Arthur Tovey

Arthur Tovey was an actor who appeared as a Vulcan civilian in .
Born in Douglas, Arizona, Tovey started to work as an "Extra" in the early 1920s. For over seventy years, he was one of the recurring background actors in both, film and television productions. Tovey was represented through Central Casting and also appeared in the 2000 documentary Central Casting which used footage of James Cromwell. Besides his countless on-screen appearances, he also worked as stand-in and photo double such as for actor on (1939) and (1939, with Phyllis Douglas, photographed by Ernest Haller). Tovey also served in the US Army during WWII. 
== Acting career ==
=== 1920s – 1950s ===
Among his first documented projects in the 1920s and 1930s are (1924) and (1932, with Leonard Mudie). Further film work includes background roles in (1941), (1942), (1946), (1946), (1946), (1946), (1946, with Paul Stader), (1947, with Vic Perrin), (1947, with Paul Baxley and Mary Mascari), (1948, with Jeff Corey), (1948, with Charles Drake), (1949), (1949), (1949), (1950, with Keye Luke), (1950), (1950, with Kenneth Tobey and Benjie Bancroft), (1951, with Jeffrey Hunter and Robert Easton), (1951, with Charles Dayton and Ian Wolfe), (1952, with Gail Bonney), (1953, with Reginald Lal Singh, Joel Marston, and David Sharpe), (1953, with Jean Simmons, Carl Saxe, and Ian Wolfe), (1953, with Pete Kellett), (1953, with Keye Luke), (1953, with Chuck Hicks), (1953, with Jean Simmons, Jay Robinson, Torin Thatcher, Michael Ansara, and Ralph Moratz), (1953), (1955, with John Hoyt, Richard Kiley, Chuck Hicks, and Willard Sage), (1955, with Ralph Moratz), (1956), (1956, with Reggie Nalder and Walter Gotell), (1956, with Jeffrey Hunter and Whit Bissell), (1956), (1956), (1957), (1957), (1957, with Torin Thatcher and William Schallert), (1958, with Sarah Marshall), (1958, with David Opatoshu and Corey Allen), (1958, with Lawrence Dobkin), (1959, with Nehemiah Persoff and Grace Lee Whitney), (1959, with Robert Ellenstein, Stanley Adams, and Lawrence Dobkin), and (1959, with Theodore Bikel and Barbara Luna).
Tovey also had background parts in episodes of (1952), (1952), (1955), (1956), (1956, with Harry Landers), (1958, with Jack Lord and Theo Marcuse), (1958, with William Schallert), (1958, with Harry Landers), (1958, with Keye Luke, , and Hal Needham), (1958-1959, with Jack Perkins), (1957 and 1959, with Torin Thatcher and Celia Lovsky), (1959), (1959), (1957 and 1959, with Georgann Johnson), and (1959-1960, with Paul Lambert).
=== 1960s ===
In the 1960s, he appeared in (1960, with Benjie Bancroft and Wilda Taylor), (1960, with Ian Wolfe and Jon Lormer), (1960, with Noél De Souza), (1960, with Paul Collins), (1960, with David Opatoshu, Jimmie Booth, Phyllis Douglas, and Clegg Hoyt), (1961, with Gregg Palmer), (1961, with Grace Lee Whitney), (1962, with Brian Keith and Bert Remsen), (1962, with Dick Crockett and David Hillary Hughes), (1962, with James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, Whit Bissell, and Reggie Nalder), (1962, with John Megna, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Paul Fix, William Windom, and Kim Hamilton), (1963, with Kim Darby), (1964, with Theodore Bikel and John McLiam), (1965, with Brian Keith, John Anderson, Whit Bissell, Jim Burk, and Bill Borzage), (1965, with Bill Borzage, Bill Catching, Robert Herron, Chuck Hicks, Clegg Hoyt, Carey Loftin, Hal Needham, Gil Perkins, Jack Perkins, Tom Steele, and Jesse Wayne), (1965), (1966, with David Opatoshu and William Glover), (1966, with Lee Meriwether, Frank Gorshin, Gil Perkins, Dick Crockett, George Sawaya, Lou Elias, Eddie Hice, Ed McCready, and Charles Picerni), (1966, with Brian Keith and William O'Connell), (1967, with David Opatoshu, Michael J. Pollard, and Peter Brocco), (1967), (1967, with Kevin Tighe), (1968, with Fletcher Bryant, Sherry Lansing, and John Warburton), (1969, with George Sawaya, Fred Carson, and Al Cavens), (1969), (1969, with Rosemary Forsyth, Peter Brocco, Booker Bradshaw, and Tania Lemani), (1969, with William Schallert, Frank Welker, Ed Begley, Jr., Gail Bonney, and Byron Morrow).
