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David Birney

David Birney played Senator Letant and the Letant Alien in the sixth season episode .
Of Irish descent, he was Grand Marshal of the Irish Faire held in Burbank in the 1980s.
Birney was married to from 1974 to 1989. The two played husband and wife characters Bernie Steinberg and Bridget Fitzgerald Steinberg on . guest star Robert Sampson played Father Mike Fitzgerald on the series.
Birney was a guest star veteran of many popular series in from the 1960s to the 1990s, with notable guest appearances in , (starring Jack Lord), CBS Afternoon Playhouse (1981, with Ivonne Perez), , , and (created by Tracy Tormé, starring Jerry O'Connell). He also played Dr. Ben Samuels in the first season of (starring William Daniels, Ed Begley, Jr., Norman Lloyd, Christina Pickles, Kavi Raz and Ellen Bry). 
From 1995 to 1996, Birney starred in . Other Star Trek stars who were also cast members include Karen Austin, Ron Canada, Jeff Yagher, Bruce McGill and Sam Anderson. Star Trek stars who guest starred include Casey Biggs, Chase Masterson, Dion Anderson, John Schuck, Lee Arenberg, Hal Landon, Jr., Cully Fredricksen and Kenneth Tigar. 
Birney was also one of the few actors to lend his talents to both the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, having provided the voice of Anakin Skywalker in NPR's adaptation of Return of the Jedi. 
In 2007, Birney guest starred in with fellow Deep Space Nine guest stars Bill Smitrovich and John Doman.
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David Bischoff

David Frederick Bischoff , was an American writer with writing credits both for teleplays and a novel for .
Bischoff was born in Washington, DC, attended the University of Maryland and later resided in Pennsylvania. Bischoff wrote under several different noms de plume, and was a very prolific writer, having produced over seventy novels.
He wrote tie-ins for various other science fiction TV and movies, including (1982), Alien, , seaQuest DSV, .
The third season episode was based on his 1976/1979 work "", but with substantial alterations to make it fit into the franchise. It was first published in the December 1976 issue of Amazing Stories, and served as the basis of a novel of the same name published by Doubleday in 1979. The original story was nominated for a Nebula Award in 1977. ()
Bischoff died in Oregon on 19 March 2018, with his death announced on 28 March 2018. 
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** seaQuest DSV
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David Bowe

David Bowe is an often seen but rarely recognized character actor who portrayed Basso in the sixth season episode . 
Outside of Star Trek, his best known role is that of "Weird Al" Yankovic's sidekick, Bob, in (1992). His other film credits include (1992), (1993, starring Whoopi Goldberg), and for mega-producer Jerry Bruckheimer, (1996, with Tony Todd, Marshall R. Teague, Willie Garson, and Tom Towles) and (1998, co-starring Dan Butler).
Bowe also had a recurring role on , which aired in 1997 and co-starred Andrea Martin. He also had a role in (2000, starring Wil Wheaton and featuring Ed Lauter).
== Other Trek connections ==
Additional film and TV projects in which Bowe appeared with other Star Trek performers include:
* (1989, with Stephen Macht, Robert Costanzo, and Paul Dooley)
* Live! From Death Row (1992 TV movie, with Joanna Cassidy, Bruce Davison, and Lee Arenberg)
* I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992 film, with Jason Alexander and Robert DoQui)
* Freaked (1993 film, with William Sadler, Derek McGrath, and Don Stark)
* (1993, with Bebe Neuwirth and Michael Bofshever)
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* The Shadow Men (1998, with Dean Stockwell and Andrew Prine)
* (2003, with Alan Ruck, Holmes R. Osborne and Amy Hill)
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David Carpenter

