10 Star Trek Actors Who Have Appeared In The Most Shows
7. Clint Howard - 4
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Actors have appeared in more roles and across more series than Clint Howard, but none can claim to have played roles at such different times of their lives.
The brother of acclaimed film director Ron, Howard first appeared in Trek as far back as 1966 in the episode 'The Corbomite Maneuver', at only seven years of age. Following an accidental foray in 'First Federation' space, The Enterprise finds themselves in a diplomatic deadlock with a remarkably fake looking alien, which later transpires to be a front for the diminutive Balok, testing the humans' ethics.
Twenty nine years later, Howard would return to Trek in the DS9 two parter 'Past Tense', playing a paranoid 'dim' by the name of Grady, who steals Jadzia's combadge believing her to be a 'brain sucking alien'.
Fast forward another seven years and Howard would reappear as Muk, one of three Ferengi (alongside veteran Trek actors Jeffrey Combs and Ethan Phillips) who board The Enterprise after knocking the crew unconscious, in order to loot their resources. Sixteen years later, Howard would make his last Trek appearance in the Discovery Season One finale, as an Orion on Qo'onos who drugs Ensign Tilly.
With a Star Trek CV now spanning 51 years, it's fair to say nobody's coming for this record anytime soon.