A member of Spinal Tap on Classic Star Trek

[kryptosmaster]

It doesn't look like him to me.
Theory: what if a ST fan came up to him once and said they saw him in this episode. He told the fan he was mistaken, it's not him. The fan insisted it was him and went on to give the plot synopsis of which Harry only recalled Klingons, security guard and swords. Later he's on Letterman and decides it would be one of those interesting "stories" the celebrities tell when they are on talk shows (that most of the time are made up). You (and others) hear him talk about it and the myth perpetuates.
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Rich

[jwyblejr]

There's nothing over at TV.com. They've got a full listing of stuff he's done. Nothing about Star Trek.

[Hector]

Yo Mike, whether we agree or not about Harry Shearer being in a Trek episode as an uncredited crewman...this is a very good thread...makes you wanna find out more about classic Trek...and that's what counts.

[Hector]

Takei is tiny and slight

Doohan was short I am 6'1 and I towered over him when I met him. actually the whole TOS cast is short except for Nimoy. But he was a dday vet so he was tough as nails

I've met the entire cast as well (even got a hug and kiss on the cheek from Marina Sirtis, who's really tiny, lol)...I'm 6' 2"...and yes...they are for the most part short.

The Next Generation is quite the opposite, especially Michael Dorn (who's about my height)...and even the taller Jonathan Frakes, lol.

[Hector]

Shearer is 5'6. Takei is 5'8". Doohan is 5'11". This guy isn't him.

Exactly.

[Hector]

Here's the cast of the Day of the Dove:

Day of the Dove (1968) - Full cast and crew

Here's the uncredited cast:

Roger Holloway ... Lt. Lemli (uncredited)
Jay D. Jones ... Klingon (uncredited)
Pete Kellett ... Klingon (uncredited)
David Sharpe ... Security Officer (uncredited)

Even Memory Alpha (who lists every uncredited extra in Star Trek)...nothing comes up in a Harry Shearer search:

Search results - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki

[Hector]

Ok, here's some more screen caps from Star Trek's Day Of The Dove.

http://megomuseum.com/mmgallery/files/7/Harry-2_original.jpg

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I'm further convinced that he's not Harry Shearer...way too tall.

[huedell]

Hue, i'm not going to argue with you if Shearer is a lier or not or what he might have ment by his comment.
I took it ... and still do ... at face value.
He said he played it and that's it.

It all comes downs down to ....

Either Shearer is a lyer.
I'm a lyer.
Nobody is a lyer and it's true.

Believe what you want.

Write to NBC and ask for a transcripts of the episodes where Shearer was a guest on Letterman and judge for yourself.

Listen to Scott---I'm not implying either you or Shearer is lying...

and, also Mike, I'm not looking to argue. Jeez, I was just contributing
to your interesting thread...it's no biggie.

And a transcript surely would help. Of course I'm not realistically ever
going to see one.

What I DO know (without seeing ---or reading----the Letterman clip)
is that Shearer has a real dry and vast sense of humor.

That "Shearer humor aspect" was the only thing I was trying to diagram with
my last post in which I theorized he might have been trying to be funny and
you might've took him literally without realizing it.

[megoscott]

Oh, relax about the lying. Geez. Nobody's calling you a liar.

Shearer is 5'6. Takei is 5'8". Doohan is 5'11". This guy isn't him.

[Mikey]

Hue, i'm not going to argue with you if Shearer is a lier or not or what he might have ment by his comment.
I took it ... and still do ... at face value.
He said he played it and that's it.

It all comes downs down to ....

Either Shearer is a lyer.
I'm a lyer.
Nobody is a lyer and it's true.

Believe what you want.

Write to NBC and ask for a transcripts of the episodes where Shearer was a guest on Letterman and judge for yourself.

[huedell]

Fact 4
perhaps Harry Shearer lied ..... (If he did, I have no idea why he would) He
didn't even mention it in the context of a joke .... He said it in passing as one
of the stints he did early in his career.

Okay.

I'll play Sherlock Holmes here.

Do you think he may have been talking about his career and
"over-exaggerating" as a joke?

Like "I did everything. I played Carol's old highschool flame on
the Brady Bunch.
I even swordfought with a Klingon on Star Trek" just to sound funny
by being so pop-cultur-ey in his reference.

A reply to this theory may be "Well, how come he was so specific with
a plot detail, then?"

My answer would be... maybe he's a big Trek fan---and that helped with his
little funny quip (If it indeed was meant to be a joke).

[Mikey]

Fact 1
In the 1980's I did hear Harry Shearer on Letterman say he played in an episode of Star Trek .. He mentioned he was a security guard and fought Klingons with a sword.

Fact 2
The only Klingon episodes were .......
"Errand of Mercy" --- no swords and no Enterprise security guards
"Friday's Child" --- no swords and only security on that show was absolutely not him.
"The Trouble With Tribbles" --- no swords
"A Private Little War" no swords and no Enterprise security guards
"Day of the Dove" ... Had Swords and security guards

Fact 3
I am not making up the comment made by Shearer on Letterman .....

Fact 4
perhaps Harry Shearer lied ..... (If he did, I have no idea why he would) He didn't even mention it in the context of a joke .... He said it in passing as one of the stints he did early in his career.

Fact 5
The photo above may not be him ..... Perhaps he is in the episode somewhere else ... My investigation of this years ago came to the conclusion THIS MAN is the most likely candidate to be the young Harry Shearer.

It's up to everyone to believe what they want.
I'm just giving you the facts I have and you can make your own determinations.

[huedell]

I don't believe this for a second. None of his online biographies mention this--and it's too cool NOT to mention. He was a child actor in the 50s and then returned to it in the mid 70s.

This is him in the late 60s/early 70s.
http://harry-shearer.gluenow.com/images/gaptilt.jpg

Wow Lenny & Squiggy look great there.

[huedell]

I think it's him. Looks like him...
Remember, most of us were much more handsome and fit in our 20s.

The thing is---he looks in his early 30s to me in those Trek stills ergo my
first comment about him being old as dirt now if that's actually him in Trek.

But yeah---I can believe that's him....certainly logical enough.

[megoscott]

I don't believe this for a second. None of his online biographies mention this--and it's too cool NOT to mention. He was a child actor in the 50s and then returned to it in the mid 70s.

This is him in the late 60s/early 70s.