...as Mullibok.
Actor Brian Keith (November 14, 1921 - June 24, 1997) played the role of Mullibok in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Progress".
Keith had a long and distinguished career, spanning seven decades and over 100 films. However, he is probably best known for his role as Uncle Bill Davis in the original TV sitcom Family Affair.
Keith began his acting career when he was three years old, appearing in a 1924 film called Pied Piper Malone (released by Paramount Pictures). He returned to films in the 1940s as an extra, but began playing bigger roles in the 1950s. His first major role was in 1953's Arrowhead, also released by Paramount.
Since then, Keith has starred or co-starred in numerous well-known films, including The Young Philadelphians (1959), The Parent Trap (1961), The Hallelujah Trail (1965), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), The McKenzie Break (1970), The Wind and the Lion (1975), and Young Guns (1988). He also co-starred in the 1966 film Nevada Smith, which also featured TOS guest-stars Paul Fix and Stanley Adams.
Keith was also active in television. Aside from his role on Family Affair, he also starred the TV series The Westerner and later went on to star in the private detective drama Archer. He even had his own sitcom, The Brian Keith Show, which aired from 1972 through 1974. He also appeared in two popular TV western mini-series, Centennial (also featuring Trek guest-stars Sally Kellerman, Michael Ansara, Morgan Woodward, James Sloyan, and Star Trek: Insurrection's Anthony Zerbe) and How the West Was Won (also starring TOS actors William Shatner and Ricardo Montalban). And from 1983 through 1986, he co-starred with Daniel Hugh Kelly in the TV series Hardcastle and McCormick.
In 1997, Brian Keith was suffering from emphysema and lung cancer. Ten weeks after his daughter Daisy shot and killed herself, Keith also committed suicide on June 24 at the age of 75. One of his last acting appearances was in the 1997 made-for-TV movie The Second Civil War, which also featured Star Trek: Voyager actor Robert Picardo, Ron Perlman from Star Trek: Nemesis, and TOS/TNG/DS9 guest actors Dick Miller and William Schallert.
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