#Roger C. Carmel

[astralbondpro]

Star Trek: The Original Series // S02E12: I, Mudd

#Star Trek #The Original Series #ST: TOS #ST:TOS #ST TOS #STTOS #TOS #Harry Mudd #Harcourt Fenton Mudd #Harcourt Mudd #Captain Kirk #James T. Kirk #James T Kirk #James Kirk #Roger C. Carmel #Roger C Carmel #William Shatner #Star Trek TOS #Star Trek The Original Series #Star Trek The Original Series Gifs #Gifs #Television #Television Gifs #AVTV #AVTVGifs #AVGifs #AVTOS #AVTOSGifs

[citizenscreen]

Roger C. Carmel (September 27, 1932 – November 11, 1986)

#roger c. carmel

[loveboatinsanity]

#roger c. carmel #star trek

[oldshowbiz]

The Donald O'Connor Show (1969) with guests Roger C. Carmel, Sue Ane Langdon, Marty Ingels, and Chelsea Brown.

#sue ane langdon #marty ingels #roger c. carmel #chelsea brown #donald o'connor #talk shows #rare television

[gatutor]

Roger C. Carmel-Susan Clark "El eslabón perdido" (Skullduggery) 1970, de Gordon Douglas.

#Susan Clark #Roger C. Carmel #Gordon Douglas

[pixiereblogs]

A Listful of Lokis | Space Boastful Loki

#loki #loki variant #harry mudd #roger c. carmel #listful of lokis

[that-glitter-chick]

Cyclones has risen in popularity since his unexpected romance, with the Autobot Tailgate, in the IDW comics. Back in the day he was an impressively deep and well developed personality added woefully late in the original series. I like to think of him as a precursor to Beast Wars Dinobot; honorable, brave, loves his culture but doesn’t always agree with his commanding officer, it’s enough to make me head canon him as Dinobot’s direct ancestor.

Imagine my surprise to find out that he was originally played by Roger C. Carmel, known to Star Trek fans as the original actor of the unforgettable character Harcourt Fenton “Harry” Mudd! Two VERY different characters indeed lol!

#g1 cyclonus #Roger C Carmel #harry mudd #st: tos #star trek original series #harcourt fenton mudd #cross fandoms #maccadam #my childhood #trekkie #classic sci fi #g1 transformers #cygate #idw cyclonus #idw tailgate #when fandoms collide

[lolanbq]

Okay okay so Roger C Carmel who plays Harry Mudd in Star Trek TOS, but also plays General Schmidt in Hogan's Heroes

So there really has to be a plotline that Mudd goes to Earth to profiteer off the war and is stopped by Hogan who has no idea he beat Kirk and Spock to the punch of stopping Mudd.

I mean could Kirk and Spock save Mudd from going to prison in England? Sure, but surely he can face intergalactic justice AFTER he faces English justice.

#star trek #star trek tos #hogan's heroes #roger c carmel #harry mudd #kirk #spock #colonel hogan #robert hogan #ollie speaks

[ramshacklefey]

If there is one character I would absolutely LOVE to see brought back in SNW, it's gotta be Harry Mudd. The man is the epitome of an absolute scoundrel that you just. Can't hate.

He's a huckster and a charlatan. He's a pimp who seems to genuinely like the women who work for him. He's got idiotic plots that never work out. He's the bane of Kirk's existence.

The problem is that I just don't think there's anyone who could do it like Roger C. Carmel. He had so much boyish charm that you could almost believe that everything he was doing was just hijinks. He's just a silly little guy.

Trying to recreate him on purpose couldn't possibly go right. It'd be like trying to recreate Spike from Buffy. The perfect confluence of writing and acting could not have happened on purpose.

RIP to Harry Mudd, you were truly an icon.

[cantsayidont]

February 1984. Pity the creative teams doing DC's licensed STAR TREK series in the mid-1980s, begun a few months before STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK. Not being privy to the plots or even the chronology of the forthcoming movies, they ended up interpolating a whole series of adventures between the second and third movies (assuming, logically but incorrectly, that things on the Enterprise would simply go on, with Saavik replacing Spock) that turned out to be almost completely incompatible with the third movie. Having passed that, the series then interpolated a set of adventures between STAR TREK III and STAR TREK IV involving Kirk and company on the Excelsior and Spock getting his own command, the science vessel Surak. This too proved almost completely incompatible with the events of STAR TREK IV. Oops! Furthermore, while DC was free to revisit ideas and characters from the original TV show (which had not been true of the previous Marvel STAR TREK book), they were hampered in not having likeness rights for any of the original guest stars (although they did eventually secure an agreement with Roger C. Carmel so they could do a Harry Mudd story without having to make him look completely different than he did on TV).

