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Michael Forest, Star Trek actor, dead at 97

Michael Forest, the actor who played the Greek god Apollo in the original Star Trek series, has died aged 97 in Nevada.

Actor Michael Forest, best known for his appearances in the Star Trek franchise, has died. He was 97.

The Long Sip
What happened

Michael Forest, best known for playing Apollo in a 1967 Star Trek episode, died on Wednesday at age 97 in Sparks, Nevada.

The detail

His friend James A. Brown announced the death on Facebook, sharing a photo of the two together and a nameplate from his aged care room.

And then

Forest had over 200 screen credits, including The Twilight Zone, Gilligan's Island, and Cast Away, and reprised his Apollo role in 2013.

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What readers are saying

StartupSoph
97 is an incredible innings... It is quite something that he was still reprising that same 1967 role in web series as recently as 2013. That is nearly fifty years of staying connected to a single character.
Vernao
It is interesting to read that he insisted on using a Mid-Atlantic theatre speech for the role of Apollo... he clearly understood that the character required a specific vocal presence beyond what the producers originally imagined.
kath1950
It is REFRESHING to read an actor acknowledge that his smaller roles were just as good as the one that gave him his fame. He seems to have had a very sensible PERSPECTIVE on his long career in the industry.
RenterEms
the nameplate on his door at the morningstar senior living place still said jerry charlebois. that detail hits different knowing he was 97 and had lived with both names for decades.
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