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RIP William Campbell, 87, actor (Star Trek)
« on: May 02, 2011, 11:24:38 AM »
William Campbell appeared in numerous film and TV roles including 'Star Trek' and Elvis Presley's first film, 'Love Me Tender.'  His 'Star Trek' roles included episodes during each of first two TV seasons, including playing a Klingon warrior in the second-season episode "The Trouble With Tribbles."  He returned to the role in a 1994 episode of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine."  His other film roles included "The High and the Mighty" in 1954, "Cell 2455 Death Row" in 1955, "The Naked and the Dead" in 1958, "Dementia 13" with director Francis Ford Coppola in 1963 and "Hush Hush, Sweet Charlotte" in 1964.  In the '50s he was married to Judith Campbell Exner, who went on to have an affair with President Kennedy.
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-william-campbell-20110501,0,2452500.story