Rusty Meek

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Rusty Meek
Birth name:	George Carl Meek II
Date of birth:	5 March 1925
Place of birth:	Missouri, USA
Date of death:	16 September 2014
Place of death:	Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Roles:	Assistant director

Rusty Meek (5 March 1925–16 September 2014; age 89) worked as the first assistant director on the odd-numbered episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series' second season. The character of Russ in "The Doomsday Machine" is named after him. ^{(citation needed • edit)}

Meek worked in television for his whole career, which ranged from the late-1950s to the mid-1980s. He served as 1st AD on series such as The Outer Limits, The Patridge Family, Happy Days, and Police Squad!.

Star Trek credits

• TOS:
  • "Catspaw"
  • "Friday's Child"
  • "Amok Time"
  • "Wolf in the Fold"
  • "The Apple"
  • "The Deadly Years"
  • "The Trouble with Tribbles"
  • "Journey to Babel"
  • "Obsession"
  • "The Immunity Syndrome"
  • "By Any Other Name"
  • "Patterns of Force"
  • "The Omega Glory"

External link

• Rusty Meek at the Internet Movie Database