Mark Lenard

Lenard was born in Chicago, the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant, Abraham, and his wife, Bessie, and was raised in the small town of South Haven, Michigan, on Lake Michigan, where his family owned a tourist resort. He joined the United States Army in 1943 and trained to be a paratrooper during World War II; he did not see combat, and was discharged in 1946 as a technical sergeant. He got his start on stage while in the army. After earning a master's degree in theater and speech from the University of Michigan, he became known in New York City for serious drama, including the plays of Ibsen, Shaw, and Chekhov. His first noteworthy role was that of Conrad in John Gielgud's production of Much Ado About Nothing, followed by the Broadway show A Far Country. In the mid-1960s, he moved his family to Los Angeles, where he played the recurring role of Dr. Ernest Gregory in Another World, and one of the Three Wise Men in the biblical epic The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Lenard began acting in television series dramas and TV movies in 1955. He was the fifth actor to play Nathan Walsh in the soap opera Search for Tomorrow (1959–1960). He played Dr. Ernest Gregory in Another World (1964–1965). For two seasons Lenard played Aaron Stempel in the television series Here Come the Brides (1968–1970). Lenard guest-starred in several episodes of the original Mission: Impossible from 1966 to 1970, including one with Leonard Nimoy, and in a two-part episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. He played the prosecutor in Fort Grant in the Clint Eastwood film ''Hang 'Em High (1968), and the hostile gorilla Urko in the television series Planet of the Apes. He made a guest appearance on Little House on the Prairie, in the episode "Journey in the Spring, Part I", playing Peter Ingalls, older brother of Charles Ingalls. He had roles in Gunsmoke several times, including the episode "Nowhere to Run" (1968). In 1993, Lenard and fellow Star Trek actor Walter Koenig toured in a production of The Boys in Autumn''. Lenard played a late middle-aged Huck Finn who re-encounters his childhood friend Tom Sawyer after a lifetime apart. Koenig played Sawyer. Lenard died aged 72, of multiple myeloma in New York City. ==Filmography==

Film • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) - Balthazar • ''Hang 'Em High'' (1968) - Prosecuting Attorney at Fort Grant • Noon Sunday (1970) - Jason Cootes • Annie Hall (1977) - Navy Officer • Getting Married (1978) - Mr. Bloom • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) - Klingon Captain • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) - Ambassador Sarek • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) - Ambassador Sarek • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) - Ambassador Sarek (voice) • The Radicals (1990) - Eberhard Hoffmann • Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) - Ambassador Sarek Television • Studio One (1960) - David • Search for Tomorrow (1959–1960) - Nathan Walsh • Armstrong Circle Theatre: "Ghost Bomber: The Lady Be Good" (1960) - Major Bennett • Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (1960) - Jusac De Rochefort • Another World (1964–1965) - Dr. Ernest Gregory • Mission: Impossible: "Wheels" (S1:E7, 1966) - Felipe Mora • Star Trek: "Balance of Terror" (S1:E14, 1966) - Romulan Commander • Star Trek: "Journey to Babel" (S2:E10, 1967) - Sarek • Mission: Impossible: "Trek" (S2:E2, 1967) - Col. Luis Cardoza • The Wild Wild West: "The Night of the Iron Fist" (S3:E14, 1967) - Count Draja • Cimarron Strip: "The Greeners" (S1:E23, 1968) - Jared Arlyn • Gunsmoke: "No Where to Run" (S13:E18, 1968) - Ira Stonecipher • Here Come the Brides (1968–1970) - Aaron Stempel • Mission: Impossible: "Nitro" (S3:E21, 1969) - Aristo Skora • Hawaii Five-O: "To Hell with Babe Ruth" (1969) - Yoshio Nagata • Mission: Impossible: "The Rebel" (1970) - Colonel Bakram • Hawaii Five-O: "Will the Real Mr. Winkler Please Die" (S5:E19, 1973) - Rogloff • The Rookies: "Life Robbery" (S1:E21, 1973) - Fred Cox • Star Trek: The Animated Series: "Yesteryear" (1973) - Sarek (voice) • Mannix: "Desert Run" (1973) - Hal Morgan • Chopper One: "The Informer" (1974) - Assistant D.A. Jim Dugan • Planet of the Apes (1974) - General Urko • Hawaii Five-O: "Secret Witness" (1974) - Dan Bok • Little House on the Prairie: "Journey in the Spring" (1976) - Peter Ingalls • The Bob Newhart Show: "Carlin's New Suit" (1977) - Earl Stanley Plummer • Hawaii Five-O: "You Don't See Many Pirates These Days" (1977) - Commander Hawkins • The Secret Empire (TV series) (1979) - Emperor Thorval • The Incredible Hulk (TV series) (1979) - Mr. Slater • Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: "Journey to Oasis" (1981) - Ambassador Duvoe • Otherworld "The Zone Troopers Build Men" (1985) - Perel Sightings • Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Sarek" (1990) - Sarek • Star Trek: The Next Generation: "Unification: Part 1" (1991) - Sarek • In the Heat of the Night: "Legacy" (1993) - Horrace Sloan (final appearance) • Amazing Space on TLC (1993) ==References==