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Richard Graham Sarstedt (born 25 March 1940; age 80) is an actor and singer who worked as background performer and stand-in for eighteen years on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, and several Star Trek films. He received no on-screen credit for nearly all of his appearances. Sarstedt's costume as an admiral from the episode "Endgame" was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. [1] His Starfleet uniform as William McKenzie was also sold off. [2] Besides the regular actors, Denise Crosby, John de Lancie, Colm Meaney, and David B. Levinson, Sarstedt is the only actor who appeared in the pilot episode "Encounter at Farpoint" and in the series final episode "All Good Things..."
According to the call sheet, Sarstedt was scheduled to appear in a corridor scene in the fourth season episode "Redemption" but was replaced by a fellow background actor as he worked on second unit. He was also scheduled to appear in a corridor scene for the fifth season episode "Unification I", scene 6, and "Hero Worship" but his scenes were not part of the final episodes.
Sarstedt was born in New Delhi, India and has started his career as a singer under the name Eden Kane in honor of the film Citizen Kane and the Biblical Garden of Eden in the early '60s. As Eden Kane, he has had several Top 10 hits in the U.K., including the number one single "Well I Ask You" in 1961. His brothers, Peter Sarstedt and Robin "Robbie" Sarstedt, are also singers. As a singer and with his brothers he appeared in several episodes of the music shows Top of the Pops (1964) and Ready Steady Go! (1964). Between 1961 and 2001 he recorded eight albums, several EPs, and many singles. Sarstedt is married to Charlene and they have two children.
Among his non-Trek resume are acting and stand-in appearances in several films and television series such as Dallas, Dynasty (1981-1989, starring Joan Collins), The Colbys (1985-1987, starring Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, and Ricardo Montalban), Sisters (1991-1996, starring Ashley Judd), and Columbo.
Star Trek appearances
Recurring appearances
- TNG: as a command division officer
- "Encounter at Farpoint" (Season 1)
- "The Naked Now"
- "Code of Honor"
- "Too Short a Season"
- "The Big Goodbye"
- "When The Bough Breaks"
- "Coming of Age"
- "The Arsenal of Freedom"
- "Conspiracy"
- "Up The Long Ladder" (Season 2)
- "Peak Performance"
- "The Survivors" (Season 3)
- "Yesterday's Enterprise"
- "Allegiance"
- "Tin Man"
- "Sarek"
- "Future Imperfect" (Season 4)
- "Galaxy's Child"
- "The Nth Degree"
- "The Drumhead"
- "The Mind's Eye"
- "Silicon Avatar" (Season 5)
- "Cost of Living"
- "Imaginary Friend"
- "Realm of Fear" (Season 6)
- "Man of the People"
- "Frame of Mind"
- "Suspicions"
- "Second Chances"
- "Descent, Part II" (Season 7)
- "Dark Page"
- "Eye of the Beholder"
- "All Good Things..."
- VOY: as William McKenzie
- "The Cloud" (Season 1)
- "Emanations"
- "Prime Factors"
- "Heroes and Demons"
- "Jetrel"
- "Twisted"
- "Parturition" (Season 2)
- "Persistence of Vision"
- "Death Wish"
- "Threshold"
- "Investigations"
- "Remember" (Season 3)
- "Future's End, Part II"
- "The Q and the Grey"
- "Coda"
- "Unity"
- "Favorite Son"
- "Before and After"
- "Real Life"
- "Displaced"
- "Scorpion"
- "Scorpion, Part II" (Season 4)
- "The Gift"
- "Day of Honor"
- "The Raven"
- "Scientific Method"
- "Year of Hell"
- "Timeless" (Season 5)
- "Someone to Watch Over Me"
- "Relativity"
- "The Haunting of Deck Twelve" (Season 6)
- "Drive" (Season 7)
- "Workforce"
- "Workforce, Part II"
- "Q2"
- "Author, Author"
- "Homestead"
- VOY: in different roles:
- at least one episode as a Klingon
Stand-in work
Sarstedt (fourth from left) on the set of Insurrection
- TNG:
- Stand-in for John de Lancie (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "Hide and Q", "Qpid", "All Good Things...")
