John Rice

John Rice is the actor who appeared as a sciences officer in several episodes of . He received no credit for his appearances and was identified by the call sheet for the episode .
He also worked as stand-in on several episodes such as utility stand-in on the fourth season episode and as stand-in for actor Jim Norton on the episode . According to the call sheet, Rice was scheduled to appear in the fourth season episodes on the bridge, in scenes in Ten Forward, and in corridor scenes but was not filmed.
As an interesting sidenote, Rice is the fourth person (standing in the background at the top right-hand corner) present (alongside Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, and Michael Dorn) on the popular "Angry Picard" internet meme image, which originated as a screencapture from . 
Outside of Star Trek, Rice appeared as a waiter in the Dynasty episode "The Son Also Rises" (1989, with Tracy Scoggins, Stephanie Beacham, Joan Collins, and Lee Faranda), as a restaurant patron in the Cheers episode "Sisterly Love" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Joseph Paz, Lee Allen, Rebecca Soladay, Jay Crimp, Peter Eastman, Lemuel Perry, and Robert Buckingham), as a bar patron in the Cheers episodes "A Bar Is Born" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Lee Allen, Rebecca Soladay, David B. Levinson, Melba Gonzalez, Michael Wilkinson, Lorine Mendell, Natalie Wood, and Casey Kono), "How to Marry a Mailman" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Lee Allen, Mark Lentry, Jay Crimp, Keith Rayve, and Michael Braveheart), and "The Stork Brings a Crane" (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Casey Kono, Joseph Paz, Mark Reilly, Rebecca Soladay, and Ivonne Perez), as Steve in The Golden Girls episode "Valentine's Day" (1989, with John Harnagel), as a gatecrasher in the Who's the Boss? episode "Party Double" (1989, with Peter White), as Mr. Gaines in the drama The Forbidden Dance (1990, with Sid Haig, Richard Lynch, and Bobby Apisa), and as a congressman in the comedy The Distinguished Gentleman (1992, with Victor Rivers, Noble Willingham, Gary Frank, Daniel Benzali, Julianna McCarthy, Dion Anderson, Gary Price, Lena Banks, Sam Alejan, Jim Portnoy, Gene Poe, Lou DeGrado, John Copage, Sherry O'Keefe, S. Reed, Scott Barry, Robert Buckingham, and Irving Ross).
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Category:Performers
Category:TNG performers
Category:Stand-ins