Vaughn Armstrong

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Vaughn Dale Armstrong born July 7 1950 in Sonora California is an American actor Armstrong served in the United States military and saw action in the Vietnam War Star Trek Vaughn Armstrong is one of the longestserving actors in the Star Trek franchise having appeared in every Trek series but the original He has played twelve different characters over the years a record unmatched by any other actor in Trek Armstrongs first appearance in Trek was in the Star Trek The Next Generation episode Heart of Glory in which he played Commander Korris a renegade Klingon who stole a cargo ship and tried to use it to attack his fellow Klingons whom he believed had gone soft His other characters are     Klingons         Commander Korris Star Trek The Next Generation episode Heart of Glory        Korath Star Trek Voyager episode Endgame also appearing in Star Trek The Experience         Klaax Star Trek Enterprise episode Sleeping Dogs     Cardassians         Gul Danar Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode Past Prologue         Seskal Star Trek Deep Space Nine episodes When It Rains and The Dogs of War     Romulan         Telek RMor Star Trek Voyager episode Eye of the Needle     Borg         LansorTwo of Nine Star Trek Voyager episode Survival Instinct     Vidiian         Vidiian Captain Star Trek Voyager episode Fury     Human         Admiral Forrest recurring role on Star Trek Enterprise         Captain Maximilian Forrest Mirror Universe version of Admiral Forrest     Hirogen         HirogenAlpha Star Trek Voyager episode Flesh and Blood     Kreetassan         Kreetassan Captain Star Trek Enterprise episodes Vox Sola and A Night In Sickbay While his most recent character Admiral Forrest was killed in action on Star Trek Enterprise Armstrong got the chance to play Forrest again in the twopart episode In a Mirror Darkly in which the Mirror Universe version of Forrest appears Other work Outside of Star Trek Armstrong appeared on Babylon 5 as a security guard affiliated with the Nightwatch in the 1996 episodes Messages from Earth and Point of No Return He appeared in an episode of Seinfeld as a detective and in Quantum Leap he guest starred in the episode Its A Wonderful Leap as Fred Trump father of Donald Trump alongside future Enterprise costar Scott Bakula In 2000 Armstrong made an appearance in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue as Special Agent Myers and has also appeared in such classic feature films as Cinderella 2000 and The Philadelphia Experiment He appeared as President Krieger in Disruptor video game released in 1996 Armstrongs talents extend into the musical arena He has mastered the ukulele using a banjostyle ukulele he made himself With it he entertains audiences with Civil Warera songs and roots music leading into the blues music he plays with others His Trekrelated blues songs are popular at convention appearances His filksong band The Enterprise Blues Band includes fellow Trek actors Richard Herd Owen Paris Steve Rankin Colonel Green and other roles and Casey Biggs Damar He has joked onstage during conventions that he is the innovator of Klingon gutbucket music and Andorian blues