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Star Trek: The Animated Series  ( ST: TAS ), originally aired as  Star Trek  and as  The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek , is an American animated science fiction television seriescreated by Gene Roddenberry. It originally aired from September 8, 1973 to October 12, 1974 on NBC, spanning 22 episodes over two seasons. The second series in the  Star Trek franchise, it is the first sequel to  Star Trek: The Original Series . Set in the 23rd century, when Earth is part of a United Federation of Planets, it follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS  Enterprise  as it explores the Milky Waygalaxy.

After the cancellation of  The Original Series  in 1969, the live action show proved popular in syndication and generated significant fan enthusiasm. This resulted in Roddenberry's decision to continue the series in animated form. Much of the original cast returned to provide voice-overs for their characters. Show writers David Gerrold and D. C. Fontanacharacterized  The Animated Series  as effectively being a fourth season of  The Original Series . The adventures of the characters were continued in cinematic form, the first being the 1979 film  Star Trek: The Motion Picture .

The Animated Series  was the original cast's last episodic portrayal of the characters until the "cartoon-like" graphics of the  Star Trek: 25th Anniversary  computer game in 1992 [4]  as well as its sequel  Star Trek: Judgment Rites  in 1993. Both appeared after the cast's final film together,  Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , released in December 1991.  The Animated Series  was critically acclaimed and was the first  Star Trek  series to win an Emmy Award when its second season won the 1975 Emmy for Outstanding Entertainment – Children's Series. [5]

• 2 Voice casting[edit]
• 3.1 Season 1 (1973–1974)[edit]
• 3.2 Season 2 (1974)[edit]
• 4 Novelties in the series[edit]
• 5 Canon issues[edit]
• 6 Reception[edit]
• 7 Home media[edit]

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Voice casting[edit] [ ].

The Animated Series  featured most of the original cast voicing their characters. The major exception was the character of Pavel Chekov(Walter Koenig), who did not appear in the series because the series' budget could not afford the complete cast. He was replaced by two animated characters who made semi-regular appearances: Lieutenant Arex, whose Edosian species had three arms and three legs; and Lieutenant M'Ress, a female Caitian. Besides performing their characters Montgomery Scott and Christine Chapel, James Doohan and Majel Barrett also performed the voices of Arex and M'Ress, respectively.

Initially, Filmation was only going to use the voices of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Doohan and Barrett. Doohan and Barrett would also perform the voices of Sulu and Uhura. Nimoy refused to voice Spock in the series unless Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were added to the cast—claiming that Sulu and Uhura were of importance as they were proof of the ethnic diversity of the 23rd century and should not be recast. Nimoy also took this stand as a matter of principle, as he knew of the financial troubles many of his  Star Trek  co-stars were facing after cancellation of the series. [6]

Koenig was not forgotten, and later wrote an episode for the series, becoming the first  Star Trek  actor to write a  Star Trek  story. Koenig wrote "The Infinite Vulcan", which had plot elements from the original  Star Trek  episode "Space Seed" blended into it.

As is usual with animation projects, the voice actors did not perform together but recorded their parts separately to avoid clashing with other commitments. For example, William Shatner, who was touring in a play at the time, recorded his lines in whatever city where he happened to be performing and had the tapes shipped to the studio. Doohan and Barrett, besides providing the voices of their  Original Series  characters and newcomers Arex and M'Ress, performed virtually all of the "guest star" characters in the series, except for a few notable exceptions such as Sarek, Cyrano Jones and Harry Mudd, who were performed by the original actors from  The Original Series . Other occasional guest voice actors were also used, including Ed Bishop (Commander Straker on  UFO ) who voiced the Megan Prosecutor in "The Magicks of Megas-tu", and Ted Knight who voiced Carter Winston in "The Survivor". Nichelle Nichols also performed other character voices in addition to Uhura in several episodes, including "The Time Trap" and "The Lorelei Signal".

Episodes[edit] [ ]

Season 1 (1973–1974)[edit] [ ], season 2 (1974)[edit] [ ].

