993-06-13
|
Guard
|
Babylon 5: "Infection"
|
1994-02-18
|
Mark Rolston
|
Walter Pierce
|
TNG: "Eye of the Beholder"
|
1994-02-26
|
Karl Mueller
|
Babylon 5: "The Quality of Mercy"
|
1994-08-17
|
Kuroda
|
ENT: "Canamar"
|
2003-02-26
|
Magh
|
ENT: "The Augments"
|
2004-11-12
|
Robert Rusler
|
Orgoth
|
ENT: "Anomaly"
|
2003-09-17
|
Warren Keffer
|
Six Babylon 5 episodes, from "Points of Departure" to "The Fall of Night"
|
1994-11-02 to 1995-11-01
|
Rick Ryan
|
Numerous background aliens, uncredited
|
Several episodes of TNG and DS9
|
1993 to 1999
|
Numerous background aliens, uncredited
|
Eleven Babylon 5 episodes, from "The Parliament of Dreams" to "Sleeping in Light"
|
1994-02-23 to 1998-11-25
|
Robin Sachs
|
Valen
|
VOY: "The Void"
|
2001-02-14
|
Hedronn
|
Babylon 5: "Points of Departure"
|
1994-11-02
|
Babylon 5: "All Alone in the Night"
|
1995-02-15
|
Na'Kal
|
Babylon 5: "The Fall of Night"
|
1995-08-15
|
Babylon 5: "Walkabout"
|
1996-08-18
|
Coplann
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
Na'Tok
|
Babylon 5: "Movements of Fire and Shadow"
|
1998-06-17
|
Babylon 5: "The Fall of Centauri Prime"
|
1998-10-28
|
David Sage
|
Tarmin
|
TNG: "Violations"
|
1992-02-03
|
Business Man #2
|
Babylon 5 TV movie The Gathering
|
1993-02-22
|
Centauri Merchant
|
Babylon 5: "Acts of Sacrifice"
|
1995-02-22
|
Reiner Schöne
|
Esoqq
|
TNG: "Allegiance"
|
1990-03-26
|
Dukhat
|
Babylon 5: "Atonement"
|
1997-02-24
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
John Schuck
|
Kamarag
|
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
|
1986-11-26
|
Draal
|
Babylon 5: "The Long, Twilight Struggle"
|
1995-08-01
|
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
1991-12-06
|
Parn
|
DS9: "The Maquis, Part II"
|
1994-05-01
|
Chorus #2
|
VOY: "Muse"
|
2000-04-26
|
Babylon 5: "Voices of Authority"
|
1996-01-29
|
Antaak
|
ENT: "Affliction"
|
2005-02-18
|
ENT: "Divergence"
|
2005-02-25
|
Dwight Schultz
|
Reginald Barclay
|
Ten TNG and VOY episodes, from "Hollow Pursuits" to "Endgame"
|
1990-04-30 to 2001-05-23
|
Amis
|
Babylon 5: "The Long Dark"
|
1994-11-30
|
Star Trek: First Contact
|
1996-11-22
|
Tracy Scoggins
|
Gilora Rejal
|
DS9: "Destiny"
|
1995-02-15
|
Elizabeth Lochley
|
Fourteen Babylon 5 and Crusade episodes, from "No Compromises" to "Each Night I Dream of Home"
|
1998-01-21 to 1999-09-01
|
Babylon 5 TV movies River of Souls and A Call to Arms
|
1998-11-08, 1999-01-03
|
Babylon 5 direct-to-DVD special Voices in the Dark
|
2007-09-03
|
Judson Scott
|
Joachim
|
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
|
1982-06-04
|
Knight One
|
Babylon 5: "And the Sky Full of Stars"
|
1994-03-16
|
Sobi
|
TNG: "Symbiosis"
