Some might say I only liked the episode because it had Scott Bakula being beaten up and handcuffed to things. I totally refute any such accusations! Heh.
The truth is, I'm a Jeffrey Combs fan. I don't know why. It's just that he's been in so much Trek now that he's, well, part of the furniture. And his voice has a great timbre. (I was trying to think of a word that described his voice and I came up empty. So timbre might not be quite the right word, but you get what I mean. Hopefully.) That "timbre" means that you can always spot him, however much latex he's hiding under...
I would like to chart his Star Trek career. And I will do so below.
- DS9 (1994): Tiron in Meridian.
- DS9 (1995): first appearance of Brunt, in Family Business.
- DS9 (1996): first appearance of Weyoun, in To the Death.
- DS9 (1998): Mulkahey in Far Beyond the Stars.
- DS9 (1999): Audience member (uncredited) in What You Leave Behind.
- Enterprise (2001): first appearance of Shran, in The Andorian Incident.
- Enterprise (2002): Krem in Acquisition.
I didn't know all that off of the top of my head. I used the Official Star Trek Site and the IMDb. Okay, so maybe I'd be really sad and know things like that where Stargate's concerned, but not Trek. *g*
Anyway, the other Trek actor who was pretty darn funny was Ethan Phillips. He doesn't seem to like being seen without severe makeup on, so maybe character acting in Star Trek is the ideal way for him to make a living. I don't know. Heh.
- TNG (1990): Dr Farek in Menage A Troi.
- Voyager (1995): Neelix.
- First Contact (1996): (uncredited) .... Maitre d'.
- Enterprise (2002): Ulis in Acquisition.
So not so many Trek appearances, but he started off by being a Ferengi and he's ended up by being one. Assuming that he doesn't go on to star in loads of other episodes as different things, like Jeffrey Combs..!
Now there was one other person that I recognised in the episode. (To think that I recognise people underneath all that Ferengi kit is scary.) Now, Clint Howard has been in loads of films, which is probably where I recognise him from. Anyway, he was born in 1959, and he seems to have started his career in 1961. But the really scary thing is that in 1966 he was in an episode of Star Trek called The Corbomite Maneuver. This is what he looked like then. Wow!
He was Grady in the DS9 episode Past Tense: Part 2, as well.
But probably what I recognised him from was Qallupilluit, an episode of The Pretender. *sigh*
He was Smitty, the comms officer in the arctic research centre, just in case you were wondering.
Ho hum.
Jeffrey Combs, then. A great Trek actor. Lovely eyes. Mwahahhaha. I have his autograph, you know. My friend Ivan worked at the Science Museum when they were doing the Trek exhbition. He got me a free DS9 encyclopedia. I had the choice between Marina Sirtis (who has been in Stargate, obviously) and Jeffrey Combs. I chose Jeffrey. And I haven't regretted it. :-p
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