David Carpenter is an actor who played Onara in the fourth season episode .
Carpenter has guest starred in television series such as (1987, with guest actor David Froman), (1989, starring Avery Brooks and guest starring Steven Culp and Henry Kingi, Sr.), (1993, alongside Thomas Hobson and stunt coordinator Chris Doyle and under the direction of Kim Manners), (1995, with series regular Daniel Davis), Dark Skies (two episodes in 1997, with star Jeri Ryan, and recurring guest actor Vaughn Armstrong in the latter one), (1998, featuring Bonita Friedericy), (1998 and 2000, with Erick Avari, Steven Culp, and Michael McGrady in the former and Paul Collins, Gary Graham, Beverly Leech, and William Wellman Jr. in the latter), (2004, starring Timothy Olyphant, with Jim Beaver, Brad Dourif, Leon Rippy, and Keith Carradine, and guest stars Keone Young and Christopher Darga), and (2004, alongside Hank Harris, Greg Daniel, and Ron Marasco). 
He has also performed in films such as (1983, with Patricia Tallman), Crimes of the Heart (1986), (1989, featuring Kay E. Kuter, Allan Miller, and Ian Abercrombie), (1993, alongside Andrew Prine, W. Morgan Sheppard, Kieran Mulroney, Joseph Fuqua, Kevin Conway, Billy Campbell, and Mark Moses), (1993, with John de Lancie), (1996, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Virginia Madsen, and Susanna Thompson, and with Bill Smitrovich, Terry O'Quinn, Richard Riehle, Brock Peters, Bill Cobbs, Jordan Lund, Jerry Hardin, Thomas Kopache, and Spencer Garrett), Family Tree (1999, with D. Elliot Woods and George Murdock), Gun Shy (2000, with Greg Daniel, Louis Giambalvo, Aaron Lustig, Manny Perry, and Jack Janda), (2003, with Kevin Conway, Billy Campbell, Joseph Fuqua, James Horan, and William Morgan Sheppard), and the television movie McBride: It's Murder, Madam (2005, starring John Larroquette and Marta Dubois, and with Joel Polis, John Thaddeus, Marcy Goldman, and Nicholas Guest).
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David Carson

David Carson is a director of four episodes each of and , including the latter's pilot episode, . Carson also directed , his first feature film effort. He and Jonathan Frakes are the only people to direct Star Trek television and film productions. He was interviewed by Lee Goldberg for the article "David Carson – Captain of , published in .
Carson is married to actress Kim Braden who had a guest role in the fourth season episode and in the feature film Generations. Carson enjoyed being part of the process creating the episode . When he arrived at the studio for he took part in the concept meetings for the episode due to time pressure. He also cites this episode as a favorite. () David Livingston stated about Carson, "He is a terrific director." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages, p. 32)
Carson was interviewed by former Deep Space Nine showrunner Ira Steven Behr on his part in that series for the latter's 2018 documentary, What We Left Behind. He had previously appeared in the Syfy documentary Star Trek: Return of The Next Generation in 1994.
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English-born David Carson relocated to Los Angeles in 1988 with his wife and their two children. Before the move though, he had worked with Marina Sirtis on an episode of Sherlock Holmes in his home country.
In addition to Star Trek, English-born Carson has directed episodes of such shows as L.A. Law (starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), (starring Lawrence Pressman and James B. Sikking), (starring Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli and Ron Fassler), Northern Exposure, , One Tree Hill, Smallville, and the pilot for Manny Coto's , which starred Peter Weller, Tamara Craig Thomas and Leslie Silva, with Kenneth Mitchell). He also directed the pilot of Robert Hewitt Wolfe and Hans Beimler series The Dresden Files and two other episodes of its first season, as he did with Deep Space Nines first season. He was a producer on the series, as well. 
Carson directed Bruce McGill in the 1993 television movie Shameful Secrets and (1998). He also directed part ten of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, (2000, starring John Larroquette and Dawnn Lewis), (2002, and (2007, starring Scott Bakula).
Carson cast Andreas Katsulas for a role in the 1989 Alien Nation episode "The Game" and went on to cast Katsulas in the role of Tomalak for the Next Generation episode . For another episode of Alien Nation, Carson cast Armin Shimerman, who became the first actor to read for the role of Quark during the casting process for DS9's pilot, which Carson directed. ()
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For his work on Star Trek David Carson received the following award nomination
=== Hugo Awards ===
Carson received the following Hugo Award nomination in the category "Best Dramatic Presentation"
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David Carson (Captain)

