Steve Whittaker (born 16 October 1942; age 82) is the actor who appeared as the holographic gunslinger in the Star Trek: The Next Generation seventh season episode "Emergence". As a background actor he received no credit for this appearance.
Whittaker is working as an actor in television, film, and on stage since 1965. Among the television series he appeared in are episodes of The Big Valley (1966), Simon & Simon (1985, with Robin Gammell), Nash Bridges (1999, with Leon Russom, Caroline Lagerfelt, and Scott Trimble), and The Division (2004, with Lisa Vidal and William Lucking). He also worked on I Dream of Jeannie, Planet of the Apes, Bewitched, General Hospital, Santa Barbara, Divorce Court, Gunsmoke, Knots Landing, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Hollywood Beat, Hard Copy, The Young and the Restless (1986), MacGruder and Loud, Houston Knights, Miami Vice, The Proud Men, The New Lassie, and New Unsolved Mysteries.
Film work includes featured and supporting roles in The Chase (1966, with Steve Ihnat), Waterhole No. 3 (1967, starring James Coburn), the television drama Dirty Work (1985, with Kerrie Keane, Louis Giambalvo, Barbara J. Tarbuck, William Wintersole, Kenneth Tigar, and William Windom), Thrashin' (1986, with Robert Rusler), In the Mood (1987, with Brian McNamara, Wayne Grace, and Kitty Swink), and A Father for Charlie (1995, with William Lucking, Jack Kehler, and Mark Phelan).
Further film work as day player or featured actor include Chastity (1969), Bury Me an Angel (1972, with Richard Compton), The Mad Bomber (1973, with Charles Picerni, Eddie Hice, and Frank Orsatti), The Concrete Jungle (1982, with Barbara Luna, Robert Miano, and Karen Sheperd), Pitch (directed by Lance Dickson), The Gumshoe Kid (1990, with Jay Underwood, Tracy Scoggins, Biff Yeager, Don Pugsley, and Charles Lucia), Hollywood Heartbreak (1990, written and directed by Lance Dickson and with Mark Moses), the short film The Last Chance Saloon (1990), Forrest Gump (1994) and Apollo 13 (1995), and Alien 51 (2004, with Chase Hoyt).