This Article is From Aug 03, 2013

Star Trek villain Michael Ansara dies at 91

Star Trek villain Michael Ansara dies at 91

Michael Ansara played the original Klingon in the Star Trek TV series

Highlights

  • Actor Michael Ansara, who played the original Klingon on three different Star Trek TV series, has died. He was 91.
  • Ansara, who was married to actress Barbara Eden of I Dream of Jeannie fame, died on July 31 at his home in Calabasas, California, after a prolonged illness, his former publicist Michael B Druxman said.
  • Ansara was survived by Beverly, his wife of 36 years, sister Rose, niece Michelle and nephew Michael John, said the Hollywood Reporter.
  • Born in a small village in Syria to American parents, Ansara starred as Native American characters on two 1950s primetime series: ABC's Western Broken Arrow (as Cochise) and NBC's Law of the Plainsman (as Deputy US Marshal Sam Buckhart, another Apache).
  • He also had major roles films like Julius Caesar and The Robe, Jupiter's Darling, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Comancheros, The Greatest Story Ever Told among others.
Los Angeles: Actor Michael Ansara, who playedthe original Klingon on three different Star Trek TV series,has died. He was 91.

Ansara, who was married to actress Barbara Eden of IDream of Jeannie fame, died on July 31 at his home in Calabasas,California, after a prolonged illness, his former publicistMichael B Druxman said.

Ansara was survived by Beverly, his wife of 36 years,sister Rose, niece Michelle and nephew Michael John, said theHollywood Reporter.

Born in a small village in Syria to American parents,Ansara starred as Native American characters on two 1950sprimetime series: ABC's Western Broken Arrow (as Cochise)and NBC's Law of the Plainsman (as Deputy US Marshal SamBuckhart, another Apache).

He also had major roles films like Julius Caesar and TheRobe, Jupiter's Darling, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,The Comancheros, The Greatest Story Ever Told amongothers.
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