Dead Star Trek Actors List (updated to summer 2002)
John R. White
(TOS TAS TNG DS9 VOY) or in any Star Trek movie and who are deceased. It
contains their year of birth and death, the character(s) they played, the
episode(s), and the cause of death where it was available. There are 15 new
additions (for a total of 153) since this list was last posted. New
additions will be noted beside the actor's name in parenthesis.
This list is comprehensive, but if you know of any actors that should be
added please let me know.
This list was compiled exclusively from The Internet Movie Database
http://us.imdb.com/
1) John Abbot 1905-96, Ayleborne, "Errand Of Mercy"
2) Stanley Adams 1915-77, Cyrano Jones, "The Trouble With Tribbles" and
"Trials And Tribble-ations", suicide by gunshot
3) Dame Judith Anderson 1898-1992, High Priestess T'Lau, "STIII: The
Search For Spock", pneumonia
4) John Anderson 1922-92, Kevin Uxbridge, "The Survivors", heart attack
5) Barry Atwater 1918-78, Surak, "The Savage Curtain", stroke
6) Ed Bakey c.1917-88, Fop #1, "All Our Yesterdays"
7) Bobby Bass (NEW) 1936-2001, guardian, "Space Seed", Parkinson's
disease
8) Arthur Batanides 1922-2000, Lt. D'Amato, "That Which Survives",
natural causes
9) Hal Baylor 1918-98, policeman in "The City On The Edge Of Forever" ,
Guard in "Elaan Of Troyius"
10) Melvin Belli 1907-96, Gorgan, "And The Children Shall Lead",
pancreatic cancer, stroke, pneumonia
11) Arthur Bernard 1919-2001, Apella, "A Private Little War", heart
attack
12) Bibi Besch 1940-96, Dr. Carol Marcus, "STII: The Wrath Of Khan",
breast cancer
13) Whit Bissell 1909-96, Mr. Lurry, "The Trouble With Tribbles" and
"Trials And Tribble-ations", Parkinson's disease
14) John Bloom 1945-99, behemoth alien, "STVI: The Undiscovered Country",
heart failure
15) Gail Bonney 1901-84, second witch, "Catspaw"
16) William Bramley 1928-85, policeman, "Bread And Circuses"
17) David Brian 1914-93, John Gill, "Patterns Of Force", cancer and heart
failure
18) Peter Brocco 1903-93, Claymare, "Errand Of Mercy", heart attack
19) Ray Brocksmith (NEW) 1945-2001, Razka in "Indiscretion" and Sirna
Kolrami in "Peak Performance", kidney failure from diabetes
20) Georgia Brown 1933-92, Helena Rozhenko, "Family" and "New Ground"
21) Karl Bruck 1906-87, King Duncan, "The Conscience Of The King"
22) Merritt Butrick 1959-89, T'Jon in "Symbiosis" and Dr. David Marcus in
"STII: The Wrath Of Khan" and "STIII: The Search For Spock", died of AIDS
23) Roger C. Carmel 1929-86, Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd, "Mudd's Women"
and "I Mudd", Halliwell's Filmgoers Guide says drug overdose while IMDb
says suicide
24) Fred Carson 1923-2001, first Denevan, "Operation-Annihilate!"
