16 Star Trek Actors Who Died In 2025
2. Jonathan Farwell - 22nd November 2025
Jonathan Farwell appeared in the first season episode of The Next Generation, Conspiracy, as the captain of the USS Horatio, Walker Keel. This was in 1988, which was the same year he was cast in his most recognisable television role of George Rawlins on The Young And The Restless.
Farwell had a long history in theatre, serving as Yul Brynner's understudy for hundreds of performances of The King and I. He joked in recent years that he never got the chance to actually play the part because if Yul had been ill, "they simply would have cancelled" - as he believed the audiences were there to see him!
He was remembered by his daughter, Alison, as a true "matinee idol", standing over six feet tall, with a commanding voice and a wonderful singing voice. He was married twice, first to Jo Anne Gaines and then later to his frequent collaborator, Debbie Note.
In 2014, he was interviewed, during which he said:
It is difficult not to be seduced by the glory of holding an audience in the palm of your hand, which has occurred a few times for me over the years
He was 93 when he died.