Bruce French

Bruce French was a veteran actor who played Sabin Genestra in the fourth season episode , an Ocampa doctor in the first season episode , a Son'a officer in , and a Vulcan Elder in the first season episode . Hailing from Reinbeck, Iowa, French was a graduate of the University of Iowa, where he majored in Speech and Theater. He married actress in 1991. He was also born on the same day and same year as "The Drumhead" co-star Earl Billings.
French had a career of film and television appearances lasting more than fifty yearst. He held recurring roles on such series as (1981-82, with Susan Howard, Leigh J. McCloskey, William Smithers, and Morgan Woodward) and (2001, co-starring Albert Hall). He is known as Father Lonigan in NBC's (1999-2008, starring McKenzie Westmore) and portrayed Jim Burns in (2007-08) where he worked with regulars Todd Stashwick and Gregg Henry. In 1981, he supplied the voice of various characters in the Star Wars Radio Drama (With Brock Peters, David Clennon, Keene Curtis, and Jerry Hardin).
In addition, French made guest appearances on such television series as (1978), (1982), (1983), (1983, starring Ethan Phillips and René Auberjonois), (1983 & 1985, starring Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly and with Gail Strickland), (1983, with Ed Lauter), (1984, starring Dwight Schultz), (1984, with Clayton Landey and Peter White), (1984, with James B. Sikking, Barbara Bosson, and Clarence Williams III), (1986, starring Corbin Bernsen), (1987, with Cliff DeYoung, Gregg Henry, and Robert Mandan), (1987, starring Kate Jackson), (1988, with Jack Blessing, Nancy Parsons, Charles Rocket, and Inez Edwards), (1989, with Kirstie Alley, Vaughn Armstrong, Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth), (1989, with John Larroquette and Roy Brocksmith), (1991, with Roxann Biggs), Herman's Head (1993, with Molly Hagan), (1994, with Roy Brocksmith, Leigh Taylor-Young, and Ray Walston), (1995, with David Warner), (1996, with John Towey), (1997, with Michael Durrell, Marnie McPhail, and Marcy Goldman), (1997, with Leon Rippy, Richard Cox, Michael Harney, and Mark Newsom), (1999, with Mitchell Ryan), (2000, with Concetta Tomei, Ed Begley, Jr., and Pamela Kosh), (2002, starring Martin Sheen, with Thomas Kopache and Glenn Morshower), (2002, with Scott Lawrence, Zoe McLellan, Terry O'Quinn, and Eric Pierpoint), and (1997-2003, with Tracy Middendorf, Dakin Matthews, Steve Rankin, Bruce Davison, Bill Smitrovich, Francis Guinan, Debi A. Monahan, John P. Connolly, Bill Bolender, L. Sidney, John Thaddeus, and Darwyn Carson).
Further television work includes episodes of (2003, starring Miguel Ferrer and Jerry O'Connell, with Morgan Nagler), (2003, with Biff Yeager), (2003, with Jeri Ryan and Courtney Peldon), (2996, starring Jennifer Morrison and Derek Anthony), (2006, with Chelsea Field and Ivar Brogger), (2006, with Jeff Austin, Sean McGowan, and Adam Lieberman), (2007, with Joseph Culp), (2008, starring John Larroquette and William Shatner, with Daniel Hugh Kelly, Lawrence Pressman, Derek Webster and J.J. Boone), (2008, with Tony Amendola and Justin Rodgers Hall), (2008, with Zoe McLellan and Joseph Will), (2008, with Melinda Page Hamilton and Vaughn Armstrong), (2008, with Victor Garber, James Saito, Steven Culp, Greg "Christopher" Smith, and Rosie Malek-Yonan), (2009, with Matt Malloy), (2009, with David Bowe, Jack Gwaltney, and Freda Foh Shen), Crash (2009, with Linda Park, Tom Wright, and Spencer Daniels), and Up All Night (2012, with Sean Whalen).
French made his feature film debut in (1974, starring Joel Grey). Later film credits included (1978, starring Jon Voight, with Jonathan Banks and David Clennon), (1982, starring Lloyd Bridges and William Shatner), (1983, with David Spielberg and Doug Warhit), (1983, with Terri Garr, Christopher Lloyd, Graham Jarvis, Carolyn Seymour, Miriam Flynn, Derek McGrath, and Michael Ensign), (1985, with Richard Libertini, Kenneth Mars, and James Avery), (1985, with Michael Dorn, Lance Henriksen, Leigh Taylor-Young, Karen Austin and Louis Giambalvo), (1986) with Robert Curtis Brown and David Clennon, (1990, with Roy Brocksmith, Ronny Cox and Gerrit Graham), (2001, with Linda Park), (2002, with Billy Campbell, Bill Cobbs, and Jeff Kober), and Mr. Deeds (2002, with Winona Ryder, Erick Avari and Harve Presnell).
French had a supporting role as a minister in Paramount Pictures' (2006). Many of the filmmakers who worked on this film – including director J.J. Abrams, writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, cinematographer Dan Mindel, production designer Scott Chambliss, and casting director April Webster – also worked on 's . Among French's co-stars in M:I:III were Ellen Bry, Tracy Middendorf, and Simon Pegg.
Later film work include (2009, with Jim Beaver and Daniel Roebuck), (2009, with Sally Kellerman), the short drama Justify the Means (2009), (2010, with Christopher Plummer and Rodney Saulsberry), the drama Beautiful Boy (2010), and the short comedy It's a Horrible Life (2010).
In , French died from complications of Alzheimer's. 
== Star Trek appearances ==
File:Sabin Genestra.jpg|Sabin Genestra
File:Ocampa doctor.jpg|Ocampa Doctor
File:Son'a officer 1.jpg|Son'a officer
File:Vulcan elder.jpg|Vulcan Elder
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