The characters of  TAS .

Similar to most animated series of the era, the 22 episodes of  TAS  were spread out over two brief seasons, with copious reruns of each episode. The director of the first season (16 episodes) was Hal Sutherland and Bill Reed directed the six episodes of season two.

All of this series' episodes were novelized by Alan Dean Foster and released in ten volumes under the  Star Trek Logs  banner. Initially, Foster adapted three episodes per book, but later editions saw the half-hour scripts expanded into full, novel-length stories.

Star Trek: The Animated Series  was the only  Star Trek  series not to be produced with a cold open ("teaser"), instead starting directly with the title credits sequence. However, some overseas versions of the original live action series, such as those aired by the BBC in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, were edited to run the teaser after the credits.

The series' writing benefited from a Writers Guild of America, East strike in 1973, which did not apply to animation. [7]  A few episodes are especially notable due to contributions from well-known science fiction authors:

• "More Tribbles, More Troubles" was written by David Gerrold as a sequel to his episode "The Trouble with Tribbles" from the original series. Here Cyrano Jones is rescued from the Klingons, bringing with him a genetically altered breed of tribbles which do not reproduce but do grow extremely large. (It is later discovered that these are really clusters of tribbles who function as a single tribble, and it is decided that the large numbers of smaller tribbles are preferable to the larger ones.) The Klingons, because of their hatred of tribbles, are eager to get Jones back because he stole a creature they created: a predator called a "glommer" that feeds on tribbles.
• "Yesteryear" is a time-travel episode in which Mr. Spock uses "The Guardian of Forever", a time gateway from the original series episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", to travel back to his own childhood. This is the only animated  Trek  episode written by original series and later  Next Generation  writer D. C. Fontana. This was the first actual appearance of Spock's pet sehlat, first mentioned in "Journey to Babel" and finally named I-Chaya in this episode. One element from  Yesteryear  that has become canon by depiction within  Star Trek: The Original Series  is the Vulcan city of ShiKahr, depicted in a background scene wherein Kirk, Spock and McCoy walk across a natural stone bridge (first depicted in  Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ) in the remastered "Amok Time". Elements of Spock's childhood from "Yesteryear" are also referenced in the  Star Trek: The Next Generation  episode "Unification" as well as the 2009  Star Trek  feature film.
• Larry Niven's "The Slaver Weapon", adapted from his own short story "The Soft Weapon". It includes some elements from his  Known Space  mythos such as the Kzinti and the Slavers. This is the only Kirk-era television or movie story in which Kirk did not appear. This episode is also the only animated one in which characters are shown dying or being killed.

Actor George Takeiautographing an original animation cel from the series at Midtown Comics in Manhattan.

Novelties in the series[edit] [ ]

In the original  Star Trek  series, the title character was given the name James T. Kirk. It was not until the animated series that writer David Gerrold replaced the "T", giving us Captain James Tiberius Kirk. It was purely coincidental that he chose "Tiberius" (on Gene Roddenberry's first series  The Lieutenant , the principal character was William Tiberius Rice). According to Gerrold, he had been influenced by  I, Claudius , and had approached Roddenberry with his choice of middle name, but it was not until 2014 that he learned of its earlier use. [8]

The animated series introduced a three-armed, three-legged alien member of the bridge crew with a long neck named Arex and a cat-like alien crew member named M'Ress.

The USS  Enterprise  in this series, while supposedly the same ship as from the original series, had a holodeck similar to the one later seen in  Star Trek: The Next Generation , which was set about eighty years later. It only appeared once, in Chuck Menville's "The Practical Joker", and was known as the "Rec Room". This feature was originally proposed for the original series [9]  but was never used.

A personal force field technology known as the life support belt was seen only in  Star Trek: The Animated Series . In addition to supplying the wearer with the appropriate atmosphere and environmental protection, it permitted the animators to simply draw the belt and yellow glow around the existing characters, instead of having to redraw them with an environmental suit. A version of the life support belt later appeared in an early  Star Trek: The Next Generation  novel,  The Peacekeepers , where they were referred to as "field-effect suits".

