The actor who plays the Grand Nagus
Mike Timko
I saw the DS9 episode "The Nagus" Sunday night and was distracted
during the whole thing trying to figure out who the actor was
that played the title roll. At times, his voice sounded very
familiar and I kept thinking it was some cartoon character. I got
the tape out Monday morning and went over the scenes that evoked
the memory and finally realized who it reminded me of. He has the
voice of "Uncle Fester" from the old Addams Family TV show. At the
time I looked at the credits and the actors last name was something
like "Shawn". I subsequently taped over the episode so I can't go
back and look. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the same
actor?
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CAMERON STEWART MCFARLAND
>I saw the DS9 episode "The Nagus" Sunday night and was distracted
>during the whole thing trying to figure out who the actor was
>that played the title roll. At times, his voice sounded very
>familiar and I kept thinking it was some cartoon character. I got
>the tape out Monday morning and went over the scenes that evoked
>the memory and finally realized who it reminded me of. He has the
>voice of "Uncle Fester" from the old Addams Family TV show. At the
>time I looked at the credits and the actors last name was something
>like "Shawn". I subsequently taped over the episode so I can't go
>back and look. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the same
>actor?
The actor was the guy who played Visini from
The Princess Bride.
You know, the short bald dude who said "Inconceivable!"
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Rick Savoia
> during the whole thing trying to figure out who the actor was
> that played the title roll. At times, his voice sounded very
> familiar and I kept thinking it was some cartoon character. I got
> the tape out Monday morning and went over the scenes that evoked
> the memory and finally realized who it reminded me of. He has the
> voice of "Uncle Fester" from the old Addams Family TV show. At the
> time I looked at the credits and the actors last name was something
> like "Shawn". I subsequently taped over the episode so I can't go
> back and look. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the same
> actor?
Nope! My guess (and I'm convinced I'm right) is that
the actor is the same one who played Vezzini in
'The Princess Bride'. Just picture him saying:
"Inconceivable!" and it strikes you. I wasn't totally
convinced until he went on one of his rampages and it
sounded very similar to Vezzini's rampages in the movie.
Rick
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Princess Bride, My Dinner with Andre, and Prick Up Your Ears, to name
a few films.
Douglas Natelson
>
> I saw the DS9 episode "The Nagus" Sunday night and was distracted
> during the whole thing trying to figure out who the actor was
> that played the title roll. At times, his voice sounded very
> familiar and I kept thinking it was some cartoon character. I got
> the tape out Monday morning and went over the scenes that evoked
> the memory and finally realized who it reminded me of. He has the
> voice of "Uncle Fester" from the old Addams Family TV show. At the
> time I looked at the credits and the actors last name was something
> like "Shawn". I subsequently taped over the episode so I can't go
> back and look. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the same
> actor?
Well, I don't know about the Addams Family cartoon, but I do know that
Wallace Shawn (sp?) played Vizzini, the Sicilian, in _The_Princess_Bride_.
Throughout the episode, I kept expecting to hear "Never cross a
Ferengi when *death* is on the line! Ha ha ha! HA ha ha! HA HA ---"
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Tom Murray
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>In article <1993Mar23....@analog.com>, michae...@analog.com (Mike Timko) writes:
>
>>I saw the DS9 episode "The Nagus" Sunday night and was distracted
>>during the whole thing trying to figure out who the actor was
>>that played the title roll. At times, his voice sounded very
>>familiar and I kept thinking it was some cartoon character. I got
>>the tape out Monday morning and went over the scenes that evoked
>>the memory and finally realized who it reminded me of. He has the
>>voice of "Uncle Fester" from the old Addams Family TV show. At the
>>time I looked at the credits and the actors last name was something
>>like "Shawn". I subsequently taped over the episode so I can't go
>>back and look. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the same
>>actor?
>
> The actor was the guy who played Visini from
> The Princess Bride.
> You know, the short bald dude who said "Inconceivable!"
>
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The voice gave him away as the "genius" from the Princess Bride who is
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Scott Erb
>>
>> I saw the DS9 episode "The Nagus" Sunday night and was distracted
>> during the whole thing trying to figure out who the actor was
>> that played the title roll. At times, his voice sounded very
>> familiar and I kept thinking it was some cartoon character. I got
>> the tape out Monday morning and went over the scenes that evoked
>> the memory and finally realized who it reminded me of. He has the
>> voice of "Uncle Fester" from the old Addams Family TV show. At the
>> time I looked at the credits and the actors last name was something
>> like "Shawn". I subsequently taped over the episode so I can't go
>> back and look. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the same
>> actor?
