Credits Trek!

When i write film/TV reviews, i like to list a credit or two for actors i mention by name. I do this because i have genuine affection for them, and because it's fun. I often avoid the obvious credits - i choose based on hipness, genre, or the entertainment potential in the obscure. Who knew that so-and-so had a line in COCOON: THE REVENGE? It's not about snarking...i like actors, and they ply a cruel trade. Who am i to laugh because someone kept food on the table by playing a pizza gal in SAVED BY THE BELL - TRADE SCHOOL?
Well, okay, once in a blue moon a little snark never hurt anyone.
But never mean-spiritedly! And i never give a TV credit based on a single appearance. My benchmark is a minimum of three episodes as a recurring character.
In TV reviews however, i generally take the regulars for granted and only list credits for guest stars. I figure the regulars get enough attention. It's time though, to rectify that for the most copiously reviewed show on this site - STAR TREK! It's time to give the regulars from these five series their moment in the spotlight (or lowlight, or sidelight). For fun's sake, i'll go a little more obscure than normal, and suspend that three-episode minimum. Let the smiles, surprises, or salutes roll. If there's a little snarkery herein, it's hopefully the kind in which a little voice at the back of your mind says, "Okay...yeah, i kinda gotta see that."
STAR TREK
george takei* (TWILIGHT ZONE, MIAMI VICE)
william shatner (HOWDY DOODY, MORK & MINDY)
leonard nimoy (GET SMART, BANGLES GREATEST HITS)
nichelle nichols (PEYTON PLACE, TARZAN)
walter koenig (GIDGET, I SPY)
deforest kelley (GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL, THE DONNA REED SHOW)
james doohan** (BEWITCHED, MACGYVER)
THE NEXT GENERATION***
wil wheaton (THE LAST STARFIGHTER, FAMILY TIES)
patrick stewart (WILD GEESE II, BAMBI II)
brent spiner (HILL STREET BLUES, MAMA'S FAMILY)
marina sirtis (BLIND DATE, DEATH WISH 3)
diana muldaur (MOD SQUAD, KUNG FU)
gates mcfadden (THE MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER)
jonathan frakes (CHARLIE'S ANGELS, THE DUKES OF HAZZARD+)
michael dorn (ROCKY, PUNKY BREWSTER)
denise crosby (TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER, 48 HRS.)
levar burton (LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR, FANTASY ISLAND)
DEEP SPACE NINE
nana visitor (KNIGHT RIDER, DOOGIE HOWSER M.D.)
alexander siddig (KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, SYRIANA)
armin shimerman (WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW!, COP ROCK)
colm meaney (MOONLIGHTING, THE GAMBLER III)
cirroc lofton (BEETHOVEN, MOESHA)
terry farrell (THE COSBY SHOW, BACK TO SCHOOL)
nicole de boer (TEKWAR++, NATIONAL LAMPOON'S SENIOR TRIP)
avery brooks (A MAN CALLED HAWK, AMERICAN HISTORY X)
rene auberjonois (KING KONG, WONDER WOMAN)
VOYAGER
garrett wang (FLESH SUITCASE, THE AUTEUR THEORY)
tim russ (SPACEBALLS, 21 JUMP STREET)
jeri ryan (WHO'S THE BOSS?, BOSTON LEGAL+++)
robert picardo (SILVER SPOONS, AMAZON WOMEN ON THE MOON)
ethan philips (LEAN ON ME, JEFFREY)
kate mulgrew (REMO WILLIAMS: THE ADVENTURE BEGINS, CHEERS)
robert duncan mcneill (MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE, QUANTUM LEAP)
jennifer lien (THE LION KING 2, AMERICAN HISTORY X)
roxann dawson (A CHORUS LINE, BAYWATCH)
robert beltran (EATING RAOUL, BUGSY)
ENTERPRISE
connor trineer (TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES)
linda park (JURASSIC PARK III, CRASH)
anthony montgomery^ (I'M THROUGH WITH WHITE GIRLS, FRASIER)
dominic keating (JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER)
jolene blalock (STARGATE SG-1, STARSHIP TROOPERS 3)
john billingsley (THE WEST WING, CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES)
scott bakula (MAJOR LEAGUE: BACK TO THE MINORS, AMERICAN BEAUTY)

* also appeared in the 1975 series KHAN!
** also played chief o'brien in the 1992 film DOUBLE TROUBLE
*** five cast members had roles on GARGOYLES (six if you count colm meaney, plus three TREK actors from other series)
+ boss hogg's son
++ yes, shatner
+++ yes, shatner
^ please don't tell me he was in ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA?