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William Shatner Letter Exchange - 1972-1977 (podcast)

== Summary ==
:In the "letters and stamps" days of Star Trek fandom, between the original series and the Motion Picture, industrious fans connected with each other as "pen friends" through organizations like the William Shatner Letter Exchange. Luanne Fortier, a WSLE founder, joins The Trek Files to look back at those early days of celebrating their favorite series.
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William Smithers

William Smithers is the character actor from Richmond, Virginia, who played Merik in the second season episode .
He was well-versed for playing villainous roles, and is perhaps best known for his recurring role as J.R. Ewing's arch nemesis Jeremy Wendell on , primarily from 1984 through 1989. Prior to this, Smithers had brief stints on such popular TV shows as Young Doctor Malone}} (1962-63) and (1965-66). He was also a regular on (1976, co-starring fellow Trek actors Sharon Acker, Richard Cox, Leigh J. McCloskey, Paul Lambert, Madlyn Rhue, Percy Rodriguez, and Mitchell Ryan). Corey Allen was among the directors of this series. Allen later directed Smithers in the 1980 made-for-TV movie The Return of Frank Cannon, which co-starred Diana Muldaur.
Besides Star Trek, Smithers has made frequent television guest appearances. Among the shows on which he has guest-starred are Mission: Impossible (which, like The Original Series, was originally produced by Desilu), , , (starring Roy Thinnes, with Paul Carr), (starring Clarence Williams III and Tige Andrews), , (with Lee Meriwether), (featuring Robert Ito and Garry Walberg), and (starring Clarence Gilyard, Jr. and Noble Willingham, with Marshall R. Teague). Smithers only has a few feature films to his credit, however. Among these are (1956, starring Jack Palance, with Original Series director Jud Taylor), (1972, starring Robert Hooks and Paul Winfield), (1973, co-starring fellow Original Series guest actors John Colicos, Joanne Linville, James B. Sikking, and Celeste Yarnall), (1973, co-starring Bill Mumy, Ron Soble, Victor Tayback, and Anthony Zerbe), and (1978, with guest star Richard Lynch).
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* (1966, with Arch Whiting)
*Call to Danger (1968 TV movie) with Laurel Goodwin and James Gregory
*Where the Ladies Go (1980 TV movie) with Lou Antonio
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William Steinfeldt

William Steinfeldt was an actor who appeared as regular Bajoran officer in several episodes of . He received no credit for his appearances and was identified by the name tags of his costumes which were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
Steinfeldt attended SS Peter and Paul Catholic School and graduated from Madison High School. He studied drama in New York City and was a member of the Screen Actors Guild for over twenty-five years.
Steinfeldt was a regular background actor on the sitcom Cybill. He appeared as a restaurant patron in two first season episodes in 1995 where he worked with Michael Harris, Jeff Allin, Ellen Albertini Dow, Charles Gunning, Hal Needham, Joe Piscopo, Holiday Freeman, Jim Portnoy, Ronald R. Rondell, Irving Ross, and Robert Buckingham. During the second, third, and fourth season between 1995 and 1997, he appeared in twenty-nine episodes, mostly as the bartender of the restaurant where the regulars always meet. He also appeared as a film crewmember, piano bar patron, audience member, Sushi restaurant patron, comedy show crewmember, and movie theater patron and worked with Trek performers Irving Ross, William Ward, Harley Venton, Star Halm, Gunnel Eriksson, Boris Krutonog, Susan Sanders, Tim Griffin, Brian Keith, Angela Paton, Warren Munson, Bill Erwin, Dell Yount, Steve Susskind, Harvey Vernon, Erick Avari, Michael Kurtz, Simon Billig, Andray Johnson, Aric Rogokos, Al Ahlf, Emilio Borelli, Janet Dey, Mike Fujimoto, Elizabeth Pengson, David Selburg, Joel Swetow, Faye Barge, Dorothy Hack, Estelle Harris, Deborah Lacey, Jay Montalvo, Michael Bailous, and Marvin De Baca.
Steinfeldt died on 17 February 2012. (SAG-AFTRA Magazine Summer 2012, p. 60)
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William Ward

William Ward is an actor who appeared as the Portage Creek bartender in the fifth season episode . He received no credit for this appearance but is listed on the call sheet.
Ward's earliest credit was in 1980 as a photographer in the drama The Jayne Mansfield Story where he worked with Ray Buktenica, Whitney Rydbeck, Gwen Van Dam, and Charles Parks.
Further acting work includes episodes of Fame (1982), Open All Night (1982), (1985, with Barrie Ingham), Cheers (1985, with Lee Allen, Joseph Paz, and Nick Trisko), Mr. Belvedere (1987), and Cybill (1995, episode "The Replacements" with Jeff Allin, Sylvester Foster, and Irving Ross, 1995 episode "Zing!" with Irving Ross and William Steinfeldt, and 1996 episode "Cybill Does Diary" with William Steinfeldt). He also worked on the drama Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983, with Alan Scarfe), (1990, starring Tom Hanks, with Lloyd Bridges, Sidney S. Liufau, Amanda Plummer, Carol Kane and Branscombe Richmond), and the short film The Associate (1991, with Conrad Hurtt).
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Williams Star