#comics #star trek #george pérez #george perez #star trek tos #star trek ii: the wrath of khan

[jonfucius]

Great Star Trek Rewatch - The Original Series S1

Originally posted on Twitter 16 October 2020 - 26 October 2020

Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 is up next in my Great Star Trek Rewatch. As with ENT, DSC, and STX, mini-reviews will document my progress.

The Cage: Star Trek’s would-be pilot from 1964 suddenly has incredible relevance to today’s Star Trek: Discovery. This is one of my favorite episodes of any series, and it gave us TOS’s only two-parter. Pike goes from wounded, vulnerable leader to the man we know in DSC. 10/10

The Man Trap: A solid but unremarkable episode. I can see why NBC picked this one to be the first episode shown, but it's not nearly as strong as "The Cage" or "Where No Man Has Gone Before." The creature makeup scared me as a child and still evokes a little primal fear. 6/10

Charlie X: Adolescence is challenge aplenty, and more so when you're omnipotent. This isn't a horrible episode, but it's not great either. Thus begins TOS's frequent encounters with all-powerful beings of energies. Extra point awarded for Spock and Uhura's duet. 7/10

Where No Man Has Gone Before: Star Trek's second pilot, and a stronger entry than the previous two. Kirk's speech about humanity needing its frailties is a nice counterpart to his need for his pain in Star Trek V. 9/10

The Naked Time: This episode is famous for our heroes acting out of character, and while it is entertaining I feel like it would have been more powerful if it came a couple episodes later. 7/10

The Enemy Within: Evil twin and transporter accident episodes are a well-worn Trek trope these days, but this is the first and arguably one of the best. Shatner does some good work portraying both sides of Kirk's psyche. 7/10

Mudd's Women: I love Roger C. Carmel in the role of Harcourt Fenton Mudd.

THAT BEING SAID

I hate this episode. It's misogynistic, it's gross, it's sexist, it's everything wrong with TOS distilled into one interminable slog. This episode gets one point for Roger C. Carmel. 1/10

What Are Little Girls Made Of?: Ruk is a little scary, and the android makeup effects are decent for the mid-60s, but the premise (are duplicates with our full selves really us?) isn't fully explored. Hoping S2 of Star Trek: Picard really dives into this idea. 6/10

Miri: The titular Miri's crush on Kirk is cringey (to say the least). The duplicate Earth really has no bearing on the plot, other than a "huh, weird" reaction at the top of the episode. The "Fountain of Youth=DANGER" plot is an old Trek trope, given birth here. 5/10

Dagger of the Mind: I've always had a crush on Dr. Noel (Kirk clearly did as well). Woodward, Gregory, and Hill are excellent in their roles, and the neural neutralizer was kinda frightening to young Jonfucius. Plus, who doesn't love a good Christmas episode? 8/10

The Corbomite Maneuver: Here's an episode that should've aired first, in place of "The Man Trap". The Balok puppet is frightening, sure, but it's a classic Star Trek story of realizing the "bad guys" are merely misunderstood. Shows Kirk as a master tactician, as well. 10/10

The Menagerie, Part 1: An ingenious reuse of the unaired "The Cage" footage that establishes history for Spock and the Enterprise, thus growing the show's larger universe. 10/10

The Menagerie, Part 2: Spock's trial concludes, as we learn that the whole point was to give Pike a new life. 10/10

The Conscience of the King: Beginning Star Trek’s long association with the Bard, this one is steeped in Shakespearean tone and plot. A truly tragic ending, moody direction, and heightened performances sets this murder mystery apart from others. 9/10

Balance of Terror: When Star Trek: The Original Series fires on all cylinders, it puts out episodes like this one. A tense naval battle with a melancholy ending, this is one of the best episodes of all time. Mark Lenard is superb as the Romulan commander. 10/10

Shore Leave: Finnegan is just the worst. A surreal escapade with just a little camp. Serviceable and cromulent. 7/10

