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Malcolm "Mel" Rennings (25 May 1927–25 December 2017; age 90) [1][2] was a microphone operator who worked in the sound department of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He received no credit for his work but is listed on several call sheets.
Rennings also worked as boom operator on Motel Hell (1980, with Craig Huxley), Porky's II: The Next Day (1983, with Alan Bernard), and A Christmas Story (1983, with Alan Bernard and Ken Dufva).