>
I think the Nagus guy was a Paclid in the episode Geordi gets kidnapped, and
he may have been the Klingon commander in the episode where Riker
transfers. I could check, I have them on tape, but my VCR isn't with me.
Anyone know for sure?
ciao,
Scott
David Ellis 25-Mar-1993 1105
> I think the Nagus guy was a Paclid in the episode Geordi gets kidnapped, and
> he may have been the Klingon commander in the episode where Riker transfers.
The Nagus was played by Wallace Shawn, who has had no other Star Trek roles.
The other two characters you cite (Grebnedlog and Kargan) were both played by
Christopher Collins. Collins has played a DS9 role as well, namely Quark's
alien client Durg from "The Passenger".
p.s. "Paclid" is correctly spelled "Pakled".
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Tom Kuchar
>
>I think the Nagus guy was a Paclid in the episode Geordi gets kidnapped, and
>he may have been the Klingon commander in the episode where Riker
>transfers. I could check, I have them on tape, but my VCR isn't with me.
>Anyone know for sure?
This was his first ST episode. I don't recall the actor's name, but
he's been in quite a few low rent movies. Probably his most well
known role was Andre's dinner partner in `My Dinner With Andre'.
I checked my movie guide with the actor's name in DS9. It's the
same person.
This was a fun episode, if you weren't pondering the deep meaning
of the name Quark ;-). Looks as if Quarke is becoming the most
interesting character on the show.
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Vicki Holzhauer
>In article <serb.570....@polisci.umn.edu> se...@polisci.umn.edu (Scott Erb) writes:
>>
>>I think the Nagus guy was a Paclid in the episode Geordi gets kidnapped,
>
>known role was Andre's dinner partner in `My Dinner With Andre'.
>I checked my movie guide with the actor's name in DS9. It's the
>same person.
>
His name is Wallace Shawn, and he's a great character actor. My
favorite role of his was as Andre's dinner partner, but he was also
one of the bad guys in "The Princess Bride." He's had some small
parts in Woody Allen films as well. Great choice for this role, I
thought. Distinctive voice that really fit the old Ferengi ...
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> Someone wrote:
>>>
>>> I saw the DS9 episode "The Nagus" Sunday night and was distracted
>>> during the whole thing trying to figure out who the actor was
>>> that played the title roll. At times, his voice sounded very
>>> familiar and I kept thinking it was some cartoon character. I got
>>> the tape out Monday morning and went over the scenes that evoked
>>> the memory and finally realized who it reminded me of. He has the
>>> voice of "Uncle Fester" from the old Addams Family TV show. At the
>>> time I looked at the credits and the actors last name was something
>>> like "Shawn". I subsequently taped over the episode so I can't go
>>> back and look. Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the same
>>> actor?
>>
The actor who played the Grand Nagus was Wallace Shawn.
As I recall, he played in the following movies - "The Princess Bride"
and "My Dinner With Andre". He never played "Uncle Fester" though he
probably could have. The original TV Fester was played by Jackie
Coogan who is deceased.
Bob Collier
Jason Gonding
> The Nagus was played by Wallace Shawn, who has had no other Star Trek
>roles.
You may also remember him as the annoying little bald guy whom
Carey Elwes was joined against in abattle of wits to the death in
The Princess Bride.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Jeff Sicherman
>In article <930325160...@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> d_e...@ricks.enet.dec.com (David Ellis 25-Mar-1993 1105) writes:
>
>> The Nagus was played by Wallace Shawn, who has had no other Star Trek
>>roles.
>
>
> You may also remember him as the annoying little bald guy whom
>Carey Elwes was joined against in abattle of wits to the death in
>The Princess Bride.
And in a short-term repeating role as Elaine's boyfriend on Taxi.
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>during the whole thing trying to figure out who the actor was
>Addams Family TV show.
>Can anyone confirm or deny that this is the same
>actor?
I don't know about whether or not he was the voice of Uncle Fester (though
he DOES sound like him now that you mention it), but he IS the guy who
played Viciny (sp?) in "The Princess Bride", i.e. the guy who kept
saying, "That would be INCONCEIVABLE!"
