Arthur Batanides

Actor Arthur Batanides played in the third season episode .
Batanides made numerous other television appearances, having guest-starred on several episodes of , , , ("Specimen: Unknown" directed by Gerd Oswald), The Twilight Zone, and Mission: Impossible (the latter of which was, like The Original Series, was originally produced by Desilu).
One of Batanides' earliest motion picture appearances was (1956, with Judith Anderson, Lawrence Dobkin, Michael Ansara, Bobby Clark, and Robert Herron). In 1960, he appeared 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 in (1958, opposite Brian Keith) and also appeared in (1961, starred Jeffrey Hunter). In 1963, he appeared on the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe" (with Leonard Nimoy). His other films include (1969, with Julie Newmar and Fritz Weaver), (1975) and (1976, starring Cliff DeYoung and featured Laurence Luckinbill and Bill Quinn. Another TV movie he appeared in was (1979, 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 / 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 , 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 , featuring Walt Davis, Robert C. Johnson, and Vic Perrin as the "Control Voice", and make-up by Fred Phillips. He also appeared in an episode of , starring Don Marshall, and guest starring Joseph Ruskin and Arch Whiting, an episode of , starring Tige Andrews, Clarence Williams III, and 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 , alongside Marj Dusay, Peter Mark Richman, and Ken Lynch, and was in the Perry Mason episode "The case of the Shoplifter's Shoe" with Leonard Nimoy.
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 .
== External links ==
* 
* 
* 
de:Arthur Batanides
es:Arthur Batanides
Category:Performers
Category:TOS performers