Arthur Batanides

Actor Arthur Batanides appeared on Star Trek: The Original Series, playing Lieutenant D'Amato, the Senior Geologist of the starship Enterprise, in the episode.

Batanides has made numerous other television appearances, having guest-starred on several episodes of ', ', ', ' ("Specimen: Unknown" directed by Gerd Oswald), and  (the latter of which was, like TOS, originally produced by Desilu).

One of Batanides' earliest motion picture appearances was in the 1956 biblical epic . Judith Anderson, Lawrence Dobkin, Michael Ansara, Bobby Clark and Robert Herron also had roles in this film. In 1960, he would also appear in another epic, . This film also featured Jean Simmons, Peter Brocco, John Hoyt, William Blackburn, Paul Lambert, Dick Crockett, Seamon Glass and was narrated by Vic Perrin.

He had a supporting role opposite Brian Keith in the film in 1958 and also appeared in the 1961 film  (not to be confused with the TOS episode ), which starred Jeffrey Hunter. His other films include 1969's (with Julie Newmar and Fritz Weaver), 1975's  starring John Wayne), and the 1976 made-for-TV movie, which starred Cliff DeYoung and featured Laurence Luckinbill and Bill Quinn. Another TV movie he appeared in was 1979's , featuring Robert Brown, Stewart Moss, Bill Quinn, and James B. Sikking.

In the 1980s, the only film role Batanides played was that of Old Max Kirkland in four of the ' sequels, beginning with 1985's '. All of these films starred DS9/VOY guest actor David Graf. Two of these films also featured Brian Tochi. Following 1989's , which besides Graf also featured Matt McCoy and Kenneth Mars, Batanides retired from acting.

On television, Batanides appeared as Batu Kahn in an episode of The Time Tunnel, starring James Darren, Whit Bissell and Lee Meriwether, which was co-written by Robert Hamner. He also appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone, including "Mr. Denton on Doomsday", co-starring Ken Lynch and Bill Erwin, and a Gerd Oswald-directed episode of The Outer Limits, featuring Walt Davis, Robert C. Johnson, and Vic Perrin as the "Control Voice", and make-ups by Fred Phillips. He also appeared in an episode of Land of the Giants, starring Don Marshall, and guest starring Joseph Ruskin and Arch Whiting, an episode of The Mod Squad, starring Tige Andrews, Clarence Williams III, produced by Harve Bennett, and an episode of It Takes a Thief, directed by Oswald and guest starring Francine Pyne. He also guest starred in an episode of Galactica 1980, alongside Marj Dusay, Peter Mark Richman and Ken Lynch.

Arthur Batanides passed away in Los Angeles, California on January 10th, 2000 at the age of 76. He died the same day as John Newland, the director of.