The Galileo Seven: Spock still has a lot to learn about humanity. Star Trek's first shuttlecraft mishap is still one of its best. Great visual effects (especially with the remastered edition). 8/10

The Squire of Gothos: Trelane is a rough draft for Q, and boy is most of this episode rough. The twist at the end is pretty great, however. 6/10

Arena: I've seen this one a few times, and each time, I fail to understand why the fandom adores this one. It's very slow in the middle, made up for by the unseen Gorn attack at the top and Kirk's morality play at the end. 7/10

Tomorrow is Yesterday: A light-hearted time travel yarn with a compelling guest performance, deftly told by D.C. Fontana’s script (with some obvious Gene Coon touches). One of my all-time favorites from TOS. 9/10

Court Martial: Technically the 2nd courtroom drama (“The Menagerie”), but it is the first one to use a trial to examine our heroes. Shoutout to Richard Webb’s Finney, and a court-martial panel with an Afro-Portuguese and South Asian membership - a rarity in 1960s TV. 7/10

The Return of the Archons: Kirk's first opportunity to talk a computer to death, this episode is surreal and a little creepy. However, I don't consider it to be of The Body (of outstanding episodes). 6/10

Space Seed: Gee, I wonder if we'll ever follow up on those Augments left behind on Ceti Alpha V…

Jokes (and problematic brownface aside), this is rightly a classic episode. 9/10

A Taste of Armageddon: A thoughtful meditation on human nature and war, another strong S1 entry. I can't help but feel some parallels to the Americans who have just shrugged and accepted COVID-19 as a fact of life, rather than something that can be defeated. 8/10

This Side of Paradise: A strong acting showcase for Shatner and Nimoy. Some classic philosophical banter in the tag. 8/10

The Devil in the Dark: An episode that rightly deserves the epithet "classic." Ignore the goofy Horta costume and focus on the story. Classically Star Trek through and through. 10/10

Errand of Mercy: Introducing the Klingons with John Colicos was a masterstroke. The brownface is horrendous, but the performances and the story are superb. 8/10

The Alternative Factor: The "what is the worst episode of TOS?" debates rarely mention this absolute turd. Might have something to do with being sandwiched between two pretty great episodes. "Mudd's Women" at least has Carmel's performance going for it. 0/10

The City on the Edge of Forever: It's certainly in contention for the GOAT title, but it's not my all-time favorite. Still, Harlan Ellison's script (rewritten by Roddenberry) and the performances are firing on all cylinders, and the ending is truly shattering. 9/10

Operation -- Annihilate!: This episode creeped me out as a kid, but it's a wimpy episode to end a season on. 6/10

And with that, Season 1 of TOS comes to an end in my Great Star Trek Rewatch. Final score: 7.43/10. Highest score(s): "The Cage," "The Corbomite Maneuver," "The Menagerie," "Balance of Terror," "The Devil in the Dark." Lowest score(s): “The Alternative Factor."

#star trek #star trek tos #great star trek rewatch

[70s80sandbeyond]

Roger C. Carmel, Diane McBain and Adam West on Batman

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Roger C. Carmel, #botd in 1932

#roger c. carmel

[vestisferrea]

Roger C. Carmel

#vintage #vintage suit #vintage menswear #menswear #1960s

[oldshowbiz]

The Drug Overdose of Roger C. Carmel

#roger c. carmel #Hollywood Babylon #sitcom babylon #Character Actors

[kosmos2999]

Star Trek: The Animted Series 50th Anniversary Episode Review

Episode: Mudd's Passion

Season: 1

Episode: 10

Stardate: 4978.5

Original airdate: November 10, 1973

Written by: Stephen Kandel

Directed by: Hal Sutherland

Music by: Yvette Blais and Jeff Michaels

Executive producers: Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott

Studio: Filmation Associates

Network: NBC

Series created by: Gene Roddenberry

Cast:

Captain James T. Kirk (voice by William Shatner)

Mr. Spock (voice by Leonard Nimoy)

Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy (voice by DeForest Kelly)

Ursunoid Female Miner (voice by Nichelle Nichols)

Lt. Hikaru Sulu (voice by George Takei)

Eng. Montgomery Scott, Arex, Human Miner, Ursunoid Male Miner (voices by James Doohan)

Nurse Christine Chapel, Lora, M'Ress (voice by Majel Barrett)

Guest star:

Roger C. Carmel as Harry Mudd

Synopsis:

The USS Enterprise enters the Arcadia Star System in a mission to seek for the interstellar con artist, Harcourt Fenton Mudd. As the ship approaches the planet Motherlode, Mr. Spock reports to the Captain Kirk that the probabilty of finding “an old friend”, Harry Mudd there is very high.

