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One of 32 actors or actresses to have starred in both the original Star Trek (1966) (up to and including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)), as well as in one of the spin-offs.

Mark Lenard is one of the few actors ever to portray three different aliens on Star Trek: the Romulan commander in Balance of Terror (1966); the Vulcan Sarek (father of Spock) on more than one occasion (Star Trek (1966), Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)) ; and the Klingon captain (the first Klingon to feature a "forehead" using lumpy forehead prosthetics) in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). He also almost played a human; Gene Roddenberry wanted him to portray Abraham Lincoln in The Savage Curtain (1969) but Lenard was unavailable at the time.

Lenard had his hair dyed and makeup applied to his face to make him look older while playing Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock on Star Trek (1966), because he was really only 7 years older than Leonard Nimoy (who played Spock).

Received his Master's degree in theater and speech from the University of Michigan.

Survived by his wife and two daughters (Roberta and Catherine).

Appeared at a "Save the Rose Theatre" event, as part of an exhibition nearby upon the London Southbank. His guest cameo linked other Star Trek (1966) actors, including James Doohan and John de Lancie, who came from the U.S. to participate in a variety of film industry conventions that same same weekend in 1989.