Anthony Caruso

Anthony Caruso was the actor who portrayed the Iotian boss Bela Okmyx in the Star Trek episode.

Caruso appeared in numerous feature films, most notably the 1940 crime drama ' and the 1950 film-noir ', both co-starring Marc Lawrence. He also appeared in several films starring his friend Alan Ladd, most notably 1946's. Other film credits include  (1947, with John Hoyt), (1952, with Keith Andes and Torin Thatcher),  (1964, with DeForest Kelley and Whit Bissell), and  (1976, with Robert Phillips and Fred Williamson). Caruso also co-starred in the 1954 western Cattle Queen of Montana with Star Trek stuntman Tom Steele as well as future United States President Ronald Reagan. That film was referenced in 1985's Back to The Future (starring Ivy Bethune, Christopher Lloyd, and Sachi Parker). Caruso had a featured role as Mexican criminal Tiburcio Vasquez who had the Vasquez Rocks named in his honor.

He also made guest appearances on many television programs, including (with Peter Brocco and George D. Wallace),  (with Kenneth Tobey), The Untouchables (with Jason Wingreen and Nehemiah Persoff), ' (with Ted Cassidy and Felix Silla), ' (with James Darren, Whit Bissell, Lee Meriwether, Peter Brocco, and Lawrence Montaigne), ' (with Michael Dunn, Paul Fix, Robert Ellenstein, Susan Oliver, Marj Dusay, and Robert Herron), ' (with Leonard Nimoy and Robert Mandan), and  (with Ricardo Montalban).