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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…
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Permalink Reply by DWSMcGraph on
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Also the only one I have seen.
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One of the Voices for a half dozen TOS roles.... And Provider Number 2
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Permalink Reply by Eric Keith Longo on
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DWSMcGraph, thank you for the nice words. :-)
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What a great autograph~! Such a very talented man. It was great to see him go from 12 Angry Men to Star Trek and then Kochakl And with so much in between. Thanks for posting this Scott!
Richard Deacon on the back? One could not ask for much more! Lovely early Kuflik and with an exact date to boot!
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Permalink Reply by Scott Paul on
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Thank you, Eric. Both Fiedler and Richard Deacon were young actors in 1958 and to have both on same page is very nice. Rhoda Kuflik was great at keeping records and often noted exact dates. John Verzi was like that too. Fiedler is in three of my main collections, Star Trek, 12 Angry Men and The Bob Newhart Show.
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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on
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John Fieldler, what a great and versatile actor.
He was everything; Columbo, The Munsters, Twilight Zone, etc.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Cyrkin, Admin on
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+1. I don't think I ever saw him in a leading role besides Twilight Zone, but he got my attention in every role he played. My favorite was Sam Drucker in Green Acres.
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Fielder for some reason never was in any of the CBS rural comedies. You are thinking of Frank Cady another bald actor whose best-known role was Sam Drucker. A role he played on Petticoat Junction, Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies. He is also known as "Doc Williams" in early episodes of Ozzie and Harriet. If you watch the wonderful Hitchcock classic Rear Window you can see Cady as the man and his wife who sleep on their landing because of the heat. He died in 2012 at the age of 96.
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He would have been great in the Huston/Newman Judge Roy Bean film. Or Elisha Cook Jr
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Thanks, Scott. I should have looked it up. I'm getting OLD...that was a total brain blip!
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We now have three different spellings of his name in this discussion. Just for the record, it's John Fiedler. 😉
I loved many of his memorable roles, but ironically I never saw/heard much if any of his work in the "Winnie the Pooh" movies. It's a little ironic as I got a few index cards signed by him late in life and he added "Piglet" under his name.
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You are correct I made a couple typographical errors it will not happen again.
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