Patrick Cronin

Patrick J. Cronin is the actor who played the role of Erko in the fifth season episode . Cronin filmed his scenes for this episode on Wednesday , Thursday , and Monday on Paramount Stage 8 and 9.
Cronin co-starred with fellow Next Generation guest actor Paul Sorvino on the short-lived police drama The Oldest Rookie. He previously had a recurring role on during the 1978-79 season. Starring in this series was Victor Tayback. Cronin also made several appearances as George "Sparky" Henderson in the more recent sitcom, Home Improvement (1996-1999).
Aside from his appearance on The Next Generation, other TV shows on which he has made guest appearances include (starring Ricardo Montalban), Archie Bunker's Place (with Bill Quinn), (with Kelsey Grammer, the first two episodes of (with Corbin Bernsen, (with John Larroquette), (with Robert Picardo), and (with Jason Alexander). 
He has also appeared in a few made-for-TV movies, including (1980, featuring Casey Biggs, Jeannetta Arnette, and Julie Cobb), (1984, starring Joan Collins, Ed Lauter, and Charles Napier), 1988's Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (with David Graf), (1990, with Barbara Babcock and Janet MacLachlan), and (1991, with Alan Oppenheimer). The latter movie was a biography on Lucille Ball and her husband, Desi Arnaz, who were the founders of Desilu Studios, the production company that first produced the original Star Trek.
Cronin's feature film credits include (1984, featuring Clint Howard, Bill Smitrovich, Valerie Wildman, Christopher Thomas, and Charles Macaulay), (1990, starring Kirstie Alley and Scott Bakula), and (1992, starring Larry Drake, Cliff DeYoung, John Vickery, and William Dennis Hunt and co-written and directed by Manny Coto).
Among his most recent credits are episodes of The Magnificent Seven (2000, with Brad Greenquist, Andrew Kavovit, Ron Perlman, Michelle Phillips, and Rick Worthy) and Sabrine, the Teenage Witch (2001, with Mark Chaet) and the 2004 comedy Forever for Now.
Cronin is currently Director of the division of Performing Arts in the Honors College at East Tennessee State University. 
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