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John Blower (11 September 193224 December 2004; age 72) was an actor who appeared in several episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series and in a second season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Blower was married to actress Marilyn Blower . Daughter Cindy became the third wife of Michael Landon. They divorced, he later married Jan, they were married until his death in Las Vegas Nevada. He was the father of 8 children.

Blower filmed his scenes for "A Taste of Armageddon" on Tuesday 3 January 1967 and Wednesday 4 January 1967 at Desilu Stage 10, and his scenes for "Errand of Mercy" on Friday 27 January 1967 on location at the "Arab Village" section of the 40 Acres backlot. He filmed his (deleted) scene for "Catspaw" on Tuesday 2 May 1967 at Desilu Stage 9. The scene depicted a team of security guards ready to beam down to Pyris VII, but prevented from doing so by Sylvia's force field. [1] He was back on set for his scenes for "Journey to Babel" on Monday 25 September 1967, also at Stage 9. He filmed his scenes for "Obsession" on Thursday 12 October 1967 at Stage 10. He filmed his scene for "The Immunity Syndrome" on Monday 30 October 1967, and his scene for "A Piece of the Action" on Thursday 9 November 1967, both at Stage 9. He filmed his scenes for "Patterns of Force" on Tuesday 5 December 1967 and Wednesday 6 December 1967 at Stage 10.

He also appeared in Mission: Impossible (1970, with Leonard Nimoy and Don Eitner). Blower worked for thirty years as an actor in film and television productions such as in The Godfather (1972, starring Marlon Brando), in the Dynasty episodes "The Wedding" (1983, with Joan Collins, Peter Mark Richman, and Liam Sullivan), "The Collapse" (1985, with Joan Collins), "Ben" (1986, with Joan Collins, Terrence E. McNally, Bruce Dobos, and Ray Petersen), "The Warning" (1986, with Joan Collins, Concetta Tomei, and Suzanne Lodge), and "Romance" (1986, with Joan Collins and Pamela Kosh), The Colbys episodes "The Celebration" (1985, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Joseph Campanella, Ricardo Montalban, Sam Hennings, John Hugh McKnight, and Tim McCormack), "The Outcast" (1986, with Beacham, Scoggins, Montalban, Tim McCormack, Jessie Biscardi, and Roger Trantham), "The Wedding" (1986, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, Ray Wise, Ian Abercrombie, Buzz Barbee, Gene Poe, Suzanne Lodge, John Copage, Lynda Robertson, Tony Rocco, and Devron Conrad), and "Double Jeopardy" (1986, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, Ray Wise, Tim McCormack, Gene Poe, Devron Conrad, and Bob Davis), and the Falcon Crest episodes "Tarantella" (1984, with Robert Foxworth, Kate Vernon, Peter Eastman, and Suzanne Lodge) and "Justice for All" (1985, with Robert Foxworth, Kate Vernon, Bibi Besch, and Jonathan Frakes). [2]

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