25) Ted Cassidy 1932-78, Ruk in "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", a voice
in "The Corbomite Maneuver" and the voice of the Gorn in "Arena", died
during heart surgery
26) Albert Cavens (NEW) 1906-85, Fop #2, "All Our Yesterdays"
27) Jeffrey Alan Chandler (NEW) 1945-2001, guardian in "Facets" and Hatil
in "Emanations", liver failure
28) Rhodie Cogan (NEW) ??-2000, first witch, "Catspaw"
29) John Colicos 1928-2000, Kor, "Errand Of Mercy", "Blood Oath", "The
Sword Of Kahless" and "Once More Unto The Breach", died after a series of
heart attacks
30) Christopher Collins 1949-94 (aka Chris Latta), assistant in "Blood
Oath", Capt. Kargan in "A Matter Of Honor" and Grebnedlog in "Samaritan
Snare", heart attack
31) Elisha Cook Jr. 1902-95, Samuel T. Cogley, "Court Martial", stroke
32) Glen Corbett 1923-93, Zefrem Cochrane, "Metamorphosis", lung cancer
33) Chuck Courtney 1930-2000, Davod, "Patterns Of Force"
34) Dick Crockett 1915-79, stunt double for Shatner in "Where No Man Has
Gone Before" and Andorian thrall in "The Gamesters Of Triskelion", heart
attack
35) James Daly 1918-78, Flint, "Requiem For Methuselah", heart attack
(Tyne Daly's father)
36) Lincoln Demyan 1925-91, Sergeant, "Assignment: Earth"
37) Jake Dengel 1933-94, Mordoc, "The Last Outpost", cancer
38) Maryesther Denver 1918-80, third witch, "Catspaw"
39) Richard Derr 1918-82, Commodore Barstow in "The Alternative Factor" and
Admiral Fitzgerald in "The Mark Of Gideon", pancreatic cancer
40) Dick Dial 1931-92, technician #2 in "And The Children Shall Lead",
Kaplan in "The Apple" and Sam in "The Devil In The Dark"
41) Charles Drake 1917-94, Commodore George Stocker, "The Deadly Years"
42) Michael Dunn 1935-73, Alexander, "Plato's Stepchildren", suicide (had
an I.Q. of 178)
43) Beau Vanden Ecker (NEW) ??-1980, Sam, "Charlie X", helicopter crash
44) Paddi Edwards 1931-99, Anya, "The Dauphin", respiratory failure
45) Kay Elliot 1923-82, Stella Mudd, "I Mudd"
46) Morgan Farley 1898-1988, Hacom in "Return Of The Archons" and old Yang
scholar in "The Omega Glory"
47) Paul Fix 1902-83, Dr. Mark Piper, "Where No Man Has Gone Before"
(made 236 film appearances. Was in 23 John Wayne films from 1935-73.)
48) William Frankfather 1944-98, male shapeshifter, "The Search, part 2",
aftermath of internal bleeding
49) Ben Gage 1914-78, Akaar, "Friday's Child", heart failure
50) Joy Garrett 1945-93, Annie, "A Fistful Of Datas", liver failure
51) Ted Gehring (NEW) 1929-2000, second Policeman, "Assignment: Earth"
52) Robert Gentile 1938-2001, technician, "The Enterprise Incident"
53) Sam Gilman 1915-85, Doc Holliday, "Spectre Of The Gun"
54) Walter Gotell 1924-97, Kurt Mandl, "Home Soil", cancer
55) David Graf 1950-2001, Leskit in "Soldiers Of The Empire" and Fred
Noonan in "The 37's", cardiac arrest
56) Gilbert Green 1915-84, S.S. Major, "Patterns Of Force"
57) Richard Hale 1892-1981, Goro, "The Paradise Syndrome", cardiac arrest
58) Kevin Peter Hall 1955-91, Leyor, "The Price", died of AIDS
59) John Hancock 1941-92, Admiral Haden, "The Wounded" and "The Defector",
heart attack
60) Anne Haney 1934-2001, Judge Ronora in "Dax" and Rishon Uxbridge in "The
Survivors"
61) John Harmon 1905-85, Tepo in "A Piece Of The Action" and Rodent in "The
City On The Edge Of Forever"
62) Johnny Haymer 1920-89, Constable, "All Our Yesterdays"
63) Lloyd Haynes 1934-86, Lt. Alden, "Where No Man Has Gone Before",
cancer
64) John Hoyt 1905-91, Dr. Phillip Boyce, "The Cage/The Menagerie", lung
cancer
65) David Hillary Hughes 1901-74, Trefayne, "Errand Of Mercy"
66) Jeffrey Hunter 1926-69, Capt. Pike, "The Cage/The Menagerie", head
trauma
67) Steve Ihnat 1935-72, Garth Of Izar, "Whom Gods Destroy", heart attack
68) Jill Ireland 1936-90, Leila Kalomi, "This Side Of Paradise", cancer
69) Brian Keith 1921-97, Mullibok, "Progress", suicide
70) Pete Kellet 1922-82, Farrel, Kirk's henchman, "Mirror, Mirror"
71) DeForest Kelley 1920-99, Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy, almost every TOS,
