Richard Beymer

George Richard Beymer is an actor from Avoca, Iowa, who played Li Nalas in the second season episodes , and . A jacket worn by him in the episode was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
Beymer is perhaps best known for his starring role as Tony in the multiple Academy Award-winning 1961 film version of . The film was co-directed and produced by Robert Wise, who later directed the first Star Trek film, . For his performance in West Side Story, Beymer was nominated for a Golden Globe as "Best Motion Picture Actor in a Musical/Comedy" and he also won a Golden Globe as Most Promising Male Newcomer.
In addition, Beymer is recognized for his role as in . Beymer worked with several other Star Trek performers on this show, most notably Mädchen Amick and Ray Wise, who were also regular cast members. The Soap Opera Digest Awards nominated Beymer as Outstanding Villain for his work on this series.
== Other films ==
Beymer made his film debut with an uncredited appearance in (1951), featuring guest actor Jeff Corey and the original lead actor of Star Trek, Jeffrey Hunter. In addition, Beymer's fellow Deep Space Nine guest actor Brian Keith was an uncredited extra on the film.
Beymer's first credited film was (1953). That same year, he was seen in , which marked the first time he worked with West Side Story and Star Trek: The Motion Picture director Robert Wise. 
In 1957, Beymer worked alongside Whit Bissell in . Beymer then portrayed Peter Van Daan in (1959). In 1960, Beymer performed in with Yvonne Craig.
Following the success of West Side Story in 1961, Beymer was seen in four films released the following year. He was the male lead in , the second male lead in , and the lead role in . In the latter, he worked alongside Original Series guest actors Ricardo Montalban and Michael J. Pollard. Beymer's fourth film of 1962 was , which marked his second film with Jeffrey Hunter.
Beymer's next film was (1963, co-starring Michael J. Pollard). This was followed by in 1969, which paired Beymer with his West Side Story co-star, Russ Tamblyn. Beymer then wrote, directed, produced, photographed, edited, and starred in The Innerview, a 90-minute avant-garde feature for which Beymer received the Josef von Sternberg Award from the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival.
Beymer returned to films in 1983 with the starring role in Cross Country, a thriller directed by Paul Lynch. Beymer later starred in (1989, co-starring Elizabeth Hoffman). 
His most notable film credits during the 1990s were (1994, starring Jamie Lee Curtis, with Gerrit Graham and Keone Young) and (1996, with Fran Bennett). He also appeared in Under Investigation (1993, with Ed Lauter), (1996, with Guy Siner) and The Little Death (1996, with Hal Landon, Jr..
Beymer also participated with Raymond Cruz and Brad Dourif in the 1998 documentary-comedy Playing Patti. Beymer later starred in the 2000 horror-comedy Home the Horror Story.
== Other television work ==
In the late 1950s, Beymer made two appearances on , which starred Original Series guest actress Sherry Jackson. Beymer was subsequently seen on such shows as Whirlybirds (with Whit Bissell and Kenneth Tobey), Kraft Suspense Theatre (directed by Ralph Senensky), and Playhouse 90. 
Beymer was seen in two episodes of , one in 1965 and another in 1966. The latter reunited him with Sherry Jackson and also had him working with Leonard Nimoy as well as Original Series guest actors John Harmon, Rex Holman, and Ken Lynch. 
In 1966, Beymer guest-starred in a three-episode arc on . This was followed in 1968 with an appearance on Death Valley Days with Mariette Hartley and Paul Winfield. He returned to television in 1980 as a director, cinematographer and occasional actor on . The series also featured directors Marc Daniels, John Meredyth Lucas (also as a writer and producer), Ralph Senensky, Robert Butler, John Newland and Harvey Hart, and writers John D.F. Black and John T. Dugan.
In 1984, Beymer was a regular cast member on , with Terry Farrell and Jonathan Frakes, who later starred on Deep Space Nine and The Next Generation, respectively. This series also featured direction by Senensky.
Throughout the late 1980s, Beymer was seen on such series as (with Brad Dourif and cinematography by Jerry Finnerman), (with Leigh Taylor-Young), and The Bronx Zoo (with Benito Martinez and Tracey Walter). Between 1987 and 1996, Beymer guest-starred in six episodes of , each time playing a different character. While working on this show, he acted alongside such performers as Theodore Bikel, Len Cariou, Meg Foster, Robert Knepper, Richard Libertini, Brian McNamara, Tracy Middendorf, Lawrence Pressman, Jay Robinson, Mitchell Ryan, Rick Scarry, Ray Walston, and William Windom.
Beymer was one of several Star Trek performers to appear in NBC's (1992, co-starring Lisa Banes, with Nikki Cox, Gary Graham, Christopher Pettiet, and Beth Toussaint). Beymer also appeared in (1994, with Robert Beltran and Paul Dooley). Beymer's other TV movie credits include (1996, with Ian Abercrombie and Mitchell Ryan) and (1997, with Bob Gunton).
Beymer was a guest star in a 1996 episode of , directed by Kim Manners and executive-produced by John Shiban. He then guest-starred on such shows as Profiler and , working with Christopher McDonald and Salli Elise Richardson on the latter.
== Additional appearances ==
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