Tovey also appeared in (1960, with Charles Seel), (1961, with Kathie Browne, Ken Lynch, and Fred Carson), (1961-1962, with Peter Mark Richman, Booth Colman, Ray Walston, Eddie Hice, Robert Ellenstein, and Ian Wolfe), (1962), (1962, with Felix Locher and Walt Davis), The Twilight Zone (1959-1963, with Liam Sullivan, Felix Locher, Stanley Adams, and Don Keefer), (1961 and 1963, with John Anderson), (1964, with Parley Baer), (1961 and 1964, with John Fiedler, David Frankham, and William Boyett), (1964-1965, with James Gregory, Booth Colman, Pete Kellett, Reggie Nalder, Ricardo Montalban, and Barry Russo), (1965, with Bill Quinn), (1963-1965, with Benjie Bancroft), (1965, with Jon Lormer), (1965, with Rex Holman and K.L. Smith), (1965, with Lucille Ball), (1958-1966), (1966), (1966), (1964-1967, with Warren Stevens, Bob Hoy, John Copage, James Doohan, Jerry Catron, Carey Loftin, Regis Parton, Jack Palance, Elisha Cook, Sharyn Hillyer, and Al Cavens), (1967, with Yvonne Craig, Frank Gorshin, Joan Collins, and Gil Perkins), (1964 and 1967, with Paul Sorensen and John A. Alonzo), (1967, with William Windom, Troy Melton, Byron Morrow, Hal Baylor, and Mark Russell), (1967-1968, with Keith Andes, Paul Fix, and Alan Oppenheimer), (1968, with Rex Holman, Jon Lormer, Byron Morrow, and Bill Quinn), (1966 and 1969, with Bill Zuckert, Jon Lormer, Robert Ellenstein, Vic Perrin, and Tom Huff), (1969), (1969, with Malachi Throne, Michael Forest, Anthony Caruso, and Benjie Bancroft), and Mission: Impossible (1967 and 1970, with Joseph Campanella, John Colicos, Michael Forest, Felix Locher, Judy Levitt, Leonard Nimoy, Lee Meriwether, Frank da Vinci, and Jack Donner).
=== 1970s ===
In the 1970s, Tovey was featured in (1970, with Graham Jarvis, Thalmus Rasulala, and Paul Dooley), (1970, with Jason Wingreen, Hal Baylor, Walt Davis, and Bill Borzage), (1970, with Keith Andes, William Schallert, Ken Lynch, Charlie Picerni, and Bill Zuckert), (1970, with Lucille Ball, William Shatner, and Kay E. Kuter), (1971, with William Windom, Ricardo Montalban, Karl Bruck, Walker Edmiston, Janos Prohaska, and James B. Sikking), (1971, with Parley Baer, Jason Wingreen, Fred Carson, and Regis Parton), (1972, with Kenneth Mars, Stefan Gierasch, Graham Jarvis, Carl Saxe, Jack Perkins, Gil Perkins, and Jerry Summers), (1972, with William Windom, Frank Welker, and Ed Begley, Jr.), (1973, with Joanna Cassidy and Elisha Cook), (1973, with Ray Walston, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Ed Bakey, Susan French, and Byron Morrow), (1974, with Geneviève Bujold, John S. Ragin, George Murdock, Gene Dynarski, Benjie Bancroft, Kenny Endoso, Jerry Hardin, Jimmy Nickerson, Charlie Picerni, George Sawaya, and Dick Warlock), (1974, with Terri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Ian Abercrombie, Benjie Bancroft, and Clement von Franckenstein), (1975, with Jay Robinson, Joan Marshall, and Michelle Phillips), (1976, with Teri Garr, Ricardo Montalban, Dean Stockwell, Keye Luke, and Morgan Farley), (1976, with Michael Dorn, Jeri McBride, and Lavelle Roby), (1977, with Dick Miller), (1977, with Gary Morgan, Jeff Conaway, Robert Easton, and Debra Dilley), (1977, with David Huddleston, James B. Sikking, Barbara Bosson, and Allan Graf), (1978), and (1979, with Brian Keith, Joseph Campanella, Michael Zaslow, Bibi Besch, Clyde Kusatsu, Christine Anne Baur, Bill Couch, Sr., John Moio, and Jesse Wayne).