The episode "The Lorelei Signal" provides a rare instance in early  Star Trek  in which a female took temporary command of a starship. Due to the male crew members being incapacitated, Uhura assumes command of the  Enterprise  from Scotty. Other instances occurred on the first and last adventures filmed in the original series:

• "The Cage", in which Number One took command after the abduction of Captain Christopher Pike, and
• "Turnabout Intruder", in which Dr. Janice Lester took over the body of Captain Kirk and assumed command.

"The Lorelei Signal" and "The Infinite Vulcan", the latter written by Walter Koenig, are rare occurrences where Captain Kirk comes close to actually saying, "Beam me up, Scotty" (long erroneously believed to be a  Star Trek  catchphrase), when he commands "Beam us up, Scotty".  Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home  arguably comes closer to it by having Kirk say "Scotty, beam me up".

An anti-pollution public service announcement was created for non-profit Keep America Beautiful featuring the  ST: TAS  characters and original cast voices. In the ad, the  Enterprise encounters the "Rhombian Pollution Belt". [10]  The ad ran during Saturday morning network programming during the series' run.

The animated series also dispensed with the original series' theme music, composed by Alexander Courage, in favor of a new theme credited to Yvette Blais and Jeff Michael (actually Filmation composer Ray Ellis, working under a pseudonym). This has never been publicly explained; one possible explanation is that the producers wished to avoid having to pay royalties for using the original theme.

Canon issues[edit] [ ]

Main article: Star Trek canon

At the end of the first season of  Star Trek: The Next Generation , all licenses for  Star Trek spin-off fiction were renegotiated, and the animated series was essentially "decanonized" by Gene Roddenberry's office. Writers of the novels, comics and role-playing games were prohibited from using concepts from the animated series in their works. [11]  Among the facts established within the animated series that were called into question by the "official canon" issue was its identification of Robert April as the first captain of the USS  Enterprise  in the episode "The Counter-Clock Incident".

The  Star Trek Chronology  by production staffers Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda does not include the animated series, but does include certain events from "Yesteryear" and acknowledges Robert April as first captain of the  Enterprise . [12]  The timeline in  Voyages of the Imagination  dates the events of the series to 2269–2270, assuming the events of the show represented the final part of Kirk's five-year mission, and using revised Alan Dean Foster stardates. In the updated October 1999 edition of their book:  The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future , Michael and Denise Okuda state that:

David Gerrold, who contributed two stories to  TAS , stated in an interview his views on the canon issue:

Writer-producer D. C. Fontana discussed the  TAS  Canon issue in 2007:

Since Roddenberry's death in 1991, and the subsequent exit of Richard H. Arnold (who vetted the licensed tie-ins for Roddenberry's  Star Trek  office at Paramount during its later years), there have been several references to the animated series in the various live-action series. In the  Star Trek: Deep Space Nine  episode "Once More Unto the Breach", Kor referred to his ship, the  Klothos , which was first named in the  TAS  episode "The Time Trap". Other  DS9 episodes to make reference to the animated series include "Broken Link", where Elim Garakmentions Edosian orchids (Arex is an Edosian) and "Tears of the Prophets" where a  Miranda -class starship is called the USS  ShirKahr  (sic) after ShiKahr, the city from "Yesteryear". In the episode "Prophet Motive" where the title of healer is resurrected from "Yesteryear" as well. Vulcan's Forge is also mentioned in "Change of Heart", in which Worf wants to honeymoon there with Jadzia Dax, as well as in episodes "The Forge", "Awakening" and "Kir'Shara" from  Star Trek: Enterprise .

The  Star Trek: Enterprise  episodes "The Catwalk" and "The Forge" included references to "Yesteryear", the latter featuring a CGI rendition of a wild sehlat. The remastered Original Series episode "Amok Time" featured ShiKahr in the background as Spock beams up at the episode's ending, [16]  and the remastered version of "The Ultimate Computer" replaced the  Botany Bay -style  Woden  with an automated grain carrier from "More Tribbles, More Troubles".

