According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lawrence Montaigne, an American actor who starred in "Star Trek" (the old version of "Star Trek"), died on Friday local time at the age of 86, and his daughter Jessica announced the news through Facebook.
Lawrence Montaigne played Romulan stardecius and Vulcan Stonn in Star Trek, and at one point had the opportunity to take over the role of Spock, who played Leonard Nimoy.
Stills of Lawrence Montaigne
Montaigne first played Romulan Decius in the first season of the 1966 Star Trek: Primal Series, and in the second season of 1967," "Amok Time," he almost succeeded Leonard Nimoy as Spock, only to be confirmed by Nimoy's return, and Montaigne had to play the Vulcan character Stonn, rubbing shoulders with the famous Spock character.
Leonard Nimoy plays Spock and iconic gesture
For the regret of not starring In Spock, Lawrence Montaigne once said positively in an interview: "I continue to work hard, acting in many movies, Spock will not change any of my life!" ”
Born in Brooklyn, New York, 1931, Montaigne grew up in Rome and began his career on Broadway. He starred in the 1963 adventure action film The Great Escape, directed by John Sturges, as Haynes, a Canadian prisoner of war who was unable to escape.
In ABC's Batman, he plays an impressive robot that transforms perfectly into a bank teller under the control of the Joker. In addition, he has also starred in many film and television works, including the TV series "Secret Agent", "Tiger Guts", "Time Tunnel", "Intruder", as well as the movies "Dragon Country Fragrant Car", "Bloody Sand" and "The Adventures of Devil's Mountain".
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