Williams Star was a star in the Alpha or Beta Quadrant.
In 2371, its position was labeled on a star chart in the guidance system S/COMS panel on aboard the Amargosa observatory. ()
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In August 2024, this panel was put up for auction in the Entertainment Memorabiliia Live Auction: Los Angeles Summer 2024 by Propstore Auction. 
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Willie Garson

Willie Garson was the actor who played Riga in the fifth season episode .
Garson was born in Highland Park, New Jersey. A graduate of Weslayan University where he majored in theater, he is best known for his recurring role as Stanford Blatch in the HBO series , starring actress Kim Cattrall. He reprised this role for the feature films and , again with Cattrall in both films and with stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker in the former. He also had recurring roles on Mr. Belvedere, , , Stargate SG-1, and . In the latter series, he worked alongside the likes of Gordon Clapp, Sharon Lawrence, Steve Rankin, and Don Stark.
Garson also co-starred twice with future actors Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in , most notably a 1992 two-parter in which he played Lee Harvey Oswald. Garson's many other television credits include Cheers (starring Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth), (with Mädchen Amick, Richard Beymer, Carel Struycken, Kenneth Welsh and Ray Wise), (with Daniel Benzali, Corbin Bernsen, and Larry Drake), (one episode with Thomas Kopache and another with Nicholas Worth), (with Anne Elizabeth Ramsay and Alan Ruck), The Practice (with Charles Cooper, Robin Gammell, Natalia Nogulich, and Craig Wasson), (two episodes, including one with Bob Gunton and Albert Hall), (2000, with Anthony Stewart Head and Richard Herd), Friends, Spin City (starring Alan Ruck), (starring Ted Levine, with Stanley Kamel), , and . Garson also appeared in (2002, with Anton Yelchin and ).
Garson was seen in three films directed by Bobby and Peter Ferrelly: (1996, with Googy Gress), (1998), and (2005, with Jack Kehler and James B. Sikking). He also appeared in many other popular films, including (1991, starring Whoopi Goldberg and Teri Hatcher), (1993), (1995, co-starring Christopher Lloyd, Bill Cobbs, Don Stark, Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Bill Bolender, and Bill Erwin), (1996, with Tony Todd and Marshall R. Teague), (1996, starring Pierce Brosnan, with Paul Winfield, Michael Reilly Burke, and Jeanne Mori), and (1999). He later appeared in (2003) and (2005), both co-starring Rosalind Chao (with the latter also featuring Ron Canada).
He also appeared White Collar (TV series) on from 2009 to 2014. Also, he played a recurring role as Gerard Hirsch on from 2015 to 2019.
He died on 21 September 2021. 
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Willow Geer

Willow Geer is an actress who played Refugee #1 in the first season episode . As the daughter of Ellen Geer, and the granddaughter of Herta Ware, Willow Geer is a third generation Star Trek performer.
Geer has been acting since the late 1990s and can be seen in episodes of series like Angel, (with Scott Grimes and Wallace Shawn), (with Robert Knepper), (with Raphael Sbarge, Tamlyn Tomita, Ivo Nandi, and Ray Xifo), Fresh Off the Boat (with Paul Scheer), and Jane the Virgin.
She is also known as a voice actress. She provided additional voices to (2006, with Michael Bell), (2007), (2014), Finding Dory (2016, with Idris Elba and Stephen Root), Sing (2016, with Seth MacFarlane, Carlos Alazraqui, Tara Strong, and Jess Harnell), The Grinch (2018, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Carlos Alazraqui, Barbara Harris, Jess Harnell, and Tara Strong), and Wish Dragon (2021, with John Cho and Sumalee Montano).
She also provided voices for video games like Lost Odyssey (2007, with Tara Strong, Michael Bell, and Fred Tatasciore) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019, with Debra Wilson, Joel Swetow, Fred Tatasciore, John Eric Bentley, and Robin Atkin Downes).
She worked as ADR voice on several feature films, including (2009), (2013), (2013), (2013), Why Him? (2016), (2017, with Lisa Berry, Fiona Vroom, and the voice of Fred Tatasciore), (2018, with Simon Pegg), (2018), Us (2019), and (2019, with Wallace Langham).
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Wilson Cruz

