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Frank Atienza (14 October 193528 October 2018; age 83) was a Hawaiian-born actor who played Liyang in the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "The Omega Glory". In the end credits of the episode he is credited as having played the "KOHN VILLAGER".

He filmed his scenes on Tuesday 19 December 1967 at Paramount's B Tank.

Prior to Star Trek, he had appeared in an episode of The Gallant Men (with George Takei) as well as Elvis Presley's Blue Hawaii (1961) and Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962, co-starring Laurel Goodwin).

After The Original Series, he was in two episodes of Hawaii Five-O (starring Jack Lord), several episodes of Magnum, P.I. (one of them with Elisha Cook), and two episodes of Jake and the Fatman (one of them opposite Tony Todd).

Atienza died on the 28th October, 2018.

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