The 2009 film  Star Trek  also references "Yesteryear", featuring a nearly identical scene in which a young Spock is confronted by several other Vulcan children, who bully and provoke him for being part human.

The 2017 series  Star Trek: Discovery  episode "Context is for Kings" has Spock's foster sister Michael Burnham state that their mother Amanda read  Alice in Wonderland  to them as children, as in the episode "Once Upon a Planet." [17]  The second season episode "Light and Shadows" expands on Amanda's reasons for doing so.

Carter Winston, from "The Survivor", has a small but important role late in the 1984 tie-in novel  The Final Reflection  by John M. Ford. In recent years, references to  The Animated Series  have also cropped up again in the licensed books and comics. M'Ress and Arex, characters from the animated series, appear in the  Star Trek: New Frontier  novels by Peter David, in which M'Ress and Arex are transported through time to the 24th Century, and are made officers on board the USS  Trident . (David's previous use of these characters, in TOS movie-era comics published by DC Comics, had been ended by Gene Roddenberry's office.) [18]

A race introduced in the episode "The Jihad", represented by a character named M3 Green, is named the Nasat in the Starfleet Corps of Engineers e-book novellas. These stories feature a regular Nasat character, P8 Blue. The Vulcan city of ShiKahr also appears in many books. Paula Block, then of CBS Consumer Products, was responsible for approving proposals and all completed manuscripts for the licensed media tie-ins and granted many such uses of  TAS material since Roddenberry's death.

Amarillo Design Bureau has—as part of its license for the Star Fleet Universe series of games—incorporated many aspects of  The Animated Series  into its works, not least being the inclusion of the Kzinti, although in a modified form. In addition FASA used elements from  The Animated Series  in its sourcebooks and modules for its  Star Trek  role-playing game.

Star Trek: Enterprise  producer Manny Coto has commented that had the show been renewed for a fifth season, the Kzinti would have been introduced. [19]  Starship designs were produced which closely resemble the Kzinti/Mirak ships from the  Star Fleet Universe , a gaming universe that includes the boardgame  Star Fleet Battles  and its PC analogue  Star Fleet Command .

On June 27, 2007,  Star Trek 's official site incorporated information from  The Animated Series into its library section, [20]  clarifying, finally, that the animated series is part of the  Star Trek canon. Both David Gerrold and D. C. Fontana have stated that the animated series is essentially the fourth season that fans wanted originally. [21]

Reception[edit] [ ]

Star Trek: The Animated Series  was named the 96th best animated series by IGN. They declared that although the series suffered from technical limitations, its format allowed the writers far greater freedom and creativity than was possible in the original live-action series. [22]

The comic  Star Trek vs Transformers  was inspired by the animated series, and takes place in a similar universe. [23]

In 2019, CBR ranked all the seasons  Star Trek  television shows, placing Season 1 of TAS at 23, and season 2 at 24. [24]  At this time there was 31 season of  Star Trek  TV overall. [25]

Home media[edit] [ ]

• The complete series was first released in the United States on eleven volumes of VHStapes in 1989. In the United Kingdom, CIC Video released the complete series on seven volumes (1x4 episodes and 6x3 episodes) on PAL VHS in 1992. Although CIC-Taft Australia negotiated an Australasian release, they did not proceed with their plans.
• A boxed set of the complete series on LaserDisc was released for the US market in 1990, then re-released in 1997.
• A Region 1 DVD box set of the series was released on November 21, 2006, and has since been released internationally for other Regions. Each episode on CBS DVD/Paramount Home Entertainment’s Complete Series DVD release of  Star Trek: The Animated Series  (aka  The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek ) was presented in its original network television format and original airdate order - uncut and unedited - and also remastered and restored in 1080p HD and full-color with remastered and remixed 5.1 surround sound and restored original mono audio. It was also the last series of Paramount's  Star Trek  television franchise to be released to DVD.
• A Blu-ray release in HD was released as part of the  STAR TREK 50th Anniversary TV and Movie Collection  in the United States on September 6, 2016.
• A stand-alone Blu-ray release was released on November 15, 2016.

