Linwood "Woody" Porter (born 20 April 1946; age 78) is an actor who appeared in several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise and in two Star Trek films. He received no credit for his appearances. His costume from his recurring role as rear admiral in Enterprise was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay and was also worn by fellow background actor Devon Abner. [1](X) Porter filmed his scene for "Broken Bow" on 5 June 2001 on Paramount Stage 18.
Porter appeared as background actor in the 1997 video game Heavy Gear, which features Star Trek performers Scott Klace and Jerry Rector adn as a restaurant patron in the Columbo episode "A Trace of Murder" (1997, with Raye Birk, Dion Anderson, Maury Sterling, Michael Bailous, Janet Dey, Dieter Hornemann, and Andray Johnson). He is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the unfortunate Dwight Edgar Garrison in the Six Feet Under episode "Someone Else's Eyes" (2002, with Joel Brooks, Dina Meyer, Stephanie Erb, Ed O'Ross, and Kellie Waymire). Archive footage of this appearance was also used on the DVD special Anatomy of a Working Stiff in 2004. More recently, he appeared as Judge James Hall in the short film Slick (2010, with Marybeth Massett, Ted Barba, Rosine "Ace" Hatem, and stunt coordination by Nancy Thurston).
Porter also appeared as background actor in episodes of Desperate Housewives (2006 and 2012, with Teri Hatcher, Mark Moses, Brenda Strong, Jay Harrington, Bob Gunton, Alfre Woodard, James McElroy, Vanessa Williams, Rebecca Wisocky, and Steven Culp), twice on The Mentalist (2011, with Dakin Matthews, Paul Ganus, Daniel Roebuck, James W. Jansen, Ator Tamras, and Robert Buckingham), and Mad Men.