Jack Donner

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Jack Donner
Birth name:	Jack Donner
Date of birth:	29 October 1928
Place of birth:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of death:	21 September 2019
Place of death:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Roles:	Actor
Character(s):	Sub-Commander Tal Vulcan priest

Jack Donner (29 October 1928 – 21 September 2019; age 90) was the actor who made his first Star Trek appearance as Sub-Commander Tal in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "The Enterprise Incident". He filmed his scenes on Friday 21 June 1968 at Desilu Stage 9. Thirty-six years later, he portrayed the Vulcan priest in the Star Trek: Enterprise fourth season episodes "Home" and "Kir'Shara".

Along with Majel Barrett, Joseph Ruskin, Vince Deadrick and Clint Howard, he is one of only five actors to appear in both TOS and ENT. He and Deadrick are the only ones of the five who did not appear on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Career

Other television shows he has guest starred in include The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, Kojak, Frasier, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Malcolm in the Middle and Roswell.

Along with Lee Delano, Donner founded the Oxford Theater in Los Angeles, a playhouse and acting school. Their students included Don Johnson, Craig T. Nelson and Barry Levinson.

External links

• JackDonner.com – official site
• Jack Donner at Wikipedia
• Jack Donner at the Internet Movie Database