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Actress | Black Sheep

Annie O'Donnell is known for Black Sheep (1996), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and Blast from the Past (1999).

26. Mildred J. Hill

Soundtrack | Self/less

Mildred J. Hill was born on June 27, 1859 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Mildred J. died on June 5, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

27. Mark Barrett

Actor | Scary Movie 2

Mark Barrett is known for Scary Movie 2 (2001), Texas Payback (1995) and Sweetwater (2023).

28. Margie Kaklamanos

Make_up_department | Planet of the Apes

Margie Kaklamanos is known for Planet of the Apes (2001), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Star Trek: Insurrection (1998).

29. Mark Harelik

Mr. Harelik, a native Texan, grew up in the only Jewish family in the small town of Hamilton in central Texas, where his two biographical plays, The Immigrant and The Legacy, take place. With Randal Myler, he co-wrote Hank Williams: Lost Highway, a biographical musical about the life of the country ...

30. Dakin Matthews

Actor | Child's Play 3

From February 2014 Dakin is taking on the iconic role of Mickey, the grizzled no-mercy trainer in ROCKY, THE MUSICAL at Broadway's Winter Gardens Theatre. This role was originally played by veteran screen actor Burgess Meredith in the original 1976 movie and he received an Academy award nomination ...

31. Iris Bahr

Actress | Hacks

Iris Bahr was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Iris is an actor and writer, known for Hacks (2021), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) and Svetlana (2010).

32. Christopher Neiman

Actor | American Horror Story

Christopher Neiman was born on June 28, 1966 in the USA. He is an actor, known for American Horror Story (2011), The Longest Yard (2005) and Ally McBeal (1997).

33. Paul Willson

Actor | Office Space

Paul Willson was born on December 25, 1945 in Fairmont, Minnesota, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Office Space (1999), The Goodbye Girl (1977) and Barstow 2008 (2001).

34. Bill Prady

Producer | The Big Bang Theory

Born in Detroit, Michigan. Prady began working in entertainment in 1982 at 'Jim Henson' Productions (then "Henson Associates") in New York. Prady worked on a variety of projects there, including writing for the "Jim Henson Hour" and writing "MuppetVision 3-D." the 3-D Muppet Movie that appears at ...

35. George Santo Pietro

Camera_department | Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire

George Santo Pietro is known for Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), The Mandalorian (2019) and For All Mankind (2019). He has been married to Melissa Mascari since October 8, 2005.

36. Jeff Witzke

Actor | Money Monster

Jeff Witzke was born in Michigan, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Money Monster (2016), Labor Day (2013) and Thank You for Smoking (2005).

37. Harry Warren

Soundtrack | The Shape of Water

Harry Warren was born on December 24, 1893 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Shape of Water (2017), An Affair to Remember (1957) and Sphere (1998). He was married to Josephine Wensler. He died on September 22, 1981 in Los Angeles, ...

38. Noel De Souza

Actor | Wedding Crashers

Noël De Souza grew up in Secunderbad in what is today the southern Indian state of Telangana. As a youth, he aspired to become a writer, first by submitting articles to his local newspaper and later writing reviews of Indian films. He entered the U.S. in 1948 to attend the University of California,...

39. Margie Kaklamanos

40. andrea f. davis.

Costume_department | Geostorm

Andrea F. Davis is known for Geostorm (2017), First Man (2018) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013).

41. Jason Alexander

Actor | Seinfeld

Jay Scott Greenspan, known professionally as Jason Alexander, is an American actor, comedian, film director, and television presenter. An Emmy and Tony winner, he is best known for his role as George Costanza in the television series Seinfeld (1989), for which he was nominated for seven consecutive...

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42. Ed Begley Jr.

Actor | A Mighty Wind

Ed Begley Jr. was born on September 16, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for A Mighty Wind (2003), Pineapple Express (2008) and Whatever Works (2009). He has been married to Rachelle Carson-Begley since August 23, 2000. They have one child. He was previously ...