Wilson Cruz is the American actor who portrays Doctor Hugh Culber in . He appeared as a recurring guest star in the first season, and was promoted to regular cast member from the second season onwards.
He shared a dance with a pre-teen Mary Chieffo at a wedding, since he is a good friend of Chieffo's mother Beth. ()
Cruz was the featured studio guest in the of , discussing his character's resurrection from the grave in season two of the series.
== Career ==
Born in New York City with Puerto Rican heritage, he started his acting career by starring in the TV series My So-Called Life in 1994-1995, which also featured Paul Dooley as a recurring guest star. Cruz made his film debut in (1995, with Robert Beltran, Bill Bolender, Richard Fancy, David Paymer, Annette Helde, Michelle Krusiec, Saul Rubinek, and Paul Sorvino). Cruz followed with the 1996 telefilm On Seventh Avenue, with Stephen Collins, Ronald Guttman, Josh Pais, and Anthony Zerbe. That year Cruz co-starred in , with Tony Epper. In 2005, Cruz appeared in with John Cho. In 2003, he starred in with Mia Kirshner. Cruz later appeared in (2006, co-starring Leigh Taylor-Young). Cruz was also seen in (2009, with Googy Gress and Cristine Rose). 
He later appeared in episodes of Shameless (2016), 13 Reasons Why, and Doubt (both 2017). That year, he also produced and appeared in a short movie called Billy's Blowjobs.
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Wilson Dyer

Wilson Dyer is a sound effects editor who worked on , and . He was also Sound Supervisor for the Star Trek: Klingon and Dialogue Editor for the Star Trek: Borg.
His work on Star Trek earned him the following Emmy Award nomination and wins for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series:
* Emmy Award for the episode , shared with James Wolvington, Mace Matiosian, Bill Wistrom, Gerry Sackman, and Keith Bilderbeck
* Emmy Award for the episode , shared with Bill Wistrom, Mace Matiosian, James Wolvington, Guy Tsujimoto, and Gerry Sackman
* Emmy Award for the episode , shared with Bill Wistrom, Mace Matiosian, James Wolvington, Gerry Sackman, and Rick Freeman
* Emmy Award for the episode , shared with Bill Wistrom, Mace Matiosian, James Wolvington, Masanobu Tomita, Dan Yale, and Gerry Sackman
* Emmy Award nomination for the episode , shared with Bill Wistrom, James Wolvington, Masanobu Tomita, Dan Yale, and Gerry Sackman
Dyer's additional sound editing credits include , , and . He was also Sound Designer for and Sound Supervisor on such shows as , , J.J. Abrams' , and the UPN series Seven Days, , and Everybody Hates Chris. The Motion Picture Sound Editors society nominated Dyer for Golden Reel Awards for his work on Seven Days (2001) and Everybody Hates Chris (2006).
Dyer worked with his fellow Star Trek sound crew members on numerous non-Trek film and television projects. Some of their films include (1990), (1993), (1993, starring Kim Cattrall), (1997), and (1997). Some of Dyer's other credits include (2005, starring Patrick Stewart) and The Poseidon Adventure (starring Peter Weller), for which he was the ADR (automated dialogue replacement) Supervisor.
Dyer later worked as sound supervisor on (2009-2011).
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Win Phelps

Win Phelps is a director who directed the first season episode . Phelps was interviewed by Bill Florence for the article "Win Phelps – Creator of Symbiosis", published in .
Phelps began his career as an assistant director on feature films. His first film was (1976, starring Jenny Agutter), on which he worked as Second Assistant Director. He ultimately became First Assistant Director for (1979), (1981, featuring Tony Plana, Kurtwood Smith, and Robert Beltran), Diner, Best Friends (both 1982), and The Osterman Weekend (1983, starring Chris Sarandon and Meg Foster).
Phelps went on to work as a director for such shows as (with Gerrit Graham, Graham Jarvis, Dick Miller, Eric Pierpoint), Doogie Howser, M.D. (starring Lawrence Pressman and James B. Sikking), and (1994, with Mark Rolston). Between 1988 and 1994, Phelps directed multiple episodes of , starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake. He earned Emmy Award nominations for two episodes he directed: 1988's "Full Marital Jacket" (guest-starring Jeremy Roberts and Constance Towers) and "Noah's Bark" (guest-starring Deborah May and Diana Muldaur). Other Star Trek performers he directed on this series include Michael Bofshever, Paul Comi, Tim de Zarn, John Hancock, Anne Haney, Jennifer Hetrick, Gregory Itzin, Stanley Kamel, Caroline Kava, Scott Lawrence, Joanne Linville, Brian Markinson, Tzi Ma, Marnie McPhail, Allan Miller, Randy Oglesby, Tricia O'Neil, Ethan Phillips, Joseph Ruskin, Diane Salinger, Armin Shimerman, Barbara J. Tarbuck, John Vickery, Gwynyth Walsh, and Paul Winfield.
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Windmill