the first six movies, and "Encounter At Farpoint, part one", stomach cancer
72) Persis Khambatta 1950-98, Lt. Ilia, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture",
heart attack
73) Richard Kiley 1922-99, Seyetik, "Second Sight", bone marrow disease
74) Ted Knight 1923-86, voice of Carter Winston, "Survivor" (the animated
series), cancer
75) Bart La Rue 1932-90, Guardian's voice in "The City On The Edge Of
Forever", newscaster in "Patterns Of Force", announcer in "Bread And
Circuses" and Yarnek's voice in "The Savage Curtain"
76) Paul Lambert 1923-97, Melian in "When The Bough Breaks" and Dr. Clarke
in "Devil's Due"
77) Robert Lansing 1929-94, Gary 7, "Assignment: Earth", cancer
78) Marc Lenard 1924-96, Romulan Commander in "Balance Of Terror", Klingon
Commander in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and Sarek in "Journey To
Babel", "Star Trek III: The Search For Spock", "Star Trek IV: The Voyage
Home", "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country", "Sarek", and "Unification,
part one", multiple myeloma
79) Felix Locher 1882-1969, Dr. Robert Johnson, "The Deadly Years"
80) John Lormer 1906-86, Tamar in "The Return Of The Archons", old man in "
For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky" and Dr. Theodore Haskins
in "The Cage/The Menagerie"
81) Celia Lovsky 1897-1979, T'Pau, "Amok Time", natural causes
82) Keye Luke 1901-91, Dr. Donald Corey, "Whom Gods Destroy", stroke
83) Benjamin Lum (NEW) 1953-2002, Assistant Chief Engineer Jim Shimoda,
"The Naked Now", cancer
85) Ken Lynch 1910-90, Chief Engineer Vandenberg, "The Devil In The Dark",
virus
86) Gene Lyons 1921-74, Ambassador Robert Fox, "A Taste Of Armageddon"
87) Oliver McGowan 1907-71, Caretaker, "Shore Leave"
88) John McLiam 1918-94, Fento, "Who Watches The Watchers", Parkinson's
disease
89) Charles Macaulay 1927-99, Jaris in "Wolf In The Fold" and Landru in
"The Return Of The Archons", metastic cancer
90) Theo Marcuse 1920-67, Korob, "Catspaw", road accident
91) Scott Marlowe 1932-2001, Keeve Falor, "Ensign Ro", heart attack
92) Joan Marshall c.1931-92, Lt. Areel Shaw, "Court Martial"
92) Charles Maxwell 1913-93, Virgil Earp, "Spectre Of The Gun"
93) William Meader 1904-79, board officer, "Court Martial"
94) John Megna 1952-95, fat little boy, "Miri", died of AIDS
95) Joseph Mell 1915-77, Earth trader, "The Cage/The Menagerie", heart
condition
96) Mickey Morton 1927-93, Kloog, "The Gamesters Of Triskelion"
97) Arnold Moss 1910-89, Anton Karidian, "The Conscience Of The King",
lung cancer
98) Leonard Mudie 1884-1965, survivor #2, "The Cage/The Menagerie", heart
ailment
99) Jack Murdock (NEW) 1922-2001, beggar, "Time's Arrow, part one",
emphysema
100) Kermit Murdock 1908-81, Prosecutor, "All Our Yesterdays"
101) Reggie Nalder 1911-91, Ambassador Shras, "Journey To Babel", bone
cancer
102) George O'Hanlon 1917-89, Transporter Chief, "Future Imperfect",
stroke
103) David Oliver 1962-92, young man, "Cost Of Living", died of AIDS
104) Susan Oliver 1937-90, Vina, "The Cage/The Menagerie", cancer
105) David Opatoshu 1918-96, Anon 7, "A Taste Of Armageddon"
106) Frank Overton 1918-67, Elias Sondoval, "This Side Of Paradise",
heart attack
107) Nancy Parsons 1942-2001, Sovereign Marouk, "The Vengeance Factor",
after a long illness
108) Ed Peck 1917-92, Col. Fellini, "Tomorrow Is Yesterday", heart attack
109) Vic Perrin 1916-89, voice aboard pilot vessel in "The Corbomite
Maneuver", voices of Metron and Gorn in "Arena", voice of Nomad in "The
Changeling" and Tharn in "Mirror, Mirror"
110) Christopher Pettiet 1976-2000, boy, "The High Ground", drug overdose
(the youngest person in the list)
111) Angelique Pettyjohn 1943-92, Shana, "The Gamesters Of Triskelion"
112) Janos Prohaska 1921-74, ape and bird in "The Cage" (this footage was
not shown in "The Menagerie"), the Horta in "The Devil In The Dark", the
Mugato in "A Private Little War" and Yarnek in "The Savage Curtain", plane
crash
113) Bill Quinn 1912-94, McCoy's father, "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier"