43. Robert Picardo

Actor | Star Trek: Voyager

Robert Picardo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, where he spent his whole childhood. He graduated from the William Penn Charter School and attended Yale University. At Yale, he landed a role in Leonard Bernstein 's "Mass" and at age 19, he played a leading role in the European premiere of...

44. Wallace Langham

Actor | Perry Mason

Wallace Langham was born on March 11, 1965 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Perry Mason (2020), My Dinner with Hervé (2018) and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000). He has been married to Melissa Voyagis Langham since May 30, 2015. He was previously married...

45. Harry Groener

Actor | A Cure for Wellness

Harry Groener was born on September 10, 1951 in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. He is an actor, known for A Cure for Wellness (2016), Patch Adams (1998) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). He has been married to Dawn Didawick since September 19, 1978.

46. John Rubinstein

Actor | Family

John Rubinstein is an actor, director, composer, singer, and teacher. He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1946, the same year his father, the renowned Polish-born concert pianist Artur Rubinstein , became an American citizen. He is the youngest of four children. His sister, Eva, danced and ...

47. Mark L. Taylor

Actor | Innerspace

Mark L. Taylor was born on October 25, 1950 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Innerspace (1987), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Arachnophobia (1990). He is married to Judy Taylor . They have two children.

48. Dennis Cockrum

Actor | Gangster Squad

Received an M.A. in Drama from Eastern Michigan University, 1984. Started his professional acting career in Chicago with The Court, Victory Gardens, Steppenwolf, Northlight and American Blues Theaters. He has been an ensemble member of American Blues Theater since 1988, and performed in their Jeff ...

49. Tom Virtue

Actor | Even Stevens

Tom Virtue was born on November 19, 1957 in Sherman, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Even Stevens (2000), Green Book (2018) and Iron Man 3 (2013). He has been married to Alima Khaiser since 1999. They have four children.

50. Larry Cedar

Actor | Deadwood

Larry Cedar is an accomplished film, television, stage and voiceover artist best known for his portrayal of opium addict Leon Stalsworth in the HBO series, Deadwood. Admitted to Hastings Law School after earning his BA in Communication Studies, the course of his life was dramatically altered when ...

51. Elle Alexander

Stunts | Everything Everywhere All at Once

Elle Alexander is an Actress, Stuntwoman, Stunt Coordinator, Host and Voiceover Artist. She is the Vice President of the Stuntwomen's Association of Motion Pictures. She is a member of SAG/AFTRA. Elle has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film & Television production. She attended California State ...

52. Bill Prady

53. timothy davis-reed.

Actor | The West Wing

Timothy Davis-Reed is known for The West Wing (1999), This Is Us (2016) and Sports Night (1998).

54. Eddie Robison

Visual_effects | Cherry

Eddie Robison is known for Cherry (2021), Young Sheldon (2017) and Electric Dreams (2017).

55. Michael Ferdie

Sound_department | Titan A.E.

Michael Ferdie is known for Titan A.E. (2000), Guest Artist (2019) and Fringe (2008).

56. Tim Perovich

Art_department | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Tim Perovich is known for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997).

57. David R. Morton

58. alan silvestri.

Composer | The Polar Express

In his ongoing, decades-long career as a composer, Alan Silvestri has blazed an innovative trail with his exciting and melodic scores, winning the applause of Hollywood and movie audiences the world over. With a credit list of over 100 films Silvestri has composed some of the most recognizable and ...

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59. Arthur Sullivan

Soundtrack | Never Let Me Go

Arthur Sullivan was a composer, born in London in 1842 and died in 1900. His father was a military bandmaster, and Arthur composed his first anthem at the age of eight. He studied at London's Royal Academy of Music after being awarded the inaugural Mendelssohn Scholarship at 14 years of age. ...

60. Margie Kaklamanos

61. brian w. armstrong.

Camera_department | The Hitcher

Brian W. Armstrong is known for The Hitcher (1986), The Big Bang Theory (2007) and Die Hard (1988).