|
1988-04-18
|
Rekar
|
VOY: "Message in a Bottle"
|
1998-01-21
|
W. Morgan Sheppard
|
Ira Graves
|
TNG: "The Schizoid Man"
|
1989-01-23
|
Soul Hunter
|
Babylon 5: "Soul Hunter"
|
1994-02-02
|
Klingon Commandant
|
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
1991-12-06
|
Qatai
|
VOY: "Bliss"
|
1999-02-10
|
Warmaster G'Sten
|
Babylon 5: "The Long, Twilight Struggle"
|
1994-11-16
|
Vulcan science minister
|
Star Trek
|
2009-05-08
|
Carolyn Seymour
|
Taris
|
TNG: "Contagion"
|
1989-03-20
|
Crosby
|
Babylon 5: "Endgame"
|
1997-10-13
|
Mirasta Yale
|
TNG: "First Contact"
|
1991-02-18
|
Toreth
|
TNG: "Face of the Enemy"
|
1993-02-08
|
Templeton
|
VOY: "Cathexis"
|
1995-12-01
|
VOY: "Persistence of Vision"
|
1995-10-30
|
Guy Siner
|
Stuart Reed
|
ENT: "Silent Enemy"
|
2002-01-16
|
Religious #1
|
Babylon 5: "Rumors, Bargains and Lies"
|
1997-05-12
|
Michelan Sisti
|
Tol
|
TNG: "Bloodlines"
|
1994-12-02
|
Takarn
|
Babylon 5: "A Voice in the Wilderness, Part II"
|
1994-08-03
|
Tucker Smallwood
|
Bullock
|
VOY: "In the Flesh"
|
1998-11-04
|
David Endawi
|
Babylon 5: "Matters of Honor"
|
1995-11-06
|
Xindi-Primate councilor
|
Nine ENT episodes, from "The Xindi" to "Zero Hour"
|
2003-09-10 to 2004-05-26
|
Michael Bailey Smith
|
Hanon native
|
VOY: "Basics, Part II"
|
1996-09-04
|
G'Dok
|
Babylon 5: "A Day in the Strife"
|
1995-11-20
|
John Snyder
|
Bochra
|
TNG: "The Enemy"
|
1989-11-06
|
Soul Hunter #2
|
Babylon 5: "Soul Hunter"
|
1994-02-02
|
Aaron Conor
|
TNG: "The Masterpiece Society"
|
1992-02-10
|
Orin Zento
|
Babylon 5: "By Any Means Necessary"
|
1994-05-11
|
Eric Steinberg
|
Paul Porter
|
Star Trek: First Contact
|
1996-11-22
|
Samuel
|
Babylon 5: "Exogenesis"
|
1996-02-12
|
Ankari captain
|
VOY: "Equinox, Part II"
|
1999-09-22
|
Skip Stellrecht
|
Engineering Crewman
|
TNG: "The Naked Now"
|
1987-10-05
|
Guard
|
Babylon 5: "No Surrender, No Retreat"
|
1997-05-26
|
Security Guard
|
Babylon 5: "Secrets of the Soul"
|
1998-03-04
|
Customs Officer
|
Babylon 5: "Day of the Dead"
|
1998-03-11
|
Carel Struycken
|
Mr. Homn
|
5 TNG episodes, from "Haven" to "Half a Life"
|
1987-11-30 to 1991-05-06
|
Trader
|
Babylon 5: "Soul Mates"
|
1994-12-14
|
The Spectre
|
VOY: "The Thaw"
|
1996-04-29
|
Kitty Swink
|
Rozahn
|
DS9: "Sanctuary"
|
1993-11-28
|
Senator
|
Babylon 5: "Matters of Honor"
|
1995-11-06
|
Luaran
|
DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind"
|
1999-05-12
|
Keith Szarabajka
|
Teero Anaydis
|
VOY: "Repression"
|
2000-10-25
|
Matthew Stoner
|
Babylon 5: "Soul Mates"
|
1994-12-14
|
Damron
|
ENT: "Rogue Planet"
|
2002-03-20
|
Warren Tabata
|
Numerous background characters, uncredited
|