David Carson was a Starfleet officer in the 23rd and 24th centuries.
In 2293, he was listed as a Fleet Operations officer on the dedication plaque of the . (, )
In 2368, as a captain, he was listed as a Fleet Yards Operations officer on the dedication plaque of the . (, )
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David Clover

David Clover was an actor who played the Vhnori cenotaph attendant in the first season episode . He received no credit for this role and was identified by the name tag of his costume which was sold off on It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
Among his acting resume are films such as The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977, with Marcy Goldman, Gwen Van Dam, Felix Silla, Manny Perry, Branscombe Richmond, and Lance LeGault), The Loch Ness Horror (1981, with Garth Pillsbury), (1983, with Michael Ensign, Stephen Lee, and stunts by Rick Avery), Private War (1988, with Sam Hennings), and Kill or Be Killed (1993, with Rif Hutton).
Clover also guest-starred in television series such as The Love Boat (1978), (1978 and 1981, with Lou Wagner, Robert Pine, and Michael Dorn), (1983, starring Dwight Schultz and Melinda Culea, and guest starring Charles Napier, Lance LeGault, and Jim Boeke), (1987, with Tracey Walter), and Silk Stalkings (1992, with Dan Gauthier).
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David Cowgill

David Cowgill is an actor who played a Hanonian native in the third season episode and an Enterprise-E security officer in .
He was born in McAllen, Texas. Primarily a voice artist, Cowgill's vocal talents can be heard in such animated films as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (2004) and Chicken Little (2005), both also featuring the voice of Patrick Stewart. Cowgill can also be heard in (1998, with George Takei) as well (2001) (2004, with Jean Simmons) and (2005). His live-action film credits include Tom and Huck (1995, with Charles Rocket) and (1997, starring Ashley Judd) and (2009, with Eric Bana).
Cowgill has also appeared on such live action television series as Werewolf (with Ethan Phillips), (with Shelby Leverington), (starring Scott Bakula), (with Steven Culp and Leon Russom), (with John Billingsley), and (with Cliff DeYoung, Susan Gibney, and Harve Presnell). He also played the role of Cliff Wilson on from 1993 through 1996.
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David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg is a Canadian director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actor, who played Kovich in the third through fifth seasons of .
Cronenberg was approached for the role by showrunner Alex Kurtzman, who's a fan of his work. He said he was also "cheap and (as a Toronto native) available". As a fan of , Cronenberg was delighted to be offered a part on the franchise. 
Considered to be an auteur of the horror genre, and pioneer of the "body horror" subgenre, Cronenberg's body of work includes films such as The Brood (1979, starring Samantha Eggar and featuring Felix Silla), (1981), (1983, starring Sonja Smits), (1983, with Anthony Zerbe, Martin Sheen and Hélène Udy), (1986, with Michael Copeman), Dead Ringers (1988, starring Geneviève Bujold), (1991, starring Peter Weller), (1996, starring Holly Hunter, with Nicky Guadagni), (1999, starring Jude Law, with Callum Keith Rennie and Stephanie Belding), A History of Violence (2005, with Stephen McHattie and Greg Bryk), (2007), (2011), (2012, with Milton Barnes and Saad Siddiqui), Crimes of the Future (2022), and The Shroud (2024).
As an actor he has also had cameo roles in a number of his own films, as well as appearing in films such as Nightbreed (1990), (1995, with Kurtwood Smith and Conrad Coates), (1996, with Paul Guilfoyle and Tara Rosling), (2001, starring Kane Hodder, with Peter Mensah), Clifton Hill (2019), and Falling (2020, with Noah Davis), and TV series like (2003, starring Merrin Dungey, with Greg Grunberg and Melissa George, created by J.J. Abrams, executive produced by Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman), Alias Grace (with Jonathan Goad, Jonathan Koensgen, Alden Adair, and Ana Shepherd), and Slasher (with Maria del Mar).
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David Dewitt