62. Mark Munoz

Stunts | Planet of the Apes

Born and raised in Santa Monica, California. Wrestler in High School then went on to racing horses as a Professional jockey for over 20 years. These days he works as a Jockey/Actor/Stuntman in Hollywood and other places around the globe. Still living in Santa Monica and continues to enjoy each and ...

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63. Keith Carradine

Actor | Nashville

It seems the second generation of acting Carradines -- David, Keith and Robert -- are proudly continuing the family tradition and begetting a third generation of talent. The dynasty began with veteran Hollywood patriarch John Carradine , the son of a surgeon and a correspondent for the Associated ...

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64. Jonathan Schmock

Actor | Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Jonathan Schmock was born on February 26, 1956 in San Diego, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) and Blossom (1990).

65. Kevin Brief

Actor | Supernatural

Kevin is an accomplished actor, known for his work on stage, television, and film. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent his early years there before his family relocated to Long Beach, California. It was during high school football that he discovered his love for acting. When summer school ...

66. Peewee Piemonte

Stunts | SEAL Team

Two time Emmy winner and four time Emmy nominee Peewee Piemonte is a veteran in the Entertainment industry. From humble beginnings in the Bronx, Peewee earned his nickname in the 4th grade, for being the biggest kid in school. He learned to accept and turn his size into an asset, winning his class ...

67. Darryl D. Stewart

Actor | Bandits

Darryl D. Stewart is known for Bandits (2001).

68. Sean M. Scott

Visual_effects | Enterprise

Sean M. Scott is known for Star Trek: Enterprise (2001), Shoot 'Em Up (2007) and Unhinged (2020).

69. Rick Cortes

Visual_effects | I, Robot

Rick Cortes is known for I, Robot (2004), Godzilla (2014) and Double Team (1997).

70. Bryan Whitaker

Visual_effects | Star Trek: Nemesis

Bryan Whitaker is known for Star Trek: Nemesis (2002), The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) and Dracula 2000 (2000).

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71. Lisa Hoyle

Stunts | National Treasure

Lisa Hoyle is known for National Treasure (2004), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019).

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72. Baron Jay

Baron Jay Littleton Jr., mission statement in life is to excel in the area of his God gifted talent. He influences and encourages others to keep the faith. His parents were young when he was conceived. His mother Robin Colston, was eighteen and his father Baron Jay Littleton Sr., was sixteen. They ...

73. Mollie Stallman

Assistant_director | John Carter

Mollie Stallman is known for John Carter (2012), Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) and Serenity (2005).

74. Bryan Whitaker

75. marc tantin.

Special_effects | The Mandalorian

Marc Tantin was born on April 19, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Mandalorian (2019), Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019) and Dunkirk (2017).

76. Pasha D. Lychnikoff

Born in Moscow, a student of Moscow Academy of Dramatic Arts, Pasha (aka Pavel) Lychnikoff, appeared on Moscow's stages in such productions as Gogol's Inspector General and Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. In early 90s Pasha moved to the United States to pursue his acting career there. Arriving ...

77. Richard Redlefsen

Make_up_department | Bombshell

Richard Redlefsen is known for Bombshell (2019), Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) and Bullet Train (2022).

78. Matt Kennedy

Camera_department | Spider-Man: No Way Home

Matt Kennedy is known for Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) and Black Panther (2018).

79. Arne Starr

Art_department | Secret in Their Eyes

Arne became an actor due to his association with Star Trek - performing in staged radio plays with Bill Campbell and John de Lancie at various conventions, which grew into full-blown radio plays on the bi-annual SeaTrek cruises. The late Mark Lenard ("Sarek," Spock's father) noticed Arne and ...

80. Todd Vaziri

Visual_effects | Transformers

Todd Vaziri is known for Transformers (2007), Avatar (2009) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).

81. Jeff Bunnell

Music_department | Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Jeff Bunnell is known for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Super 8 (2011) and Star Trek (2009).

