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Why did Kirk get a court martial in Star Trek?

Robert O'Reilly (I) Robert O'Reilly. Robert O'Reilly was born on March 25, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He is known for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), The Mask (1994) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He is married to Judy.

Who played the doctor on Star Trek Voyager?

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Minuet 2 episodes 1991–2009 Law & Order: Dr. Elizabeth Olivet: 87 episodes (1991–1997, 1999, 2002–2010) 1993 Rain Without Thunder: Reporter 1994 A Simple Twist of Fate: Elaine McCann 1996 Homicide: Life on the Street: Linda Mariner 2 episodes 1997–1999 Cracker: Judith Fitzgerald 16 episodes 1998

Who are the actors in the Star Trek movies?

Don Mankiewicz Steven W. Carabatsos Gene Roddenberry Stars William Shatner Leonard Nimoy Percy Rodrigues See production, box office & company info Add to Watchlist 29 User reviews 11 Critic reviews Photos 17 Top cast William Shatner as Capt. Kirk Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock Percy Rodrigues as Portmaster Stone Elisha Cook Jr. as Cogley Joan Marshall

What was the name of the lawyer who played Spock?

John de Lancie was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Kent State University where he won a scholarship to Juilliard. John's father was a professional oboist with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra. de Lancie is probably best known for his portrayal as Eugene Bradford on Days of Our Lives (1965) and the iconic, all-powerful Q on ...

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Who played Wesley Crusher in Star Trek?

Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor, blogger, and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, Gordie Lachance in the film Stand by Me, Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers, and Bennett Hoenicker in Flubber.

Who played Joey Trotta in Toy Soldiers?

Wheaton played Joey Trotta in the action film Toy Soldiers (1991). After leaving Star Trek, he moved to Topeka, Kansas, to work for NewTek, where he helped to develop the Video Toaster 4000 doing product testing and quality control and later used his public profile to serve as a technology evangelist for the product.

What is Wil Wheaton's show called?

From September 2006 to September 2007, Wheaton hosted a Revision3 syndicated video podcast called InDigital along with Jessica Corbin and Hahn Choi. He hosted a NASA video on the Mars Curiosity rover which landed on Monday August 6, 2012. He has hosted "2nd Watch", interviews with cast members and producers of the science-fiction series Falling Skies that appears online after each episode. Falling Skies On April 3, 2014, Wheaton announced on his blog that his new show called The Wil Wheaton Project would premiere on the SyFy network at 10pm on May 27 for an initial projected run of twelve episodes. However, on August 29, Wheaton blogged that SyFy canceled the show after only one season. Wheaton has hosted Star Trek aftershow The Ready Room since the second season in 2020.

What was the first movie that Wheaton played in?

Wheaton first gained widespread attention for his work in Stand by Me (1986), the film adaptation of Stephen King 's novella The Body. In Stand by Me, Wheaton played the lead role of Gordie Lachance, a 12-year-old storyteller mourning the loss of his elder brother. In her review of the film, Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Wheaton makes Gordie's 'sensitivity' tangible, but not effete. He's a gem". In addition to being successful at the box office, Stand by Me was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama and became known as a coming-of-age classic.

What is the Sunken Treasure book?

As a chapbook, Sunken Treasure contains several small extracts of various different projects, including two short stories from Ficlets, an ACME comedy sketch, William's Tell and a Criminal Minds production diary. The production diary was later released as an audiobook. Later that same year, Wheaton released Memories of the Future: Volume 1, a humorous critique, as well as an account of Wheaton's own experiences with, and memories of, the first thirteen episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Closing up 2009, Wheaton published a special edition of The Happiest Days of Our Lives, which included an afterword by his son, Ryan. The Happiest Days of Our Lives and Sunken Treasure were released on a Creative Commons license.

Who is the host of Tabletop?

Isaac Parrish on Eureka. Wheaton was the host and co-creator of the YouTube board game show TableTop.

Who is Will Wheaton?

This article is about the actor and writer. For the musician, see Will Wheaton. For the 19th-century lawyer and baseball pioneer, see William Wheaton. Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor, blogger, and writer.

Storyline

After encountering a severe ion storm, the Enterprise visits Star Base 11 for repairs. While there, Kirk files a report about the death of crewman and former friend LCDR Finney, who was taking scientific readings in an externally mounted instrument pod before Kirk needed to jettison it for the safety of the ship.

Did you know

This marks the only appearance of the female Starfleet dress uniform during The Original Series, worn by Lt. Areel Shaw ( Joan Marshall ). Key differences between this uniform and the standard female uniform are a satin-like sheen, a gold braid on the edge of the collar, and a longer skirt length.

Who plays Vash in Star Trek?

Jennifer Hetrick (born May 12, 1958) is an American actress. She is known for playing Vash in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Corrinne Becker (the ex-wife of Arnie Becker) on L.A. Law . Prior to her Star Trek: The Next Generation appearances, she had appeared in a series of Oil of Olay commercials.

Who is Jennifer Hetrick?

Jennifer Hetrick (born May 12, 1958) is an American actress.

Storyline

The Enterprise responds to a distress call from the scientific colony on Triacus and arrives to find that all of the adults are dead. Oddly, the children seem unaffected by the deaths and continue to play as if nothing had happened. When questioned, they show no remorse whatsoever and express a dislike for parental authority.

Did you know

This was lawyer Melvin Belli 's (Gorgan) first time playing a fictional character. His son Melvin Caesar Belli plays one of the children (Stevie).

Why did Roddenberry cancel Star Trek?