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#I don't know about whether or not he was the voice of Uncle Fester (though
#he DOES sound like him now that you mention it), but he IS the guy who
#played Viciny (sp?) in "The Princess Bride", i.e. the guy who kept
#saying, "That would be INCONCEIVABLE!"
Yes, that's him. His name is Wallace Shawn.
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> se...@polisci.umn.edu (Scott Erb) writes:
>
>> I think the Nagus guy was a Paclid in the episode Geordi gets kidnapped, and
>> he may have been the Klingon commander in the episode where Riker transfers.
>
> The Nagus was played by Wallace Shawn, who has had no other Star Trek roles.
> The other two characters you cite (Grebnedlog and Kargan) were both played by
> Christopher Collins. Collins has played a DS9 role as well, namely Quark's
> alien client Durg from "The Passenger".
Wallace Shawn... the "brainy bad guy" (oh, I'm terrible with character names)
from _The Princess Bride_. I can never keep my mind from cross-
characterizing -- "...So I obviously cannot choose the Ferengi in front of
ME! But you'd KNOW I would be suspicious, my son, so you'd pit them both
against me... so I obviously cannot choose the Ferengi in front of YOU!"
Don't mind me. ;-)
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Bruce James Robrert Linley
(for anyone who remembers, he was just on one ep)? The laugh sounds the same.
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Larry Schwarcz
: Didn't he also play the little blue guy, O-D-X, on the Buck Rogers TV series
: (for anyone who remembers, he was just on one ep)? The laugh sounds the same.
: --
Well, I don't know if he was on Buck Rogers, but, he was one of the
stars in the movie My Dinner With Andre. He was also in the movie
The Princess Bride. At the beginning, there were these three guys who
kidnapped the princess: The short leader who kept on saying that everything
was "inconceivable", the swordsman and the giant (played by Andre the Giant)...
he was the short leader.
Later...
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Gerald W Katz
>Didn't he also play the little blue guy, O-D-X, on the Buck Rogers TV series
>(for anyone who remembers, he was just on one ep)? The laugh sounds the same.
>--
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No, that was Frank Scalia. He was Twiki.
Notice, Twiki didn't appear in that episode.
gkatz
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Clinton Pierce
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>> The Nagus was played by Wallace Shawn, who has had no other Star Trek
>>roles.
>
> You may also remember him as the annoying little bald guy whom
>Carey Elwes was joined against in abattle of wits to the death in
>The Princess Bride.
>
>
humor justice:
The little man was a Sicilian....kind of a lowly underworld type. ("Never
try to outsmart a Sicilian when it comes to death!"). Nagus is sort of
the head of the Ferengi underworld (i.e. Mafia).
Fletcher P Adams
>Well, I don't know if he was on Buck Rogers, but, he was one of the
>stars in the movie My Dinner With Andre. He was also in the movie
>The Princess Bride. At the beginning, there were these three guys who
>kidnapped the princess: The short leader who kept on saying that everything
>was "inconceivable", the swordsman and the giant (played by Andre the Giant)...
>he was the short leader.
Wasn't he also the bald neighbor on Cosby that was a writer?
fpa1
Quinn T. McCord
Wait, the credits for Buck Rogers always said that
Twiki was played by Felix Silla, not Frank Scalia.
-Quinn
Gerald W Katz
>> >Didn't he also play the little blue guy, O-D-X, on the Buck Rogers TV series
>> >(for anyone who remembers, he was just on one ep)? The laugh sounds the same.
>> >--
>> >Bruce James Robert Linley | "If there's nothing wrong with me, then maybe
>>
>> No, that was Frank Scalia. He was Twiki.
>> Notice, Twiki didn't appear in that episode.
>
>Twiki was played by Felix Silla, not Frank Scalia.
>
> -Quinn
I didn't think I had the correct name, sorry.
However, I do know that they person who portrayed
Twiki was also the one to be O-D-X. I remember looking
at the credits and noticing the same name, as well as
the realization that Twiki did not appear in that episode.
By the way, in the first season, Mel Blanc did Twiki's voice,
a la James Earl Jones as Darth Vader.
In the beginning of the second season, it was someone
else with a completely different voice. Sometime in the
middle of the second season Mel returned.
gkatz
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