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| Name = Dexter Clay
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|name = Dexter Clay
| image = Relief tactical officer, 2365.jpg
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|image = Relief tactical officer, 2365.jpg
| imagecap = ...as Security Officer
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|caption = ...as Security Officer
| Birth name = Dexter L. Clay
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|birth name = Dexter L. Clay
| Gender = Male
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|gender = Male
| Date of birth = {{d|12|June|1956}}
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|birthday = {{d|12|June|1956}}
| Place of birth = Houston, Texas, USA
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|birthplace = Houston, Texas, USA
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|deathday = {{d|26|August|2017}}
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|deathplace = Houston, Texas, USA
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|roles = [[:Category:TNG performers|Background actor]]<br />[[:Category:Stand-ins|Stand-in]]
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|characters = [[USS Enterprise-D tactical operations 008|''Enterprise''-D officer]]
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|image2 = Dexter Clay in Webster.jpg
| Characters = [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Security officer (2364-2365)|''Enterprise''-D officer]]
 
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|caption2 = Clay in the ''Webster'' episode "Webtrek"
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'''Dexter L. Clay''' {{born|12|June|1956}} is an actor, musician and author who appeared as an [[Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) operations division personnel#Security officer (2364-2365)|operations division officer]] in the first two seasons of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''. He was also the main [[stand-in]] for [[Worf]] actor [[Michael Dorn]] on the first three seasons of ''The Next Generation''. Clay was the second person right after [[Patrick Stewart]] seen on ''The Next Generation''.
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'''Dexter L. Clay''' {{born|12|June|1956|died|26|August|2017}} was an actor, musician and author who appeared as an [[USS Enterprise-D tactical operations 008|operations division officer]] in the first two seasons of {{s|TNG}}. He was also the main [[stand-in]] for [[Worf]] actor [[Michael Dorn]] on the first three seasons of ''The Next Generation''. Clay was the second person right after [[Patrick Stewart]] seen on ''The Next Generation''.
   
 
Along with Michael Dorn, [[Lorine Mendell]], and [[James G. Becker]], Clay reprised his role from ''The Next Generation'' for the final episode of ''[[Webster]]'', titled "Webtrek". The episode was filmed in {{y|1989}} during the [[TNG Season 2|second season]] of [[TNG]] on the [[Paramount Pictures]] lot.
 
Along with Michael Dorn, [[Lorine Mendell]], and [[James G. Becker]], Clay reprised his role from ''The Next Generation'' for the final episode of ''[[Webster]]'', titled "Webtrek". The episode was filmed in {{y|1989}} during the [[TNG Season 2|second season]] of [[TNG]] on the [[Paramount Pictures]] lot.
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Born in Houston, Texas, he played professional football as a receiver for the Houston Oilers (1980) and the New York Jets (1981) and started an acting and writing career in the late '80s. In 1987 he portrayed a soldier in the action drama ''Deadly Prey''. Clay wrote the five books ''Black Eye on America'', ''Walking with the Power'', ''Only for a Season'', ''Katy Nation'', and ''Click Send for Love'', a story for a television pilot ("Life's a stretch" in 2003, which he also produced), and became the executive director of the NHP (a national homeless organization) until his move back to Houston, Texas.
 
Born in Houston, Texas, he played professional football as a receiver for the Houston Oilers (1980) and the New York Jets (1981) and started an acting and writing career in the late '80s. In 1987 he portrayed a soldier in the action drama ''Deadly Prey''. Clay wrote the five books ''Black Eye on America'', ''Walking with the Power'', ''Only for a Season'', ''Katy Nation'', and ''Click Send for Love'', a story for a television pilot ("Life's a stretch" in 2003, which he also produced), and became the executive director of the NHP (a national homeless organization) until his move back to Houston, Texas.
   
More recently, Clay has been working as film maker behind the camera and as director, writer and producer for the sport drama ''First Quarter'' (2015).
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Clay later worked as a filmmaker behind the camera and as director, writer, and producer for the sport drama ''First Quarter'' (2015).
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On 26 August 2017, Clay [[Star Trek deaths#August|died]] following a battle with cancer at the age of 61. {{facebook|jimbo.tejas/posts/10209776782241677}}
   
 
== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==
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== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dex-clay/16/701/5a1 Dexter Clay] at [http://www.linkedin.com LinkedIn.com]
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Dexter L. Clay (12 June 195626 August 2017; age 61) was an actor, musician and author who appeared as an operations division officer in the first two seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He was also the main stand-in for Worf actor Michael Dorn on the first three seasons of The Next Generation. Clay was the second person right after Patrick Stewart seen on The Next Generation.

Along with Michael Dorn, Lorine Mendell, and James G. Becker, Clay reprised his role from The Next Generation for the final episode of Webster, titled "Webtrek". The episode was filmed in 1989 during the second season of TNG on the Paramount Pictures lot.

Born in Houston, Texas, he played professional football as a receiver for the Houston Oilers (1980) and the New York Jets (1981) and started an acting and writing career in the late '80s. In 1987 he portrayed a soldier in the action drama Deadly Prey. Clay wrote the five books Black Eye on America, Walking with the Power, Only for a Season, Katy Nation, and Click Send for Love, a story for a television pilot ("Life's a stretch" in 2003, which he also produced), and became the executive director of the NHP (a national homeless organization) until his move back to Houston, Texas.

Clay later worked as a filmmaker behind the camera and as director, writer, and producer for the sport drama First Quarter (2015).

On 26 August 2017, Clay died following a battle with cancer at the age of 61. [1]

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