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Trivia

Broke into the entertainment field as a stunt man and stand-in for actor Anthony Perkins.

Appeared in the "Star Trek" pilot episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and has since appeared at many of the "Star Trek" conventions. He recently attended the Trek Expo in Tulsa, Oklahomas (2002).

Reliable over the years for playing boyish-faced bullies in westerns and police dramas.

One of his most memorable TV roles, and one of the most memorable on the series, was on a 1969 episode of "Love, American Style" in which he plays a guy who is told his mouth is too small. To test it out he accidentally wraps his mouth around a doorknob and gets stuck! His co-star in that episode was none other than his wife at the time, Stefanie Powers.

Best remembered today as ill-fated astronaut Frank Poole who is left floating in space in the Stanley Kubrick futuristic epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Personal quotes
"I'm an actor. I've done a little bit of everything. An actor is kind of like a cowboy. The show's over on Sunday and then you ride off to the next gig. Basically, that's what show businesss is all about."

 

Filmography

• Bedfull of Foreigners, A (1998) .... Dieter Dieterman
• Night of the Scarecrow (1996) .... Mayor William Goodman
• Terror in Paradise (1990) .... Major Douglas
• Wild Pair, The (1987) .... Capt. Kramer ... aka Devil's Odds, The (1987)
• Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman, The (1987) (TV) .... John Praiser
• Half Nelson (1985) (TV) Survival Zone (1983) Emergency Room (1983) (TV) .... Dr. David Becker
• Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite, The (1981) (TV) .... Baker
• Top of the Hill (1980) (TV) .... Dave Cully
• Incredible Journey of Doctor Meg Laurel, The (1979) (TV) .... Harley Moon
• Ghost of Flight 401, The (1978) (TV) .... Jordan Evanhower
• Bad Georgia Road (1977) .... Leroy Hastings
• Project: Kill (1977) ....Frank Lassiter ... aka Total Control (1980) (USA: video title)
• Kit Carson and the Mountain Men (1977) (TV) .... Bret Haskell
• Number One (1976) Quest: The Longest Drive, • The (1976) (TV) .... Walter Lucas
• F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One, The (1974) (TV) .... Fred Barker ... aka Alvin Karpis: Public Enemy No. 1 (1974) (TV) (USA) ... aka FBI Story - Alvin Karpis, The (1974) (TV)
• Manhunter (1974) (TV) .... Frank Clinger
Stand Up and Be Counted (1972) .... Eliot Travis
• Earth II (1971) (TV) .... David Seville R.P.M. (1970)
• Rossiter Model Shop (1969) .... George Matthews
• Las Vegas, 500 millones (1968) .... Tony ... aka An einem Freitag in Las Vegas (1968) (West Germany) ... aka Hommes de Las Vegas, Les (1968) (France) ... aka Our Man in Las Vegas (1968) (USA: TV title) ... aka Radiografia di un colpo d'oro (1968) (Italy) ... aka They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1969) (USA)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) .... Dr. Frank Poole
• Firecreek (1968) .... Earl
• Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966) (TV) .... Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell ... aka Where No Man Has Gone Before (1966) (TV)
• Sally and Sam (1965)(TV) .... Sam Cody
• Kitten with a Whip (1964) (uncredited)
• Lieutenant, The (1963) TV Series .... Lt. William Rice
• It Happened at the World's Fair (1963) .... Danny Burke
• My Daddy Can Lick Your Daddy (1962)
• Magic Sword, The (1962) .... Sir George ... aka Seven Curses of Lordac, The (1962) (USA) ... aka St. George and the Dragon (1962) ... aka St. George and the Seven Curses (1962)
• Splendor in the Grass (1961) .... Toots ... aka Splendour in the Grass (1961) (UK)
• Follow the Sun (1961) TV Series .... Eric Jason
• Wild in the Country (1961) .... Cliff Macy
• Tall Story (1960) (uncredited) Russian basketball player
• Warlock (1959) (uncredited) .... Gang Member

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