Eight episodes of TNG, VOY, ENT
|
1992-02-10 to 2003-12-07
|
Guard
|
Babylon 5: "Revelations"
|
1994-11-09
|
Babylon 5: "The Geometry of Shadows"
|
1994-11-16
|
Babylon 5: "The Long Dark"
|
1994-11-30
|
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
|
Mandarin bailiff
|
TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint"
|
1987-09-28
|
Morishi
|
Babylon 5: "Convictions"
|
1995-11-13
|
Patricia Tallman
|
Numerous stunt roles, generally uncredited
|
TNG: "Power Play" to DS9: "What You Leave Behind"
|
1992-02-24 to 1999-06-02
|
Lyta Alexander
|
Babylon 5 TV movie The Gathering
|
1993-02-22
|
Kiros
|
TNG: "Starship Mine"
|
1993-03-29
|
24 Babylon 5 episodes, from "Divided Loyalties" to "Objects in Motion"
|
1995-07-25 to 1998-11-11
|
Defiant weapons officer
|
DS9: "The Way of the Warrior"
|
1995-10-02
|
Babylon 5 TV movie Thirdspace
|
1998-07-19
|
Marshall Teague
|
Temo'Zuma
|
DS9: "Hippocratic Oath"
|
1995-10-16
|
Nelson Drake
|
Babylon 5: "Infection"
|
1994-02-16
|
Haluk
|
VOY: "Distant Origin"
|
1997-04-30
|
Ta'Lon
|
5 Babylon 5 episodes, from "All Alone in the Night" to "Objects at Rest"
|
1995-02-15 to 1998-11-18
|
Captain Daniels
|
Crusade: "The Long Road"
|
1999-06-16
|
Malachi Throne
|
Voice of The Keeper
|
TOS: "The Cage"
|
1988-10-04
|
Prime Minister Malachi
|
Babylon 5: "The Coming of Shadows"
|
1995-02-01
|
TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II"
|
1966-11-24
|
José I. Mendez
|
TOS: "The Menagerie, Part I"
|
1966-11-17
|
TOS: "The Menagerie, Part II"
|
1966-11-17
|
Pardek
|
TNG: "Unification I"
|
1991-11-04
|
TNG: "Unification I"
|
1991-11-11
|
Tony Todd
|
Kurn
|
Four TNG and DS9 episodes, from "Sins of the Father" to "Sons of Mogh"
|
1990-03-19 to 1996-02-12
|
Leonard Anderson
|
Babylon 5 TV movie A Call to Arms
|
1999-01-03
|
Adult Jake Sisko
|
DS9: "The Visitor"
|
1995-10-09
|
Alpha Hirogen
|
VOY: "Prey"
|
1998-02-18
|
Beth Toussaint
|
Ishara Yar
|
TNG: "Legacy"
|
1990-10-29
|
Anna Sheridan
|
Babylon 5: "Revelations"
|
1994-11-09
|
Mark Rafael Truitt
|
Yosa
|
VOY: "Repression"
|
2000-10-25
|
Minbari warrior
|
Babylon 5 TV movie In the Beginning
|
1998-01-04
|
Blair Valk
|
Risian woman
|
DS9: "Let He Who Is Without Sin..."
|
1996-11-11
|
Mariel
|
Babylon 5: "Soul Mates"
|
1994-12-14
|
Musetta Vander
|
Derran Tal
|
VOY: "The Disease"
|
1999-02-24
|
Felicia
|
Babylon 5: "Between the Darkness and the Light"
|
1997-10-06
|
John Vickery
|
Andrus Hagan
|
TNG: "Night Terrors"
|
1991-03-18
|
Neroon
|
Five Babylon 5 episodes, from "Legacies" to "Moments of Transition"
|
1994-07-20 to 1997-05-19
|
Rusot
|
DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil"
|
1999-04-28
|
DS9: "When It Rains..."
