STAR TREK AUTOGRAPHS

The 1950s and 60s were decades when Americans were fascinated with all things involving space travel. With the advent of sending men into orbit this increased the interest. In 1966 Gene Roddenberry created the television Sci-Fi adventure Star Trek. It was not an overnight success by any means. Syndication actually put it on the map since it attracted younger non-prime time viewers. Early Star Trek "conventions" were underway almost from the beginning with dedicated fans (mostly younger) showing their support. After the series was cancelled a cartoon series Star Trek: The Animated Series was created with all the major cast except for Walter Koenig providing voices. The lack of Koenig was apparently apparently a cost saving measure. Star Trek became my favorite Sci-Fi show surpassing my previous favorite of Lost in Space.  The series expanded to several movies with many of the original stars in the same roles.

Many Star Trek collectors concentrate on the seven or eight major actors/actresses that had recurring roles on the show. For my own collection I tend to expand that (as I tend to do with all my collections) to include some somewhat minor characters and also favorite guest stars. The ones included below are my idea of a good collection.

Unlike most on AML I tend to dislike multi-signed pieces this is due in part to the fact that I do not frame ans display. I prefer the notebook method. That is simply a matter of personal preference many friends have great framed "walls" of autographs. My list for "major" autographs are the first seven the remainder I like to have since they had identifiable roles on the show. The number after the name is the number of episodes according to imdb.

William Shatner (79) Capt. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy (80) Lcdr. Spock
DeForrest Kelley (76) Lcdr. Dr. McCoy
James Doohan (66) Lcdr. Scott  (One is credit only)
Nichelle Nichols (70) Lt. Uhura
George Takei (52) Lt. Sulu
Walter Koenig (36) Lt. Chekov
Majal Barrett (36) Nurse Chapel/computer voice
Grace Lee Whitney (8) Yoeman Janice Rand
John Winston (11) Lt. Kyle
Eddie Paskey (60) Lt. Leslie/others
David L. Ross (9) Lt. Galloway/others
Sean Morgan (7) Lt. O'Neill/others
Paul Baxley (10) Security/others

As for guests I merely add ones that were personal favorites of mine. Spock's parents played by Mark Lenard and Jane Wyatt are examples. John Fiedler, Elisha Cook, Jr.,William Schallert, Lee Bergere, William Campbell, Bruce Hyde, Stanley Adams, Roger Carmel, Ian Wolfe, Ken Lynch, Byron Morrow, James Gregory and many others are on my list.

As a collector I am more interested in the signature than the photograph it is on. While I like to have them on Star Trek items is not a necessity for me.

Tags: DeForrest, Doohan, George, James, Kelley, Koenig, Leonard, Nichelle, Nichols, Nimoy, More…Shatner, Star, Takei, Trek, Walter, William

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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on August 4, 2025 at 11:28am

Typos now and then aren't anything to worry about here. You've contributed a TON of valuable and enjoyable content here over the years. I can't thank you enough!

I just looked it up: past 13 years! You joined in 2012.

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 4, 2025 at 11:37am

+1 Invaluable.

Permalink Reply by JK on August 4, 2025 at 11:52am

I agree that typos are not a huge issue - I've made them myself, and you only have 15 minutes to edit a post. 

But does that mean we are not allowed to politely correct the spelling after multiple misspellings by multiple people (not just one person)?

And why are people framing this as a criticism of one member?  🤔

I guess I won't bother trying to keep the data accurate in the future.  (Can't find him in a Google search? Oh well, it's Google's fault for not recognizing it's a typo.).

Now let's continue discussing Jon Fiddler.  😄

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 4, 2025 at 3:49am

JK, you are telling the only person who did not type out his name...it was just a typo, it's not like someone not knowing what PSA means when they own a PSA item or some such. All you apparently accomplished is the removal of the exemplar Scott kindly provided.

Permalink Reply by michelle on August 4, 2025 at 4:01am

and think of all the brill autographs,  detailed background information that Scott has kindly provided.  He is very knowlegable on these autographs and happy to share his information which not everyone is

Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on August 4, 2025 at 4:04am

+100  his knowledge is vast and he can connect just about anyone to anything by way of his encyclopedic memory of actors and actresses. And yes, he shares so much consistently.

Permalink Reply by JK on August 4, 2025 at 6:16am

I did not ask or intend anyone to delete anything.  I don't know why they did, but that's their decision.  

I think the actor deserves to have his name spelled correctly if at all possible.  

I've struggled with the spelling of his name over the years myself.  Its clear that others have, as well, since I have a DVD sleeve that has his name spelled incorrectly in the credits.

In this thread his name was spelled variously as Fiedler, Fielder, and Fieldler. It was becoming a distraction, even if they were honest mistakes.  

BTW, I just re-read my comment and it was in no way over-critical or an attack.  It was simply a correction of the repeated misspellings.  I dont know why people are suggesting it was something it was not. 

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