David Dewitt is a former actor who worked as background actor on and .
Dewitt was born in Owen County, Kentucky and was a student at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, where he graduated with a double major in drama and psychology. He moved with his wife to Lancaster, California in 1986 and started to work as a background performer in film and television in the late 1980s. Dewitt started to attend acting classes and appeared in several low budget films before working on , , and Hunter.
Dewitt became admission counselor at the Kentucky State University and at the Georgetown College before he returned to Centre College in 1998 where he is still working as associate director of admissions.
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David Doty

David Doty is a Houston, Texas-born actor who played a Nuu'Bari miner in the seventh season episode .
Doty has appeared in a number of television series including (1991, starring Richard Mulligan, with Gregory Itzin and Erika Flores), (1992), (1997, with Harve Presnell), (1998, with Daphne Ashbrook, Paul Collins, and Rif Hutton), (1999, with James Darren, Susan Savage, and Mark L. Taylor), (2001, with Richard McGonagle and Judson Scott), (2001, with Todd Stashwick), (2001, with Joel Brooks, Jenette Goldstein, Wendy Schaal, and Ed O'Ross), (1998 and 2001, with John Thaddeus, Lawrence Pressman, and Carrie Stauber in the former and Albert Hall in the latter), (2002, with James Read and Tony Amendola), (2003, starring Ted Levine, with Wendy Schenker, Damara Reilly, and S.A. Templeman), (2006, starring Enrique Murciano, with Valerie Wildman), and (2005-2006, with Andy Milder and Bruce Thomas).
Doty has also performed in films such as Full Moon in Blue Water (1988, with Terri Garr and Becky Ann Baker), Baby of the Bride (1991, with Conor O'Farrell and Clyde Kusatsu), (1994, with David Andrews, Jack Kehler, Michael McGrady, and Brett Cullen), (1997, with April Grace, Larry Drake, Danny Goldring, Peter Capaldi, Harris Yulin, Dakin Matthews, Robert Curtis Brown, and Annette Helde), (1999, with Sean Whalen, Cress Williams, Jennifer S. Parsons, and Martha Hackett), (2002, with George Murdock and Manu Intiraymi), (2002, starring Max von Sydow, with Neal McDonough), (2002), (2003), (2003, with Bruce McGill, Bruce Thomas, James Read, Keone Young, Michael Krawic, Monika Spruch, Ruth Williamson, and Carolyn Hennesy), (2003), and Nancy Drew (2007, with Rosemary Morgan and Thom Williams).
Later appearances include guest roles in (2007), (2008, with Mark Moses, Deborah Lacey, Beverly Leech, and Patti Tippo), (2008, with John Larroquette, William Shatner, Michael Ensign, and Grainger Hines), and (2009, alongside Tim Kelleher), (2007), and (2008, with Brian George, Cody Klop, and Cristine Rose).
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David Dozoretz

David Paul Dozoretz is the founder of Persistence of Vision Digital Entertainment (POV). His company worked on for J.J. Abrams, with Dozoretz serving as the film's senior previsualization supervisor. Dozoretz also designed the film's teaser trailer with Chad Hofteig, Kevin Aguirre, and Jason Michael Hall. He had previously worked with Abrams in the same capacity on Paramount Pictures' Mission: Impossible III.
Prior to founding POV, Dozoretz was an employee at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). With ILM, he worked in previsualization on Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope and (1983). As an ILM concept artist, he worked on as well as Jurassic Park, (1994, starring Tom Hanks), (1994), (1995, starring Cathy Moriarty), (1995, starring Robin Williams), Mission: Impossible, and Dragonheart. 
Dozoetz' credits as POV's previz supervisor include Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, (2002), Moulin Rouge, Flight of the Phoenix, (2005), 1408, and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. He also served as previz consultant on (2006, starring Kelsey Grammer, Famke Janssen, Rebecca Romijn and Patrick Stewart).
While working on the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines, Dozoretz first met fellow previz artist Brian Pohl. In 2005, Dozoretz brought Pohl in to become co-owner and previz supervisor at POV.
In 2008 Dozoretz became the Chief Creative Officer of a new television network. He passed on the role of POV Chief Executive Officer to Brian Pohl.
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David Drew Gallagher