A windmill was a structure with blades that captured wind energy and converted it into mechanical energy.
In a conversation with Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy about an impending Romulan attack on Coppelius in 2399, Jean-Luc Picard commented that "the windmills have turned out to be giants," with regard to what she had thought to be a quixotic quest on his part. ()
While stranded on Dilmer III in 2382, Lieutenant jg T'Lyn built a windmill with which to grind grain into flour. ()
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Picard's metaphor was a reference to the 17th century novel by .
In an early script version of , the settlement of Resurrection City was surrounded by nearly a hundred windmills of various levels of advancement.
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Wine

Wine was an alcoholic beverage that came in a variety of flavors and fermented by a variety of species and cultures including, Humans, Klingons, Vulcans, Dosi, and Karemma. Terran wine was made from various fermented fruit, typically grapes, while Bajoran springwine was made from fermented Kava juice.
According to Sub-commander T'Pol, Vulcans didn't drink wine. ()
In 2364, a waiter in the holographic program Café des Artistes offered Captain Jean-Luc Picard wine and cheese, but he declined, as he had really only come for the view. ()
Commander William T. Riker brought a bottle of wine with him to Melona IV in 2368, and planned to drink it with Carmen Davila. ()
The Picard family vineyards, located in La Barre, France, was well known for its wine production. They produced Bordeaux. (; ) 
In 2369, when Kira Nerys was attempting to evacuate three people from Jeraddo before it was to be mined, she was served supper by Mullibok. The supper included a wine made by Baltrim. ()
In the 33rd century after being rescued by Zora, Craft synthesized a few glasses of red wine in the mess hall. ()
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=== Terran ===
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*Château d'Yquem
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*Château Latour
*Château Mouton Rothschild
*Malbec
*Pinot noir
*Quart de Chaume
*Sacramental wine
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=== Klingon ===
* Bloodwine
* Firewine
=== Risian ===
Risian or Risan wine was a wine native to Risa, featuring a label with Risan language characters.
When Captain Jonathan Archer visited Risa in 2152, he received a bottle of wine (with an orange label) as a complementary gift. 
While he and Keyla were in his room discussing the Suliban Cabal, he offered her a , adding, "If this wine is too sweet, I think there's another bottle here. It might be different." ()
In 2401, a group of Deltans on Raritan IV served Risan wine during a goodwill dinner with Doctors Soji Asha and Agnes Jurati. ()
Also in 2401, 10 Forward Avenue bar stocked Risan wine behind the bar. ()
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*Altairian Grand Premier
*Enolian spice wine
*Ferengi wine
*Gamzian wine
*Kandora champagne
*Ktarian Merlot
*Silmic wine
*Springwine
*Talaxian champagne
*Tulaberry wine
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Winger Bingston, Jr.

Lieutenant junior grade Winger Bingston, Jr. was a male Human Starfleet sciences division officer who served aboard the during the late 24th century.
Bingston identified himself as a "triple threat", i.e. he was a singer, actor, and dancer. () In 2380, he performed his one-man show, "The United Federation of Characters", in front of the senior staff, including Captain Carol Freeman and her daughter, the newly-minted Lieutenant Beckett Mariner. ()
Later that year, he was in the bar when Dr. T'Ana chastised Beckett Mariner for not taking her job seriously, then suggested that Mariner go work at Starbase 80 if she wanted to goof around. T'Ana's comment evoked an audible gasp from the bar crowd, and caused this officer to exclaim "Damn, Starbase 80?!?" ()
In 2381, Ensign Castro invited Ensign Brad Boimler to a Winger Bingston show. Boimler replied, "Now, that guy can deliver a speech. Did you ever see his one-man show where he played all of Jupiter's moons?" ()
During Shari yn Yem's training drills, Bingston ran Escape the Void, at one point having an active simulation score of 57%. ()
Bingston taught an acting class on the Cerritos. ()
In 2382, Captain Freeman attended one of Bingston's shows where he overdramatically compared a situation that he had gotten himself into to Geordi La Forge and Ro Laren getting stuck out of phase. During the Clicket invasion of the ship, Bingston stomped on the head of one of the aliens who had been mauled by Dr. T'Ana, knocking him unconscious before the Clicket could fire his weapon. ()
== Holograms ==
A holographic duplicate of Bingston was present in Ensign Mariner's holo-movie, Crisis Point: The Rise of Vindicta. ()
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Bingston was voiced by Eugene Cordero. 
His character was not specifically identified as Bingston in "Terminal Provocations", but Cordero used the same inflections he used for Bingston for the unseen voice-over.
The patronymic nature of Bingston's name implies the existence of a Winger Bingston, Sr, likely his parent.
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Winnie McCarthy

Winnie McCarthy was an actress who appeared as an Unnamed Epsilon IX technician in . She received no credit for her appearance. Her uniform shirt was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
During her brief career in films and television, McCarthy appeared in background roles in The Fall Guy, , and (1983, co-starring Christopher Lloyd).
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