David Clennon

David Clennon is the American actor who played Doctor Crell Moset as the Medical Consultant Program Beta one in the fifth season episode . A die-hard political activist, Clennon is almost as well known for his "hands-on" approach in politics as he is for his acting roles. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois and is married to Perry Adleman.
He is best known for his Emmy Award-nominated role as Miles Drentell on , a role which he reprised on Once and Again. Clennon later won an Emmy for his performance in an episode of Dream On entitled "For Peter's Sake", playing the title character, with Michael McKean and starring Paul Dooley and Chris Demetral.
== Film work ==
Clennon made his Hollywood acting debut in (1973). His next feature film appearance was (1978, starring Ronny Cox and Gail Strickland).
He subsequently co-starred in such acclaimed films as (1978, with Bruce French and Gwen Van Dam), (1978, with Craig Wasson and Clyde Kusatsu), (1979), (1982, also featuring Keith Szarabajka), (1982, with Joel Polis), (1983, with Darryl Henriques), (1985), and (1992, with Victor Garber). In 1981, he had a role in , as did Brent Spiner. He also appeared in (1993) and (1993), both featuring his Voyager co-star Robert Picardo. The latter also featured Dick Miller and William Schallert. Clennon is also known for his role as windbag New York Assistant District Attorney Blanchard in (1986, with Robert Curtis Brown and fellow Voyager guest star Bruce French).
Clennon was more recently a part of the ensemble cast of (2004, co-starring Miguel Ferrer). The following year, Clennon appeared as the assistant Attorney General in . Also starring in this film were star Alexander Siddig, actor Christopher Plummer, and Deep Space Nine and guest actor Robert Foxworth. In addition, Clennon worked with Clifton Collins, Jr. and Rosalind Chao in (2005).
In 2006 Clennon was seen in , along with Neal McDonough, Len Cariou, Gordon Clapp, and James Horan. Clennon then had a role in (2010, with Keri Russell, Alan Ruck, and Lily Mariye).
== Television work ==
He began appearing in made-for-TV movies in the 1970s, beginning with The Migrants in 1974, which co-starred Ed Lauter. He then appeared in (1976, co-starring fellow Star Trek alumni Marc Alaimo, Phillip Richard Allen, Bruce French, Skip Homeier, Robert Ito, Roy Jenson, Paul Kent, Jonathan Lippe, and Alan Oppenheimer). 
Some notable TV movie credits throughout the 1980s and 1990s include Gideon's Trumpet (1980, with Richard Lineback), Special Bulletin (1983, with Kenneth Tigar), and (1993, featuring Reg E. Cathey, Christopher Carroll, Thomas Kopache, Clyde Kusatsu, Dakin Matthews, Lawrence Monoson, Jeffrey Nordling, Sierra Pecheur, and Saul Rubinek). Clennon was also a part of the acclaimed TV mini-series From Earth to the Moon in 1998, as were Sam Anderson, David Andrews, Ronny Cox, Brett Cullen, Robert Curtis Brown, Ann Cusack, David Drew Gallagher, Clint Howard, Daniel Hugh Kelly, John Carroll Lynch, Dakin Matthews, Deborah May, Andy Milder, Kieran Mulroney, Holmes R. Osborne, Ethan Phillips, Harve Presnell, Mark Rolston, Stephen Root, and Alan Ruck.
One of Clennon's earliest TV guest appearances was a 1977 episode of Kojak with the aforementioned Rosalind Chao. Clennon's other TV appearances range from Barney Miller (starring Ron Glass and James Gregory), (with Katherine Moffat and William Windom) and (starring Ron Perlman) to (starring William Shatner and René Auberjonois and guest-starring Michael Ensign and Jack Shearer), (with Van Epperson and Stephen Root), and Scrubs (starring Ken Jenkins). 
Clennon was a regular on , along with Ronny Cox and Daniel Benzali, from 2001 through 2003. In 2006, he was a regular on . More recently, he had a recurring role as "Carl the Watcher" on CBS' . Among those he worked with on the latter series were Bruce Davison, April Grace, and Mark Moses.
== Other Trek / Space connections ==
=== Films ===
*Gray Lady Down (1978) with Ronny Cox, Rosemary Forsyth, Robert Ito, and Stephen McHattie
*The Escape Artist (1982) with Terri Garr
*The Couch Trip (1988) with Michael Ensign and Scott Thomson
*Betrayed (1988) with Albert Hall and Richard Libertini
*Downtown (1990) with Roger Aaron Brown, Ron Canada, and Ron Taylor
*Man Trouble (1992) with Raymond Cruz, Gary Graham, Michael McKean, and Saul Rubinek
*Grace of My Heart (1996) with Bruce Davison
*Playing by Heart (1998) with Matt Malloy and Kellie Waymire
*Anti-Trust (2001) with Dayna Devon and Rick Worthy
*Constellation (2005) with Zoë Saldana, Alec Newman, Gabrielle Union and Clarence Williams III
=== TV Movies ===
*Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987) with David Opatoshu and Harris Yulin
*Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995) with Jimmie F. Skaggs
=== TV Series ===
*, episode Galileo Was Right (1998) as 
*, episode Le voyage dans la lune (1998) as 
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