Joel Marston

Joel Marston was an actor and dialogue coach who worked on the first four between and . He received credit as "dialogue coach" in the end credits of . On , he also received credit as "Crew Chief" but was misspelled as Joel Marstan. According to the call sheet for Star Trek III, dated Friday , Marston also worked as stand-in on this film. Marston, who met William Shatner through their interest in dogs, worked as dialogue coach for Shatner on the first three Star Trek films.
Marston's acting career went over five decades. He started working in the 1940s with appearances in the crime comedy The Sky Dragon (1949, with Keye Luke), (1949), the drama Forgotten Women (1949), (1949), and (1949).
Further acting work include (1950, with Chuck Courtney), (1951), (1951, with Whit Bissell, William Schallert, Arthur Tovey, and Shep Houghton), (1951), (1951), (1952), (1952, with William Meader and Julie Newmar), (1952), (1952, with William Schallert), (1952, with Dick Crockett), (1952, with Whit Bissell), (1953), (1953, with Hubie Kerns, Sr. and William Schallert), (1953, with William Meader, Reginald Lal Singh, and Arthur Tovey), (1953, with Chuck Hicks, William Meader, and Arthur Tovey), (1953), (1953), (1953, with Vic Perrin and Shep Houghton), and (1953, with Kenneth Tobey, Anthony Caruso, Roy Jenson, and Morgan Jones).
Marston also appeared in episodes of Rebound (1952), Gruen Guild Playhouse (1952), The Cisco Kid (1952, with Troy Melton), Gang Busters (1952), Fireside Theatre (1952), General Electric Theater (1953), Dragnet (1953), (1954), Space Patrol (1952-1954), Waterfront (1954), (1955), Public Defender (1955, with Ron Gans), The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1954-1955, with John Hoyt), (1954-1955), (1956), (1956), Sally (1958), Matinee Theatre (1956-1958, with John Hoyt), Flight (1958), (1958), The Silent Service (1958), and Tales of the Vikings (1959).
He worked on (1955), (1955), (1956), (1957), (1958), (1958), (1958, with Robert Fortier), and (1958, with Jean Simmons, Gail Bonney, and Chuck Hicks).
In the 1960s, Marston appeared in (1960), (1961, with Frank Gorshin), the drama Harlow (1965, with Celia Lovsky, Nick Dimitri, Ron Gans, William Meader, and Arthur Tovey), and in episodes of Letter to Loretta (1960), (1960), (1960, with George D. Wallace), (1960, with Charles Drake, Robert Fortier, and Roy Jenson), Branded (1965, with Ian Wolfe and Bob Hoy), and The Lucy Show (1965-1966, with Lucille Ball, Keith Andes, Parley Baer, and Jack Perkins).
In the 1970s, he played Owen Stratton in the daily soap General Hospital (1974-1976) and worked on (1971, with Dyanne Thorne), (1978, with Hamilton Camp, Keene Curtis, Morgan Farley, Ed Peck, Jim Boeke, and Robert Fortier), and (1971, with John Schuck, , Dick Crockett, and Jack Perkins).
Besides his work on the Star Trek films, Marston also appeared on (1981, with Joan Collins, Lee Bergere, Peter Mark Richman, Lloyd Haynes, John Blower, George Sasaki, Robert Strong, Tony Dante, Tim Werner, Peter Eastman, and Arthur Tovey), Flamingo Road (1982, with John Beck and Paul Lambert), and The Colbys (1986, with Stephanie Beacham, Tracy Scoggins, Ricardo Montalban, Frieda Rentie, Suzanne Lodge, Roger Trantham, Tim McCormack, John Hugh McKnight, Peter White, Neal Kaz, Judson Scott, Peter Eastman, Gene Poe, and Gayle Frank). He then worked as dialogue coach on the television series The Love Boat. Between 1982 and 1986, he worked as dialogue coach for William Shatner on , starring Shatner, Richard Herd, and James Darren. In addition, he was featured in two episodes in 1983 and 1986 (with David Froman, Nanci Rogers, Don Pulford, and David Zellitti on the latter one).
Following his acting career, Marston became internationally well-known as breeder of Chow Chows and proprietor of Starcrest Kennels in California. He also worked as long-standing water aerobic instructor in Jacksonville, Florida. He passed away on 18 October 2012 at the age of 90 at his home in Jacksonville, Florida. 
== Star Trek appearances ==
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