As Kirk and Spock are beamed down to the planet's surface, they found Mudd selling crystals he claim that work as a liquid love potion to a group of heavy metal miners. Kirk tells Mudd that he is under arrest for fraud, illegal drug manufacture and swindling. Mudd refuses to give up because Motherlode doesn't recognize Federation law.

To deceive the miners into buying the “love crystals” from him, Mudd gets the help of a lizard-lake alien. A Rigelian Hypnoid, who has a hypnotic ability to make believe that she is a woman in love with Harry Mudd. Spock uses his phaser to reveal the true nature of the creature. To escape the angry mob of the planet's miners, Mudd gives up to Kirk and Spock uses his phaser again to dig a trench as a barrier while they were beamed up to the ship again.

Once Harry Mudd is beamed up to the Enterprise and while he is receiving medical treatment from Nurse Christine Chapel, he told Kirk how he escaped from the android planet they met the last time (happened in The Original Series episode, “I, Mudd).

After Mudd watched the interaction between Spock and the nurse, he decided to take advantage of Chapel's feelings as part of his escape plan. Mudd claims to Chapel that the liquid from the crystals brings strong friendship between two members of the same sex and romantic love between two members of opposite sexes. He offered Christine some of his “love potion crystals” for her to test on herself rather than a laboratory.

As the nurse opened the brig to receive the crystals and almost fall fainted by the reaction of the “love potion”, Harry got the chance to steal Chapel's ID card and the device to open himself the brig. Then Christine went to Mr. Spock's office to give the medical report on Harry Mudd. She tried to approach Spock in a lovely fashion, but he doesn't respond to her kindness the way she wanted.

While on the bridge, the captain gives orders to set course to a desert planet on a exploratory mission.

Mudd takes the escape route from the brig to a computer center where he made changes to Chapel's ID card. And when he was ready to went to the shuttlebay, the nurse intercepts him, to complain about the crystals of love. On the melee, Mudd take Chapel captive and both took a shuttle to the desert planet and some of those crystals fell thru the air conduct system.

On the bridge, everybody is amazed at Spock's reacton to the kidnap of the nurse Chapel. It seems that the “love potion” works. Kirk and Spock went to the transporter room to rescue Christine on the planet. As soon as the vaporized liquid of the potion runs thru the conducts, everyone of the ship's crew began to feel its effects. Even Kirk take a breath of that vapor.

In the planet's surface, Mudd and Chapel had a surprise encounter with a rock monster. Kirk and Spock intercepted Mudd and together tried to fight the monster but their best efforts with their phasers are made in vain. And then, another rock monster appeared.

Kirk had an idea, to give the potion crystals to one of the monsters. After a moment of hesitation, Mudd gave the crystals to the captain and he throws them to one of the rock monsters to be swallowed by. It seems it works, one of the monsters is fighting with the other, in that moment, the group takes the chance to escape from the planet by beamed up to the Enterprise.

Back into the ship and under the influence of the potion, Mudd confesses most of his recent felonies. Spock offers his help to the nurse but she refuses. It seems to be that a side effect of the potion is a moment of hate after a moment of love. Harry Mudd has to be sent to a rehabilitation center.

Fascinating Facts:

This is the third story of Harry Mudd in the Star Trek universe. The other two were in The Original Series episodes, “Mudd's Women” and “I, Mudd”. From the first and second season respectively. All those Mudd's stories are written Stephen Kandel.

This is the third time a relationship between Spock and Chapel is established. The first time, it was in the first season episode, “The Naked Time” and the second time in the third season episode “Plato's Stepchildren”.

Along with Mark Lenard as Sarek and Stanley Adams as Cyrano Jones, Roger C. Carmel were the only three guest star roles who both performed their characters in both the original and the animated series.

#space opera #space western #filmation #star trek #70s sci fi #star trek: tas 50th anniversary #star trek: the animated series 50th anniversary