We're all familiar with the Big Three, the Little Four, the Other Three, not to mention the host of one-off guest stars. But what about those folks who maybe got one or two lines through the whole show, or maybe never even got a title credit? What of the extras who appeared in episodes after episode, but we don't even know the names of the actors or the characters?
A while ago, I made a thread called "The Unsung Extras of TOS" and I made a website to go with it, listing all the crew as I saw them. I gave up near the end of Season 1, and then Memory Alpha did something kind of similar, if not very easy to access.
I think I'm going to start it up again as a thread. Something interactive. I will go through the episodes in production order (starting with Corbomite), putting up actors one at a time. If we know the character and actor name, great. If not, we can see what we can dig up. The interactive part is crowdsourcing the name-lookups. Also, feel free to list other episodes they appear in. Memory Alpha probably doesn't have them all.
Eventually, it'd be fun to make a roster of every single crewmember of the Enterprise with a full history of their career. Again, I know Memory Alpha kinda does that, but I'm not very satisfied with their implementation. It would be super cool to make an actual searchable database, one that you could query by stardate and know exactly who was serving at that time (assuming folks came on with their earliest appearance and were gone after their last). I'll also make note of ranks, when mentioned (since they don't always match braid)
So, we start with "Corbomite Manuever", stardate 1512.2. The main crew are:
Captain James R. Kirk (not sure when he first gets the "T")
Mr. Spock. First Officer, Science Officer (rank unknown, but wearing Commander braid)
Lieutenant Dave Bailey, Navigator, new in rank (only appearance)
Sulu, Helmsman (rank unknown, but wearing Lieutenant braid)
Lieutenant Uhura, Communications Officer
Dr. McCoy, Chief Medical Officer, head of Life Sciences (rank unknown, but wearing Lt. Commander braid)
Mr. Scott, Chief Engineer, (rank unknown, but wearing Lt. Commander braid)
Rand, Yeoman (rank unknown, but wearing no stripe)
That's everyone who is named and ranked and jobbed in the show. (technically, McCoy and Scotty are not officially jobbed, but it's in context)
Everybody else is uncredited, though this will not remain the case for many. Here they are, in order of appearance when you can see their face clearly:
First up is this Green Lieutenant. Since it's one of the first eps, that means she could be in Communications, Helm, Navigation, or whatever Kirk's Green means (and whatever red and blue aren't).
Memory Alpha says she's played by "Frieda Rentie" (not Mittie Lawrence, as some assert) and says she appeared in fourteen other episodes. I don't recall her appearing again. Does anyone have caps of her other apparitions?
A while ago, I made a thread called "The Unsung Extras of TOS" and I made a website to go with it, listing all the crew as I saw them. I gave up near the end of Season 1, and then Memory Alpha did something kind of similar, if not very easy to access.
I think I'm going to start it up again as a thread. Something interactive. I will go through the episodes in production order (starting with Corbomite), putting up actors one at a time. If we know the character and actor name, great. If not, we can see what we can dig up. The interactive part is crowdsourcing the name-lookups. Also, feel free to list other episodes they appear in. Memory Alpha probably doesn't have them all.
Eventually, it'd be fun to make a roster of every single crewmember of the Enterprise with a full history of their career. Again, I know Memory Alpha kinda does that, but I'm not very satisfied with their implementation. It would be super cool to make an actual searchable database, one that you could query by stardate and know exactly who was serving at that time (assuming folks came on with their earliest appearance and were gone after their last). I'll also make note of ranks, when mentioned (since they don't always match braid)
So, we start with "Corbomite Manuever", stardate 1512.2. The main crew are:
Captain James R. Kirk (not sure when he first gets the "T")
Mr. Spock. First Officer, Science Officer (rank unknown, but wearing Commander braid)
Lieutenant Dave Bailey, Navigator, new in rank (only appearance)
Sulu, Helmsman (rank unknown, but wearing Lieutenant braid)
Lieutenant Uhura, Communications Officer
Dr. McCoy, Chief Medical Officer, head of Life Sciences (rank unknown, but wearing Lt. Commander braid)
Mr. Scott, Chief Engineer, (rank unknown, but wearing Lt. Commander braid)
Rand, Yeoman (rank unknown, but wearing no stripe)
That's everyone who is named and ranked and jobbed in the show. (technically, McCoy and Scotty are not officially jobbed, but it's in context)
Everybody else is uncredited, though this will not remain the case for many. Here they are, in order of appearance when you can see their face clearly:
First up is this Green Lieutenant. Since it's one of the first eps, that means she could be in Communications, Helm, Navigation, or whatever Kirk's Green means (and whatever red and blue aren't).
Memory Alpha says she's played by "Frieda Rentie" (not Mittie Lawrence, as some assert) and says she appeared in fourteen other episodes. I don't recall her appearing again. Does anyone have caps of her other apparitions?