- Stand-in for Clayton Rohner in "Too Short a Season"
- Stand-in for Jonathan Frakes (Season 4-7)
- Stand-in for Michael Ensign and George Coe in "First Contact"
- Stand-in for Paul Tompkins in "Identity Crisis"
- Stand-in for Earl Billings in "The Drumhead"
- Stand-in for David Ogden Stiers in "Half a Life"
- Stand-in for John Fleck, Larry Dobkin, and Edward Wiley in "The Mind's Eye"
- Stand-in for Colm Meaney in "In Theory"
- Stand-in for Ben Slack and Tom Ormeny in "Redemption"
- Stand-in for Stephen James Carver, Michael G. Hagerty, Timothy Carhart, and Robert O'Reilly in "Redemption II"
- Stand-in for Scott Marlowe and Jeffrey Hayenga in "Ensign Ro"
- Stand-in for Colm Meaney in "The Game"
- Stand-in for Daniel Roebuck and Malachi Throne in "Unification II"
- Stand-in for Daniel Roebuck in "Unification I"
- Stand-in for Matt Frewer in "A Matter of Time"
- Stand-in for Steven Einspahr in "Hero Worship"
- Stand-in for Doug Wert in "Violations"
- Stand-in for John Snyder in "The Masterpiece Society"
- Stand-in for Colm Meaney, Lincoln Simonds and Ryan Reid in "Power Play"
- Stand-in for Robert Duncan McNeill and Richard Rothenberg in "The First Duty"
- Stand-in for Christopher Halsted and Tony Jay in "Cost of Living"
- Stand-in for Alan Scarfe in "Birthright, Part II"
- Stand-in for Alan Oppenheimer in "Rightful Heir"
- Stand-in for Norman Large in "Dark Page"
- Stand-in for Paul Sorvino in "Homeward"
- VOY:
- Stand-in for Robert Beltran (Season 2-7)
- "Resistance" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and Tom Todoroff
- "Future's End" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and Christian R. Conrad
- "Future's End, Part II" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and Christian R. Conrad
- "Warlord" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and Leigh J. McCloskey
- "Scorpion" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and John Rhys-Davies
- "Scorpion, Part II" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "The Gift" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Nemesis" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Day of Honor" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Revulsion" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "The Raven" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Scientific Method" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Year of Hell" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Year of Hell, Part II" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Random Thoughts" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and Lou Simon
- "Concerning Flight" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and John Rhys-Davies
- "The Killing Game" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "The Killing Game, Part II" – stand-in for Danny Goldring and Mark Metcalf
- "Hope and Fear" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and Jack Shearer
- "Extreme Risk" – stand-in for Robert Beltran, Alexander Enberg, and Daniel Betances
- "In the Flesh" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "The Fight" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "The Disease" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Course: Oblivion" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Think Tank" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and Christopher Darga
- "Juggernaut" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Relativity" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Virtuoso" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Drive" – stand-in for Robert Beltran and Robert Tyler
- "Nightingale" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- "Natural Law" – stand-in for Robert Beltran
- ENT: as stand-in for Scott Bakula
- "Broken Bow"
- "Terra Nova"
- "The Andorian Incident"
- "Breaking the Ice"
- "Oasis"
- "Detained"
- "Two Days and Two Nights"
- "Dead Stop"
- "The Communicator"
- "The Catwalk"
- "Cogenitor"
- "The Expanse"
- "The Xindi"
- "Rajiin"
- "The Shipment"
- "Stratagem"
- "Harbinger"
- ENT: as stand-in for guest actors
- "Broken Bow" – stand-in for Mark Moses, Joseph Ruskin, Steve Lambert, Ron King, Jason Grant Smith, and James Horan
- "Unexpected" – stand-in for Christopher Darga
- "The Andorian Incident" – stand-in for Jamie McShane
- "The Communicator" – stand-in for Francis Guinan
- Star Trek films
- Star Trek Generations as stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Star Trek Generations as stand-in for Alan Ruck
- Star Trek: First Contact as stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
- Star Trek: Insurrection as stand-in for Jonathan Frakes
External links
- Eden Kane at Wikipedia
- EdenKane.com – official site
- Richard Sarstedt at the Internet Movie Database
- Eden Kane at the Internet Movie Database
