Ted Gehring (6 April 1929–28 September 2000; age 71) played the role of a policeman in the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "Assignment: Earth". Gehring played a New York police sergeant in Willie Dynamite (1974, with George Murdock, Albert Hall, Thalmus Rasulala, Davis Roberts, Robert DoQui) and a Los Angeles police detective in Out of Bounds (1986, co-starring Jeff Kober and John Vickery). He later had a recurring role on Alice, co-starring Original Series guest Victor Tayback, and was directed several times by Marc Daniels. He also made two appearances in M*A*S*H, first as a shady requisitions officer, Major Arnold Morris, in the 2nd season episode, "The Incubator", with Logan Ramsey. Alice's Tayback was originally scripted to play the requisitions officer, but was replaced by Gehring. Second, he also had another appearance as Sergeant Rhoden in the 7th season episode "None Like it Hot", with David Ogden Stiers.