David Drew Gallagher played Riley Aldrin Shepard in the fourth and sixth season episodes and .
Among his other acting credits are (1994, with Suzie Plakson and Jacqueline Kim) and (2000, with Chad Allen); the TV-movies Fast Company (1995) with Mary Kay Adams and Tim Ryan and (1996, starring Ashley Judd, with Steven Culp and Jeffrey Combs) and (1998, with Alan Ruck, Clint Howard, Ethan Phillips and Brett Cullen). 
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* (1995, starring Martin Sheen and David Paymer, with Gail Strickland, Ron Canada, Beans Morocco, Richard McGonagle, John Mahon, Jordan Lund, Wendie Malick, Anne Haney, Clement von Franckenstein, Ray Uhler, Greg Poland, Googy Gress and George Murdock)
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David E. Duncan

David E. Duncan is a production illustrator and storyboard artist who worked as production illustrator on several first season episodes.
Duncan started his career in the '90s and worked as second assistant camera operator on (1990, with assistant camera operator Wayne Baker and camera operator Philippe Carr-Forster), as matte artist and production design consultant on (1991, with William Daniels and Don Greenberg), and as second unit director and storyboard artist on the thriller Almost Blue (1992). In 1993 he served as art department coordinator for the historical television drama The Incredible Discovery of Noah's Ark, followed by an occupation as visual effects artist on the television documentary Mysteries of the Ancient World in 1994.
Between 1995 and 2000, Duncan worked on three television series; as illustrator on (1995-1996, starring Lanei Chapman and Tucker Smallwood and with art department staff Scott Herbertson, Geoffrey Mandel, and Joseph A. Hodges), as storyboard artist on (1995-2000), and as visual effects supervisor on (1996-1997). During this time he also worked as storyboard artist on (1997), as conceptual illustrator on (1998), and as director on The Privateers (2000, with Karl Urban, David Jean Thomas, Jack Donner, Ray Proscia, Walter Koenig, Benjamin W.S. Lum , Karen Sheperd, associate producer Jasmine Lliteras, and special effects artists Gabriel Koerner and Lee Stringer).
The following years he worked as illustrator on and Rock Star (both 2001) and as storyboard artist on (2001, with Kelsey Grammer and Avery Brooks), (2001), (2002), (2003), (2003), (2004), (2005), (2005), (2006), (2006), (2008) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). He also worked as visual effects artist on the short drama The Grand Design (2007, with Steven Klein).
He also worked as additional photographer on Exposure (2009), as concept illustrator on (2009, with Rachel Nichols), and as storyboard artist on (2009) and (2010).
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David E. Elkins

David E. Elkins is an assistant camera operator who worked as first assistant camera operator on several episodes of the fourth season of .
Elkins was born in Hartford, Connecticut, USA and attended the film school at the Columbia College in Hollywood from which he graduated in 1985. Following over twenty years of experience as assistant camera operator he also taught cinematography and camera assistant workshops throughout the United States. Between 1994 and 1995 he served as president of Columbia College where he also taught between 1988 and 1996. Elkins wrote the book "The Camera Assistant's Manual", published by Focal Press., released in its fifth edition and also released in Korean, Spanish, and Japanese versions. 
Shortly after his graduation in 1985, Elkins worked as production assistant on the television drama The Execution, with Alan Oppenheimer, Peter White, Robert Hooks, and written and produced by Oliver Crawford. He soon started to work as assistant camera operator on (1986), the television series Sledge Hammer! (1986-1988), the action film Commando Squad (1987, with Brian Thompson), the action film Outlaw Force (1988), the horror film The Unholy (1988), the television series Tales from the Darkside (1986-1988), the horror film Phantom of the Opera (1989), (1990), and (1989-10, with Olivia d'Abo).
Further work as camera operator include (1990-91), the Playboy production Confessions and Fantasies (1992), the thriller Prey of the Chameleon (1992), (1991-93), (1995), the television science fiction film Target Earth (1998), the short musical Surrendering in a Champion's World (2003), the short drama Down to the Wire (2009), and music videos for artists such as , , and .
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