Actor and Musician Gary Graham Is Dead at 73
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His career spanned almost fifty years, and he spent some of that time as or among extraterrestrials. Star Trek veteran Gary Graham has died at the age of 73.
Graham’s ex-wife, Susan Lavelle, posted the news on Facebook, according to IGN.
Graham was born in Long Beach, California, and his career stretches back to the mid-70s and included film, television, and music. He is known to Star Trek fans for his roles as the Ocampa Tanis in Star Trek: Voyager’s second season episode, “Cold Fire” and as the Vulcan Ambassador Soval throughout Star Trek: Enterprise. He also appeared in the fan films, Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, Prelude to Axanar, and Star Trek: Renegades. According to Memory Alpha, Graham was considered for the roles of Captain Janeway and Benjamin Sisko.
Outside Star Trek, he is probably best known for playing Det. Matthew Sikes in Alien Nation and its spinoffs.
Other appearances over the course of his career ranged from Starsky & Hutch and The Dukes of Hazzard to All the Right Moves and the Star Trek parody, Unbelievable!!!!!
As a musician, Graham was in the bands The Gary Graham Garage Band, The Gary Graham Band and The Sons of Kirk.
As Lavelle said in her Facebook post, "Fly high into the heavens Gar!"
Please join us in offering our condolences to the friends and family of Gary Graham.
David is a contributing writer for Daily Star Trek News on the Roddenberry Podcast Network. He is a librarian, baseball fan, and book and movie buff. He has also written for American Libraries and Skeptical Inquirer. David also enjoys diverse music, but leans toward classical and jazz. He plays a mean radio.
