White Rabbit

[Grant]

I don't remember the source, it may be in one of the home movie clips at YouTube, or buried in Memory Alpha, or possibly from one of Shatner's Memories book. I've been reading about Star Trek for 47 years, so I'm sorry that I can't be more precise.

At Memory Alpha they state he did temp voices on the show (Trelayne's parents) that would later be dubbed over by voice actors. I have no doubt he did the voices on set, but I doubt he went back later to dub the rabbit.

Trek constantly used veteran voice over actors to do the voice-overs....

Vic Perrin----Outer Limits
Robert Johnson---Mission Impossible
Ted Cassidy
Walker Edmiston---Keebler elf
Bart LaRue
Elizabeth Palmer
Malachi Throne
Abraham Soafer


Later they used James Doohan who was going to be looping dialogue anyway----- a lot.

It's also said that probably Grant Woods who played Kelowitz in Arena--looped in the faked Commodor's voice in the same episode.

I really doubt they dragged in Blackburn for the looping session for the episode----he never spoke a line of dialogue in any production he ever appeared in.

http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/William_Blackburn

 

[Myko]

Yes it is unlikely, but not impossible. Roddenberry did a one-shot as the chef in Charlie X, and Blackburn was around the studio a lot.

If I'm not mistaken there is a bit from Blackburn about playing the rabbit in Cushman's These Are The Voyages.

Edit: http://trekmovie.com/2007/08/09/bil...-the-trek-set-and-home-movies-on-new-hd-dvds/ Billy says he did the voice here.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I once heard that the large white rabbit tried to parlay his big break on Star Trek into a whole acting career, but several things worked against him: his lack of formal training, his funny voice, and the tendency of casting directors to see him strictly as a large white rabbit and not someone who could play a wider range of roles. Basically, he never broke out of his minority status, and roles for rabbits as such were pretty scarce in the late '60s. I think he ended up shlepping luggage at a hotel in San Diego.

His son, however, found fame as The Duracell Bunny.

 

[Forbin]

Okay, at exactly the moment I saw this thread title, Jefferson Airplane come on the classic rock music channel.