Tovey was featured in episodes of (1966-1970, with Leslie Parrish, Paul Sorensen, and Susan Oliver), (1970, with David Soul, Mark Lenard, David Oppenheimer, and Carolyne Barry), (1979), (1970, with Marj Dusay, Diana Muldaur, and Mark Russell), (1970, with Brian Keith), (1970, with William Windom, Diana Muldaur, and Byron Morrow), (1968 and 1972, with Barbara Anderson, Parley Baer, Hal Needham, Paul Winfield, and George Sawaya), (1960-1973, with Perry Lopez, Steve Ihnat, Walker Edmiston, and Jimmie Booth), (1973, with Keene Curtis, Julian Christopher, Robert Mandan, Bill Quinn, Johnny Haymer, and Bruce Watson), (1974, with George Murdock), (1973-1974, with David Huddleston, Antoinette Bower, Benjie Bancroft, Andrew Prine, Gregory Sierra, and Ian Wolfe), (1974), (1972-1975, with Richard Kiley, Ed Bakey, Gail Bonney, Bill Borzage, David Huddleston, Don Keefer, Pete Kellett, Louis Elias, and Benjie Bancroft), (1972-1975, with John Fiedler and Benjie Bancroft), (1975, with William Shatner, Rosemary Forsyth, David Spielberg, Lance LeGault, and Jimmie Booth), (1975, with Bill Mumy and Noble Willingham), (1976, with David Opatoshu and Mark Russell), (1976, with David Soul and Liam Sullivan), (1976), (1977, with Richard Mulligan), (1978, with Kenneth Tigar), and (1979, with Don Keefer).
=== 1980s – 1990s ===
In his last years, Tovey had background roles in episodes of (1982, with Darleen Carr, Cliff Potts, and Sid Haig), (1978-1983, with Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin, Robert Ito, John Colicos, and Warren Munson), (1983, with Elisha Cook, Robert Lansing, Bobby Bass, Charlie Picerni, and Louis Elias), (1984), (1985-1986, with John Beck, Gary Lockwood, Allan Miller, Judy Geeson, and Richard Herd), (1983-1986, with Penny Johnson, Norman Lloyd, Steve Vinovich, and Todd Jeffries), (1987, with Cliff Potts and Barry Jenner), (1988, with Terrence Evans), (1988, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Joseph Paz, Lee Allen, Mark Reilly, Lemuel Perry, Dawn Grisheau, Walter Smith, Rebecca Soladay, and Jay Crimp), , and .
Tovey's later film work include Death Ray 2000 (1981, with Richard Lineback and Clive Revill), (1984, with Richard Mulligan, Wallace Shawn, Robert Symonds, George Coe, Gene LeBell, and Joe Davis), (1985, starring Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Thomas F. Wilson, with Ivy Bethune, Jeff O'Haco and Sachi Parker), (1986, with Matthew Faison, Graham Jarvis, Jeanne Mori, Hilary Shepard Turner, Dick Hancock, Phil Culotta, Michele Marsh, Ellen Albertini Dow, Skip Stellrecht, Denver Mattson, and Rick Sawaya), (1987, with Bibi Besch, Cecile Callan, Ron Taylor, Mike Starr, Laura Drake, Roy Brocksmith, Faith Minton, Darwyn Carson, Pat Romano, Lloyd Kino, and Cristian Letelier), (1996, with Eddie Murphy, Nichole McAuley, Tony Carlin, John Prosky, Michael Rothhaar, Julianne Christie, and Athena Massey), and To The Ends of Time (1996, with Wayne Thomas Yorke, Glenn Harris, Cully Fredricksen, Gary Kasper, and Richard Tanner).
Tovey passed away at his home in Van Nuys on 20 October 2000 at the age of 95. (Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2000, p. 221)
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