Mark Lenard

Mark Lenard (October 15, 1924 – November 22, 1996) was an American actor who is best known for his role as Spock's father, the Vulcan ambassador Sarek, in Star Trek. The actor also had a role as a Romulan in an episode of the original series.
He appeared in Star Trek: The Original Series, two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, three Star Trek movies, and Star Trek: The Animated Series. In Star Trek The Motion Picture, Lenard played a Klingon. Lenard also portrayed Aaron Stempel in Here Comes the Brides and Urko in Planet of the Apes.
Lenard's first fan was his mom. In 1976, Lenard talked about one of his first roles on a segment of the 1937-1956 radio play, Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories: 
==Fandom==
His early, and long-running, fan club Mark Lenard International Fan Club began in 1968. Lenard was an inconsistent participant in that club, something that provided more than a bit of conflict. There are many comments about this sometimes contentious relationship in many issues of the club zine, Despatch.
In 1983, Geoff Allshorn wrote "Requiem", a fan fiction story in the fanzine, These Are The Voyages, which provided an in-universe explanation as to why Mark Lenard appeared as a Romulan (The Romulan Commander) and a Vulcan (Sarek) in Star Trek: The Original Series; as a Klingon (Commander) in Star Trek: The Motion Picture; and as General Urko in the Planet of the Apes TV series. Fan artist Greg Franklin provided artwork to accompany the story, featuring Lenard in his human guise as well as in these other personas.
==Lenard and Some Stories About Zines==
One story in fannish lore involves Lenard and his reaction to the covers of some fanzines portraying his on-screen son, Spock. Like apocryphal stories everywhere, there's foggy sources, and then the re-tellings around the fannish campfire!
One of the stories appears to have its origin at IsisCon in 1987. A fan remembered Lenard, a guest of honor, walking around the dealer's room at IsisCon: 
Another fan tells it like this: Lenard wandered the Dealer's Room with some handlers at a con. He came across a copy of the gen zine Spock Enslaved!, with its cover of a nearly naked Spock in chains, and stopped and stared long enough to worry his handlers, before sighing dramatically and mock whispering, "Oh my son, my son". 
Another fan, Sandy Hereld, wrote: 
In his IsisCon official presentation to fans, Lenard also commented on explicit zines: 
==Lenard-centric Zines==
* Despatch (about the actor)
* Mark: Collected (Lenard's various roles)
* many, many zines with a focus of Sarek
=== Conventions ===
Lenard appeared as a guest of honor at many conventions. Some of them were:
Aucon | Baycon | Creation Cons | Dixie Trek | Fan-Out | 1982 ("Ultimate Fantasy" aka "The Con of Wrath") | IsisCon | KC Con | Kling-Kon | NonCon | Odyssey Trek | Ourcon (Michigan con) | Polaris | PortlandTrek | RoVaCon | Schuster Cons | SeaTrek | Shore Leave | Sioux Empire Peace Trek | Sol III | Space-Con | Starbase Baltimore | Star Con Denver | Starcon | Stardream | Star Trek at the Smithsonian | Star Trek Chicago | Star Trek Lives! | Schuster Star Trek Conventions/1977 (September) New York City Schuster Star Trek Convention | Starship Cincinnati | StellarCon | TerraCon | Timecon | Toronto Star Trek '76 | Trekkon | Tri Con | Vulkon | Warp
==Fan Comments==
==Links==
* Wikipedia:Mark Lenard
==References==
Category:Star Trek Actors
Category:Actors
Category:Here Come the Brides
Category:Planet of the Apes