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The Mission: Impossible~Star Trek Connection
posted by lima-2STAFFMOD on April 26, 2017 at 5:58 AM
On that "other" board, now extinct, many posters tried to find Mission: Impossible connections to Star Trek. They're both Paramount productions from that era, which shared a lot of actors and some writers. It all starts with The Pilot. Eddie Paskey had a non-speaking role as one of the hotel patrons putting an item in that "infamous safe." Paskey was William Shatner's Captain-Kirk's-stunt-double.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on April 28, 2017 at 10:33 PM
Robert Justman was a producer on both shows. On ST: TNG, one of the Enterprise-D shuttles is named after him.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on May 2, 2017 at 6:09 PM
Leonard Nimoy starred on Star Trek from 1966 to 1969. He starred in Mission: Impossible from 1969 to 1971.
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Reply by Jayhn1111
on May 2, 2017 at 9:19 PM
I'm not good with names, but the thing that stuck out most for me was when Nimoy and Mark Lenard had a scene together. It's been a long time since I saw that episode so I don't remember the specifics of the episode.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on May 2, 2017 at 9:30 PM
I don't remember that particular episode myself. However, Mark Lenard made one appearance of Star Trek, and many appearances on M:I throughout the series. He was usually one of the bad guys. My favorite episode with him in it was season two's The Trek.
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Reply by Maria Kelly
on May 9, 2017 at 9:22 PM
John Crawford appeared in one Star Trek episode and three Mission: Impossible episodes.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on May 13, 2017 at 10:00 PM
Joan Collins was in The City On The Edge of Forever on Star Trek and in Nicole on Mission: Impossible.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on May 21, 2017 at 2:19 PM
Lucille Ball's production company, DesiLu, produced the first seasons of Mission: Impossible and Star Trek.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on May 29, 2017 at 12:46 PM
Steve Inhant, Jason Evers, Barry Atwater, and Warren Stevens were all on both shows.
Reply by Maria Kelly
on July 1, 2017 at 10:05 AM
George Takei was on the first season MI episode The Carriers and of course, on Star Trek for all three seasons except during season two when he took some time off of ST to play a South Vietnamese soldier in The Green Berets, which I found strange because George definatly looks Japanese, not Vietnamese.
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Reply by Maria Kelly
on July 1, 2017 at 10:12 AM
Lee Merriweather was on a episode of Star Trek and made about seven appearances on Mission Impossible.
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Reply by Maria Kelly
on July 29, 2017 at 9:36 PM
The gorgeous Barbara Luna was in one Star Trek episode of TOS and two episodes of MI.
Reply by Jayhn1111
on July 29, 2017 at 9:50 PM
Yeah the parallel universe my favorite! That's where I first saw her
Reply by Maria Kelly
on July 30, 2017 at 2:51 PM
@Jayhn1111
She was also in a season one episode of The Original Outer Limits called It Came Out Of The Woodwork (no, I am not making that title up).
BTW, our beloved Martin Landau was in two episodes of TOL. The best one is called Than Who Was Never Born.