82. Eddie Pasquarello

Visual_effects | Pacific Rim

Eddie Pasquarello joined Industrial Light & Magic in November of 1993 as a Compositor working on the film, Forrest Gump. In 1999, he became a Lead Compositor on Sleepy Hollow. Previously, he served as Co-Visual Effects Supervisor on Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim, Associate Visual ...

83. Beth D'Amato

Beth D'Amato is known for Transformers (2007), Avatar (2009) and The Creator (2023).

84. Daniel R. Kerr

Sound_department | World Trade Center

Daniel R. Kerr is known for World Trade Center (2006), Chronicle (2012) and I Am Number Four (2011).

85. Clinton Wayne

Make_up_department | Star Trek

Clinton Wayne was born on July 15, 1974 in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. He is an executive, known for Star Trek (2009), Deep Blue Sea (1999) and Avengers: Endgame (2019).

86. Tim Griffin

Actor | The Bourne Supremacy

Chicago native Tim Griffin, often known as, "the actor who is in everything," has amassed a dizzying list of credits, and over the years has solidified his reputation as one of Hollywood's nicest, most charming and versatile actors. The son of a pediatric cardiologist, he first discovered acting ...

87. Jill Lover

Actress | Bucky and the Squirrels

Jill Lover was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Bucky and the Squirrels (2015), Anatomy of Hope (2009) and Star Trek (2009).

88. Frank Willis Balzer

Special_effects | Star Trek

Frank has been working in the film industry since 2007 doing Special Effects. His family has been in the industry since the beginning of the silent film era. His great uncle Jules Furthman was a notorious and gifted screenwriter who wrote films such as Mutiny On The Bounty, The Big Sleep, Rio Bravo...

89. Walter Polan

Special_effects | For All Mankind

Walter Polan is known for For All Mankind (2019), Pressure Cooker (2023) and Death and Other Details (2024).

90. Rachel Steele

Casting_department | Man of Steel

Rachel Steele is known for Man of Steel (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015).

91. Michael Coady

Transportation_department | The Island

Michael Coady is known for The Island (2005), The Time Machine (2002) and Dolemite Is My Name (2019).

92. Audrey Wasilewski

Actress | Mad Men

Audrey Wasilewski is an actor/voice-over artist who's work can be seen and heard across film, television and video games. Starting her professional career in Baltimore/Washington DC theatre, she worked with the Woolly Mammoth & Everyman Theatre companies and portrayed "Barbara Demarco" in over 1200...

93. Courtney Schwartz

Stunts | Stranger Things

Courtney Schwartz is known for Stranger Things (2016), Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Furious 7 (2015).

94. Tim LeDoux

Visual_effects | La La Land

Tim LeDoux is known for La La Land (2016), Iron Man (2008) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).

95. Daniel P. Murphy

Art_department | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Daniel P. Murphy was born on June 8, 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), Stealth (2005) and Blade (1998).

96. Del DePierro

Visual_effects | Jumper

Del DePierro is known for Jumper (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and Geostorm (2017).

97. Matthew Gowan

Matthew Gowan was born on October 24, 1987 in Alton, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Divergent (2014), The Bad Batch (2016) and Captain Marvel (2019).

98. Doug Nolan

Editorial_department | Star Trek Into Darkness

Doug Nolan was born on March 4, 1972 in East Liverpool, Ohio, USA. He is an editor and producer, known for Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Hollywood Laundromat and Who Lives Last .

99. Laura Jackman

Music_department | The Lion King

Laura Jackman is a versatile session singer, performer, and vocalist located in Los Angeles, CA, and has been singing in a professional context since the age of 9. With her uniquely rich and dark tone, Laura's strong alto sound is versatile as a professional singer, both live and in the studio. She...

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100. Jason Oliver

Sound_department | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Jason first started with Warner Bros. Studios in 1997. A true audio enthusiast - Jason has accumulated eighteen Emmy and Golden Reel nominations, and four wins to date. Including a Cinematic Audio Society award for excellence in sound mixing. His 21 years of editorial experience has led him to ...

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