Garry Walberg

Garry Walberg was the New York-born actor who played Commander Hansen in the original Star Trek series episode.

Walberg is best known for playing Speed on the classic television sitcom The Odd Couple from 1970 through 1974. He later played Lieutenant Frank Monahan for all seven seasons of Quincy, M.E. (1976 through 1983). Both series starred, while the latter also featured TNG/VOY guest actor Robert Ito.

In addition, Walberg has appeared in several feature film and made-for-TV movies, nearly all of which feature other Star Trek performers. They are as follows:


 * Gangster Story (1960) with Clegg Hoyt
 * Charro! (1969) with James B. Sikking
 * The Maltese Bippy (1969) with Julie Newmar, Fritz Weaver, Alan Oppenheimer, and Arthur Batanides
 * They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970) with Anthony Zerbe and Jeff Corey, and cinematography by Jerry Finnerman
 * The Organization (1971) with Graham Jarvis
 * Columbo: Lady in Waiting (1971 TV movie) with Jon Lormer
 * The Man (1972) with William Windom, Janet MacLachlan, Robert DoQui, and Barry Russo
 * When the Legends Die (1972) with Rex Holman
 * Amelia Earhart (1976 TV movie) with Susan Oliver, Stephen Macht and Jane Wyatt
 * Two-Minute Warning (1976) with Brock Peters
 * King Kong (1976) with Rene Auberjonois, Ed Lauter, Corbin Bernsen, Ray Buktenica, and Joe Piscopo
 * MacArthur (1977) with Kenneth Tobey
 * Rage! (1980 TV movie) with Vic Tayback, Meg Wyllie, Jonathan Banks, and Lois Hall
 * Command 5 (1985 TV movie) with Marc Alaimo
 * The Spirit (1987) with Nana Visitor and Bumper Robinson

Walberg also had an uncredited role in the 1971 science fiction classic The Andromeda Strain, directed by Robert Wise. Bart LaRue and Michael Pataki had roles in this film, as well.

Besides his appearance on Star Trek, Walberg acted in several episodes of Gunsmoke and Ben Casey, as well as one or two episodes of such shows as The Twilight Zone, Bonanza, The Waltons, The Rockford Files, Starsky and Hutch, Green Acres, and Murder, She Wrote.

On 27 March 2012, Walberg died of chronic pulmonary obstructive disease and congestive heart failure at an assisted-living facility in Northridge, Los Angeles, California. He was 90.

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