|
1999-05-05
|
Mr. Welles
|
Babylon 5: "The Fall of Night"
|
1995-11-01
|
DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind"
|
1999-05-12
|
Crusade: "Appearances and Other Deceits"
|
1999-07-28
|
Orak
|
ENT: "Judgment"
|
2003-04-09
|
David Warner
|
St. John Talbot
|
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
|
1989-06-09
|
Aldous Gajic
|
Babylon 5: "Grail"
|
1994-07-06
|
Gorkon
|
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
1991-12-06
|
Madred
|
TNG: "Chain of Command, Part I"
|
1992-12-14
|
TNG: "Chain of Command, Part II"
|
1992-12-21
|
Justin Williams
|
Jarvin
|
VOY: "Parallax"
|
1995-01-23
|
Bill Mitchell
|
Babylon 5: "And the Sky Full of Stars"
|
1994-03-16
|
Paul Williams
|
Koru
|
VOY: "Virtuoso"
|
2000-01-26
|
Taq
|
Babylon 5: "Acts of Sacrifice"
|
1995-02-22
|
Mirron E. Willis
|
Klingon guard
|
TNG: "Reunion"
|
1990-22-05
|
Brannagan
|
Babylon 5: "The Ragged Edge"
|
1998-04-28
|
Rettik
|
VOY: "Alliances"
|
1996-01-22
|
VOY: "Threshold"
|
1996-01-39
|
Paul Winfield
|
Captain Clark Terrell
|
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
|
1982-06-04
|
Richard Franklin
|
Babylon 5: "GROPOS"
|
1995-02-08
|
Dathon
|
TNG: "Darmok"
|
1991-09-30
|
Mel Winkler
|
Jack Hayes
|
VOY: "The 37's"
|
1995-08-28
|
William Dexter
|
Babylon 5: "And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place"
|
1996-10-14
|
Time Winters
|
Daro
|
TNG: "The Wounded"
|
1991-01-28
|
Rathenn
|
Babylon 5: "War without End, Part I"
|
1996-05-13
|
Babylon 5: "Grey 17 Is Missing"
|
1996-10-07
|
Dan Woren
|
Borg Drone
|
Star Trek: First Contact
|
1996-11-22
|
Bartender
|
Babylon 5: "Confessions and Lamentations"
|
1995-05-24
|
Momo Yashima
|
crewmember
|
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
|
1979-12-07
|
Goyokin
|
Babylon 5: "Born to the Purple"
|
1994-02-09
|
- ↑ Babylon 5 Season 3 blooper reel at YouTube
- ↑ Robert Foxworth's characters on Babylon 5 and Deep Space Nine were very similar: both were high-ranking military officers who led coup attempts against civilian governments based on Earth (although the Babylon 5 coup was against a totalitarian regime). Both attempts failed. Foxworth had already been booked for a third appearance as General Hague on Babylon 5 when his agent accepted the Deep Space Nine role, which was filming at the same time. In response, J. Michael Straczynski killed off the character of General Hague off-screen (saying, "Never honk off the writer"). [1] [2] [3]
- ↑ McGill was cast as a new character to replace the role of General Hague, played by Robert Foxworth, who had opted to appear in a two-part episode Deep Space Nine instead (see above).
Production personnel who have worked on both franchises
- note: Excepting Suskin (who was not employed by Foundation during his Star Trek years), not listed are the staffers of CGI company Foundation Imaging, the vast majority of the original 1993-1995 line-up having also worked on both franchises. See main article for staff listing.