Having stepped aside from the majority of his Star Trek duties, Roddenberry sought instead to create a film based on Asimov's " I, Robot " and also began work on a Tarzan script for National General Pictures. After initially requesting a budget of $2 million and being refused, Roddenberry made cuts to reduce costs to $1.2 million. When he learned they were being offered only $700,000 to shoot the film, which by now was being called a TV movie, he canceled the deal. Meanwhile, NBC announced Star Trek 's cancellation in February 1969. A similar but much smaller letter-writing campaign followed news of the cancellation. Because of the manner in which the series was sold to NBC, it left the production company $4.7 million in debt. The last episode of Star Trek aired 47 days before Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission, and Roddenberry declared that he would never write for television again.

How much did Gene Roddenberry get paid for Star Trek?

He was given a bonus of $1 million in addition to an ongoing salary to produce the series, and celebrated by purchasing a new Rolls-Royce for $100,000.

Why did Roddenberry not hire George Takei?

Roddenberry had some difficulties with the cast. To save money, he sought not to hire George Takei and Nichelle Nichols. He neglected to inform Leonard Nimoy of this and instead, in an effort to get him to sign on, told him that he was the only member of the main cast not returning. After Nimoy discovered the deception, he demanded that Takei and Nichols play Sulu and Uhura when their characters appeared on screen; Roddenberry acquiesced. He had been promised five full seasons of the new show, but ultimately, only one and a half were produced.

What airline did Gene Roddenberry fly for?

In 1945, Roddenberry began flying for Pan American World Airways, including routes from New York to Johannesburg or Calcutta, the two longest Pan Am routes at the time. Listed as a resident of River Edge, New Jersey, he experienced his third crash while on the Clipper Eclipse on June 18, 1947. The plane came down in the Syrian Desert, and Roddenberry, who took control as the ranking flight officer, suffered two broken ribs but was able to drag injured passengers out of the burning plane and led the group to get help. Fourteen (or 15) people died in the crash; 11 passengers needed hospital treatment (including Bishnu Charan Ghosh ), and eight were unharmed. He resigned from Pan Am on May 15, 1948, and decided to pursue his dream of writing, particularly for the new medium of television.

What did Gene Roddenberry major in?

Roddenberry majored in police science at Los Angeles City College, where he began dating Eileen-Anita Rexroat and became interested in aeronautical engineering. He obtained a pilot's license through the United States Army Air Corps -sponsored Civilian Pilot Training Program. He enlisted with the USAAC on December 18, 1941, and married Eileen on June 13, 1942. He graduated from the USAAC on August 5, 1942, when he was commissioned as a second lieutenant.

When did Gene Roddenberry become a star?

In 1985 , he became the first TV writer with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he was later inducted into both the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Years after his death, Roddenberry was one of the first humans to have his ashes carried into earth orbit. The popularity of the Star Trek universe and films has inspired films, books, comic books, video games, and fan films set in the Star Trek universe.

What happened to the pilot of the B-17?

On August 2, 1943, while flying B-17E-BO, 41-2463, "Yankee Doodle", out of Espiritu Santo, the plane Roddenberry was piloting overshot the runway by 500 feet (150 m) and crashed into trees, crushing the nose, and starting a fire, killing two men: bombardier Sgt. John P. Kruger and navigator Lt. Talbert H. Woolam. The official report absolved Roddenberry of any responsibility. Roddenberry spent the remainder of his military career in the United States, and flew all over the country as a plane crash investigator. He was involved in a second plane crash, this time as a passenger. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal.

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Early Life

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Wheaton was born July 29, 1972, in Burbank, California, to Debra "Debbie" Nordean (née O'Connor), an actress, and Richard William Wheaton Jr., a medical specialist. He has a brother, Jeremy, and a sister, Amy, each of whom appeared uncredited in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "When the Bough Breaks". Amy appea…
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Career

  • Early work and Stand By Me
    Wheaton made his acting debut in the television film A Long Way Home (1981), which starred Timothy Hutton. He voiced the character of Martin in the animated film The Secret of NIMH (1982), the movie adaptation of Robert C. O'Brien's book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971…
  • Star Trek
    Wheaton played Wesley Crusher, a "boy genius and Starfleet hopeful", during the first four seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation. He appeared in an additional four episodes of the remaining three seasons. The Wesley Crusher character is a "polarizing" character; while some Star Trek fa…
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Other Ventures

  • Games
    In 2003, Wheaton mentioned his love for the game of poker on his blog. The following year, he began writing more extensively about his poker-playing experiences, including stories about playing Texas hold 'em tournaments locally and in Las Vegas. Eventually, he worked up to regula…
  • Comic book
    A fictionalized version of Wheaton was included in the comic book PS 238, in which he harbors the power of telekinesis. Wheaton's debut comic book The Guild: Fawkes, which he wrote alongside Felicia Day, was released on May 23, 2012.
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Personal Life

  • Wheaton married Anne Prince on November 7, 1999, and lives in Arcadia, California, with her and her two sons from a previous relationship.Upon reaching maturity, both sons asked Wheaton to legally adopt them, which he did. Wheaton was roommates with Chris Hardwick while they were both students at UCLA. They met at a showing of Arachnophobiain Burbank, California. In Janua…
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Honors

  1. Young Artist Awards: 1989 & 1987
  2. Melbourne Underground Film Festival: Best Actor (2002)
  3. International Academy of Web Television Awards: Best Host (Pre-Recorded) (2014)
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Further Reading

  1. Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 390-391.
  2. Wheaton, Wil. "My name is Wil Wheaton. I Live With Chronic Depression and Generalized Anxiety. I Am Not Ashamed."Medium.com, June 1, 2018.
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