114) Logan Ramsey 1921-2000, Claudius Marcus, "Bread And Circuses"
115) Thomas Rasulala 1939-91, Capt. Donald Varley, "Contagion", heart
attack
116) Guy Raymond 1911-97, trader/bartender, "The Trouble With Tribbles"
and "Trials And Tribble-ations"
117) Bert Remsen 1925-99, Kubus, "The Collaborator"
118) Adam Roarke 1937-96, C.P.O. Garrison, "The Cage/The Menagerie"
119) Davis Roberts 1917-93, Ozaba in "The Empath" and Lewis in "The Devil
In The Dark", emphysema
120) Gene Roddenberry 1921-91, voice of Galley Chief, "Charlie X",
cardiac arrest
121) Phil Rubenstein 1940-92, first garbageman, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage
Home", heart attack
122) Alfred Ryder 1919-95, Professor Crater, "The Man Trap"
123) Richard Ryder 1942-95, Bajoran Deputy, "Past Prologue" and "Babel",
died of AIDS
124) Willard Sage 1922-74, Thann, "The Empath"
125) Franklyn Seales 1952-90, crewman, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture",
died of AIDS
126) Charles Seel 1898-1980, Ed, "Spectre Of The Gun"
127) Pilar Seurat 1938-2001, Sybo, "Wolf In The Fold", lung cancer
128) Madge Sinclair 1938-95, Capt. Silva LaForge in "Interface" and captain
of U.S.S. Saratoga in "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home", leukemia
129) Eve Smith 1906-97, elderly patient, "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home"
130) Ron Soble (NEW) 1932-2002, Wyatt Earp, "Spectre Of The Gun", brain
cancer
131) Abraham Sofaer1896-1988, Thasian in "Charlie X" and voice of the
Melkot in "Spectre Of The Gun", congestive heart failure
132) Rudy Solari 1934-91, Salish, "The Paradise Syndrome", cancer
133) Michael Strong 1925-80, Dr. Roger Korby, "What Are Little Girls Made
Of?", cancer
134) Liam Sullivan 1923-98, Parmen, "Plato's Stepchildren"
135) Vic Tayback 1929-90, Jojo Krako, "A Piece Of The Action", heart
failure
136) James Taylor (NEW) 1952-2002, Klingon chef, "Playing God" and
"Melora", heart attack
137) Torin Thatcher 1905-81, Marplon, "The Return Of The Archons", cancer
138) Lawrence Tierney (NEW) 1919-2002, Cyrus Redblock in "The Big Goodbye"
and Regent Of Palamar in "Business As Usual", pneumonia
139) Harry Townes 1914-2001, Reger, "The Return Of The Archons"
140) Barbara Townsend (NEW) 1913-2002, Adm. Connaught Rossa, "Suddenly
Human", ovarian cancer
141) Harvey Vernon 1927-96, Yolad, "Equilibrium", heart failure
142) Tom Villard 1953-94, Prylar Bek, "The Collaborator", died of AIDS
143) Ray Walston 1914-2001, Boothby, "The First Duty", "In The Flesh" and
"The Fight"
144) John Warburton 1887-1981, Romulan Centurion, "Balance Of Terror",
cancer
145) Richard Webb 1919-93, Lt. Commander Benjamin Finney, "Court Martial",
suicide
146) Michael Witney c.1931-83, Tyree, "A Private Little War", heart
attack
147) Ian Wolfe 1896-1992, Septimus in "Bread And Circuses" and Mr. Atoz in
"All Our Yesterdays", natural causes (the oldest person in the list)
148) Grant Woods ??-1968, Kelowitz, "This Side Of Paradise" and "The
Galileo Seven"
149) Meg Wyllie (NEW) 1917-2002, The Keeper, "The Cage/The Menagerie",
heart failure
150) Ray Young 1940-99, Morka, "Visionary", lung cancer
151) Tony Young (NEW) 1937-2002, Kryton, "Elaan Of Troyius", lung cancer
152) Michael Zaslow 1944-98, Darnell in "The Man Trap", Ensign Jordan in "I
Mudd" and Eddie in "Star Trek VIII: First Contact", Lou Gehrig's disease
153) Bill Zuckert 1915-97, Johnny Behan, "Spectre Of The Gun", cancer and
pneumonia
John R. White
Brian Thorn
White) wrote:
>19) Ray Brocksmith (NEW) 1945-2001, Razka in "Indiscretion" and Sirna
>Kolrami in "Peak Performance", kidney failure from diabetes
He went by both Ray and Roy, but his Trek appearances were billed as
"Roy" and I think that is how he is best-known.
Brian
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My God, who's left?
Timo S Saloniemi
Unfortunately, I think He went in ST5:TFF. Klingon disruptor bolts, while
still recovering from a photon torpedo. An awful way to go.
Timo Saloniemi
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