Talk:Mission: Impossible

Was there some connection here between Trek and MI, or were they just in production at the same time and pressed for budget? That's a lot of names. Weyoun 22:38, 3 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Apparently, the only in-Trek reference is the ref it gives, but that's enough to make it canon. As for the list of names, I'm not sure if that's quite needed. -Platypus Man | Talk 22:46, 3 Dec 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, I didn't mean is it canon. Sorry, I was just referring to the immense list of names. :-) Weyoun 23:12, 3 Dec 2005 (UTC)

I removed:

Star Trek Actors Who've Made Appearances on Mission: Impossible

 * Sharon Acker
 * Marc Grady Adams
 * Barbara Anderson
 * John Aniston
 * Michael Ansara
 * Lou Antonio
 * David Armstrong
 * John Arndt
 * Barry Atwater
 * Barbara Babcock
 * Ed Bakey
 * Michael Barrier
 * Harry Basch
 * Arthur Batanides
 * Eliezer Behar
 * Michael Bell
 * Lee Bergere
 * Alan Bergmann
 * Joseph Bernard
 * Theodore Bikel
 * Antoinette Bower
 * William Boyett
 * Bob Bralver
 * Victor Brandt
 * David Brian
 * Peter Brocco
 * Karl Bruck
 * Brooke Bundy
 * Carl Byrd
 * Joseph Campanella
 * Fred Carson
 * Anthony Caruso
 * Joanna Cassidy
 * Lilyan Chauvin
 * Joan Collins
 * Booth Colman
 * John Colicos
 * John Copage
 * Chuck Courtney
 * John Crawford
 * Tom Curtis
 * James Daly
 * James Daris
 * Henry Darrow
 * Walt Davis
 * Vince Deadrick Sr.
 * Lee Delano
 * Winston DeLugo
 * Noel De Souza
 * Dick Dial
 * Charles Dierkop
 * Lawrence Dobkin
 * Jack Donner
 * Robert DoQui
 * Charles Drake
 * Lee Duncan
 * Gene Dynarski
 * Don Eitner
 * Robert Ellenstein
 * Biff Elliot
 * Jason Evers
 * Diana Ewing
 * Morgan Farley
 * Brioni Farrell
 * Michael Forest
 * Ted Gehring
 * James Gregory
 * Sid Haig
 * Karl Held
 * Chuck Hicks
 * Marianna Hill
 * Erik Holland
 * Rex Holman
 * Skip Homeier
 * Patrick Horgan
 * Susan Howard
 * Vince Howard
 * David Hurst
 * Steve Ihnat
 * Roy Jenson
 * Don Keefer
 * Pete Kellett
 * Irene Kelly
 * Paul Kent
 * Max Kleven
 * Paul Lambert
 * Bart La Rue
 * Mark Lenard
 * Judy Levitt
 * Jonathan Lippe
 * Gary Lockwood
 * Perry Lopez
 * Jon Lormer
 * William Lucking
 * Barbara Luna
 * Charles Macauley
 * Blaisdell Makee
 * Biff Manard
 * Robert Mandan
 * Monte Markham
 * Steven Marlo
 * Scott Marlowe
 * Bruce Mars
 * Don Marshall
 * Arlene Martel
 * Nan Martin
 * Lev Mailer
 * Charles Maxwell
 * Ed McCready
 * John McLiam
 * Lee Meriwether
 * Dallas Mitchell
 * Lawrence Montaigne
 * Ricardo Montalban
 * Byron Morrow
 * Charles Napier
 * Leonard Nimoy
 * William O'Connell
 * David Opatoshu
 * Gregg Palmer
 * Eddie Paskey
 * Michael Pataki
 * Vic Perrin
 * Nehemiah Persoff
 * Brock Peters
 * Robert Phillips
 * Phillip Pine
 * John S. Ragin
 * Logan Ramsey
 * Thalmus Rasulala
 * Rhodes Reason
 * Madlyn Rhue
 * Peter Mark Richman
 * Davis Roberts
 * Percy Rodriguez
 * Joseph Ruskin
 * Barry Russo
 * Leon Russom
 * Alfred Ryder
 * Robert Sampson
 * William Sargent
 * George Sawaya
 * William Schallert
 * John Schuck
 * Eric Server
 * William Shatner
 * Gregory Sierra
 * William Smith
 * William Smithers
 * Ron Soble
 * Abraham Sofaer
 * Rudy Solari
 * Paul Sorenson
 * Jerry Spicer
 * Warren Stevens
 * Dean Stockwell
 * Michael Strong
 * George Takei
 * Vic Tayback
 * Torin Thatcher
 * Malachi Throne
 * Tom Troupe
 * Irene Tsu
 * Ray Walston
 * Bruce Watson
 * Fritz Weaver
 * James Wellman
 * John Wheeler
 * Paul Winfield
 * William Windom
 * Jason Wingreen
 * William Wintersole
 * Katherine Woodville
 * Tony Young
 * Anthony Zerbe

This article is specifically for canonical references in the Star Trek universe. Because these names were not referenced on Star Trek, they do not belong in the article. --From Andoria with Love 07:33, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * The current background comment about Nimoy being a regular is all that is needed, the list from above is overkill and not compatible with MA rules -- Kobi - (   ) 12:56, 4 Dec 2005 (UTC)


 * Exactly. As exhaustive as I'm sure the research was, the list above is just way too much for an article based primarily on canonically referenced material only. Thanks, Kobi. --From Andoria with Love 23:11, 8 Dec 2005 (UTC)

Actor list
I'd like to propose either removing the list of crossover actors or placing the list in a drop down menu to save page space, preferably the first option as I don't see the relevance of having it here. --| TrekFan Open a channel 13:48, August 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * The should not be removed, it's entirely relevant. That said, there are several formatting options for reducing the length of the page. - 13:58, August 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * I agree that a drop-down menu or something akin to that would be a good idea. :) --Defiant 14:00, August 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead and inserted such a menu. This, of course, can be altered/removed – whatever other archivists feel they'd like it to be. My intent, in the meantime, is just to hide the lengthy actor list, tidying the page a little. --Defiant 17:32, August 11, 2011 (UTC)

That looks much better. --| TrekFan Open a channel 19:03, August 11, 2011 (UTC)
 * It may be prudent to split off a real-world Mission: Impossible article to serve the role of a Doctor Who-type page, while keeping the in-universe reference at the natural title. This would seem to better reflect the two aspects of the current page.–Cleanse ( talk 03:09, August 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * IMO, it now looks fine the way it is (more-or-less). Are there any precedents for the suggested page split? --Defiant 09:53, August 13, 2011 (UTC)
 * There's not really any direct precedent. I was thinking of the general idea of splitting pages when they get too long, or are really two different topics (which I think is the case here, due to our POV). Things like Stephen Hawking/Stephen Hawking (actor), or having Constitution class model split off from . But I'm happy to have the info remain here if others are; I was just presenting another alternative to consider. :-)–Cleanse ( talk 00:48, August 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * I think this page is OK the way it is, but if we did split it we would also need to split the Shakespeare references in Star Trek from William Shakespeare.--31dot 00:53, August 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ha. I'd forgotten about that one. Probably best not to re-open the "essay" can of worms. ;-) Anyway, I'm cool with this page as is if y'all agree.–Cleanse ( talk 01:24, August 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * As I said, I'm fine with its correct format... though I do appreciate you bringing forth an alternative option, so thanks for that, Cleanse. :) --Defiant 08:46, August 14, 2011 (UTC)