Sean Kenney

Sean David Kenney is a former actor who played the mute, disfigured Christopher Pike in the first season episodes and and DePaul in and .
He filmed his scenes for "The Menagerie" on Wednesday , Thursday , and between Monday and Wednesday at Desilu Stage 9 and Stage 10. He filmed his scenes for "Arena" on Tuesday , Monday and Tuesday , at Stage 9. He filmed his scenes for "A Taste of Armageddon" on Tuesday and Wednesday , also at Stage 9.
Kenney received the part of the disfigured Captain Pike – his first acting job in Hollywood – due to his uncanny resemblance to Jeffrey Hunter (who appeared as Pike via archive footage from ) and his willingness to tolerate all the makeup and sitting motionless in the wheelchair-box for hours. He was interviewed personally by Gene Roddenberry who okayed him for the part. He was later cast as DePaul as a compensation for all his "suffering". (These Are the Voyages: TOS Season One, 1st ed., p. 340)
Kenney's short movie and television career spans nine movies and five television guest spots. His only other television appearance beside his Star Trek roles were in a 1968 episode of Get Smart, directed by . In the 1970s, Kenney appeared in the lurid exploitation film The Manson Murders, which also had Blaisdel Makee in the cast.
In 1980, Kenney retired from acting and became a commercial photographer in the Los Angeles area, specializing in corporate portraits and "head shots". 
In 2016, he was slated to play "Commodore DePaul" in the fan film Star Trek: Captain Pike, alongside Linda Park, Bruce Davison, Walter Koenig, Ray Wise, and Chase Masterson, however, the project has never been released in any form.
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