Ron Veto

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Ron Veto
Birth name:	Ronald Barry Veto
Date of birth:	24 October 1933
Place of birth:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Date of death:	4 August 2004
Place of death:	Victorville, California, USA
Roles:	Background actor
Character(s):	Harrison; Organian villager

Ron Veto (24 October 1933 – 4 August 2004; age 70) was an actor and stuntman who portrayed Harrison in the first season of Star Trek: The Original Series. During his time on the show, he filmed at least one scene that was cut from the final episode: in main engineering as Harrison for "The Enemy Within". [1]^(X)

Apart from his role in Star Trek, he played bit parts in a number of films, including King of Kings, starring Jeffrey Hunter, and several Elvis Presley movies. He also performed stunts in numerous films such as Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Von Ryan's Express (1965), In Like Flint (1967), and Che! (1969). He can also be seen as an extra in the 1964 The Outer Limits episode "The Invisibles", written by Joseph Stefano, directed by Gerd Oswald, and featuring the voices of Vic Perrin and Robert C. Johnson, and makeup by Fred Phillips.

Veto's son is also active in the film-making business, mostly behind the camera, as a Steadicam operator and cinematographer, on numerous projects.

Appearances

• TOS:
  • "The Corbomite Maneuver"
  • "Mudd's Women"
  • "The Enemy Within" (scene deleted)
  • "The Man Trap"
  • "The Naked Time"
  • "Charlie X"
  • "Balance of Terror"
  • "Dagger of the Mind"
  • "The Conscience of the King"
  • "The Galileo Seven"
  • "The Menagerie, Part I" (stock footage only)
  • "The Menagerie, Part II"
  • "Shore Leave"
  • "Arena"
  • "The Alternative Factor"
  • "The Return of the Archons"
  • "A Taste of Armageddon"
  • "Space Seed"
  • "This Side of Paradise"
  • "The Devil in the Dark"
  • "Errand of Mercy" (also as an Organian villager)
  • "The City on the Edge of Forever" (stock footage only)
  • "Operation -- Annihilate!"
  • "Metamorphosis" (stock footage only)
  • "The Omega Glory" (stock footage only)
  • "Assignment: Earth" (stock footage only)
  • "Elaan of Troyius" (stock footage only)
  • "And the Children Shall Lead" (stock footage only)
  • "Spock's Brain" (stock footage only)
  • "The Cloud Minders" (stock footage only)
  • "Turnabout Intruder" (stock footage only)

External link

• Ron Veto at the Internet Movie Database