Person
|
Star Trek contributions
|
Babylon 5 contributions
|
Adam Buckner
|
Visual Effects Coordinator, I AM ERROR Season 5- 7, I AM ERROR Season 1; Visual Effects Supervisor DS9: "Tacking Into the Wind"
|
Visual Effects Assistant, Babylon 5 Season 1; Assistant Editor, Four Babylon 5 Season 2 episodes
|
Richard Compton
|
Actor, TOS: "The Doomsday Machine" (Washburn)
|
Director, Babylon 5 TV movie The Gathering, five Babylon 5 episodes
|
Actor, TOS: "The Enterprise Incident" (Romulan technical officer)
|
Co-producer, Nine Babylon 5 episodes
|
Director, TNG: "Haven"
|
Peter David
|
Writer, forty-one Star Trek novels
|
Writer, Babylon 5: "Soul Mates", "There All the Honor Lies"
|
Writer, forty Star Trek comics
|
Writer, Crusade: "Ruling from the Tomb"
|
Writer, Beam Me Up, Scotty (with James Doohan)
|
Writer, In the Beginning and Thirdspace novelizations
|
Writer, Cacophony (Captain Sulu Adventures audio drama, as J.J. Molloy)
|
Writer, Legions of Fire novel trilogy
|
Harlan Ellison
|
Writer, TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever"
|
Conceptual consultant, Babylon 5 TV series, Babylon 5 TV movies The Gathering, In the Beginning, Thirdspace, The River of Souls, A Call to Arms
|
Writer (story), Babylon 5 episodes "A View from the Gallery", "Objects in Motion"
|
Voice artist, Babylon 5: "Ceremonies of Light and Dark" (Sparky the Computer), "Day of the Dead" (Voice of Zooty)
|
Cameo appearance, Babylon 5: "The Face of the Enemy" (Psi Cop)
|
D.C. Fontana
|
Writer, seventeen episodes of TOS, TAS, TNG, and DS9
|
Writer, Babylon 5: "The War Prayer", "Legacies", "A Distant Star"
|
Writer, Vulcan's Glory novel
|
Writer, Star Trek: Year Four - The Enterprise Experiment comic
|
David Gerrold
|
Writer, TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles"
|
Writer, Babylon 5: "Believers"
|
Glenn Hetrick
|
Dept. Head Prosthetic and Special F/X Makeup, I AM ERROR
|
Prosthetic Painter, Babylon 5: "The Legend of the Rangers"
|
Adam Nimoy
|
Director, TNG: "Rascals", "Timescape"
|
Director, Babylon 5: "Passing Through Gethsemane", "Z'ha'dum"
|
Larry Odien
|
Uncredited Special Effects Technician, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
Uncredited Special Makeup Effects Artist, Babylon 5: "The Gathering "
|
Fabio Passaro
|
Digital Artist, Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 3, Issue 5, Borg Invasion 4D, Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection, Star Trek Encyclopedia
|
Digital Modeler, Babylon 5: "The Lost Tales"
|
Mary Jo Slater
|
Casting director, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
Casting director, Babylon 5
|
J. Michael Straczynski
|
Writer, one comic
|
Creator, primary writer, Babylon 5
|
Mitch Suskin
|
VFX Supervisor, I AM ERROR Season 1-7, I AM ERROR Season 1-3
|
VFX Supervisor Babylon 5, Season 1-2
|
Jesús Salvador Treviño
|
Director, eight episodes of DS9 and VOY
|
Director, five episodes of Babylon 5, Babylon 5 TV movie Thirdspace, Crusade: "The Rules of the Game"
|
Michael Vejar
|
Director, thirty-one episodes of TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT
|
Director, eighteen episodes of Babylon 5 and Crusade, Babylon 5 TV movies In the Beginning, A Call to Arms, The Legend of the Rangers
|
Douglas E. Wise
|
Second assistant director, Star Trek: The Motion Picture
|
First assistant director, twenty-eight episodes of Babylon 5 and Crusade, Babylon 5 TV movies In the Beginning and A Call to Arms
|
First assistant director, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
|
Director, Babylon 5: "The Fall of Centauri Prime"
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