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Majel Barrett Roddenberry (23 February 1932 – 18 December 2008; age 76) was a recurring actress in the Star Trek franchise and was the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Her most frequent portrayal in Star Trek, besides the computer, was that of Christine Chapel on Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and in two of the films. She also voiced M'Ress and several other characters on The Animated Series and later played Betazoid Ambassador Lwaxana Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Her first filmed appearance was in the original Star Trek pilot episode "The Cage" as Number One in 1964. link

Jeffrey Alan Combs (born 9 September 1954; age 70) is an actor who has the distinction of portraying nine different characters on four Star Trek television series link

Vaughn Dale Armstrong, Jr. (born 7 July 1950; age 74) is a veteran Star Trek actor who is noted for portraying twelve separate characters in twenty-eight episodes over four separate series. link

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[–] ummthatguy 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Bill Blair for the win with over 40 different characters. All uncredited background.

Memory Alpha page

[–] grue 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In 2011, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized Bill Blair as the record holder in the category of "The Most Special Effect Make-Up Characters Portrayed in a Career" with 202 different characters.

Well that's pretty neat!

That said, I'm not sure uncredited non-speaking roles are really comparable to guest-starring roles.

[–] ummthatguy 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fair is fair. If we're talking speaking roles, then after Vaughn Armstrong, it comes down to an 8-way tie between John K. Shull, Paul S. Eckstein, Joseph Ruskin, Thomas Kopache, Paul Boehmer, Randy Oglesby, J.G. Hertzler, and the man himself Combs. Most appearances in general still belongs to Our Man Dorn.

[–] grue 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Most appearances in general still belongs to Our Man Dorn.

Does the voice of the ship's computer not count as an "appearance?"

[–] ummthatguy 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

She ranks #3, after everyone's favorite Chief Engineer O'Brien, per IMDB.

Edit: It should be noted that after Majel's passing and subsequent new series, Dorn dominates all.

[–] negativenull 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh wow! I missed him!!! Now I'm ashamed

[–] ummthatguy 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No worries. I've been sitting on that bit of info for a spell and uncertain of how to express it. So, if nothing else, thank you for knocking that one loose! And I've just come up with a way to make that trivia its own meme.

[–] negativenull 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well done then!

[–] ummthatguy 4 points 1 month ago

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I didn't know the actress who played Lwaxana has passed

I really love that character, she did an incredible job playing Lwaxana.

[–] aeronmelon 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

More than just an actress. Majel is the one who encouraged Gene to pitch Star Trek to producers after suggesting some changes to his original idea. She’s one of the reasons the show existed at all.

Her last role in Star Trek was the voice of the computer in the 2009 reboot movie. Unfortunately, she died before it was released.

[–] VindictiveJudge 3 points 1 month ago

She also was the computer voice in the last two episodes of PIC thanks to archive audio.

[–] Buddahriffic 1 points 1 month ago

I couldn't stand the character. It feels like another level of evil to be able to read minds but still trample the fuck over everyone's boundaries.

[–] electric 6 points 1 month ago

I had no idea Forrest's actor was in so many roles. Great post.